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Leigh Newton

Michelle's Blog - 0 views

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shared by Leigh Newton on 30 Jun 09 - Cached
  • This requires not only knowledge that people have thoughts that are different from our own (basic Theory of Mind concepts) but that they also can narrate a story across time and/or sequence so the reader can follow and make reasonable conclusions to avoid confusion (this is called narrative language). They also have to recognize that people move from ideas (gestalt or main idea) to thoughts (details). To help the reader the writer has to organize his information so that he introduces his idea and then supports it with a reasonable set of thoughts (details).
    • Leigh Newton
      Leigh Newton on 30 Jun 09
       
      Big ideas are not enough by themselves - they need details in order that the reader can understand.
  • 1. Teach them how we brainstorm information related to the topic we are going to write about. Most 2nd grade students learn about "brainstorming" through the use of what are called, "graphic organizers". "visual organizers" or "mind maps". This lesson needs to be extended for our students and taught much more extensively.
  • 2. Learn to tell the difference between ideas or what we call in writing "main ideas" and how these are different from "details".
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  • 3. Work on pruning their thoughts they brainstorm by creating written outlines to serve as guidance for their work.4. For high school students, learn how to talk understand what an "opinion" is.
  • To motivate students to engage at this level of thinking and showing their thoughts by creating visual structures such as graphic organizers or visual outlines, we would provide them a grade for there production of these visual thinking supports. Thus, rather than receive a grade for the final written product, they would receive a grade for creating the graphic organizer and then the outline, etc.
  • By allowing them this time to work on thinking away from working producing written work allows all of us to re-focus and tune up the core skills of writing.
Dana Huff

Put Poor Students to Work - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 7 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 27 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 27 Nov 11
     
    Sent to me just now via a my blog. Would be a great piece to pair with "A Modest Proposal."
Cindy Marston

Top 10 Sites for Brainstorming and Mind Mapping - 12 views

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brainstorm mindmapping visualization

shared by Cindy Marston on 16 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Cindy Marston on 16 Jul 10
     
    List with brief description of each
Melody Velasco

Teaching That Sticks: Organizing Thinking - 9 views

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graphicorganizers teaching resources literacy blog

shared by Melody Velasco on 27 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Melody Velasco on 27 Mar 10
     
    "Graphic organizers will be beneficial to students whenever they are given new information. They can be used to sequence, brainstorm and organize. During reading and listening students should be encouraged to graphically organize new information."
Dana Huff

Nota : Casual Collaboration - 10 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 24 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 24 Feb 11
     
    "Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends."
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