An interesting article

What Works to Improve Student Literacy Achievement? An Examination of Instructional Practices in a Balanced Literacy Approach Catherine Bitter a , Jennifer O'Day a , Paul Gubbins a & Miguel Socias     http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10824660802715403

Inclusion Definition

 www.theinclusiveclass.com
this site provides special educators and parents about inclusion of special students

My Technology Class

This is the end of my first semester as a master in special education  student at the Lebanese University. During this semester, I attended a technology course from which I learned a lot.Dr. Rima Malek, our professor, taught us  a lot about how we use technology in the classroom, the positive as well as the negative aspects of using it, and many golden rules regarding it.I like this golden rule the most, "Technology does not create a good teacher.It does not do miracles by itself. If it is used by a good teacher in a good way, it could lead to good results"
these are some of the websites that we surfed and I personally found amazing :
khanacademy.org, ictineducationlebanon.blogspot.com, cursus.edu, mindmeinsters.com, QRCode, edmodo, voki , educaton.skype. wikispace, and many more.
I enjoyed the class, and if God will, I will use what I learned in my classroom.
Thank you Dr. Rima

Voki

www.voki.com Voki is creative, easy-to-use tool that helps motivate students and improves lesson comprehension and students participation. voki.com

Creativity in Classroom

Creativity can be taught in the classroom. Here are few rules you can apply in your classroom.  

Amazing Link

I advise you, fellow teachers,to share this link that will help you a lot as it did to me.

Internet4classrooms.com 

Autism Signs

I encourage you to watch this video that highlights the signs of autism.

Who Am I?

 I am Amal Shatila, a special educator at Al Makassed School.I've been teaching for 23 years. I started getting interested in special education 8 years ago. The more I dive in the topic, the more I discover new data. I would like to share my experiences and other experts' experiences with you, teachers, parents, and students. In reverse, I would like you, teachers, parents, and students, to share your experiences via comments.  

Welcome to hopethebestlb

     " hopethebestlb"  is a blog directed to teachers, parents, and students who are curious to dive into the special education world.If you are a parent or a teacher  who is facing an educational or bahavioal  problem with his kid, you might find a solution for your problem, hopefully.