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June Behrmann

June Behrmann is a longtime special education teacher (pre-K to grade 6) who retired for about two seconds, and is now prospecting for accessible instructional resources. Follow June on Twitter @aimnoncat. Thank you to AIM-VA: Accessible Instructional Materials for sharing this blog with us.

November 28, 2014

Teachers as "learning engineers" was a theme of a 2014 webinar focused on how to structure successful learning for students with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education using technology and apps.

November 24, 2014

Teachers were buzzing about and checking out many wonderful books in the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Exhibit Hall on Nov. 22. Having so many wonderful books in print to examine was like a picnic for some who browsed and chatted happily at this 2014 annual conference.

November 17, 2014

Students with print disabilities using text-to-speech assistive technology (AT) have a good chance to acquire content in general education classes and to learn independently as compared with a learning aide reading information aloud to them from a computer screen.

November 19, 2014

   

November 10, 2014

E-Books can be a better read, says Michael Kozlowski, a mainstream writer and book reviewer who specializes in horror, self help, humor and comedy.

November 3, 2014

Time to check or check back with "PowerUP WHAT WORKS," the online resource that is available 24/7 to support the system-wide use of best practice research in technology, differentiated instruction, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), education, and special education.

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