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K Wolf

Teachers.Net Gazette October 2002 - HARRY & ROSEMARY WONG: EFFECTIVE PRACTICES APPLY TO... - 0 views

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  • Teachers put off dealing with non-emergency situations and needs until students are working
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      I like to say, "let's talk about it later..." It gives students a chance to cool down and me a chance to think about it...as well as keeps the class moving forward.
    • S Adair
      S Adair on 11 Jun 09
       
      This is a great idea! How much of my class time is spent with students telling me "I forgot my book" or "I had pizza last night" or other things that may be interesting, but not relevant to what we need to do!
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 13 Jun 09
       
      I agree. A lot of time during class is spent on nonrelevant discussion. We need to refocus to keep the class flowing.
  • High school and middle grade teachers have bellwork/warm-up/sponge activities on the board or overhead projector so students get to work as soon as they enter the classroom
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      If you haven't thought about a bell-ringer, you should. It gets the students working right away and gives you time to take attendance and do other things for the first few minutes. It may seem like "busy work," but you'll eventually figure out how to use the bell ringer to maximize your instruction, too.
  • Objectives for the day are displayed on the board
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      I can go either way on this one. I used to post objectives, but students didn't really get into it. Instead, I post a bulleted list of the day's activities on the board, i.e. 1) Discuss HW 2) Go over quizzes 3) Circumference of Circles 4) Area of Circles This takes away the "what are we doing today?" questions and gives students an idea of what to expect for the day. It also establishes a nice routine, helps you metacognitize before the day, and provides a 'back-up' in case you freeze. It's not uncommon for students to say, "hey..weren't we supposed to go over our quizzes?!" when I've mistakenly moved on.
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  • A student "class secretary" maintains a "What Did I Miss?" folder
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      Create whatever system you want for missing work. After a few weeks of helping absent students see how the system works, you'll never have to answer the question, "What did we do yesterday in LA?" Students will know the routine (who to ask or where to go) to get the handouts, assignment, etc.
    • Evan Abbey
      Evan Abbey on 01 Jun 09
       
      I was never able to get that developed. Eventually, when I put things on Moodle, students got into the habit of checking there after missing (or before). Still, I could see many other setups being just as effective.
    • K Wolf
      K Wolf on 17 Jun 09
       
      Re: make-up work - this task can easily become digital - assignments, handouts, summaries of the lesson by other students, etc. could be posted on a class wiki so it's accessible 24/7
  • Each teacher has a system of procedures for setting up small groups
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      Do it. Rehearse it every day or two for a few weeks. Tell 'em what you expect. It'll make your life easier later on.
  • Students are informed of and discuss the specific purpose/s before viewing a vide
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      I would add, "Students are informed of and discuss the specific purpose before ANYTHING"...not just videos. Saves the "Why do we have to do/know this?" comments.
    • Evan Abbey
      Evan Abbey on 01 Jun 09
       
      Ditto!
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 13 Jun 09
       
      Students do need to be informed about everything they're doing. It saves a lot of time answering questions rather than spending it repeating the information over and over again. We want to make sure they're prepared and ready to go.
  • shakes hands
    • Darin Johnson
      Darin Johnson on 17 Jun 09
       
      What do you think about shaking hands? My supervising teacher read this suggestion in a book, and she required that I join her. I did it one year on my own. Are we too germ phobic to do this today?
  • Students who have something of a non-emergency nature that they wish to tell the teacher can fill out a prepared form titled "Listening Ear" with a line drawing of an ear and four blank lines for the student's message.
    • Darin Johnson
      Darin Johnson on 17 Jun 09
       
      My students would never do this. This man has some good advice, but having students fill out a "listening Ear" form in the target language is utterly cumbersome.
  • Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
     
    Harry Wong - okay, so this isn't ICC, but it does talk a lot about effective practices. If you haven't read "The First Days of School," you should. If not, check out this website. It summarizes lots of the main points. I'll mark it up with what I see as the most important points.
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  • Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
     
    Wong on effective classroom practices.
  • Evan Abbey on 01 Jun 09
     
    Wong on effective classroom practices.
  • anonymous on 13 Jun 09
     
    Some teachers send home progress sheets and letters informing parents whenever a new chapter or unit begins, outlining the objectives and providing information about any cultural activities or projects associated with the new unit.
  • anonymous on 13 Jun 09
     
    I think this is a good way to keep parents informed on what their child is going to be working on. This can help promote interaction between parent and child.
  • K Wolf on 17 Jun 09
     
    Wong on effective classroom practices.
Matt Townsley

Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom - 0 views

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assessment formative

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  • When teachers use sound instructional practice for the purpose of gathering information on student learning, they are applying this information in a formative way. In this sense, formative assessment is pedagogy and clearly cannot be separated from instruction. It is what good teachers do. The distinction lies in what teachers actually do with the information they gather. How is it being used to inform instruction? How is it being shared with and engaging students? It's not teachers just collecting information/data on student learning; it's what they do with the information they collect.
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 27 Jul 09
       
      well said. I think that putting this into practice will be a challenge. Convincing others that this mentality is where we should be going might be even more of a challenge though. Wow.
  • Matt Townsley on 27 Jul 09
     
    another great write-up on formative assessment; this one comes from a secondary (middle school) source. The driver's license analogy is worth sharing with colleagues, in my opinion.
shawna poppen

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide - 12 views

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  • Twitter is beginning to catch on with many educators, schools are
    • Clint Balsar
      Clint Balsar on 30 Aug 11
       
      Thanks for sharing this article. I have used Twitter for some time, but on a personal level. I have a side business as a portrait photographer and have used it to stay connected and for some marketing. I was interested in how the article described the use of Twitter for a school community.
    • Doree Cronan
      Doree Cronan on 26 Feb 12
       
