| Marlee Matlin | | | 3/12/2008 3:04 PM
Posted by Al Summers |
| | Marlee Matlin will be our Saturday closing general session speaker. Many of you would recognize the name from her first movie "Children of a Lesser God." Most of you also know that she is hearing-impaired. A couple of the things that you may not know is that she is the author of three novels for children and has served as the spokesperson for the American Red Cross. She is truly multi-faceted and multi-talented. Her name is going to bec ... |  | | Comments (2) | More... |
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| Another great conference | | | 2/6/2008 7:52 PM
Posted by Al Summers |
| | All right, I know this is an annual conference blog, but reader Lynn Scearcy mentioned another conference and I thought it appropriate to write briefly about it. NMSA does a smaller conference in the spring. We call it Middle Level Essentials and this April 4-5 it will be held in Minneapolis, MN. This year's line up is unbelievable! Carol Ann Tomlinson going indepth on differentiated instruction; Janet Allen doing a full day on literacy; Katy Bainbridge an ... | | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| The Road to Denver | | | 1/24/2008 4:48 PM
Posted by Al Summers |
| | I have taken a couple of weeks off during which time I was treated for a brain tumor (non-cancerous) and became a grandpa for the first time- both significant occurences in my life. I am now sitting in a session at the FETC conference in Orlando. FETC is a technology conference and it has me thinking a lot about our upcoming Denver conference. Alan November, who is our keynote presenter for Thursday evening, has done several very thought provoking sessions here at F ... | | | | Comments (4) | More... |
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| New Blog Design | | | 12/19/2007 9:16 AM
Posted by Al Summers |
| Welcome to my new blog. You will see that it is now interactive and you can post responses/questions/etc. in addition to my entries. I am hoping that this will be a feature that will encourage a lot of response. After all, how many times can you make suggestions or ask questions directly to the director of the conference?
I wish you all a great holiday season and may the new year be the best ever! Start making preparations for Denver—it is going to be the best NMSA confere ... | | | | Comments (3) | More... |
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