Posted in News on Jan 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Chemical Exposure Linked to Attention Deficit Disorder in Children Children exposed in the womb to chemicals in cosmetics and fragrances are more likely to develop behavioral problems commonly found in children with attention deficit disorders, according to a study of New York City school-age children published Thursday. [via Alex Forbes]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Jan 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Newton vs. Graffiti vs. Treo vs. iPhone This is a great review. It’s not a scientific test but it explores these different methods of getting text into a device in a way that will help anyone think about the future of text encoding on a variety of devices in a broader [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Jan 21st, 2010 2 Comments »
Intel Reader Offers High Tech Help For Dyslexics and Visually Impaired Intel’s Reader, developed by a dyslexic Stanford graduate, is a powerful device for dyslexic and visually impaired readers, allowing them to scan entire pages of text to audio for immediate playback or later review. This looks quite interesting. If anyone reading this has used [...]
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math on Jan 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
Ten words you need to stop misspelling The Oatmeal has a way with words, and diagrams. You can buy posters of this page here.
Posted in Learning Materials on Jan 16th, 2010 5 Comments »
Washington Reads Card games that engage students in play that strategically builds reading skills. I have two friends who teach reading who use these materials and like them. That means a lot. Recommended.
Posted in Computers and Software on Jan 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Dragon Dictation is a free iPhone application allows you to speak into the iPhone and have the audio turned into text. Here’s a link to Dragon Dictation at the iTunes Music Store.