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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Autism calendar jul-08
Lenny Shafer has posted his July calendar of events related to Autism. See it at Autism Calendar
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer
For Harry Potter fanatics (like me)…here’s the trailer of the upcoming movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince…enjoy watching! Continue reading
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SpaceClass and Natural Reader for Science Accommodation
I spent some time this morning setting up an account and playing with “SpaceClass”. SpaceClass is sponsored by NASA, Lockheed Martin, The Space Foundation, BioServe Space Technologies.SpaceClass allows a teacher to set up a free account, then set up c… Continue reading
Posted in "SpaceClass", assistive technology, Natural Reader, Science and assistive technology
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Summer School Is Over!…what was it like?
Summer school went by so fast. I was expecting 20 students in my class but only 4-6 students were consistently showing up. My summer scholars ’08 all worked very hard, and I had fun with them too. I enjoyed working with my two sweet ESL students and wi… Continue reading
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Welcome, colleague!
Many are called but only few are chosen in this profession. I welcome our new DCPS special education teacher now blogging at Dee Does the District (I love the alliteration!).There is no magic in teaching special education. We do not walk on water. We d… Continue reading
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Orville: A Dog Story by Haven Kimmel
Orville, written by Haven Kimmel and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, was such a cute little story. It was one of my purchases from the .99ยข store last summer. Consequently, it was also one of the books that I gave away for joining my book club.
Here’s a synopsis: This book is for dog lovers.
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New Hot Button Issue: IEP Inplementation Part I
How much of an IEP does a school district have to implement?You may be scratching your head at this point. We were all taught that the answer is they have to implement all of it. That may be the closest thing in special education law to a solid, “hornb… Continue reading
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Kids Reading Online vs. Printed Media Discussed in NY Times Article
Click below to read the article and comments from another blogger, Tom Landini:
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Attending to Reading: On and Off the Web.
This is an interesting post on the Blog Breathe In, Breathe Out which links to a N.Y. Times article about kids reading on the web vs. traditional print media.
It currently is not [...] Continue reading
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Bogus Bowl 4 closing soon
I’ll be closing the current Bogus Bowl pretty soon. You might remember that this BB, which is the 4th in the series, provided alternative answers for the question, “How do you know that [teaching practice] is effective?” Jump over to it, vote, leave a comment, see which answer has garnered the most votes, or [...] Continue reading
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Amazing Stories From Mexico and Mobilize Mankind
Jose, Roberto and Osmara are 3 very special examples of incredible human spirit. Saturday morning I spent 40 minutes visiting with Greg and Gayle Edwards and hearing them share stories of two very special disabled children and one young man for No Limi… Continue reading
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