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Microsoft Wants Autistic Coders. Can It Find Them And Keep Them? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Job interviews can be especially hard if you’re autistic. A Microsoft effort aimed at a wider spectrum of the workforce wants to solve that. Source: Microsoft Wants Autistic Coders. Can It Find Them And Keep Them? | Fast Company | … Continue reading
M-learning and E-learning will never replace teachers entirely
As I start to write this, a few days have passed since one of the worst school massacres in the United States happened in Newtown, Connecticut. I won’t go into the details, only because it’s really all over the news … Continue reading
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Tagged Asperger, Asperger syndrome, autism, autism and mental health, autistic, Connecticut, DIY education, e-learning, e-learning specialist, education, edupunk, elearning, families of autistics, families of mental health patients, High-functioning autism, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, m-learning tools, Mental health, mental health education, Methods and Theories, mlearning, mobile learning, Newtown Connecticut, Online Teaching and Learning, social media, special needs, special needs education, teachers, tech comm, Technical communication, technical communications, United States, Violence
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Back to School (as a TechCommGeekMom)
Someone mentioned to me recently that as “TechCommGeekMom” that I seem to concentrate on being the “TechCommGeek” than the “Mom” in my posts. I don’t think that’s necessarily true, since I do talk about my son often enough, but it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Asperger's, Asperger's Syndrome, autism, back to school, Communication, computer courses, conventional learning, digital learning, digital literacy, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, m-learning, mlearning, parenthood, parenting, parents, role of parents in education, school, special needs, special needs education, students, teacher, teachers, tech comm, techcomm, technical communications, unconventional learning, writing
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Why Mobile, Gamification and Special Needs Are Made for Each Other
As the school year has started for some and will start during the following few weeks ahead, my thoughts start thinking about conventional learning and how educational technology has changed so rapidly, especially in the last few years. Now, before … Continue reading
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Tagged Asperger, Asperger syndrome, autism, cell phones, conventional learning, desktop learning, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, e-learning specialist, ed tech, educational technology, edupunk, email, Gamification, gamify, gaming, High-functioning autism, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Internet access, iPad, iPad app, IPhone, Learning, learning in chunks, m-learning, m-learning tools, Masters, Methods and Theories, mobile, mobile learning, mobile technology, MS One Note, MSPTC, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, NJIT, OneNote, online courses, Online Teaching and Learning, open source education, podcasting, podcasts, Power Rangers, processing information, smart phones, smartphones, social media, special needs, Super Sentai, sync, synchronizing notes, tech comm, Technical communication, technical communications, video, video games, video lectures, wi-fi
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Why m-learning is important to special education–and me.
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. It’s a big day in the autism community as it reminds those who haven’t been affected by this condition that it still exists, and the number of those affected with the condition rises … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, autism, autism awareness month, autism community, e-learning, education, elearning, instructional design, iPad, iPad app, m-learning, m-learning tools, mobile, mobile learning, productive learning environment, smartphones, special ed, special education, world autism
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