Archive for November, 2011

Glee, Lady Gaga, and the Disability of School

November 29, 2011

I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. David Rose at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference today.  Rose, a developmental neuropsychologist and the co-founder of  the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), presented on the science of universal design in education. Truthfully, I didn’t have high hopes.  I’m so glad I was wrong. Here were my big [...]

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Folks to Follow on Twitter

November 18, 2011

Several folks have asked me to share results of the Twitter Survey I conducted a couple of weeks ago.  One piece of data that I thought would be worth sharing would be a list of not only those who participated in the survey, but the people they recommend we all follow on Twitter (I asked [...]

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I Failed…

November 16, 2011

At least have the decency to wait until you get home before you throw it away. I said that to a student once, one of many things I said to students early in my career that in hindsight make me cringe.  In this particular case, the student was throwing away a project I had assigned, [...]

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Learning is the Foundation

November 16, 2011

I was honored this week to be asked to come present at the Tap into Tools Conference sponsored by  North Country Educational Services.  It was held at perhaps one of the most beautiful resorts in all of New England.  I was lucky enough to arrive Sunday afternoon just as the sun was setting so I [...]

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