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Archive for September, 2008
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Monday, September 8th, 2008Technology and Language Teaching
Monday, September 8th, 2008Book Review: A Practical Guide to Using Technology in Language Teaching by John de Szendeffy
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Teachers – Check out this website for your students
Monday, September 8th, 2008Check out this website “Interesting things for ESL students: A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language!” and let me know what you think.
A New Webcast for K-6 Educators
Monday, September 8th, 2008View at Your Convenience. An easy, low-cost way to further your professional development from your home, office or conference room.
Negotiating the Literacy Lives of Boys through Building a Literacy Community
Presenter: David Booth, professor emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
An expert in this field, David Booth helps educators understand issues involved in boys’ literacy learning and then provides proven methods to engage them as readers and writers. This powerful presentation includes a downloadable handout and encompasses the following topics:
• Connecting Home, School, Community
• Helping Boys Become Print Powerful
• Assisting Boys in Becoming Writers
• Structuring Literacy Events for Students
All you need to view this 60-minute, on-demand webcast is a computer with high speed internet access. For more information, or to register, click here:
http://rrcna.org/development/web_conference/Literacy_Lives_Of_Boys.asp.
About diagnostic labeling . . .
Monday, September 8th, 2008Many children receive the extra support they need for school success when their emotional and behavioral challenges are diagnosed, but some parents wonder if labeling gone too far. It isn’t easy to decide when we should let “kids be kids, or when we should seek expert intervention. To read more, click here: More about diagnostic labeling . . .
What’s New in Special Education? Preventing Dyslexia
Monday, September 8th, 2008News from Science Daily online: “New research points to preventative exercises as an effective means to tackle the challenges children face when learning to read. . .” (read more)
Web-Based Learning Opportunities: Webinars and Webcasts
Monday, September 1st, 2008Webinars – Live
Live online presentations on timely topics include opportunity for questions and answers.
Coming this fall – For Reading Recovery Teachers and Teacher Leaders
Janet Bufalino and Shannon Henderson discuss how teachers use prompts to keep children learning at their cutting edge. Teaching for Powerful Processing