Posted in Computers and Software on Apr 29th, 2007 8 Comments »
gSpell is a system service extension for Mac OS X that uses the Google spelling engine to correct spelling. It looks at least as good if not better than OS X’s built in spelling service. It goes without saying that in order to use it one must be online but these days we’re online quite [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
Roger Ebert, film critic, has cancer in his salivary glands and jaw and has had disfiguring surgeries to remove the cancer. He can’t talk. Yet, his spirit is still very much alive and he’ll attend his Ninth Annual Overlooked Film Festival in Chicago. Inspirational. (Source Signal vs. Noise.)
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 25th, 2007 No Comments »
NPR’s Talk of the Nation had a great show on yesterday: Balancing Public Safety, Forced Mental Treatment. It’s also available through the iTunes Music Store as a podcast: Podcasts/NPR/Talk of the Nation. This show both describes a broken mental health system and some of the good that’s come from advocacy groups helping psychotic patients learn [...]
Posted in Colleges on Apr 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Newbury College Center for Academic Services 129 Fisher Avenue Brookline, MA 02445-5796 617-730-7000 www.newbury.edu/academics/support_services/
Posted in Events and Conferences on Apr 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
RAVE-O: A systematic approach to reading fluency and comprehension Hosted by The Center for Reading and Language Research, Tufts University June 26-27, 2007, 8:00 am-4:00 pm Teachers, special educators, and reading specialists will be trained to use RAVE-O, a curriculum for primary-age students using a systematic approach to reading fluency and comprehension. RAVE-O combines our [...]
Posted in Colleges on Apr 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Center for Reading and Language Research Tufts University Miller Hall (North Wing) Medford, MA 02551 617-627-4874 617-6273827 steph.gottwald@tufts.edu ase.tufts.edu/crlr
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Teenage Riddle: Skipping Class, Mastering Chess: A chess star at a Brooklyn high school skips a lot of school — but he is no ordinary truant.
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Apr 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
The Ford Center for Reading 311 S Willow Ave. #2 Tampa, FL 33606 813-254-8393 813-251-9290 fax www.thefordcenterforreading.com
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Apr 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Walter Isaacson has written a great essay on creativity for WIRED: The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein. At a time when the US, worried about competition from China, is again emphasizing math and science education, Einstein’s genius reminds us that a society’s competitive advantage comes not from teaching the multiplication or periodic tables but [...]