PLEASE VOTE for my grant to benefit inclusion PE classes!! I teach an elementary self-contained special education class that is part of the MCPS Autism Program.
Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has received multiple Grammy Awards and has made many platinum and gold recordings. Born on October 12, 1935, in Modena, Italy, Pavarotti made his professional debut in 1961 in La Bohème . With Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, he formed “The Three Tenors,” whose popular concerts are often televised. Pavarotti sang his last opera in March 2004 with New Y
Sprinkled throughout the newly reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are references to an instructional strategy that supporters think has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse needs
What we had hoped for is that UDL would be something that could be mentioned, not just on the assessment portion [of the law], but on things you can do with the money. We didn't get that," she said
What's important for educators to understand, Smith said, is that UDL is not a piece of technology, even though technology can support the practice. Universal design for learning is also not a pre-packaged curriculum, though curriculum developers are embracing new ways of presenting information. Rather, it is an educational process that weaves itself throughout a school, he said
Seems to be a well-vetted group of links to typing games. I'll post the collection on the website, but I'd still like us to have a short list of games that we think are good for our kids (i.e. not too visually stimulating, letters big enough on the screen so that most kids can see them, etc)
A collection of typing games online (and some to download, but those are in a separate section). Maintained by a Multimedia "Outreach Educator" Austin Children's Museum
Dr. Christie speaks nationally on using geocaching, webquests and something she calls GoogleTreks as an educational tool. This site has some resources for all of those topics.
Introduces two new ideas:
1) that teachers need to start to learn to evaluate text complexity. It cannot be determined by a formula alone because a judgement also involves a) understanding what background knowledge and tasks will be required of the reader and b) knowing the student's particular characteristics and needs.
2) the second idea is that we can't just rely on giving low readers simpler texts on the same topic, because they need to learn to read and comprehend more complex texts to prepare for college. So, in some cases, the preference would be to provide scaffolds instead of easier texts.
Microsoft Word Quick Guides:
Working with Pictures and Photos in Word, Saving a Word Document as a Template, Supporting Writing with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word Equation Editor
Site that presents flexible presentation of many types of curriculum content that students may find engaging. Many interactive activities for re-learning, review and practice.
Paul Hami has an extensive and well annotated list of online resources - some downloadable, some online interactives, all free. His focus is special ed, but ranges from low-incidence to high-incidence. His blog is well organized, so you can just go there, click on the topic you are interested in, and find all sorts of resources. His explanations and screen shots give you ample information to know whether the resource is suited to your needs before you click on it.