The most common question I am asked when I speak at a local or national conference is “How do you stay up to date with all of this stuff?” While it would be nice to be able to say that I travel the world going from classroom to classroom and lab to lab to find …
Category Archive: Websites
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Jan
17
Interactive Timelines
The use of graphic organizers in classrooms have been shown to be an effective practice for some time now. Graphic organizers can be anything from a Venn diagram or KWL chart to an interactive web based support. These types of supports help students make previously invisible connections visible. Now before you get too excited, there isn’t any …
Jun
14
AAC Training Now Available!
If you haven’t had a chance to look at CKSEC’s online training center, you should do so now. It contains several trainings available to member districts. The link to view it is www.cksec.org/pdms. You must create an account to access the courses (don’t worry, we won’t spam you… just necessary so we know how many …
Mar
31
VoiceThread in the Classroom
I’ve been messing with VoiceThread quite a bit lately and thought it would be a good time to post something about it. An article in the March/April 2011 edition of Teaching Exceptional Children through CEC provides several practical ways to integrate it into a classroom setting, so I recommend you have a look at it …
Jan
14
Changing Education Paradigms
I really dig this animation that goes along with a talk by Sir Ken Robinson on changing education paradigms.
Dec
06
Google eBookstore now Open
The long awaited Google eBookstore is now open (about 4 days after me buying an Amazon Kindle of course). To access the store, simply visit http://books.google.com/ebooks. Google’s bookstore is a bit different than other similar stores such as Apple’s iBooks or the Amazon Kindle store. Basically, you choose the device you want to read the …
Dec
01
Flocabulary for Multiple Means of Representation
If you can’t tell from the name of this blog, I’m big on Universal Design for Learning. The first principle of UDL is Multiple Means of Representation. We have known for some time now that stand and deliver lecture is the primary way content is delivered in Middle and High Schools. If we are lucky, …
Aug
04
20 Free Video Sites
I just ran across a blog post, that referenced yet another blog post listing 20 Free Video Sites. Many of you are probably familiar with the majority of these (YouTube, TeacherTube, iTunesU, etc…) but there were a couple I had not heard of before. You find the blog post here: http://blog.curriki.org/2010/07/13/watch-and-learn/
Aug
04
Mobile Theme Up and Running
I just installed WPtouch iPhone Theme on my blog. Basically, now you can browse to my blog on your mobile smartphone (iphone, adroid phones, etc…) and see a very user friendly mobile version. I tested it on my iPhone and it seems to work well. If anyone experiences any problems please let me know.
Aug
02
How big is the internet?
Very cool graphic from http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/blog. It really puts how large the internet is into perspective. Via: Medical Coding Certification