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Story Starters. Artful storytelling. Meet the Author | Videos & Podcasts. Reluctant writers. Collaborative writng. Writing projects. Www.authenticeducation.org/documents/WhatSeminar04.pdf. Socratic. Every Student Response Strategies | LessonCast. True implementation of personalized learning in schools requires a shift in the roles of educators and a shift in educator professional learning.

This course examines the evolving role of teachers incorporating personalized learning experiences in the classroom. Taking a close look at what personalized learning is and isn’t, participants create resources to support teacher roles as facilitator, assessor, instructional designer, content curator, coach, and advisor, and family-school collaborator. Lessoncast believes in personalized professional learning.

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After experimenting for many years, I discovered an approach that's easy, fun, and effective. I refer to it as Classroom Book Clubs because it's a more relaxed method of doing Literature Circles that doesn't involve roles. You can view a narrated slidecast to this model by scrolling down to the Classroom Book Clubs section. On this page you can also learn about different types of Literature Circles. I've had some success with all the models below, but all models haven't been successful with all groups of students.

Read through the various descriptions and find something that feels right to you. Each description has a link to the part of the page that describes how to do a specific type of Literature Circles. Ways to Structure Literature Circles Classroom Book Clubs - My favorite method at the moment is a flexible approach to Literature Circles that does not require the use of extensive handouts and assignment booklets. Classroom Book Clubs Mini Literature Circles (Using Leveled Readers) How to conduct a Literature Circle. MediaSmarts. Tips for Writing Instructional Objectives - Bloom's Taxonomy Job Aids. I am so delighted to see this post that includes Bloom's Taxonomy Wheels by ZaidLearn. I always find that it's far easier to design materials using these wheels than it is to see the verbs/products in lists.

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