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New ways of teaching. Adobe Apps for Education. Adobe Apps for Education Adobe Apps for Education provides an introduction to Adobe software applications, helps you learn what you can create, and inspires with ideas for sample projects using these tools. The document categorizes the types of digital content that you can create with Adobe software applications and identifies which tools are best for creating different kinds of content. Each content category includes sample projects for beginner, intermediate, and expert Adobe users. Some projects include hyperlinks to tutorials on Adobe for Academics, Adobe TV, Adobe Help, and the Adobe Education Exchange. The document also includes an Adobe app glossary to help you easily identify the wide diversity of software applications Adobe offers.
This document is published in three different formats: Please let us know your comments and feedback below. [Files updated on March 26, 2014 to include Adobe LeanPrint.] Choice Literacy - Articles & Videos - Full Article. For an obsessive person, I’m oddly disorganized. It’s strange: I am meticulous about list making, obnoxious about planning ahead, and consumed with noting everything on my calendar (I break into a sweat thinking about missing an appointment). However, when I try to stick to organizational systems at school, I flounder. In the quest to keep my notes private but also at my fingertips as I move throughout the room, I’ve struggled to maintain my thorough records about student progress while streamlining the endless mounds of new information I collect.
The Organizational Challenges of Research During research-heavy projects, my middle school students typically have great flexibility in topic choice, some flexibility in product, and a little bit of flexibility in project pacing. Great for workshop . . . and tough for a teacher who’s admittedly scattered. The Common Core requires students to: Perhaps most important, how are students feeling about their progress? Research Check-ins 1. 2. Complete K-8 Curriculum | MobyMax. Help Center — Actively Learn. Using Dystopian Fiction to Probe the Meaning of Citizenship. By David Sebek The image is iconic.
Edward Snowden, pale and unshaven, sitting in a bright, mirrored hotel room, attempts to explain to the world why he leaked classified information from the United States National Security Agency. His soft spoken plea for understanding lasts twelve minutes and thirty-five seconds and has more than three million views on YouTube. The interpretation of his actions is polarizing, his place in the historical timeline debatable. How will he be remembered?
In defining Snowden’s actions we also define our views on citizenship. I’d like to consider several questions here: How do we approach a definition of citizenship in our classrooms? Defining Citizenship Using these four concepts as a guide (truth, justice, equality and responsibility), students might construct criteria for evaluating the actions of others in relation to citizenship. Truth: The Honest to Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack explores the idea that there are levels of truthfulness. Évaluation formative. Personalized Professional Learning. Coaching Heavy Light. Zoom In - Access the Teacher Guides. Each lesson in Zoom In is accompanied by an in-depth digital teacher guide that includes information on the historical context of the lesson, step-by-step procedures, and suggestions for supporting classroom discussion, gathering evidence, writing substantiated essays, and formative assessment.
Read the teacher guides closely or skim them for the information you need. Teacher guides can be accessed by clicking on the title below or by visiting the Lesson page. Click on the lesson title below to view the teacher guide: "The Bloody Massacre” and Patriot Propaganda Ratifying the U.S. Constitution Protesting the Stamp Act: Mobs or Crowds?
The Lowell Mill Girls and America's First Factories A Conflict Between Nations: The U.S. African American Military Service During the Civil War Freeing the Slaves: Why Did Abraham Lincoln Issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Running Against the Odds Clashing Views on Early 20th Century Immigration Should the United States Have Annexed the Philippines? White Oak teacher creates a Lego wall for her classroom. A Coweta teacher is using her passion for Legos to bring more creativity to her students, by creating a Lego wall in her classroom. “I am always looking for innovative ways to engage students,” said Paula Corley, REACH teacher at White Oak Elementary School. “A few years ago, my passion for Legos was reignited with my own child and his interest. Then, I began teaching Lego robotics for the first time last year.
“At Coweta's STEM Conference last year, I went to a class about Makerspaces, which is a movement related to STEM that reinforces innovation, design, logic, and problem solving in students. I began to plan my own Makerspace and in searching for ideas, I stumbled about this amazing wall that a librarian had added in a middle school.” The REACH program is for gifted students and in her REACH classes, Corley teaches students from every grade level.
