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3 Ideas To Help Others Embrace Change. 10 Signs You Have a Together School That Supports Teachers. 11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to After Facebook. Remember MySpace?
Not so long ago, practically every teen in the world was on it –- and then many left for Facebook. Now, as Facebook's popularity among teens is starting to wane, you might be wondering what the new "it" social network is. But the days of a one-stop shop for all social networking needs are over. Instead, teens are dividing their attention between an array of apps and tools that let them write, share, video chat, and even shop for the latest trends. The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Larry Wakeford (Education) “Ticket to leave” (or “exit ticket”) is an ideal way to end a class.
It can serve a number of purposes: provide feedback to the teacher about the class; require the student to do some synthesis of the day’s content; challenge the student with a question requiring some application of what was learned in the lesson. The prompt or question should require only a brief time to respond to, certainly no more than five minutes, but perhaps only 1-2 minutes.
The “ticket to leave’ is not intended as a major task, rather, a quick summarizer having one of the purposes listed above. Some possible prompts or questions to use for the “ticket to leave”: Back-Channeling with Socrative. What’s a Back Channel?
Through a virtual room such as those available in Socrative, students may pose questions or comments regarding the material at hand in real-time, which the teacher may use to drive teaching and discussion. Classroom collaboration thus extends beyond segments of teaching followed by discussion, seamlessly melding the two, fostering participation and engagement. Often done silently, it helps maintain class control while igniting and furthering collaboration. Socrative short answer as a Back Channel! Mr Vernon, a 6th grade Earth Science teacher wants to engage students during his overview lecture on plate tectonics. He asks students to “Surface questions or comments about this material” Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen.
Ah, listening, the neglected literacy skill.
I know when I was a high school English teacher this was not necessarily a primary focus; I was too busy honing the more measurable literacy skills -- reading, writing, and speaking. But when we think about career and college readiness, listening skills are just as important. This is evidenced by the listening standards found in the Common Core and also the integral role listening plays in collaboration and communication, two of the four Cs of 21st century learning.
Blogging. PLN and tools. Technology PD. Frames 5. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine - December 2012 - Page 32-33. Key Elements. Cooperative Learning is one of the best researched of all teaching strategies.
The results show that students who have opportunities to work collaboratively, learn faster and more efficiently, have greater retention, and feel more positive about the learning experience. Needless to say, this is not to say that students can just be put into a group and assigned a project to complete. There are very specific methods to assure the success of group work, and it is essential that both teachers and students are aware of them. Five Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning. Www.lauracandler.com/strategies/CL/selfeval.pdf. Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Developing a mindset to go from good to GREAT. PTSA Communication Channels. 5 killer ways to open up your next presentation.
The Truth About Snapchat: A Digital Literacy Lesson for Us All. 5 Tools to Create a Collaborative Classroom. 1 in Share Teachers often focus on tools such as blogs that allow their students to connect to the outside world. The packet-driven classroom. Jeff Bliss got our attention when he shared his frustration with his teacher, classmates, and the world about his learning environment. Storytelling Is Not Lecturing; Lecturing is Not Storytelling. I sit in the lecture hall with 10,000 others waiting for my new teacher to speak.
Customer Service: Pour Some Sugar On Me - Hillsborough, NC. School staff focus on curriculum alignment, differentiated instruction, professional development, college and career readiness, standards, and academic interventions.
Is it possible that schools can lose their focus on customer service? Customers include families, community members, and all guests who visit the school website or schoolhouse. Customer service involves the front office staff, classroom teachers, teacher assistants, custodians, counselors, and all staff members. How are customers treated when they enter your school? StickyTeachingPoster - StickyTeachingPoster.pdf. 2013 Horizon Report. Center for Applied Research. IMS. An Infographic Guideline For Making Good Infographics. MOOC Mania: Debunking the hype around massive open online courses.
Illustration by Jacob Thomas In the fall of 2011, Stanford University offered three of its engineering courses—Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Introduction to Databases—for free online.
Anyone with Internet access could sign up for them. As Sebastian Thrun, the director of Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, tells the story, he assumed just a handful of people would enroll in his graduate-level AI class. The Principalship:The Changing Role of the Technology Director. Like many educators in my current position—school technology directors, chief technology officers, or others who have responsibility for all things that plug in, use batteries, beep, or depend on a digital network—I never imagined this as a job when I was growing up.
My high school guidance counselor in 1970 did not suggest this as a career choice because such a job did not exist then. Even when I was hired by my current school district in 1991, my title was "audiovisual director," and I replaced a fellow whose primary tasks were silk-screening school logos on record players, developing black-and-white film, stocking overhead projector lamps, and supervising the guy who fixed 16mm film projectors. Although my previous experience in education was as an English teacher and librarian, my same-age peers have come to technology leadership positions through a number of pathways, with math and science teaching being the most common.
Evolving Challenges. Essential Questions. MOOCs. What’s the Difference Between “Using Technology” and “Technology Integration”? Teams_FNL_for_PDF.020919 - Teams.pdf. Classroom 2.0 LIVE - Video - Download free content from Arizona's IDEAL eLearning Platform. Yes, You Can Teach and Assess Creativity! A recent blog by Grant Wiggins affirmed what I have long believed about creativity: it is a 21st-century skill we can teach and assess.
Creativity fosters deeper learning, builds confidence and creates a student ready for college and career. However, many teachers don't know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their classrooms. Teacher Evaluation. The Three New Pillars of 21st Century Learning. The textbook, The lecturer and the classroom are three pillars of modern-day schooling that date back hundreds of years.
Project Based Learning. BYOD. Reading Habits in Different Communities. Released: December 20, 2012. The Best Resources For Learning About Performance Assessment. This is the second-to-last in a series of “The Best…” lists related to student assessment. Teaching Presentation Skills with Ignite. Sigms - Newsletters.
Students Who Challenge Us:Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do. Library Girl's Picks: The Best Digital Tools for Formative Assessment.
Twitter. TED Talks. Ten Tips About 23 Things. 100 Helpful Blogs For School Librarians (And Teachers) SIG Content Library. Ideas about information. Evernote for Educators. The Top 10 Educational Livebinders for 2012. Leadership Lessons: Ten Ideas to Take into 2012. KevinHoneycutt.com. TL Virtual Cafe - home. Tim Fredrick's ELA Teaching Wiki / FrontPage. Visit my ELA Teaching Blog at. What to Look for in a Classroom. The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com. ISS Expedition Webcasts presented by NASA Endeavor. What Teachers Should Know about 21st Century Students. Online Reproducibles. The social conference directory.
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17 Free eBooks for Teachers and Parents. Free back-to-school resources for you. Gathering Feedback With Socrative Classroom Activities. Search Results Details. TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership. Guerrilla Learning. Www.isteconference.org/2012/uploads/KEY_70134625/TopTenTipsforGoingGoogle.pdf. Search Results Details. Iamliterate - OABYOD Session Notes. Education with Innovation.