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Technology-Attention Disorder Link?
A St Maarten friend posted the blog link below on Facebook, and that got me thinking… What is the link between attention disorders and electronic gadgetry such as tablet devices and smart phones? To quickly summarize, Margaret Rock’s post addresses … Continue reading
Posted in behavior management, Education, Parental Involvement, Teaching Tolerance, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged ADD, ADHD, Attention disorders, Behavior management, intervention, iPads, Learning, Learning Disabilities, parent involvement, parents, Research, Smart Phones, Special education, tablet computers, Technology
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Dangerous Speakers | Teacher Talk (Dyslexia and other Reading Disabilities)
Good educators are always seeking new information–whether that information is to learn better ways of serving their students, learn more about a topic or technique, follow how the latest research-based techniques are working elsewhere, etc. To good educators, an 8-hour … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity in education, Dyslexia, Education, Fixing Education, Kids Reading, Learning Disabilities, Parental Involvement, Pedagogy, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Disabilities, Special Education
Tagged Blog, Caribbean, Dyslexia, Education, Education in Sint Maarten, Education in the Caribbean, Emotional Disturbances, Learning, Learning Disabilities, Learning disability, Reading, Reading disability, Research, Special education, Specific Learning Disabilities
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Seminar: Using Data: Improvement Planning at the School and District Level to Improve Achievement
Here is some information just received this in a newsletter from the U.S. Department of Education. This webinar may be of particular interest to researchers and education leadership. It is sponsored by WestEd, which usually has very high quality … Continue reading
Call for Papers: EdConference.net (and other ramblings)
Included in this post is a Call for Papers announcement, some information about EdConference.net, and an explanation of my blogging absence. Call for Papers EdConference.net is a quick-turn-around site that accepts scholarly works in the fields of education, health/nursing, and … Continue reading
New Conference Site: EdConference.net
You are invited to participate in a new online academic conference site (http://EdConference.net). The e-conference site was created by a group of educators at a large online university who see the Internet as a venue that can help disseminate timely … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Reports, ePublishing
Tagged academic conference, academic publication, book reviews, business, Education, electronic periodical, health care, leadership, literature reviews, nursing, online conference, peer-review, Research, Technology, textbook analysis
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NCSER announces FY 2012 Awards
If you are interested in research related to topics on special education, click on the link below to see what research awards have been distributed for 2012 by the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), which functions under the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Reports, Education Research Grants, Fixing Education, Special Education
Tagged Education Research Grants, Fiscal year, Grants, Higher education, IES, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, NCSER, Research, Special education, U.S. Department of Education, United States Department of Education
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Comparing U.S. Educational Progress to Education Around the World
Below are some recently published results from the National Center for Education Statitstics’ databases. The international assessments Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) are used to … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment of education, Education, Education Reports
Tagged Education, educational progress, International Activities Program, K through 12, Learning, mathematics education, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, PIRLS, PISA, Program for International Student Assessment, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, Reading, Research, science education, TIMSS, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, United States Department of Education
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2012 i3 Development Competition
For those of you interested in education grants, it seems the pre-application process is over for this one, but the results should help with formulating next year’s proposal competition. Keep an eye on this. It could be big. 124 Applicants … Continue reading
High School and College Dropout: A Report from ETS and an Interview with Bill Gates
Earlier, I came across a post from ETS in LinkedIn. The post pointed to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that was an interview with Bill Gates on college dropout. At the end of the article was a … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment of education, Education, Education Reports, Post-secondary education
Tagged AdSense, Chronicle of Higher Education, college dropout, Education, Educational Testing Service, ETS, high school dropout, Higher education, K through 12, Research, Technology in education
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