Posted in 1 on Dec 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Recently, work has kept me away from my Google Reader, so this weekend I’m catching up with the blogs I subscribe to. I’ve just read something that I wish every educator and parent of school age children would read. So, even if you read no further in this post, please go directly to The Perfect [...]
Posted in 1 on Oct 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a terrific interactive science resource that supports a UDL approach in the elementary/primary school classroom. Information is available visually, auditorily, and as printed text. Keyboard commands are available for learners who cannot use a mouse.
Science Up Close is a free interactive resource from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers. Engaging activities of high quality [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
This is an exciting era in which to be an educator. Today, we have readily available digital tools that make it possible for a far greater proportion of learners to be successful than ever before. There are tools that can make learning materials accessible and engaging for ALL learners. There are also digital tools that [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 12th, 2008 No Comments »
You would have to have had your head in the sand for a long time not to at least be aware of Wikipedia, an amazing online reference resource that is used every day by countless learners and teachers around the world. You may not be aware that there is an alternate version of Wikipedia that [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Here in British Columbia, we start back to school this week. In honour of the occasion, I’m passing along a gift that came my way (via Richard Byrne) from Zaid at ZaidLearn. Zaid has put together a terrific list of “101 Free Learning Tools” and shared it effectively in visual format on Slideshare. I’ve embedded [...]
