Category: Good Read
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Ed Review (01/20/23)
Topics covered in this edition of Ed Review: FEDERAL STUDENT AID MLK DAY OF SERVICE PROJECT SERV GRANTS TRAVEL LOG CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS ODDS AND ENDS QUOTES TO NOTE UPCOMING EVENTS Click here to access the article on the Ed Review website
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Lisa Forbes’ new playful pedagogy book launched through Carnegie Mellon ETC Press called the Professors at Play PlayBook
The lack of attention to play in higher education partly reflects the societal narrative that says, “play is for kids, not adults.” When play is associated with childhood or seen as trivial or a waste of time, utilizing play in “serious” adult learning can seem radical, scary, or reckless at most. The Professors at Play…
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ThinqStudio as Tabula Rasa
“Some of the greatest things in life are ineffable and impervious to formal definitions. For example, love, beauty, and play cannot be easily defined but are important and powerful forces which we seek. The harder you try to define play, for example, the more elusive it becomes. The more you try to explain one aspect,…
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Ed Review (12/09/22)
Topics covered in this edition of Ed Review: ONE-TIME STUDENT DEBT RELIEF FSA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL AMERICA CELEBRATES: STATE ORNAMENTS ODDS AND ENDS QUOTE TO NOTE UPCOMING EVENTS Click here to access the article on the Ed Review website
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Tips for Creating Accessible Materials Using APA Format
“The APA Style team worked with accessibility experts at David Berman Communications to ensure that APA Style guidelines as presented in the Publication Manual (7th ed.) are compliant with Web Content and Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standards. Our style guidelines have been developed to address the needs of users worldwide who access works in APA Style in…
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Dr. Ron Tzur Co-Edits and Authors New Book
Dr. Ron Tzur served as a co-editor (with Yan Ping Xin and Helen Thouless) and an author of four chapters of a new book (published by Springer – Nature) that targets prospective SPED teachers. The book, titled Enabling Mathematics Learning of Struggling Students, is the product of eight years of collaborative work among mathematics education…
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Essay from Sean Michael Morris featured in Fall Edition of CU Denver Research Magazine
Technology is Not Pedagogy We have not coded for the human in education, and so, unless we know how to seek it out past digital platforms, algorithms, and surveillance tools, the human is largely left out of online learning. Check out the full article on page 20 of the CU Denver Research Magazine
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Counselors’ advice for college-bound students facing coronavirus uncertainty: Keep moving forward
“We’re doing lots of listening right now but still advising students to move forward so they have something to look forward to,” said Nathan Cadena, Denver Scholarship Foundation chief operating officer. The foundation provides resources and support for predominantly low-income and first-generation Denver students entering and attending college. Check out the full article on Chalkbeat.
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A Message from our Counseling Center Students
Some of the students made a video about coping during these times. Check it out here!
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Lisa Forbe’s made the “10 most-read CU Connections features of 2019”
In my first year as a faculty member, I was swept away with the tidal wave of teaching a 4-4, prepping new courses, engaging in research and service while also managing my life as a mother of a 3-year-old and 6-month-old with a partner who travels five months of the year for work. I describe…