Before I continue with my shared reading strategies month, I wanted to post links to two great blog posts that relate to shared reading...
Evaluating resources workshop PowerPoint
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen, Thanks to those people who were able to attend the Evaluating Resources workshop February 17 at the Writing Centre....
Critical Thinking Club at VIU
Starting tomorrow (February 19th). Here is a tremendous opportunity to sharpen your mind and engage with other students on campus. Thursd...
Reading Week: Bruce away
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, During reading week, February 23-27, I will be out of the office. If you desperately need help, Les will help yo...
English Language Support this week
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OS X 10.10 Yosemite: New Arabic Fonts
I recently found 14 new Arabic fonts in Yosemite under Library/Application Support/Apple/Fonts/iWork Arabic Support. These must be installe...
Shared Reading for Comparing and Contrasting: Can You Tell What’s Same and Different?
The book that I use most often for example purposes is one about a trip to the zoo. (It’s actually called A Trip to the Zoo ). On the firs...
VIU Global Roundtable Discussion Group Friday 13th 1:30-3:00 in Building 255 Room 115
Hello VIU Students, There will be a Global Roundtable Discussion Group Meeting on Small Talk : if you are interested to learn how to master ...
Evaluating Resources: Workshop Tuesday February 17th 1:00-2:00 in the Writing Centre in the Library
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen, There will be a workshop on Evaluating Resources for Assignments: How and Why on Tuesday February 17th from 1:00 ...
Shared Reading - Are You Reading to Your Students?
There is a good body of research and literature that indicates the importance of shared reading with students/children. One of the best res...
Yosemite Update Fixes Romaji Input Bug
Although Apple fails to say so in the notes for the update 10.10.2 released Jan. 27, this includes a fix for the bug in the Kotoeri Romaji k...
Changes for Week 5
There are some changes this week to English Language Support. Monday's Library Drop-In will start at 12:30 (not 12:00). New BBA/PDDB Dro...
Speech Pathologists' Blog Hop for Free Valentine's Resources -For the Love of Speech
Some of the Speech-Language Pathologists on the Teachers Pay Teachers site have joined together to offer a variety of FREE speech and langua...
Learning Matters -- a terrific VIU 'in-house' resource
Learning Matters (learningmatters.viu.ca) is VIU's digital learning commons. It covers the following 6 topics -- When you ...
Yosemite Update Fixes Keyboard Layout Switching Bug
Apple released Yosemite 10.10.2 on Jan. 27, which includes the following fix: + Addresses an issue that may cause the input method to switch...
Movie Monday Link-Up - Get a Video-Eye View of SoundSwaps App for Struggling Spellers
I'm linking up with Techie Turtle's Movie Monday today, collecting educational or fun movie clips. I'm sharing my Y...
Building Narratives in Intervention With and Without Technology
I have been lucky to have the opportunity to hear Gloria Soto speak on a couple of occasions about developing narrative skills in children w...
For BBA and PDDB Students -- new drop-in just for you
Starting next week (February 5th) .. just for BBA and PDDB students. Come by for help with your English, whether to improve a skill you ...
Communicating with your university teachers — Top Tips
One of the best tools for success at university is having a positive relationship with your teachers. This entails establishing a strong...
Discussion Groups this week
This week's Academic Language Development Group will be discussing vocabulary, with a focus on idioms and informal language. Friday...
What Does Your Child’s Narrative Say About Him? Narratives and Students with Autism and other Disorders.
We continue our discussion of narratives in children this week with some discussion of narrative skills in children who have deficits in lan...
Book Tales
Did you discover any fantastic BOOKS this summer? Share your Reading Recommendations with us!
2015 Welcome
Welcome to 4M in 2015! I'm ready for an amazing year with my 4M Munchkins. Are you ready to travel along the yellow brick road of lear...
Discussion Groups this week
Both discussion groups are meeting this week -- today and tomorrow. At today's Academic Language Development Group there will be a works...
Student Success Week and Video Resources
This week is student success week, a great opportunity to learn some strategies that will help you be more successful in your studies and h...
Scaffolding Narratives - How Do I Build a Child’s Narrative Structures?
Children’s learning of narrative structures is in part dependent upon how the adults around them shape their narrative attempts. Children l...
Welcome back and more
Happy New Year to all returning students. We hope you had a great winter holiday and have returned to VIU with energy and enthusiasm. Englis...
Languages Not Yet Supported in Apple iBookstore
The iBookstore Formatting Guidelines of September, 2014 lists books in these languages as not yet eligible for distribution: Amharic, Arabi...
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