Educational Links 12/13/17

Assistive Technology

http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/assistive-technology

GAO report sounds alarm about vouchers and students with disabilities

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gao-report-sounds-alarm-about-vouchers-and-students-with-disabilities/2017/12/02/c67c7436-d607-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer3f6fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=.ba571d87cb7b

Three strategies for making learning accessible for pupils with autism

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/three-strategies-making-learning-accessible-pupils-autism

The Top 10 Education Next Blog Entries of 2017

http://educationnext.org/top-10-education-next-blog-entries-2017/

Technology in Rural School Settings: Closing the Digital Divide

http://blog.mimio.com/technology-in-rural-school-settings-closing-the-digital-divide

The Future of Fake News

https://www.edutopia.org/article/future-fake-news?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Competency-Based Education: Definitions and Difference Makers

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/12/competency-based-education-definitions-and-difference-makers/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Competency-Based%20Education:%20Definitions%20and%20Difference%20Makers

Across the country, there is a growing movement to transition away from seat-time and move towards a flexible structure that allows students to progress in their learning after they have demonstrated mastery, which is oftentimes at their own pace. This movement, which extends well beyond issues of time and pace, is known as competency-based education (CBE). Numerous organizations, states, districts and schools have taken the steps to begin implementing CBE within their own contexts.