Oct
23
2007
www.interventioncentral.org this teacher-friendly, comprehensive site is loaded with academic and behavioral interventions, free tools, resources and dowlands.
www.jimwrightonline.com/php/rti/rti_wire.php a comprehensive directory of current, RTI resources that are available for free.
www.northernohioserrc.org
www.sandbox-learning.com collection of personalizable children’s stories that address skills essential for development.
www.seeitsayitwriteit.com simple innovative methods for creating adaptive materials to enhance writing skills.
www.starfall.com where children have [...]
Oct
22
2007
The University of Colorado has done well to identify the principles of Universal Design for Learning and apply them to the older learner. Since the principles of UDL are UNIVERSAL, meaning helpful for ALL LEARNERS, many of their “tips” are easily adaptable for the K-1 environment. The podcasts and video vignettes provide a clear explination [...]
Oct
18
2007
In support of its “Innovation America” initiative, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched a web site aimed at getting middle school students excited about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with the goal of inspiring and preparing them to become 1st-century innovators. “We must prepare students of today to become the innovative leaders of [...]
Oct
15
2007
The following websites were selected to assist you.
The Partnership for 1st Century Skills (P1) http://www.1stcenturyskills.org/
Math
Lots of Links from the Access Center (grK-8): http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/MathWebResources.asp
Ask Dr. Math: Questions and Answers from elementary, middle, high school and college students. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/college_algorithms.html
eMints: Professional Development for Educators by Educators - links to virtual math manipulatives http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S0000059.shtml
National Library of Virtual [...]
Oct
14
2007
Perhaps you are like me and have noticed that some students believe everything they see on the Internet.
Do you sometimes wonder if the digital natives are truly adept Internet users?
Are you aware that Ohio has Academic Content Standards for Information Literacy and that these standards are embedded in the tested curriculum?
TRAILS 9, a Tool [...]
Oct
14
2007
During the World Cafe a participant wrote this question.
Great question! Comments?
Oct
12
2007
Click and link to 4 videos from CAST. The videos provide a nice overview of Universal Design for Learning.