by Raquel Corval Raquel Corval, a visiting scholar from Portugal, discusses cross-cultural implications of using the CONNECT Modules in her home country. As a visiting scholar from Portugal I had the recent opportunity to collaborate with the CONNECT project. I can see how the CONNECT Modules can fill the gap in Portugal for early…
by Lisa Stein Lisa Stein from Atlantic Cape Community College shares her story about getting started with CONNECT Modules and invites you to share your examples and questions. Links to CONNECT Module instructor support materials are provide as well. I recently attended the NAEYC Professional Development Institute and went to a workshop presented by faculty…
by Marilou Hyson CONNECT Modules provide a rich resource to faculty and PD providers, so why doesn’t everyone use them? Are there new ways to “slice and dice” the CONNECT Module pie? Join Marilou Hyson for a discussion about barriers to module use and ways to bust through those barriers. The CONNECT Modules are…
by Sharon Palsha (right) Clinical Associate Professor UNC Chapel Hill What techniques do you currently use to teach storybook reading to students? Do you provide chances for your students to practice and get feedback on reading storybooks to groups? What strategies do you use to do that? Sharon Palsha from University of North Carolina at…
by Dale Epstein CONNECT Module Coordinator Join us for a quick discussion of an audio clip on Assistive Technology, part of the new CONNECT Module 5. Assistive technology is often thought of only in terms of high tech, expensive devices, when in fact it incorporates much more. In CONNECT Module 5: Assistive Technology Interventions, a…
by Susan Fowler Susan Fowler, Professor in Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shares some of her insights on using Module 3: Communication for Collaboration to teach about evidence-based practice. I am teaching a graduate class in special education for teachers (early intervention through post secondary education) and they are reading about…
by Rena Hallam 4-year college faculty member Rena Hallam discusses how the most recent CONNECT Module on Transition supports the new national EC priorities on transition. Transitions can be times for both opportunity and stress for all of us. Transitions are often moments where we need additional information to make good decisions as well…