Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on May 28th, 2005 No Comments »
With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour: “The rise of podcasting is now enabling museumgoers to concoct their own unofficial audio guides and tours.” (Via NYT > Home Page.)
Posted in Discussion Topics on May 26th, 2005 No Comments »
If you are LD and work in a job setting that supports you without singling you out and making you feel bad, can you describe the situation? If you are LD and work in a job setting that supports you, can you describe the situation? If you are an employer and hire people with LD, [...]
Posted in Low Tech Tools on May 17th, 2005 5 Comments »
© Judith Sweeney jsweeney@onionmountaintech.com onionmountaintech.com/ I have a confession to make. I never read manuals if I can help it. I open software, install it, and just dive right in. I plug in peripheral devices and just experiment until they work or I am forced back into the manual to figure out the “finer details.” [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 17th, 2005 1 Comment »
Testing, testing: “Critics of the new writing section of the SAT say that the only thing the test measures is a student’s aptitude for B.S.” (Via Salon.com.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 17th, 2005 No Comments »
Research Finds a High Rate of Expulsions in Preschool: “Typical 3-year-olds just out of diapers are plenty old enough to be expelled, the first national study of expulsion rates in prekindergarten programs has found.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 14th, 2005 No Comments »
SAT Essay Scores Are In, but Will They Be Used?: “Three months after the SAT test with a new handwritten essay made its debut, many universities are still grappling with how, when and even whether they will use the new scores.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 11th, 2005 No Comments »
U.S. Provides Rules to States for Testing Special Pupils: “Some state education officials and advocates for special-education students quickly criticized the requirements as too stringent.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 10th, 2005 No Comments »
Connecticut Lawmakers Debate Strict Bill on School Nutrition: “Connecticut’s public schools would be banned from selling soft drinks and certain snacks under a proposal that is expected to face a final vote in the Legislature.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on May 9th, 2005 No Comments »
Computers Grade Students’ Writing: “A professor, tired of marking the same old mistakes in university compositions, invents software to do the work. It’s one of several programs that ease teachers’ busywork, but do students learn more than how to trick the automated graders?” This coupled with the fact that the new SAT essay section is [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 7th, 2005 5 Comments »
Concentrating when studying is a useful article on paying attention and getting work done. Concentration: the ability to direct your thinking The art or practice of concentration, no matter if studying biology or playing pool, is to focus on the task at hand and eliminate distraction. Source: 43 Folders
Posted in LD Support Organizations on May 4th, 2005 No Comments »
Raskob Institute 3520 Montain Blvd. Oakland, CA 94619 510-436-1275 510-436-1106 fax www.raskobinstitute.org/
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 4th, 2005 No Comments »
SAT Essay Test Rewards Length and Ignores Errors: “Les Perelman worries that the new S.A.T. is teaching high school students terrible writing habits.” He was stunned by how complete the correlation was between length and score. “I have never found a quantifiable predictor in 25 years of grading that was anywhere near as strong as [...]