Blooming Up: Teaching the Art of Questioning Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Reading or Writing Teaching Idea
Title – Blooming Up: Teaching the Art of Questioning By – Marcy Winograd Primary Subject – Language Arts Secondary Subjects – Language Arts Grade Level – 9-12 Concept: Levels of Questioning Standard: Students will analyze grade-level text. Goal: Students will improve reading comprehension by learning how to raise higher level questions. Objective: After raising questions about pieces of fruit, students will write and answer several questions about core literature. Materials needed: an apple and an orange, core literature, a copy of Bloom’s taxonomy Anticipatory set: Present the apple and the orange and ask the class, “Which piece of fruit do you like better? Procedure: First, the teacher explains to the class that s/he is going to teach them how to ask questions. Below are examples: 1) Recall/specific detail: What color is the apple? After students create fruit questions, introduce a short poem or story and ask them to write questions at each level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
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Over 100 ideas for using Twitter in the Classroom
This handful of resources provide about 100 different ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom. It’s been almost 8 months since I published the post, “6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom”, about uses of the popular micro-blogging tool in the instructional setting. This post generated a lot of traffic, and continues to attract hundreds of viewers every week. Since that brief posting, I’ve come across a lot of articles containing examples and suggestions for using Twitter in instructional applications. I’ve combed through many of these and tried to boil down the redundancies to create a rich set of idea-laden resources. I also want to mention these 100 Serious Twitter Tips for Academics, which are worth reviewing to learn more and plan your approach to using Twitter in (and out of) the classroom. Here are the original “6 Examples” from last June’s post: About Kelly Walsh Print This Post
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42 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
No doubt your summer celebrations this weekend will leave you little time to catch up on reading. To help you out, we've compiled a handy roundup of this week's most helpful, informative and inspiring stories. We've celebrated iPhone's birthday, we've pondered celebrity impact on social good, and we've laughed over geeky gadgets. This week Mashable overflowed with engaging content. Find out what you missed! Editors' Picks HOW TO: Manage Your Online Reputation Using SEOWhile you might not be able to remove damaging content from the Internet, there's a good chance you can minimize its impact using simple SEO techniques.Meet the People Who Scored Twitter's Shortest UsernamesHere's a look at the users who snagged premium social real estate with the shortest Twitter usernames on Earth. Social Media
20 Sites to Find Design Inspiration
Designers often rely on inspiration from other designers to feed our creativity. Here are 21 websites to find great inspiration. Blogs Here are some other blogs which provide quality inspiration. If you think I should add any, let me know. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. designfeedr 6. 7. Galleries Here are some awesome galleries. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. illyPads 7. 8. 9. Networks Although it may not be as obvious, networks are a great source of inspiration. 1. 2. 3. 4. design: related 5. deviantART Update Here are some that have been suggested. Pattern Tap Tagged as: blogs, design, Inspiration
Education World ® : Curriculum: Substitute Survival: Tools You Can Use
Are you a substitute -- or potential substitute -- wondering whether you'll survive the challenges that lie ahead? Are you an administrator or a classroom teacher wondering how to help a substitute get through the day? If so, the Education World Online Substitute Survival Kit is for you! Included: Songs, games, lesson activities, and templates to help a sub survive even the most difficult experience! You've signed up to be a substitute teacher, and now you're wondering whether it was really such a good idea? The kind of substituting experience you have is pretty much up to you, say the subs we talked to. "The first ten minutes set the tone for the whole day," Peg Arseneaux, a former classroom teacher and long-time sub from Glastonbury, Connecticut, told Education World. "I usually tell students that I have only two rules," Arseneaux added. Over the years, Arseneaux has developed some rules for subs that can help your day go smoothly too: Sing!
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Introduction Welcome to Building Better Courses tutorials. In this series of tutorials what I'm going to do is walk you through the process of building an elearning course. We'll start with an existing course that for many people is "good enough" and make it something better. What do we mean by better? Get it online. We like to call this the "Rapid E-Learning Story." How Do I Create My First Course? While that's a very broad overview of how the tutorials are organized, here's a little more detail on some of the topics that are covered: Designing custom themes for your course Using PowerPoint as a graphic design tool to create your visual and navigational elements Working with external audio editors for recording and editing audio Branching techniques for video and scenarios Building creative and interactive quizzes Elearning production, workflow and development best practices And a whole lot more! Getting the Most Out of the Tutorials Who is this course for? 99% of people found this useful
iPad App Evaluation for the Classroom
