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What can you do about pandemic learning losses?
Author: Rebecaa Branstetter
Helpful centering of SEL (social emotional learning) in pandemic context. This is a rethink of “pandemic learning losses.”
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8 August 2022
Cold Turkey: Your Future Self Will Thank You
Author: Cold Turkey Software, Inc.
Cold turkey is a software that you can download on your laptop/pc that blocks websites to eliminate distractions.
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98 Excel tips every user should master
Author: TechRepublic
This article is a landing page and has many links to helpful articles on Excel. I used this resource to help me create Pivot Tables on Excel.
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6 August 2022
ADDvocacy Executive Functioning Coaching
Author: Keith Gelhorn
ADDvocacy supports high school, post-secondary and adults with ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Anxiety and co-occurring mental health challenges that impact executive functioning.
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8 August 2022
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Learning Center Administration: Leading Peer Tutoring Programs in Higher Education
Author:
Daniel R. Sanford & Michelle Steiner
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Learning Center Administration is a comprehensive guide to everything that both new and experienced learning center professionals need to know in order to deliver impactful, effective services for the campuses they serve, articulate the value of the programs they oversee, and provide peer tutors with the conditions for success.
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6 August 2022
Use Wikki Sticks Within Classrooms
Author: Kate Fraser
Learning strategies for students with visually impaired students. Wikki sticks (bendable, waxy strips) might support students to create tactile representations rather than the visual representations.
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8 August 2022
Trello Board: Accessible Technology (Software)
Author: n/a
This is a library of accessible technology programs and software that would be of support for students.
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Descriptions of Speech Acts at CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition)
Author: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota
This provides examples of different approaches to speech acts such as apologies, complaints, invitations, requests, etc. across cultures. Remember these are GENERALIZATIONS. Just because a student speaks the language that is referenced does not mean they will necessarily behave that way – however, it probably does mean that they are at least aware of these norms.
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Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope.
Author: James Redford
As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. Resilience chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back.
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6 August 2022
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Author: Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it.
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