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 TLC program: enhancing teaching and empowering educators - UM Today News May 6, 2025
- Make Design and Technology Choices Serve All Students - EdTech Magazine May 6, 2025
- TILT Summer Conference to focus on engaging students through Universal Design for Learning - Colorado State University April 29, 2025
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning for Children with ADHD - researchgate.net April 15, 2025
- New from ACRL - “Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Student-Centered Approach” - American Library Association April 15, 2025
- Education and AI
- 👩🏫 AI tools give teachers six weeks of extra time per year - warpnews.org July 15, 2025
- MPs Debate Education Bill Focused on Tech Skills and Artificial Intelligence - БТА July 15, 2025
- Federal funding delays threaten AI education and America’s tech future - K-12 Dive July 14, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students - Faculty Focus July 14, 2025
- Artificial intelligence (AI) | Definition, Examples, Types, Applications, Companies, & Facts - Britannica 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
- Artificial intelligence in STEM education: a transdisciplinary framework for engagement and innovation - Frontiers July 8, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- TDN Social Media Manager Sara Gordon on Next-Gen Thoroughbred Podcast - Thoroughbred Daily News July 15, 2025
- Fenton’s Lasco Ford Adds All-Star Social Media Content Creator - The Lasco Press July 15, 2025
- YouTube Expands Hype Creator Support Program, Adds Summer-Themed Stickers - Social Media Today July 15, 2025
- xAI Launches AI Companions That Can Engage in NSFW Chats - Social Media Today July 15, 2025
- 'Coffee enema' social media trend sparks health concerns among doctors - Fox News July 15, 2025
- Elmo responds after hacker shares ‘disgusting’ social media posts - The Independent July 15, 2025
- Social media ‘reshaping language’ with words fading from use - The Times July 15, 2025
- Luke Goode posts farewell message on social media: "Can’t wait for what’s next" - Inside the Hall July 15, 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 - 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
- Visual artist Brandon Gabriel designs paddles to represent five KPU campuses - Pancouver June 10, 2025
Tag Archives: mental hygiene
“immortal words”
Allen Ginsberg “finally sat on the edge of the couch and said, ‘Well, Dr [William Carlos] Williams, here we are [Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, and AG], all assembled. What immortal words do you have for us?’ So he … Continue reading
The mess of thinking
Inaccurate interpretations of a particular data-point can nonetheless provide metaphors that describe a lot.
Detail
I seem to have come to the point where I no longer recall the exact word but I do recall exactly why only that exact word will do.
Keep your promises, keep your confidences, and keep your appointments.
The prefix para means “beside” or “beyond.” Paralinguistic or paraverbal communication usually refers to *how* one’s words are conveyed: through tone, body language, speaking speed, or even through one’s wardrobe. In both workplace and social environments, though, beside and beyond … Continue reading
Good scholarly habits
My dear friend Tierney Wisniewski, this website’s cofounder and coeditor, has started up a new blog devoted to her scholarly work and how she gets it done. I love her inaugural piece, “Good Scholarly Habits.” Tierney writes with great clarity and … Continue reading
Don’t think with your fingers
Biographer Robert Caro’s books are marathon-long, though very much worth the time it takes to read them. His laceration of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” is almost 1300 pages. In a wonderful interview published in The New York Review of … Continue reading
Good Motto
“I have never sacrificed an idea simply because it might go over the head of someone not yet ready to understand it.”
Practice
As a teacher and as an editor, my counsel to students and writers often seems too obvious even to say. For instance: “You can’t complete a large project in a short time. Proceed bit by bit” (or “bird by bird“). … Continue reading
Smart/Dumb
In my profession some colleagues believe that marking hard – giving more D’s than B’s, for instance – correlates with a high level of “rigour” in teaching. To my mind, though, there is often no connection between grade distribution and … Continue reading
Mental Hygiene
In a post called “Cognitive” my good friend Jonathan Mayhew explores one of NoContest’s recurrent themes: There is the idea that you can prevent decay in cognitive function by doing inane, mindless games on the computer, such as those peddled … Continue reading