Instructional Design

Universal Design

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 has incorporated an accessibility checker that generates a report indicating whether that document is accessible or not. It even includes instructions on how to correct any element of the document that it finds to be inaccessible.
I saved a PowerPoint document as a PDF and then ran the accessibility checker. The report [...]

Technology

 A few months ago I attended a conference at Texas A&M called Generation NeXt. The presenter was Dr. Mark Taylor, and it was by far the most interesting, entertaining, and enlightening conference I’ve attended.

Who comprises Generation NeXt? They are the majority of the students we serve. They are 26 and under, technologically savvy, positive, [...]

Brave New World

Laura Walker has a great post over on her blog, mrslwalker, about nine great reasons that teachers should be using Twitter to communicate with their students. Take a look when you get a chance.