Leslie Pralle Keehn
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Knowing who members of Congress are, and how they serve their constituents in Congress, is fundamental to developing civic literacy in our students. Objectives: Students will identify their members of Congress, determine the committees on which they serve and explain their purpose, distinguish who their contributors are, examine their voting records and bills, evaluate the collected data, and explain how they serve their constituents. Materials: U.S. Constitution. Congressional Chronicle. 10000+ online newspapers in the world, translate with one click. Foursquare. Clarksons Box Creator Museum Box : Editor. Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles. Text, Images, Music and Video.
Leslie Pralle Keehn - Resume: text, images, music, video. Iowa Core Curriculum - Home. Our Future Depends on World-Class Schools ★ Linda Fandel. Our Future Depends on World-Class Schools May 3, 2011 Dear Iowans, Thank you for your interest in the Iowa Education Summit. The purpose is to build a consensus for how to give all students a world-class education, no matter where they live.
We need your help to do that. Iowa has many good schools. You can see where Iowa stands in the Iowa Report Card. A world-class education must include strong knowledge and skills in math, science, English and social studies. Research shows that the world’s best performing schools have highly effective educators, rigorous academic standards and assessments, and plenty of help for children who don’t understand something.
Summit speakers and panel participants will share their ideas for how to give all students a globally competitive education. Iowans historically have been committed to giving our children a great education. Sincerely, Gov. Watch Roundtables on What Should Change Teacher Scott Schoneberg working with 10th grader Thanh N. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home. 5 Characteristics of Effective Instruction. In addition to the 5 content areas in the Iowa Core, the Iowa Department of Education has identified 5 characteristics of effective instruction, or in other words, "what good teaching looks like.
" So not only will Iowa's high schools develop implementation plans for the content next year, they will also conduct a self-study to determine which characteristics need attention and put forward a professional development plan to improve in that area(s). From the DE, here are the descriptions of the 5 characteristics: TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDINGTeaching for Understanding is leading students (to engage in a variety of thought-provoking activities such as explaining, finding evidence in examples, generalizing, connecting, applying, making analogies, and representing the topic in new ways.
Teachers assist students in making connections between prior and new knowledge to develop deep conceptual and procedural knowledge. Iowa Council for the Social Studies Homepage. World History for Us All. U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time. Twitter. Helping groups communicate privately via Twitter - Twitter Groups are here! Welcome to Tweetcongress. TodaysMeet.
Wikis for Everyone - Wikispaces. Keehnsocialstudies.wikispaces. Iowapilot.wikispaces. Welcome to Google Docs. Sbgbeginners.wikispaces. Project Based Learning. Apps for Project-Based Learning. Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor. Gov. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Reynolds announce participants of education roundtable discussions ★ Linda Fandel. View Broadcast of Roundtable Discussion Gov.
Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold three hour-long roundtable discussions on Wednesday, July 13, to gain a deeper understanding of changes needed to create world-class schools across the state. The conversations will be live-streamed and videos will be posted afterward. “We have a wonderful line-up of participants for each roundtable,” said Branstad. “Iowa used to be a top performer on national tests, but has slipped toward the middle of the rankings,” said Reynolds. The following events are open to the media: Wednesday, July 13:10 am. Governor’s Office – Large Conference Room State Capitol Des Moines, IA Leaders will talk about the qualities, skills and knowledge they need in a globally competitive workforce. 1 p.m.
Leaders will discuss how to better prepare more students for college and post-secondary training. 3 p.m. Teachers will talk about what they need to be more effective in the classroom.