
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Don Johnston, who founded and leads Building Wings as CEO, developed his company to create educational technology and curriculum specifically designed for students with disabilities. Drawing from his personal journey with dyslexia, including his own delayed path to reading proficiency, Don openly discusses how he overcame learning challenges through key support systems. His experiences inform his passionate advocacy for maintaining high expectations for all students, as he credits this approach as crucial for academic achievement.
Resources:
Building Wings: https://www.buildingwings.com/
Monarch Reader: https://www.buildingwings.com/monarch-reader-books-for-beginning-readers-of-all-ages/
News Currents: https://www.buildingwings.com/news-currents/
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM): https://dynamiclearningmaps.org/
Tiered Vocabulary: https://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/news-press/tiered-vocabulary-narrowing-your-instructional-focus
4.4
55 ratings
Don Johnston, who founded and leads Building Wings as CEO, developed his company to create educational technology and curriculum specifically designed for students with disabilities. Drawing from his personal journey with dyslexia, including his own delayed path to reading proficiency, Don openly discusses how he overcame learning challenges through key support systems. His experiences inform his passionate advocacy for maintaining high expectations for all students, as he credits this approach as crucial for academic achievement.
Resources:
Building Wings: https://www.buildingwings.com/
Monarch Reader: https://www.buildingwings.com/monarch-reader-books-for-beginning-readers-of-all-ages/
News Currents: https://www.buildingwings.com/news-currents/
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM): https://dynamiclearningmaps.org/
Tiered Vocabulary: https://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/news-press/tiered-vocabulary-narrowing-your-instructional-focus
77,648 Listeners
43,409 Listeners
111,746 Listeners
56,180 Listeners
421 Listeners
9,187 Listeners
3,945 Listeners
415 Listeners
12,187 Listeners
41,337 Listeners
9 Listeners
10,508 Listeners
4,330 Listeners
20,416 Listeners
64 Listeners