Universal Design for Learning- Centering the Learning & Well-Being of All Children - Learning for Justice September 2, 2025
- Chandler Unified teachers ‘take a walk’ to learn - chandlernews.com August 31, 2025
- Digital Accessibility by Design - NAESP August 25, 2025
- Building a Course from Scratch: When Time is Not on Your Side - Faculty Focus August 20, 2025
- Stop placing the onus on neurodivergent students to ‘fit in’ - Times Higher Education August 14, 2025
- Building self-competence in health education - University of Delaware August 12, 2025
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Students - researchgate.net August 7, 2025
- (PDF) Developing Teachers’ Competences for Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences - researchgate.net August 7, 2025
- Education and AI
- California Education Department Launches AI Workgroup - GovTech September 2, 2025
- Virginia Colleges Take Varied Approach to AI Education - GovTech September 2, 2025
- Classroom learning looks different with artificial intelligence - KOIN.com September 1, 2025
- California Official Tony Thurmond to Convene ‘Artificial Intelligence in Education’ Workgroup - Moguldom August 30, 2025
- State superintendent to convene 'Artificial Intelligence in Education' workgroup - KSBW August 29, 2025
- Notre Dame Law School Becomes First Law School to Partner with Harvey AI to Integrate Artificial Intelligence into Legal Education - University of Notre Dame August 28, 2025
- Preston school board discusses artificial intelligence in education - WV News August 28, 2025
- Solving the soft skills crisis using artificial intelligence - Times Higher Education August 27, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Trump dismisses health rumours, calls reports on social media “Fake” - Daijiworld September 3, 2025
- Facebook vs Malaria: How social media campaigns can influence public health - The Times of India September 3, 2025
- GRPD investigates a home burglary as case gains social media attention - FOX 17 West Michigan News September 3, 2025
- Meet the Guy Who Trolled Bill Belichick - Time Magazine September 3, 2025
- Sansum Healthcare Employees Under Fire for Social Media Posts Allegedly Mocking Patients - Edhat September 3, 2025
- Trump dismisses social media rumors about his health as 'fake news' - Le Monde.fr September 3, 2025
- How TCU social media leaned into Bill Belichick hype: Memes, one-liners and plenty of receipts - The New York Times September 3, 2025
- 'Haven't seen, fake news': Trump responds to social media speculation on his health - Firstpost September 3, 2025
- Kwantlen
- VIDEO: Ford fans at KPU in Langley today - Aldergrove Star September 1, 2025
- 'Wake-up call': Decline of international students forces layoffs, program suspensions at B.C. schools - Times Colonist September 1, 2025
- KPU set to lay off more staff as international student enrolment plummets - MSN August 31, 2025
- B.C. college layoffs put student success at risk, faculty warn | News - Daily Hive Vancouver August 29, 2025
- Donation big help to program - Langley Advance Times August 29, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - More layoffs at Kwantlen Polytechnic University as international enrollment plummets - Education News Canada August 29, 2025
- Mounting layoffs at B.C. schools creating 'biggest crisis in post-secondary ever,' faculty association says - CBC August 28, 2025
- 'Wake-up call': Decline of international students forces layoffs, program suspensions at B.C. schools - Vancouver Sun August 28, 2025
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … 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
“Sedulous aping”
“Memory” – or memoria – is one of the five canons of classical rhetoric. Write Brett and Kate McKay in their excellent blog “The Art of Manliness”: Anciently, almost all rhetorical communication was done orally in the public forum. Ancient … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
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