Universal Design for Learning
- Toolbox To Implement Inclusion In Malaysian Preschools - Dr Amar-Singh HSS & Hui-Min Wong - CodeBlue October 29, 2024
- How do we make more accessible learning content for children with disabilities? - UNICEF September 30, 2024
- Professional learning spotlight: OCDE to offer training on Universal Design for Learning - OCDE Newsroom September 26, 2024
- Sabrena Deal shapes inclusive learning and design at Grady - Grady College September 25, 2024
- Education Webinars - American Mathematical Society September 23, 2024
- BME Seminar Series: Alisha Sarang-Sieminski, Ph.D., Olin College: “Using A Universal Design Framework to Bridge the Gap Between Accommodations Letters and Active Learning Approaches” - WPI News September 20, 2024
- New Mexico Mathematics Instructional Scope 3.0 - New Mexico Public Education Department September 6, 2024
- Remove barriers with digital accessibility - News | University Communication | Nebraska August 27, 2024
Education and AI
- Opinion: The ethics of artificial intelligence in education - Minnesota Daily October 28, 2024
- Industry Groups Call for New Federal Focus on AI in Education - Education Week October 28, 2024
- EDUCAUSE 2024: The Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education - EdTech Magazine: Focus on K-12 October 25, 2024
- 24 Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence Applications | AI Applications in 2024 - Simplilearn October 24, 2024
- Schools Grapple With Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning - Seven Days October 23, 2024
- Promises and challenges of generative artificial intelligence for human learning - Nature.com October 22, 2024
- (PDF) Transforming Education: The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in The Students Academic Performance - ResearchGate October 22, 2024
- (PDF) Revolutionizing Student Engagement: Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Specialized Learning Motivation - ResearchGate October 22, 2024
Social Media Policy
- Community Life — as seen on social media - The Times Herald October 29, 2024
- Teen arrested for false social media post after school lockdown - News 12 Westchester October 29, 2024
- Rikishi shares an important Bloodline related announcement on social media - Wrestling Notícias October 29, 2024
- WLOX Anchor Dave Elliott Fired After Political Post on Social Media - Adweek October 29, 2024
- Social media star Jack Settleman, founder of Snapback Sports, visits Franklin Field - The Daily Pennsylvanian October 29, 2024
- Manchester United’s Social Media Following Spikes After News Of Erik Ten Hag Sacking - Sportscasting October 29, 2024
- Opinion: Has social media killed presidential debates? - The Eagle (American University) October 29, 2024
- Discover how Harbor Beach Schools are teaching PR to middle schoolers - Huron Daily Tribune October 29, 2024
Kwantlen
- B.C. Election: What the results across Metro Vancouver tell us about the 2024 vote - Vancouver Sun October 21, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU community honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal - Education News Canada October 17, 2024
- Bringing better, bountiful berries to Canadian tables - The Western Producer October 3, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University student paper receives petition to dissolve - Richmond News October 3, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Researchers find hairy solution for B.C. cows facing scorching heat - Education News Canada October 3, 2024
- Kwantlen University student newspaper threatened with shutdown - MSN September 26, 2024
- Kwantlen University student newspaper threatened with shutdown - Vancouver Sun September 26, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU recognized for sustainability efforts with silver STARS rating - Education News Canada September 24, 2024
Tag Archives: language
You complete the world.
It seems staggering that the brand new mayor of NYC, Eric Adams, could use the words “low skilled workers” to describe anyone who works in his city. I could walk for hours through Manhattan before seeing *anyone* whose work I … Continue reading
The root of beauty …
… is boldness, wrote Pasternak. “That is what’s brought us to one another.” Apropos: After Wolfgang Pauli had given a colloquium on some ideas related to particle physics, Pauli said to Neils Bohr: “You will probably think that what I … Continue reading
Abandoning One’s Mother Tongue
I had not thought this possible. A very poignant story via the great Language Log.
Real Words
One of the best pure writers I have ever seen was a psychology student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University named Emily (she gave me permission to use her first name). She could amalgamate and compress numerous, complex source articles into a … Continue reading
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
Clichés Used in Journalism
The Washington Post compiles a helpful list; it’s up to 200. I am guilty of using the following in speaking (and the first one listed here in writing, too – alas): Any “not-un” formulation (as in “not unsurprising that you’d … Continue reading
No Word
A friend in the media emailed me this morning: “Everyone keeps talking about hostages having been taken in Paris. Doesn’t the word ‘hostage’ imply a demand on the part of the terrorists? They made no demands; they intended all along … Continue reading
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.
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On Poetry
My friend Jonathan Mayhew has been on a tear of late, publishing a series of manifestos on poetry in his wonderful blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks. Some snippets (but read the whole thing): Manifesto (1) Nobody knows what poetry is for. … Continue reading
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