Universal Design for Learning
- Penn State offers workshop series on creating inclusive learning environments - Penn State University July 7, 2025
- (PDF) A scoping review of pre-service teachers’ beliefs about implementing the universal design for learning framework - researchgate.net July 4, 2025
- A scoping review of pre-service teachers’ beliefs about implementing the universal design for learning framework - Nature July 1, 2025
- Five lessons for scaling targeted instruction from implementation research in Ghana - Unicef May 21, 2025
- CAST Brings UDL Leaders in Inclusive Education to Washington, DC for UDL-Con: International 2025 - Newswire :) Press Release Distribution May 12, 2025
- Florence Roche Elementary School Incorporates Universal Design for Learning, Reflects Local Landscape - School Construction News May 8, 2025
- “Gus Walz Is the Unintentional Ambassador of Neurodivergent Youth We All Need” - ADDitude May 7, 2025
- The TLC program: enhancing teaching and empowering educators - UM Today News May 6, 2025
Education and AI
- Meeder Advisory Services Launches Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education Program for Financial Advisors - Longview News-Journal July 10, 2025
- Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Education - The New York Times July 9, 2025
- Microsoft, OpenAI Partner With AFT to Train Teachers on AI - Education Week July 8, 2025
- Navigating the interplay between artificial intelligence, philosophy, education, and governance - Digital Watch Observatory July 8, 2025
- 'AI can be used for good': Broward public schools are set to 'embrace' artificial intelligence - WLRN July 8, 2025
- Multi-stakeholder perspective on responsible artificial intelligence and acceptability in education - Nature July 8, 2025
- Transformations in academic work and faculty perceptions of artificial intelligence in higher education - Frontiers July 6, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education: A Transdisciplinary Framework for Engagement and Innovation - Frontiers June 23, 2025
Social Media Policy
- Social media fuels early cosmetic surgery requests: Expert | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah July 11, 2025
- Today’s audio update: Social media influencer charged in Ponzi-like scheme, another confirmed measles case in - NJ.com July 11, 2025
- The internet hates Botox and filler — but only when it looks bad - vox.com July 11, 2025
- Viral video claims scammers are using stickers with microchips to steal credit card information - WGAL July 11, 2025
- Vacation social media posts may increase risk of home break-ins: survey - TorontoToday.ca July 11, 2025
- Report surveys songwriters on societies, social media and more - Music Ally July 11, 2025
- Log Off Social Media and Return to the Real Things | Opinion - Newsweek July 11, 2025
- Young, online and battling cancer: Bianca Harvey finds strength through social media - WRAL.com July 11, 2025
Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU named home of Canada's first genomics Technology Access Centre - Education News Canada July 10, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - New KPU partnership provides international students with extra support - Education News Canada July 9, 2025
- Researchers discover new drug-resistant parasitic worm in West Africa - Peace Arch News July 3, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - New drug-resistant parasitic worm discovered in West Africa - Education News Canada July 3, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU journalism class partners with Black Press Media to investigate disaster preparedness in B.C. - Education News Canada June 26, 2025
- Langley-based university fasttracks learning for brewing, engineering programs - Aldergrove Star June 22, 2025
- North Delta resident honoured with KPU alumni award - Surrey Now-Leader June 20, 2025
- 'Role model' Surrey man with Plan Your Space earns KPU young alumni award - Surrey Now-Leader June 18, 2025
Monthly Archives: October 2015
What would be on *your* “shadow CV”?
Regarding Devoney Looser’s ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ article “Me and My Shadow CV: What would my vita look like if it recorded not just the success of my professional life but also the many, many rejections?” my friend Jonathan Mayhew … Continue reading
Where the three dots came from …
In a recent piece in The Guardian, “Unfinished story … how the ellipsis arrived in English literature,” Alison Flood describes the work of Cambridge University professor Anne Toner, who locates the origin of the ellipsis – “the mark of incomplete … Continue reading
New Sophos series: “What is …?”
Sophos, the esteemed network-security company, is starting a new series on its always erudite blog. It is called “What Is …,” and it promises to turn “technical jargon into plain English.” The inaugural post, written by Paul Ducklin, is called … Continue reading
Free musical scores
I prefer my classical-piano sheet music to be professionally edited, published, and printed. I like the help with fingering editors provide, and I like big easy-to-read pages in front of me. When I am experimenting with new (to me) composers, … Continue reading
Foreign loanwords in transition: What should they look like?
You might be surprised how often this comes up for professional writers and editors. Bryan Garner, the ace lawyer & editor & language authority, explains: The more arcane or technical a loanword, the more likely it is to retain a … Continue reading
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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The angry period. When texting.
Writes Clair Landsbaum in complex.com: It’s much easier to be aggressive over text because you’re not face-to-face with the person you’re talking to, and people are finding new ways to express that aggression via the humble period. A new study … Continue reading
CMO.com’s 2015 Guide to the Social Media Landscape
CMO’s always valuable social media infographics and slideshows have been staples in my classrooms the last few years, in particular its “Social Media Landscape” series. The one for 2015, thumbnailed above, takes a bit of a new approach, focusing on “overall … Continue reading
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Photogrammar: An historical treasure trove
This photograph, shot in April 1943 by Marjorie Collins, is part of a delightful & important project in which more than 100,000 images – taken from 1935-1944 by photographers working the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information – … Continue reading