Category Archives: School Psychology

Shifting My Sharing


Despite the periodic blog posts heralding the death of RSS, I remain a huge fan of the syndication format (not familiar with RSS?  Check the wiki).  I have been an avid user of Google Reader for nearly five years now, and I use it daily to aggregate and read, at last count, nearly 200 blogs, [...]

Assistive Technology: What Every Educator Needs to Know


Full disclosure: The author of this reference guide sent me an unsolicited complimentary copy in 2010.  There was never any discussion of me mentioning it on my blog, nor did I receive any compensation for the following post. Assistive technology (AT) can be a daunting topic for some educators to wrap their collective heads around. [...]

Incidental Learning


I spent the better part of my day today observing lessons in a variety of fourth and sixth grade classrooms.  While I always enjoy getting into the classrooms (and participating, when I’m allowed!), it’s always a welcome bonus when I learn something new while doing it, either about one of my students, about the subject [...]

Online Learning: My Pre-Test


I recently took an online professional development course offered by the Massachussetts School Psychologists Association entitled Ethics 102: The Ethical Practitioner.  It provided me with ten hours of NASP-approved PD, plus helped me satisfy my National Certification in School Psychology requirement of three hours of ethics training per three-year renewal cycle (my new cycle just [...]

Tools of the Trade: Paid Web Services


Earlier this month, I wrote about some of the free Web services I use in my professional role as a school psychologist.  I am grateful for services like Dropbox, Google Apps, Cel.ly, and countless others that provide services free of charge.  I also, however, bear in mind that one gets what one pays for, and [...]