Educators Need To Remember There Are Many Disabilities They Cannot See

As educators you know it is critical to teach to all learn styles, how in-tune are you with disabilities that you do not have an IEP or 504 for? This article gives good insight. #‎beinginformedispower‬

http://mic.com/articles/122187/5-things-you-must-know-about-the-disabilities-we-can-t-see

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Prayers for Tennessee

My heart and prayer go out to the victims and their families of today's shooting in Tennessee. #prayforpeace #marinestrong 

Elearning Can Be Challenging! But you can overcome it!

E-learning can be a great way for students of any age to 

learn, however it can also be more challenging than most 

people realize until they have been through it. There are 

ways to overcome them and this article explains them 

well. ‪#‎beinginformedispower‬

 http://www.etrainingpedia.com/5-common-problems-faced-by-students-in-elearning-and-how-to-overcome-them/ 

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Does a student of yours have trouble managing their 

emotions?? Did you know it could be ADHD? ‪


https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/expert-corner/2015/06/25/why-kids-with-adhd-can-have-trouble-managing-emotion?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

 #‎ADHD‬ ‪#‎Emotions‬ ‪#‎advantageeducationsolution‬‪ #‎beinginformedispower‬

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Assessments are key when it comes to online learning and knowing how a course is producing and how well an instructor and students are doing. 

#beinginformedispower #formativeassessment 


http://www.etrainingpedia.com/formative-assessment-in-elearning-what-elearning-professionals-should-know/

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Steve Jobs Limited His Kids Online Time??? Yep, He Sure Did

Interesting that of all people in the world, the Apple Tech man himself, Steve Jobs would limit tech time at his house for his kids. That says something!!! What are your thoughts about this? Kids are not learning the art of interacting and how to handle people, conflicts, sucess, bosses etc. face to face. These are all things they must know how to be successful and it needs to start while they are young! 
 ‪#‎beinginformedispower‬ ‪#‎limitingtechtime‬

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html?_r=1&referrer 

                                                     

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Gainful employment Act

Have you heard of this yet? For some of you this will not affect you because you are K-12, YET but at some point your students will graduate and have to make decisions on what they are going to do next. Sure, some will serve in the military, and some will go to universities and colleges close to home or far away. But some can not go to big schools, they either can not afford it, or they have a hard time in school and need more of a 1 on 1 approach. This is where Technical and trade schools come in the pictures.

For thousands of people every year technical schools help students get diplomas and degrees in trades that allow they the skills to find jobs usually with less than a year of training. This are good jobs to, they are HVAC, Medical Assistants, Billers for medical offices, pharm techs, business degrees, cosmetology, and many more.

These schools are not just for people right of high school, many of their students have tried traditional colleges and failed out or was not learning like they needed to learn. They are single parents trying to get ahead, they are students who need that extra help in order to succeed. They are people like you and I who are just trying to get a degree to get a head for their families.

Sounds good, right? well congress has decided to implement the gainful employment act which could take away these schools. Please read the following website and make an informed decision. If you are against this Act please sign the petition. opportunitydenied.org