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Pixar's 20+ Rules on Storytelling for Teachers and Students A week ago I posted here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning a poster made by Pixar in which they featured 22 rules on storytelling and it was really so informative reading all the feedback you sent me , however, today I woke up to an email from a colleague of mine teaching in the State in which he shared with me the graphic below. I was really surprised because at the time I published the first poster on Pixar rules of storytelling I did not know that such a graphic exists and going through it I found it way better than the one I initially posted earlier . I mean better in terms of layout and organization of its content. Have a look at it below and let us know what you think of it. Enjoy
lifornia Common Core Standards Common Core Meets Digital Learning Featuring Alan November Transforming the Culture of Learning: Aligning the Common Core to Digital Literacy Alan November is partnering with the Contra Costa County Office of Education and ACSA Region VI to engage teams of educators in a three-day series over six months to design motivating, rigorous and creative assignments. Alan will provide examples of successful assignment designs across grade levels and subjects. Edmodo, Common Sense Launch Social Learning Digital Literacy Curriculum Digital Citizenship | News Edmodo, Common Sense Launch Social Learning Digital Literacy Curriculum By Tim Sohn09/19/12 A partnership created by Common Sense Media and social learning platform Edmodo is providing teachers with student activities designed to foster responsible use of social media and other technologies. Through the collaboration, Edmodo users have free access to "Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture" curriculum for K-12.
Dr. Ted Coe Dr. Ted Coe Mathematics With Geogebra Algebra Geometry A Non-Freaked Out, Focused Approach to the Common Core CCSS Implementation Tip: When folks start to freak out about the CCSS, go to the Grand Canyon. (That’s me on the left.) When I set out in June 2012 to blog through the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), I was, as long-time readers know, a diehard standards avoider. English Spanish Cognates Many Spanish nouns can easily be converted into English nouns. English nouns and Spanish nouns ending in '-or' are very often identical. English nouns and Spanish nouns ending in '-al' are very common identical. Many English nouns ending with '-ist', can be converted into Spanish nouns by changing to '-ista'. English nouns ending with '-y' often corresponds to Spanish nouns ending with '-ía', '-ia', or '-io'.
What Do the Common Core State Standards Mean for History Teaching and Learning? John Lee, S.G. Grant, and Kathy Swan Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction Collaborative (SSACI) Read Excerpt The Common Core is only a first step. With the solid statement validating history and social studies literacies that the Common Core offers, our efforts now should be to establish a larger framework for social studies that compels and supports democratic life. The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie 'Gatsby' obsessive Jon Reiner analyzes the liberties that Baz Luhrmann takes in adapting the novel—what he gets right and what he gets wrong. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can,” urges Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann’s high-octane adaptation of F.
Closing the Gap About Overview In the current era of accountability, educators are increasingly called upon to make classroom-level data available and usable to inform instructional practices and increase student achievement. Student information systems (SIS) and learning management systems (LMS) are often viewed as the tools to provide the requested data, reports and analysis. The Closing the Gap: Turning Data into Action project provides educators with the resources they need to review, procure and deploy SIS and LMS solutions to maximize data usage and strengthen teaching and learning in the classroom. Closing the Gap Digital Brochure
Resources for Implementation Sample curriculum framework documents District curriculum framework documents need to address the curriculum at different grain sizes to be effective, and the Charles A. Dana Center supports districts in creating such framework documents. The Great Gatsby - review Link to video: The Great Gatsby: watch the trailer F Scott Fitzgerald 's classic, complex novella of bad timing and lost love in the Jazz Age has been brought once again to the cinema, now starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the enigmatic young plutocrat Gatsby himself; Carey Mulligan as Daisy, the object of his passion, and Tobey Maguire as Daisy's cousin Nick, the outsider-insider through whose wondering narration the story is filtered. Having watched this fantastically unthinking and heavy-handed adaptation, the opening gala of this year's Cannes festival, I feel the only way to make it less subtle would be to let Michael Bay direct it.
20 Best Mobile Productivity Apps of 2012 2012 has come to a close. Time to highlight the year’s best new mobile productivity apps. Here is my list of the best mobile productivity apps of 2012. There are apps for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. All of these apps are either new or major updates. Nearly all the apps are free. Wait Time & Wait Time II Stronger questioning techniques has always been an area of needed growth – I have improved through the years – but in order to be my best – it requires me to be very intentional. I understood the idea behind wait time – but when I read A Student’s Perspective of Classroom Culture – how no wait time and allowing callouts from a handful of students is frustrating for the student who wants to be engaged and learn. It reminded me of times I had the same experiences – when I was trying to think, wanted to answer, but someone else was calling out the answer before I could even get my thoughts together – and the teacher moved on… This past week at my KLN (Kentucky Leadership Network) meeting – we were given a modified pair-share as we participated in our book study of Mathematics Formative Assessments - 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction and Learning (Keely, Tobey 2011). I was in a group assigned to #72 Wait Time Variations found on page 212.