Keep your eye on this site: miniMANUSCRIPT is a sort of Wikipedia for manuscript summaries, complete with discussion threads and multi-media content for each summary.
The online database of user-generated manuscript summaries is free to use and is easily searchable. …
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Recently, one of my classes has been analyzing Plato’s Crito and Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience. I always look forward to giving my students these particular texts because of the vitriolic responses that they often evoke (Socrates was crazy…
Check out this video from Dutch graphic designers who have designed a font specifically for people with Dyslexia. Used in universities in the Netherlands, the font, named Dyslexie, has been proven to reduce the amount of mistakes readers make. Click …
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a Resource Round-Up here on Learning Diversity, so we figured what better time than now to present you with the best links on the web to help your student, child, or yourself!…
Is grading obsolete? The controversy about grading is not new, with many teachers advocating for the use of narrative evaluations in place of grading, and some research seems to indicate that it is, ultimately, rather ineffective. This video demonstrates how …
12th grader Tim Bartolini has developed a self-awareness pertaining to his own individual learning styles, which has allowed him to identify areas of academic strengths and those in needs of further development so he can succeed in college. Accordingly, he …
As a new iPad 2 owner, I have been scouring the internet and the Apple App store to find ways to incorporate my fancy new machine into the classroom. Fortunately, there are tons of fantastic apps that allow me to …
There is a new application on the web that allows students to upload text and will condense it for them in order to draw out the main ideas. Topicmarks, which is still in the beta stage, is a free …
The website 99% has just posted a fantastic compendium of videos describing various aspects of the creative process. Entitled “10 Awesome Videos On Idea Execution & The Creative Process”, the post lets you view lectures and animations from Harry …
Dr. James Paul Gee is a leading expert on literacy with a special interest in the potential of educational games. In the following video he talks about a revolutionary approach to learning that would seem to have significant advantages over …
When Matthew Leeb of collegehumor.com created a faux Facebook page for World War II he may have had his tongue planted firmly in cheek, but it demonstrated a whole new range of possibilities for presenting material to students. That’s right; …
Practically all things Kennedy brings out misty-eyed, blind patriotism in me. Show me John-John on his third birthday saluting his father’s casket and tears predictably cloud my vision. The 1812 Overture may give me the chills, but history makes me …
The main purpose of Global Perspectives, an eighth grade class, is to search out and understand the vast multicultural differences and similarities, past, present, and inherent in the world today. Then the knowledge learned is disseminated in an art or …
My children treat art museums like racetracks. Enjoying art for art’s sake comes to a screeching halt when in a panic, I suddenly realize that the kids have overtaken me and have disappeared into any one of the galleries ahead …
Congratulations, Mr. Neil Diamond on your induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Time to dust off the sequins for what is sure to be a bombastic induction ceremony! Today my students have one foot into the holiday …
Just when I think I have found a great multimedia resource for my class posted on Youtube a commercial pops up, too often consisting of Viking hoards questioning the contents of my wallet. Not exactly the best classroom practice if …
Most of us have fond memories of field trips; it was giddy fun just to be out of the class room for the day. Even more fun than the bus ride was the heady thrill of browsing the museum gift …
The very notion of reading mail that wasn’t addressed to you, but was carelessly left laying in plain view is scandalous. Whether snail-mail or email, our correspondence is private business protected by passwords, encryption, and even the federal government.
What …
While I never use the ‘Global List’ option to distribute videos of impossibly cute puppies, I am very guilty of passing along interesting web URL’s to unsuspecting co-workers. Sometimes I never get a reply from the recipient. It isn’t always …
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