Data Dynamics

Data dynamics: Aligning teacher team, school, & district efforts is a book about the deliberate and continuous tasks of accessing and using information in the context of district and school improvement processes and teachers instructional planning. Common misuses of data are illustrated and as well as strategies for how to use data better to help identify areas for improvement and more effectively help all students succeed. This book is designed to help administrators and leaders use the appropriate data to guide their school improvement efforts.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title.

Technology-related Internships for Students with Disabilities

Are you a high school or college student with a disability?

Would you like to gain valuable experience through paid internships and other work-related opportunities?

Are you interested in computing careers?

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington and DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) sponsor the AccessComputing project for the purpose of increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers. It is funded by the National Science Foundation (award #CNS-0540615, CNS-0837508, and CNS-1042260). AccessComputing provides a nationwide resource to help students with disabilities pursue computing fields and computing educators and employers, professional organizations, and other stakeholders develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices.

Want to learn more about it? Visit: http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/team_app.html

Ellettsville Seeking Input from Public

According to an article in the Bloomington Herald-Times, the town of Ellettsville, Indiana, is seeking input from the public on serving residents with disabilities and will hold a public hearing tonight on its ADA Transition Plan. The town's Director of Planning, Connie Griffin, says that planners want public input on this Transition Plan which will outline plans for improving Ellettsville's ADA accessibility. The plan is due for completion by December 2012.

The public hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. tonight in the Ellettsville Fire Department's conference room. The fire department is located at 5080 W. Ind. Hwy. 46.

Mobile App Monday - Expressionist

Expressionist is designed to help users express and model expressions. Expressionist uses high quality pictures and avoids using secondary references (such as using "snail" or "turtle" to represent "slow"). The face and gestures of the cartoon character is carefully designed such that any visual learner would have no issue understanding or modeling it. In fact, none of the pictures requires learning any symbol or encoding system.

To learn more about this app, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expressionist/id318022654?mt=8