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Check out these links for info about some really interesting people, places and things related to Developmental Education...

Garfield Gini-Newman provides an overview of the Critical Thinking Consortium (TC²) approach to embedding critical thinking into teaching and learning. Three types of questions are identified: factual; opinion or emotional; critical inquiry. Critical inquiry questions require judgments and can provide the basis for thesis statements. (Presentation at the 2005 Social Studies Summer Institute) http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sssi05/html/gini_newman1.html

Autistic Teen Finds Inner Voice  Unable to speak, 14-year-old Carly finds refuge from disorder by typing. Watch this ABC News video and marvel at what technology can do for our students!                                  http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8281792

This is a link to a document called Youth in Transition: A Toolkit for Supporting Youth with Developmental Disabilities.  Big document, but good information! http://www.community-networks.ca/en/youthintransitiontoolkit

Useful DE Websites Thanks to Susan Nugent (Learning Coordinator, IT) and the Elementary Developmental Education Subject Council (EDESC) of the Thames Valley District School Board for this selection of excellent websites for use with students in developmental education classes. These recommended sites were discussed at the "Close the Gap" conference. http://www.oade.ca/developmental_education_websites.pdf