Universal Design for Learning- Penn State offers workshop series on creating inclusive learning environments - Penn State University July 7, 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
- The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning June Workshops - UM Today News May 16, 2025
- Florence Roche Elementary School Incorporates Universal Design for Learning, Reflects Local Landscape - School Construction News May 8, 2025
- Make Design and Technology Choices Serve All Students - EdTech Magazine May 6, 2025
- The TLC program: enhancing teaching and empowering educators - UM Today News May 6, 2025
- TILT Summer Conference to focus on engaging students through Universal Design for Learning - Colorado State University April 29, 2025
- Education and AI
- AI Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied - The Fulcrum July 18, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence - vocal.media July 18, 2025
- Majority of States Issue AI Guidelines for Schools - Governing July 17, 2025
- Local educator gives tips on using AI ethically this school year - WDAM-TV July 17, 2025
- Towards responsible artificial intelligence in education: a systematic review on identifying and mitigating ethical risks - Nature July 16, 2025
- When the Stakes are High, Do Machine Learning Models Make Fair Decisions? - UC San Diego Today July 16, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students - Faculty Focus July 14, 2025
- Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Education - The New York Times July 9, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Are the "Sheldons" to blame for The Late Show's cancellation as Jimmy Kimmel seems to think? - Lainey Gossip July 18, 2025
- Cheating CEO’s wife takes action after ‘kiss-cam’ bust - The Nightly July 18, 2025
- Grammy Winner Adele’s Rise to Fame Started on a Social Media Platform Most People Forgot About - Collider July 18, 2025
- InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Spotting the fakes in this social media scam - NewsChannel 10 | Amarillo Texas July 18, 2025
- Garrett Nussmeier’s Sister Drops Heartfelt Reaction on Will Campbell’s Social Media Post - Athlon Sports July 18, 2025
- Extreme weight loss, cosmetic surgery videos available to teens on TikTok despite guidelines, CBS News finds - CBS News July 18, 2025
- Senator Todd Young Reintroduces Social Media Drug Bill - WIBC July 18, 2025
- Jordan Love's social media post has his Packers teammates fired up days before training camp 2025 begins - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 18, 2025
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - 'I was in disbelief': KPU instructor collaborates with Peter Gabriel on music video - Education News Canada July 18, 2025
- 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 - KPU journalism class partners with Black Press Media to investigate disaster preparedness in B.C. - Education News Canada June 26, 2025
- Drone show returns for Canada Day in Langley - Langley Advance Times June 24, 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: 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”
Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.
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