by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Classroom, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians, Special Education, Teaching, Teaching
The unexpected shift to the remote workplace and classroom brought on by COVID-19 has left many families across the country with inequitable access to devices and technology infrastructure, a problem known as the digital divide. For students with disabilities, the...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Assistive Technology, Classroom, Occupational Therapy, Parents/Guardians, Special Education, Teaching, Teaching
There will be many times when a child with special needs requires some type of assistive technology. In determining the best type of technology for a specific child several options are tested and presented to the child. The results of this procedure are often written...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Covid-19, Special Education, Teaching, Teaching
Educators putting together 504 plans for students might have to approach it from a different angle these days. Though accommodating students by offering them extended time to work on assignments might seem like an appropriate route, with or without a pandemic, it just...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 24, 2021 | Classroom, Parents/Guardians, School Districts, Teaching
Leveraging the practices that many schools regularly implement in a typical academic year, the Department has created a guidance document (attached) with specific strategies and supports that schools should have in place to support graduating high school seniors...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 28, 2020 | Classroom, Covid-19, Parents/Guardians
Fewer kids ready for kindergarten as early childhood education impacted by outbreak Alia Wong – USA TODAY – Cheryse Singleton-Nobles knows her 2-year-old son is regressing. – in the D&C on 12/5/2020 on page A2 While the toddler is getting the...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 20, 2020 | Classroom, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians, Teaching, Teaching
Amy Neff Roth and Alex Cooper – Utica Observer-Dispatch USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 11/28/2020 on page A2 Eight-year-old Eh Moo Taw Heh lounges on a sofa, leaning against the arm with her Chromebook in her lap. Her brother, 10-year-old Saw Kler...
