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Regard the Definition of Learning
Introduction Perhaps much of what produces conflicting perspectives on learning stems from conflating training with teaching and reacting with understanding. Furthermore, perhaps this conflation reflects an unreasonable dismissal of the phenomenon we refer to as consciousness simply because it is such a difficult, abstract concept to describe, and harder still to quantify. Such a response…
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Silent Steps: what ADHD learners don’t get to hear
When I set about trying to zero in with absolute precision on what I, as a learner with ADHD, have been unable to access–and have witnessed my own children with ADHD being likewise unable to access–my discovery amused me. Because as I zoomed in and in and in–bringing into crisp focus the–as I said, precise–deficit,…
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It was the worst of times; it is the worst of times. Can we get a best, please?
Despite widely-harbored resistance to the idea, anyone authoring content that fails to evidence, at minimum, an attempt at universal accessibility cannot hope that said content be useful as more than, at maximum, a non-example object of study for students of instructional design. Such content is now an absurd relic from the Pedagogical Dark Ages, serving…
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Create a To-Do List for Kids with Google Sheets
Turn a Google Sheet into an interactive tracker to help kids accomplish everything from daily chores to long-term school projects independently.
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