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 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...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 17, 2020 | Classroom, Parents/Guardians, Reading, Reading, Teaching
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests. Click this link.
