Universal Design for Learning- CoSN 2025: Universal Design for Learning Applies to Tech, Too - GovTech April 21, 2025
- The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning May Workshops - UM Today News April 16, 2025
- Announcing the 2025 Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation Winners - University of South Carolina April 15, 2025
- Use AI and the metaverse to keep your students engaged online - Times Higher Education April 7, 2025
- 2025 AMS OER and UDL Champions - UBC Faculty of Forestry April 3, 2025
- UConn Waterbury’s Neurovariability Initiative: Where Cognitive Strengths Fuel Learning for All - UConn Today April 2, 2025
- How to integrate essential Universal Design for Learning principles - TrainingZone April 1, 2025
- CAST Opens Nominations for 2nd Annual UDL Awards to Celebrate Inclusive Education Excellence - Newswire.com April 1, 2025
- Education and AI
- CMS community voices different views on AI in education - WCNC May 1, 2025
- Nevada education officials outline vision for ethical use of artificial intelligence in schools - Las Vegas Sun May 1, 2025
- Conversations with AI: Education - AI News May 1, 2025
- State pilot program exploring use of Artificial Intelligence in education - WTNH.com April 29, 2025
- Executive Order Issued Calling for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth - Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo April 28, 2025
- AI in education: Balancing promises and pitfalls - AI News April 28, 2025
- Trump admin. seeks to improve American education through Artificial Intelligence - Christian Post April 25, 2025
- Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth (Trump EO Tracker) - JD Supra April 25, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Ex-Lakers Center Christian Wood Turns Heads With Cryptic Remarks on Social Media - Athlon Sports May 1, 2025
- Mixed arguments for proposed Texas bill to ban minors from social media - FOX 26 Houston May 1, 2025
- US Embassy in Tokyo warns: Disclose Social media or no visa - Hindustan Times May 1, 2025
- From Followers to Community: How Smart Brands Are Winning on Social - RetailWire May 1, 2025
- Celebrity Social Media Round-Up for May 1, 2025 including Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner not giving a nod to the - Lainey Gossip May 1, 2025
- CIA Boosts Social Media Campaign to Recruit Chinese Officials - Bloomberg.com May 1, 2025
- Up to 40% of cancer-related content on social media platforms contains misinformation - CBS News May 1, 2025
- Senators Voice 'Deep Concerns' About Trump's Pick for Air Force Under Secretary - Military.com May 1, 2025
- Kwantlen
- VIDEO: KPU annual garden sale extended - Aldergrove Star May 1, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU researchers develop test to help protect salmon against disease - Education News Canada May 1, 2025
- KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY KPU festival celebrates South Asian arts and culture - Education News Canada April 24, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU's Wilson School of Design ranked among world's top design institutions - Education News Canada April 22, 2025
- B.C. post-secondary institutions deal with loss of revenue amid cuts to international student permits - Yahoo News UK April 18, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU launches new exchange program to welcome students from Tunisia - Education News Canada April 16, 2025
- Free talks, event at Richmond Seniors Expo this Wednesday - Richmond News April 7, 2025
- Langley university students look east to create special beer - Aldergrove Star April 1, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
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
Free textbooks and other resources for students and educators
Students who suffer under the burden of high tuition and large student loans need all the financial help the world can provide them. For my upper-level communications classes the last couple of years I have been using an excellent online … Continue reading
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The “trick to ambiguity”
From the great Language Log: Most of the ambiguity contained in normal language use is passed over without any awareness on the audience’s part of the potential for double meanings. If one of the two intended meanings in an ad … Continue reading
Needing Readers
In my classes, as well as in my career as a “communications guy,” I stress the requirement that all written pieces be read by one or several people prior to submission or publication. My friend, the scholar Jonathan Mayhew, has … Continue reading
The Muse
I’m not a great creative individual by any stretch, but I do respect my muse and do *not* screw with it. My friend kat passed along this letter by musician Nick Cave, which he wrote to MTV in 1996, in … Continue reading