Vol. VII No. 4* Spring 2002

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IconView from the Observation Deck
Dee Dickinson
Dee shares new research in reading, small schools and school reform.
IconWhat is the Gates Foundation Doing in Education?  An Interview with Kenneth Jones
Dee Dickinson
A visit with Kenneth Jones of the Gates Foundation.
IconAward-Winning District Reaches All Its Kids
Wendy Battino
How does a school district meet the needs of all of its learners learning at different rates? Chugach shares its innovative approach.
IconAction Research:  A Strategy for Instructional Improvement
Carol Reed
How action research gives teachers the skills needed to solve problems specific to their classrooms and schools.
IconThe Need for High Quality Science Instruction For Pre-K through 5th Graders
Elaine Woo
How the Seattle school district has implemented a hands on science program for elementary students.
IconDouble Inequity, Redoubled Critique: Twice-Exceptional (Gifted + Learning Disabled) Students
Margi Nowak
What we are learning about students who are both gifted and LD.
IconEmotional Intelligence:  Five Years Later
Daniel Goleman
Dr. Goleman explains what works and gives examples of programs in tens of thousands of schools around the world.
IconListening, The Ear and Development:  The Work of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis
Don Campbell
The ear's ability to listen and focus, select sounds spatially and regulate auditory information as it is perceived by the brain has become the theme in over a hundred centers worldwide dedicated to assist children and adults with speech and communication disorders, attention deficit disorders, head injuries, and autism.
Icon Americans Need to Know More About Technology
The National Academy of Engineering
Engineers share their views on technology in education.
IconInternational Connections:  Creating "Magic" for Young and Old
Dorothy E. Dubia
Having volunteers in the classroom benefits everyone.
IconCreative Problem Solving:  Overview and Update
Don Treffinger
How productive thinking helps students to be better prepared for life and work in a world of constant, rapid change.
 
Icon Education for the Third Millenium:  Looking Back From 2050
Hazel Henderson
An economist's view of what education may be like in the future.
Icon An Alternative School in Ecuador
Fasila Carter
Take a peek at a four day teaching schedule of this innovative school in Ecuador.
GIRAFFE OF THE MONTH

We asked the folks at The Giraffe Project to let us share stories about some of the heroes they've discovered quietly sticking their necks out to make the world a better place. This month, The Giraffe Project shares the story of Janet L. Trinkaus of Seattle.

Recommended Reading

 

Exceeding Expectations: A User's Guide to Implementing Brain Research in the Classroom Susan J. Kovalik and Karen D. Olsen

Teacher Evaluation: to Enhance Professional Practice Charlotte Danielson and Thomas L. McGreal

Character Begins at Home: Family Tools for Teaching Character and Value Karen D. Olsen and Sue Pearson

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child John Gottman

One Kid at a Time Eliot Levine

New on the Bulletin Board:

Brain Awareness Week, March 11-17,2002
An international effort to increase public awareness about the progress, future, and benefits of brain research
Grant Opportunity:  The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Washington
Deadline is April 1st so act quickly.
  • Up to $1,000 contribution for continuing education relating to American history.
  • Up to $1,000 contribution for curriculum development.
  • Up to $1,000 contribution for travel and tuition to attend an educational seminars relating to American history.
  • Up to $1,000 contribution for teacher enrichment project/program
Workshops:  Social and Emotional Learning: Building Heart, Spirit & Community in Schools
Rachael Kessler
April 19-21, 2002, Shoreline Conference Center, Seattle, WA
 
Workshops:  Creativity Workshop
We are all born creative, curious and imaginative but these qualities sometimes fade with the passage of time. The Creativity Workshop's goal is to help people get their imaginations back. Click on the link above for more information.
Conference:  Learning Brain Expo
July 17-20, 2002  San Antonio, Texas
Conference:  Kids Who Know And Do, Tenth Annual Conference
April 25-26, 2002  San Francisco, California
Press Release:  iEarn
The International Education and Resource Network - iEARN, recently began online professional development courses for educators who wish to integrate technology into their teaching and globalize their curriculum.
TeleConference:  TASH hosts a series in April 2002 in celebration of National Autism Awareness Month
Workshop:  Theoretical and Applied Aspects of the International Structural Cognitive Modifiability and Mediated Learning Experience and Feurestein's Instrumental Enrichment
August 5-6, 2002 -- Indian Lakes Resort, Bloomingdale, Illinois, USA
PDF documents:  workshop information; registration form; information sheet
Conference:  25th Anniversary of the HUMOR Project at 17th Annual International Conference on the Positive Power of Humor, Hope and Healing
April 12-14, 2002 -- Saratoga Springs, NY

Have You Seen . . .

Links to websites, announcements, interesting reading and great resources.

Newsletter:  Autism Today
Packed with the latest information on autism and asperger's syndrome.
Online Magazine:  Futurecasts
Daniel Blatt's Futurecasts has a new url.
Website:  The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
founded in 1996 to aid the advancement of research and practice related to emotional intelligence in organizations.
Website:  The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
CASEL's mission is to establish social and emotional learning as an essential part of education from preschool through high school.
Website:  TechStart
Check out TechStart's new cyber-home. Since you're the first group of non-homogenous users to view the site, please let TechStart know if you have difficulty viewing the site or would just like to make a comment/suggestion/correction.
Newsletter:  Addresource.com
A free monthly e-zine with information and links concerning ADD and learning difficulties.
Newsletter:  Journal of Special Education Technology
A refereed professional journal that presents up-to-date information and opinions about issues, research, policy, and practice related to the use of technology in the field of special education.
Website:  Sprints
Help build a sense of social and environmental responsibility.  This site offers the means for a school to start a recycling program.
Article:  Smaller Learning Communities at the High School Level:  A Special Education Perspective
From the Small Schools Organization; Stevens Point Small Learning Groups
 

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