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Deeper Learning: A Collaborative Classroom is Key What's ideal when it comes to collaboration in our classrooms? Here's one coveted scenario: several children gathered at a table engaged in a high-level task, discussing, possibly debating an issue, making shared decisions, and designing a product that demonstrates all this deeper learning. As teachers, we'd love to see this right out the gate, but this sort of sophisticated teamwork takes scaffolding. It won't just happen by placing students together with a piece of provocative text or an engaging task.
Writing Objectives Using Bloom's Taxonomy Various researchers have summarized how to use Bloom’s Taxonomy. Following are four interpretations that you can use as guides in helping to write objectives using Bloom’s Taxonomy. From: KC Metro [old link, no longer functioning?] Bloom’s Taxonomy divides the way people learn into three domains. Starting the Year on a Positive Note Back in May, I asked readers to think of five things they'd done well over the last school year. I followed it up with a post on my personal blog reflecting on what I thought I did well. Now it's time for the school year to rev up again, and I'm hoping to not only keep doing what I did well, but also set some goals for the coming year. As this blog is a tech integration blog, I want you to think about something you want to do better or something new you want to try this year. As I have stated in many previous posts, the worst thing you can do when trying to bring new technology into your classroom, whether it be a simple web-based tool or a piece of hardware, is try to do too much.
Better Mentoring, Better Teachers Published Online: March 23, 2010 By Dara Barlin For more than a decade, clear and consistent research has shown that the quality of teachers is the most powerful school-related determinant of student success. Capitalizing on this now-large body of evidence, many education leaders have begun to invest in new-teacher mentoring. It’s a smart bet. When mentors are well-selected, well-trained, and given the time to work intensively with new teachers, they not only help average teachers become good, but good teachers become great. Collaboration Matters Blogger's note: This post focuses on the importance of integrating collaboration into classroom practice. In my next post, I'll talk about strategies for successful facilitation of collaborative work. A Learned Skill Sharing my rough writing with others is a miserable experience. I know that outside input is a crucial part of revision, yet I squirm uncomfortably as those I trust make comments and probe with questions. Inevitably, I begin to feel resentment grow as I am forced to reevaluate passages that I thought were clear.
Scaffolding: Enduring People Development My first boss out of business school was a bit mad. However, there was method to his madness. He was the master of the question. Every time I came out of his office I thought that I had just experienced a meeting with a three-year old, Why? 3 Great Tools for Collaborative Brainstorming Collaboration is an essential feature of the 21st century education. Students are encouraged to work together and benefit from their collective wisdom.There are several ways teachers can use to foster collaborative habits among their students and most important of them all is through group work or classroom group projects. While working together, students get to discover different ways of thinking other than theirs and they also share and build a healthy learning environment. Working together on projects does require pulling ideas from different resources and this is probably one of the problematic things about collaborative brainstorming. However, there are now several excellent web tools that students can use to collectively brainstorm a topic.
Heron's Six Categories of Intervention - Communication Skills Training from MindTools Understanding How to Help People More Effectively Not all interventions are supportive. © iStockphoto/evemilla At work, in whatever role or industry, most people deal daily with others who need their help, support, advice or expertise. Precisely how you deliver that "help" determines its success and also impacts the relationship you build with the person you are helping. Collaborative Teaching for Special Education Students Updated July 02, 2014. Collaborative Teaching in Special Education Programs: Collaboration means providing special education in regular education classrooms. Today, more special education students are taught in regular classrooms, and collaboration is increasing. Collaboration helps to ensure children with learning disabilities get a free appropriate public education, including specialized instruction, in a regular classroom.
Activities for online courses: The End Closure, outcome, achievement. Ending, end of the road, conclusion. Full stop, period, finish. Which word would you choose to describe the end of your online courses? Supporting Teachers: Resources for Mentors Mentor educators share tips about finding the best resources. We asked education professionals with varied levels of experience in mentoring about the job and how they approach it. Here's the fourth in a series of responses (1) to four questions: Where do you find the best resources for mentoring? Betty Walters
Mentorship for Beginning Teachers Support for our new teachers means support for our students! Overview All beginning teachers holding a level I New Mexico teaching license and employed in a New Mexico public school district, charter school, or state agency shall successfully complete a one to three year beginning teacher mentorship program provided by the public school district, charter school or state agency. The New Mexico Legislature recognizes the importance of beginning teacher mentoring in New Mexico and has allocated money to help districts support their beginning teacher mentoring programs. Induction and Mentorship of new teachers has been identified nationally as a critical part of teacher retention, student achievement and enhanced school culture. We must not wait long years for new teachers to acquire the necessary skills to become effective teachers through trial and error.
Supporting New Teachers:The Good Mentor James B. Rowley Can you name a person who had a positive and enduring impact on your personal or professional life, someone worthy of being called your mentor? Had he or she been trained to serve in such a role or been formally assigned to help you? I frequently ask veteran teachers these questions. Guidelines for Mentor Teacher Strategies for Mentoring Provide regular oral and written evaluation of teaching performance. (View evaluation information and forms.) Present demonstration lessons using varied teaching strategies and discuss them with the student teacher.