Docs - create and edit documents online, for free. One account. All of Google. Sign in to continue to Docs Find my account Forgot password? Sign in with a different account Create account One Google Account for everything Google Mindful Space in the Library I have been working to be more mindful in my daily activities. Mindfulness is “the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.” This reminds me so much of one of AASL’s Standards under Explore/Grow” V.D.2 Learners develop through experience and reflection by recognizing capabilities and skills that can be developed, improved, and expanded. Working with students often stretches our limits and, at times, theirs, as well. Using simple meditation techniques can help improve students’ reflection process. Well Beyond Wellbeyond is an IOS app that helps bring mindfulness to students. Super Stretch Yoga Super Stretch Yoga focuses on using yoga as a tool for mindfulness. Blissful Kids Blissful Kids is perfect for the library. Don’t forget about your teacher friends. Author: Ashley Cooksey Library Media Specialist in Arkansas. Like this: Like Loading...
13 Concrete Examples Of Better Feedback For Learning, Wiggins 13 Concrete Examples Of Better Feedback For Learning by Grant Wiggins Below, find thirteen examples of how teachers have made feedback (as opposed to advice and evaluation) more central to their work with students: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7th-graders research and discuss the problem of pollution in science class. 6. 7. 5th-grade students are given challenging social studies tasks throughout the year. 8. 4th-graders take a math quiz on a computer, immediately find out which answers were correct and which incorrect once the quiz is completed, and work to correct the incorrect answers, using clues provided by the software. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Readers: please place your own examples in the comments. Oh – and, of course, feedback is welcome! This article was originally published on Grant’s blog; Image attribution flickr user peteselfchoose; 13 Concrete Examples Of Better Feedback For Learning
How K–12 Schools Monitor Attendance During Remote Learning With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance. When the novel coronavirus pushed schools to close their doors and adopt a remote learning model, many educators saw a drop in class attendance, according to Education Dive. Thankfully, there are school districts that have found ways to tackle attendance during remote learning and conduct significant outreach to students and families who need it the most. MORE ON EDTECH: Learn how K–12 schools are bringing elective classes online. Redefining Attendance in a Remote Learning Environment Chronic absenteeism is already a huge concern for many educators. With this concern, many school districts have decided to forgo formally tracking student attendance during remote learning.
A Librarian’s Guide to Choosing the Right Book for You! There’s no question that reading is important — it educates, inspires, entertains, and so much more. But with thousands of books published every week, how does a reader (especially one that is just getting into reading) decide which one to pick up? This question often occurs for me both because of my work as a librarian and because I am a reader myself! So how does one choose what to read? Read What You Like “Never apologize for your reading taste” — Betty Rosenberg The first rule in Choosing Books Club is to read what you like! Far too many people allow their reading to be guided by the taste of others; they limit themselves to bestseller lists or the latest publishing craze or want only to read the “right” books. With so many choices out there, every reader can find a book to match their preferences. Discovering Your Reading Tastes Do you enjoy stories that fling you forward at a breakneck pace or do you prefer they let you amble along smelling the flowers? Finding Your Genre
Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press Welcome to our free eBooks collection, developed for children aged 3 - 11 years old. Help your young child learn to read with The Oxford Reading Tree (featuring our much-loved Biff, Chip and Kipper characters), watch your child develop their love of reading with Project X, or simply browse our range of over 200 eBooks for inspiration. All our free eBooks are tablet-friendly. If you'd like to learn more about how to support your child's reading, visit our 'Oxford Reading Tree levels' and 'Phonics made easy' pages. Browse the library sign up log in More books to support learning at home Biff, Chip and Kipper Our Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper series features the much-loved characters who have been helping children learn to read for over 30 years. Songbirds Levelled Phonics books from the fabulous Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo. Read, Write, Inc. A step-by-step phonics programme to support reading. Bond SATs Skills Picking a dictionary
The Science Behind Student Stress A new study finds that when students experience an academic setback such as a bad grade, the amount of cortisol—the so-called stress hormone—in their bodies typically spikes. For most students it drops back down to normal levels a day later, but for some it stays high. These students remain fixated on the setback and have difficulty moving forward. The researchers analyzed the stress levels of students at two high schools in central Texas during an especially stressful time—the transition into high school. A majority of these students—68 percent—experienced a drop in grades in the first semester and reported feeling stressed as a result. “Declining grades may get ‘under the skin,’ as it were, for first-year high school students who believe intelligence is a fixed trait,” explains Hae Yeon Lee, the study’s lead author. Stress isn’t always bad. But with chronic stress, high cortisol levels can instead impair brain functioning and suppress the immune system, causing long-term damage.
Effective feedback | NSW Education Standards Teacher feedback about student learning is essential for students and integral to teaching, learning and assessment. Feedback can clarify for students: how their knowledge, understanding and skills are developing in relation to the syllabus outcomes and content being addressed how to improve their learning. Principles of effective feedback Feedback enables students to recognise their strengths as well as areas for development, and to identify and plan with their teacher the next steps in their learning. Feedback can occur at any point in the teaching, learning and assessment cycle. include regular teacher–student dialogue to guide student learning focus on particular knowledge, understanding and skills related to content, and/or processes applied to an activity. Students may benefit from opportunities to self-assess, self-monitor and make judgements about their work in relation to standards and should be provided with regular opportunities to reflect on their learning. See also:
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) Print Version What Are CATs? Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are generally simple, non-graded, anonymous, in-class activities designed to give you and your students useful feedback on the teaching-learning process as it is happening. Examples of CATs include the following. The Background Knowledge Probe is a short, simple questionnaire given to students at the start of a course, or before the introduction of a new unit, lesson or topic. Why Should I Use CATs? CATs can be used to improve the teaching and learning that occurs in a class. Provide just-in-time feedback about the teaching-learning processProvide information about student learning with less work than traditional assignments (tests, papers, etc.)Encourage the view that teaching is an ongoing process of inquiry, experimentation, and reflectionHelp students become better monitors of their own learningHelp students feel less anonymous, even in large coursesProvide concrete evidence that the instructor cares about learning
Persuasive Language Online Resource Clear definitions and structured activities provide students with strategies to analyse argumentative writing. The resource can be used as a springboard to explore issues like the impact of rapidly changing technology on businesses, and copyright and intellectual property in the digital landscape. Using this resource students will develop their knowledge and understanding of: persuasive language how visual texts work to influence readers persuasive techniques such as cliché, alliteration, hyperbole, anecdotes, emotive language, connotation, inclusive language, simile and metaphor, sarcasm devices that characterise persuasive writing such as tone and appealing to emotions A sample writing assessment task, with marking criteria, is included with the resource.
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