VoiceThread Innovation Grant

Interested in VoiceThread? VoiceThread is a program that students can use to produce presentations online where peers and the instructor can view and record comments by speaking and/or writing. Kay and Laura are writing an innovation grant to pilot VoiceThread for...
Meet Styles

Meet Styles

You’ve probably heard us talking a lot about Headings and creating structure in your documents and how important that is. Not only are headings great design practice, they can help in removing potential navigational barriers for students. It’s a great step in...
Lessons from a Microwave

Lessons from a Microwave

Our over-the-range microwave oven experienced a meltdown this week. After we’d turned in for the night, an unusual noise emanated from “somewhere else” in the house. A short jaunt through dark hallways found our microwave’s door wide open, a...
Welcoming New Learning Communities for 2016-2107

Welcoming New Learning Communities for 2016-2107

Announcing six new learning community groups to NMC for 2016-2017. It is not too late to join a group. Most groups will meet about once a month for six months. Click here to see the complete group lists. Enjoy the time with colleagues and explore a new area of...
Ada

Ada

Ada is 7. She is an identical twin. She has autism and other developmental and cognitive disabilities. Everything is hard for Ada. She did not walk until she was two. She had two bouts of deafness in her early years. Talking is very challenging for her. She has...