Tag: Teaching
A Passion for Teaching
You haven’t taught until they have learned attributed to John Wooden My parents made certain we attended incredible schools, but my mom wouldn’t teach in them. There were two reasons for this decision. She didn’t want to teach in the schools her children attended, and more importantly, she wanted to teach children of color. My…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Google-Develop-for-Good.jpg)
The Googlization of Hope Technology School
You’re just a fool Just a fool To Believe you can change the world Change, Carried Underwood Steve Jobs famously said, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”. His brand of ‘foolishness’ changed the world. We can practice this same type of ‘foolishness’, and through our own efforts produce change in the world. Thanksgiving weekend was…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jobs_cook-1024x681.jpg)
What Special Needs Parents Need Most?
Almost everyday, I see or hear about parents with special needs being overwhelmed with information, critiques, or gloomy outlooks regarding their children. All too rare are those moments when someone chooses to inspire them, even though inspiration is what they need most.![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ipadbooks.jpg)
Could Apple Revolutionize Special Education?
Let’s take just one stakeholder example: students with disabilities, as well as their teachers and parents. Autism advocate and software developer Russ Ewell from the Hope Technology Group is excited. “Apple could unlock another door for autism with this breakthrough,” Ewell said. “Parents could create social story books.” So could special education teachers or therapists,…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/routine.jpg)
The Tyranny of Routine
The lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you’re writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don’t have to do it over. Gary Oldman, Esquire Magazine, What I’ve Learned, December 16, 2011 Technology is not…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/JFK-Quote-Picture-on-Education.jpeg)