I’ve started a new blog especially designed to record the best educational web sites I find for kids, called The Web Catcher. Check it out! Then don’t hesitate to leave a comment about YOUR favorite web sites!
The official home page of Child Care Information Exchange magazine, and links to the World Forum on Early Care and Education, an international conference that will connect you with people around the world who care about young children. Sign up for their free “Exchange Everyday” - useful early childhood tidbits sent to your e-mail box each morning.
I have written several articles for CCIE over the years, and have attended over 5 World Forums.
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If you want to get in on the best brainstorming sessions in assistive technology, join the QIAT listserv. QIAT also features the Quality Indicators themselves. In their own words:
The QIAT Consortium is a nationwide grassroots group that includes hundreds of individuals who provide input into the ongoing process of identifying, disseminating, and implementing a set of widely-applicable Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services in School Settings that can be used as a tool to support:
- school districts as they strive to develop and provide quality assistive technology services aligned to federal, state and local mandates
- assistive technology service providers as they evaluate and constantly improve their services
- consumers of assistive technology services as they seek adequate assistive technology services which meet their needs
- universities and professional developers as they conduct research and deliver programs that promote the development of the competencies needed to provide quality assistive technology services
- policy makers as they attempt to develop judicious and equitable policies related to assistive technology services.
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The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is the national network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers, Vendors, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with
disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
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The annual TRLD Conference, held in San Francisco, is one of my all-time favorite conferences. It’s a great place to learn, connect with others, and be inspired by the wonderful ideas of top-notch colleagues. This is not a sit-back-and-watch conference, but one where you’ll take an active roll and come home with new friends and projects.
About TRLD
In 1982, founder Diane Frost invited an elite group of experts in the fields of technology and literacy to come together and share their innovations and insights. The result was the beginning of a one-of-a-kind conference: TRLD: Technology, Reading & Learning Difficulties.
Over the 25 years that TRLD has grown and evolved, leading researchers and educators have met annually to learn from one another in a think tank setting — intimate,collegial, thought provoking, and practical.
Today, TRLD: Technology, Reading, and Learning Diversity, is proudly sponsored by Don Johnston, the leader in intervention resources. We are dedicated to a never-ending search for cutting-edge technology applicable to literacy learning. Our agreement with CAST to provide Universal Design for Learning is only one of the countless ways we demonstrate our commitment to provide educators with the best practices and professional development available.
As research in the fields of technology and literacy expands, so does Don Johnston’s mission — to develop and provide the best products and practices to ALL learners, products and practices that many once believed were designed for only a few.
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