Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers help students to visualize the relationships between words and their possible meanings. Teachers can use these graphic organizers with their explicit vocabulary instruction. These tools may also be used as classroom assessment for learning because they give teachers a quick look at students' vocabulary knowledge. A variety of samples have been provided. Knowledge Rating Scale Frayer Model Word Detective Vocab-O-Gram Graphic Organizer Vocabulary Cluster Own the Word Graphic Organizer Verbal and Visual Word Association (VVWA) Concept Map Graphic Organizer Alphaboxes Websites on Vocabulary Graphic Organizers: Vocabulary Word Box Geometry Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Concept Circles in Math
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WriteDesign On-Line - Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers are valuable instructional tools. Unlike many tools that just have one purpose, graphic organizers are flexible and endless in application. One common trait found among graphic organizers is that they show the order and completeness of a student's thought process - strengths and weaknesses of understanding become clearly evident. Many graphic organizers show different aspects of an issue/problem - in close and also the big picture. Since many graphic organizers use short words or phrases, they are ideal for many types of learners, including English Language Learners with intermediate proficiency. Although five main types of organizers are mentioned in this piece, many others exist, or will soon be created. Star/web: Use to show definitions, attributes, examples, and brainstorming Chart/Matrix: Use to show attributes, comparing and contrasting, and evaluating. Graphic organizers Top Site Map - A list of all the pages with annotations, yes, all of the pages on this site.
G.O.printable Graphic Organizers Want a truly organized classroom? Set up a graphic organizer folder system. Print out one of each of these organizers and make a folder for each organizer. Make enough copies of each organizer for your entire class, with a few extras, and put them in the folders. Have your folders in an easy-to-reach place, so when you are teaching a lesson that lends it's self to a Ven Diagram, you have them on hand! Working with TextPyramid Notes -preparing to read, write or speakVen Diagram 1 -use for comparing and contrasting two events/objects/placesVen Diagram 2 -found at Laura Candler's websiteThree Way Venn Diagram -compare and contrast three events/objects/placesKWL Chart -what do we know, what do we want to know, and what have we learned?
Graphic Organizers Printables and Ideas - Print them - Venn Diagrams, Concept Maps, Writing, Character, Reading Graphic Organizers Venn Diagrams Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect Venn Diagrams Introduction to Graphic Organizers An introduction with samples of filled-in graphic organizers (PDF File) Feedback or Request Request a graphic organizer or leave feedback
Kleinspiration Mapping Social Networks The growth of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace has introduced the idea of the 'social graph' into common parlance. the social graph is Watch this short video describing the proof of concept Vizter social network browser visualisation: Vizter explanatory video. How does vizter allow you to identify friends you have in common with other people? How does vizter help the user identify possible communities in the social graph? If you have a Facebook account, there are several tools that you can use to visualise your friends network on there (requires adding the visulisation as a Facebook application). Touchgraph frinds'n'photos browser;Nexus social graph browser;FriendwheelFacebook Mutual Friend Network Visualization in FlashFriends visulisation in Many Eyes: this application will mine your friends network and produce a data output that will let you visualise your friends network using the Many Eyes network visualisation tool. There are a couple of things to note about this graph.