All of them are able to utilize the six foot by six foot Lego wall which consists of 49 Lego baseplates and they can build directly on it. Gmail - Free Storage and Email from Google. Books | International Literacy Association. From information to knowledge: charting and measuring changes in students' knowledge of a curriculum topic. Ross J. Todd Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick New Jersey 08901, USA Abstract Introduction. This research sought to investigate how school students build on their existing knowledge of a curriculum topic and transform found information into personal knowledge, and how their knowledge of this topic changes.Method.
The qualitative study involved 574 students from Grades 6 to 12 in ten New Jersey schools. The context for data collection was an instructional programme framed by Kuhlthau's information search process. Introduction The project's focus was shaped by contextual factors in schools, including increasing emphasis on standards-based education, accountability, school improvement, and calls for school librarians to demonstrate links between school libraries and gains in knowledge and skills. Specific research questions Sample Method. Research_project_guide. Flipped Classroom. Edutopia PBL Gateway.
Digital Blooms. Learning Styles. Digital Literacy. Cognitive Rigor and DoK. ICT SITE LINK. The Differentiator. Try Respondo! → ← Back to Byrdseed.com The Differentiator The Differentiator is based on Bloom's Taxonomy, Kaplan and Gould's Depth and Complexity, and David Chung's product menu. Try It In: French Dutch • Tweet It • Like Byrdseed • Pin It Students will judge the ethics of the [click to edit] using a textbook and create an essay in groups of three. Revised Bloom's Taxonomy adapted from "A Taxonomy for Learning,Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" by Anderson and Krathwohl Depth and Complexity adapted from The Flip Book by Sandra N.
Depth Big Idea Unanswered Questions Ethics Patterns Rules Language of the Discipline Essential Details Trends Complexity Multiple Points Of View Change Over Time Across the Disciplines Imperatives Origin Convergence Parallels Paradox Contribution Key Words Consequences Motivations Implications Significance Adapted from David Chung and The Flip Book, Too by Sandra N. Group Size One Two Three Four. How Twitter Bingo Can Help You Tell Your School's Story. Three years ago, a fellow assistant principal (Holly Sutherland) and I hosted our first "Twitter PD Party" at school.
We spent the day in the library conference room and invited teachers to join us during their planning periods to have a cookie and learn to tweet.Last year, I hosted our second Twitter PD Party, and in the blog post I wrote about it, I shared the resources we used for the party, including our Twitter Challenge which included a chance to win a Starbucks gift card. In conjunction with our third annual twitter PD party this month, I also ran a Twitter Bingo game which was a huge hit with our participants (more at the end of this blog post.)This year, I spent a day in our conference room (of course with cookies) to work with teachers on using twitter to build a PLN and tell our school's story using our school hashtag.
The teachers who attended the Twitter PD Party were entered into a drawing for a $10 iTunes gift card. One of our teachers even created an artistic bingo board! The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship. Every digital citizen should have these skills To hear author Mike Ribble tell it, kids are entering school with some exposure to technology—meaning schools won’t be making a first impression. According to a recent Common Sense Media’s study, the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. And about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device. “Whether they have a knowledge of how to use it appropriately is another question,” said Ribble, the author of Digital Citizenship in Schools and the chair of ISTE’s digital citizenship PLN. Findings like the ones outlined by Common Sense suggest the need for schools to start teaching good digital citizenship to students at a very young age—and Ribble and many others believe that students should learn these skills throughout the K-12 curriculum.
21st Century Infographic. Blended Learning White Paper DistrictGuidetoBLMsrmnt.pdf. One to One Computing: Natick Public Schools. Powered by Translate Disclaimer Welcome 1:1 Student Laptop Program Grades 8-12 This is an exciting year for Natick as we continue to support our 1:1 Student Laptop Program for all students in grades 8 - 12. Check out more exciting news in the area of technology below: 4Cs, Project Based Learning & Technology 4 Tips to Make a Laptops-in-School Program Succeed What does the research say about School One-to-One Computing Initiatives?
