Universal Design for Learning- Studio G Architects Celebrates Completion of Florence Roche Elementary School - Boston Real Estate Times January 9, 2025
- Explore how to apply Universal Design for Learning in the classroom - UM Today January 6, 2025
- Explore how to apply Universal Design for Learning in the classroom - UM Today January 6, 2025
- December 13, 2024 - www.alfred.edu December 13, 2024
- (PDF) Text-to-Speech Software and Reading Comprehension: The Impact for Students with Learning Disabilities - ResearchGate December 9, 2024
- ASU Accessibility Awareness Day advocates for a more inclusive digital future - Arizona State University November 15, 2024
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports - CA.gov November 13, 2024
- Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts - Education Week November 7, 2024
- Education and AI
- Education Min. declares 2025 as year of AI revolution in Israel - The Jerusalem Post January 12, 2025
- Integrating Artificial Intelligence Tools into Education and the Workforce - PA Times January 10, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in education: California’s approach and community perspectives - West Side Index & Gustine Press-Standard January 10, 2025
- SUNY board approves civic discourse, artificial intelligence requirements - Newsday January 9, 2025
- The effect of growing artificial intelligence usage on education - The Gateway Online January 8, 2025
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education for Improved Patient Care - Medical News Bulletin January 8, 2025
- Artificial intelligence - Machine Learning, Robotics, Algorithms - Britannica January 8, 2025
- Artificial intelligence (AI) | Definition, Examples, Types, Applications, Companies, & Facts - Britannica January 8, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- ‘I can’t go toe to toe with social media.’ Top U.S. health official reflects, regrets. - The Washington Post January 12, 2025
- Social media star Ilona Maher marks first Bristol start with a try - Yahoo Eurosport UK January 12, 2025
- Recovering Detroit Pistons Guard’s Strong Social Media Message - Sports Illustrated January 12, 2025
- Kim Kardashian and Social Media Users Advocate for Higher Pay for Incarcerated Firefighters in California - balleralert.com January 12, 2025
- Dog was attacked, left with crooked face. Now he’s a social media star. - The Washington Post January 12, 2025
- Tesla's new redesigned Model Y has fans divided on social media - TheStreet January 12, 2025
- Khloé Kardashian Called Hypocrite After Criticizing L.A. Mayor Over Wildfire Response - TMZ January 12, 2025
- Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral - The New York Times January 12, 2025
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU streamlines program completion by translating prior learning, experience into credits - Education News Canada January 9, 2025
- Local business partnering with KPU to do several research projects in Cloverdale - Surrey Now Leader December 13, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU alum's book on Taylor Swift's fashion becomes New York Times bestseller - Education News Canada December 3, 2024
- Artist Mayuresh Ambekar hopes his new mural will motivate students to explore their potential at Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Pancouver November 27, 2024
- B.C. university pilots competency-based admissions program - University Affairs November 25, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Anthropology student researches human-bear conflicts in northern B.C. - Education News Canada November 19, 2024
- KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Researchers explore memory failure across the lifespan - Education News Canada November 13, 2024
- B.C. Election: What the results across Metro Vancouver tell us about the 2024 vote - Vancouver Sun October 21, 2024
Author Archives: Robert Basil
A Generation of Mentors
It’s hard for me to re-read KPMG‘s October report “BC Junior Mining at a Crossroads,” commissioned by the BC Securities Commission, without feeling not just loss but what will be lost. The report’s findings echo the lamentations of my friends … Continue reading
Vancouver’s Commonweal
In North America it is Canada’s decided, tenacious commonweal that sets it apart. We look after one another more often than not, and less out of zeal than out of habit and good sense. A city’s public library is a testament … Continue reading
You talk just fine?
When teaching oral communications to my students, I don’t feel comfortable critiquing those who speak in “uptalk,” that habit of ending sentences with a rising inflection so that declarative sentences sometimes seem to sound like questions. To me that would … Continue reading
“More bad writing” …
… presented courtesy of our friend Jonathan Mayhew’s superb blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks: Scholarly Writing and How to Get It Done.” It is a lovely post that ends with this poignant sentence: “There are more objectionable sentences here that I … Continue reading
Changing Norms
Reuben Fischer-Baum of Jezebel has made a wonderfully entertaining GIF that presents six decades of the most popular names for girls, “state by state.” He writes: Baby naming generally follows a consistent cycle: A name springs up in some region … Continue reading
The copyright robots
There is a wonderful story on NPR this morning, “Record Company Picks Fight – With the Wrong Guy,” about Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who was threatened by an Australian record label called Liberation Music with a copyright-infringement lawsuit after he posted … Continue reading
Mediation and Mindfulness
We chose to name this initiative No Contest Communications to highlight our vision of the collaborative workplace, where feedback is gratefully welcomed and usefully shared. Communication and imagination shouldn’t be contests. Conflict is inevitable, though, of course. When people within … Continue reading
Dogma versus Rules of Thumb
Language Log is an always stimulating group blog on language and linguistics, with posts that range from earworms and usage advice to research tools and sociolinguistics. The comments sections are as illuminating as the posts themselves. A recent post called … Continue reading
Revision : Heterovision
I tell students and clients they shouldn’t take feedback on their work as personal critiques. “You are not the words on the paper on which your reports are printed.” This seems like a straight-forward point, but even seasoned editors tend to forget … Continue reading
“The Canadian Style”
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is the nation’s official publisher and our largest translation organization. It also publishes a wonderful online style guide and a collection of writing and editing tools that will handily assist students and teachers, authors … Continue reading
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