Thank you, Vicki Bruno, for sharing your expertise with us about language and communication and sign language. Perhaps you can return to UNM and provide a workshop for educators in the near future. Congratulations upon your upcoming retirement. You will missed and we are fortunate that you will be available to share your time with future teachers.

Laura McClenny

Social researcher Laura McClenny's presented her research about teen perceptions and drinking which had connections in gathering authentic data as educators. It was also a reminder that as teachers we must keep our own perceptions in check and balanced with being able to read children and adults. Talking, questioning, interviewing and knowing students and their families are means to help provide a more accurate interpretation instead of just relying on our generally biased perceptions.