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What started as a project to be completed in his spare time became a defining career shift for Rasmussen, who is known as the architect of the LEGO Serious Play (LSP) methodology. “It’s an engine. If LEGO is about anything, it’s the use of one’s hands while the mind is in an unplugged state. 21st Century Infographic.
Right Question Institute - A Catalyst for Microdemocracy. The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies. Updated February 2013Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee, February 15, 2008 Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the 21st century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies.
These literacies are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Active, successful participants in this 21st century global society must be able to. History Labs. A Guided Approach to Historical Inquiry in the K-12 Classroom What is a History Lab?
In this video students and teachers describe the benefits of History Labs. Their enthusiasm speaks volumes about how the History Labs approach increases student engagement, promotes critical reading and thinking skills, and leads to thoughtful, persuasive writing assignments. A preponderance of research in the field of history education has demonstrated that effective teaching of the subject relies on active student learning of the reading, writing and analytical skills involved in historical inquiry. By actively investigating the past, rather than passively memorizing ready-made facts or accounts assembled by others, students strengthen their critical reading and writing skills, and improve their ability to handle and retain vital content information. Resources. Project Based Learning in History and Social Studies. A MiddleWeb Blog by Jody Passanisi & Shara Peters The idea behind Project Based Learning is that students will understand more if they make meaning through inquiry based creation.
Project Based Learning can apply to any discipline. We’ve tried it in our history classroom to varying levels of success. Being proponents of constructivism, Project Based Learning was not too much of a stretch for us to embrace, pedagogically. However, there are some challenges that result. In this blog post we’ll describe two eighth grade American History units (the U.S. Technology and the Civil War Our Civil War Unit has always been something we weren’t fully satisfied with, so it seemed natural for us to try out Project Based Learning with this unit.
While PBL often doesn’t put parameters on the inquiry process, we did create a few parameters for the students. Curiosity and engagement The research and inquiry process was incredible to see. Examples of student work We had less PBL success during Reconstruction. Identifying High-Quality Sites (6-8) Crafting a History Skills Scope & Sequence. A MiddleWeb Blog As we look to the start of the school year, it’s also a good time to look to the future: If you could design your ideal history/social studies program from scratch, what would it look like? Maybe you would have the department centered around Project Based Learning, or perhaps open the walls, get modular furniture, and mix the grade levels…maybe take the students’ research online and expand the classroom beyond the classroom. We would love to do many of those things ourselves, but for the purposes of this examination, we looked at what, from our perspective, would be the ideal skills for a social studies department to focus on.
Also, if we were to spiral those skills through 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, what would that look like? Our Decision to Focus on Skills We both teach in independent middle schools in greater Los Angeles, and there are certain high schools that the majority of our students attend after they finish our respective programs. Impact of Common Core. DistrictGuidetoBLMsrmnt.pdf. ThinkCERCA | Differentiated Instruction, Close Reading, & Critical Thinking Lessons for Grades 4-12. Google for Ed Adds Student Reading Soundtrack Service -- THE Journal. Project-Based Learning Gets Project Manager Make-Over -- THE Journal. Google Adds Collaboration Features for Classroom and Docs -- Campus Technology. Igniting Research ASCD CTE 2015 - Google Slides. Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age | Eisenberg | DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. The Old Renewed. Social Studies. Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum – Know your web – Good to Know – Google.
Ohio's 2003 Academic Content Standards in Technology. Publications - C3 Teachers. Google Slides - create and edit presentations online, for free. Free Storage and Email from Google. Internet Catalogue. 8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers. Will Fitzhugh: The Best History Papers in the World | Heartland Institute. C3Shifts.pdf. Most Honorable Son: Japanese-American war hero... TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills. Activities | DocsTeach. Resources for Education. Tools for Teachers. Flipped Classroom info. Learning Spaces for Digital-Age Skills | Tech Learning.
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