      Great ideas! Our school just launched a Twitter and Facebook account this school year. We are still in the beginning phase and this will help push it!
    • Gwen Wrich
      Gwen Wrich on 02 Mar 12
       
      I too liked this...helping my learning curve rise much faster as I develop my PLN using Twitter and Diigo etc..
    • kassi Nelson
      kassi Nelson on 16 Apr 12
       
      This article has really made me think about how I can use Twitter in the Art room... my brain is overflowing with ideas!
    • Matt Winter
      Matt Winter on 30 Oct 12
       
      I used to be against twitter but now I am starting to see the possible benefits of using twitter for the classroom.
  • Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide The end of the school year is upon us however many are looking forward to next year. You may be thinking what can you do differently next year? How can you stand out above the crowd? How can your school become a larger part of the school community?While  Twitter is beginning to catch on with many educators, schools are lagging in their adoption of the platform. But let's think about it. Twitter is a quick and easy
    • Carrie Olson
      Carrie Olson on 23 Apr 12
       
      I see the increasing interest in the use of twitter, but I am having a difficult time convincing other colleagues to use it. It seems to take fire only when twitter is an 'all in' tool for a staff of teachers. As much as I like twitter and see the usefulness so this as a tool of education, it has a significant amount of growth to do in order to be the mainstream tool within a school.
    • Dan Kuchera
      Dan Kuchera on 13 Jun 13
       
      I see a use for Twitter by our school's Administration to push out notifications for: meeting reminders, congratulatory messages, weather related school closings, and sports scores. However, I believe schools and teachers need to be conscious of how much we push out -- having multiple posts a week by each of the seven or eight teachers that a high school student has in a day could be obtrusive. Our system uses PowerSchool and individual teacher websites to post: assignments, scores, and additional course specific information. Parents and students should be able to look up what they need when it is convenient for them as opposed to being messaged when it may not be.
  • along.
    • Lisa Yoder
      Lisa Yoder on 29 Feb 12
       
      This link "listen now" isn't working....
    • Lisa Yoder
      Lisa Yoder on 29 Feb 12
       
      Oh my! I am not a current Twitter user, so I am not familiar with exactly how it works, but I think I have an idea. This is probably a good examply of the "line" that separates those who are used to this technology and those who are good at technology but at the point of trying to figure out how and when to apply it. WHen I read the "Think First" section, I just kept picturing in my head classes/students/teachers being bombarded and interrupted all day long if they possibly hoped to keep up with Twitter posts. But as I read farther and saw it might be more intended to tweet to the public, I thought "ok", but ...... So, while I'm not turning my reception off to Twitter, I am interested to know how, when and for what purposes Twitter can be used in education. Interesting notion! I look forward to hearing more about its application.
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  • While  Twitter is beginning to catch on with many educators, schools are lagging in their adoption of the platform. But let's think about it. Twitter is a quick and easy tool
    • lgarza
      lgarza on 29 Jun 11
       
      web 2.0 connected classroom
  • What do you want to do with this account? What do you hope to accomplish? What do you want to communicate? So, you are going to have a Twitter account. Great! Why? What do you want to tell people? The possibilities here are really endless. But think beyond the basic stuff like picture day and what's for lunch. Consider taking pictures of kids doing collaborative projects or highlighting staff of the month. It can really go beyond all the regular communication and show the community what your school (or district) is all about. Who will be in charge of the account? Will there be just one person who will post or will you have multiple people who post? This is all situation dependent. I would say more than one person is great but too many and things can get out of hand and duplicate information could easily be posted. Keep it simple and experiment to find what works for your group.
    • shawna poppen
      shawna poppen on 02 Sep 11
       
      Pertaining to the use of Twitter in the classroom and as part of the curriculum, I believe these questions to be paramount. Too often, with technology, especially networking sites we seem to jump in without much thought or planning as to how this will affect us and what kind of effect it will have on our intended users/viewers/public.
    • Cathy Wolf
      Cathy Wolf on 02 Sep 11
       
      This is a great introduction to using twitter in the classroom and answers many questions I wouldn't even have thought to ask. It would make using to it more focused.
    • Jenna Stevens
      Jenna Stevens on 28 Feb 12
       
      I think using Twitter in the classroom would be a great addition. Our school is planning on going to 1-on-1's next year, making it easier for everyone to access. I agree with the idea of being able to share some of the cool things the kids are doing with the rest of the community. Kid's get a bum wrap sometimes, when in fact they are doing a lot of really great things both in and out of the classroom that deserves recognition from the community. It would also be a nice way to update people about events going on at the school. For example, our softball team did a soup supper to raise money for the year. While they advertised in the more traditional sense, posters, e-mail's to the faculty, etc., many community members had no idea that this was happening. It would have been nice for them to be a part of the activity, if they would have had more information.
    • Brad Hames
      Brad Hames on 13 Apr 12
       
      I never thought Twitter would be used in the classroom, but the more I use it and more I read about it, I am beginning to see the benefits of it
    • Christine Scott
      Christine Scott on 16 Apr 12
       
      I can see where this would be good in the regular public schools. However, I teach at a detention facility and technology is a hard thing to incorporate with students, but think it could be a perfect communication tool for teachers involved with these students.
    • Patricia Westin
      Patricia Westin on 16 Apr 12
       
      I am not apposed to using Twitter in the classroom but am failing to see the benefit of having it in the classroom. We seem to have other tools that have a wide variety of uses. Twitter seems limited in comparison.
    • boothl b
      boothl b on 05 Jun 12
       
      I am excited by the possibilities of this. But my problem is getting staff and families on board. We have a population where many families don't have internet. And many staff don't get their emails read so how do we add more things for them to look for? I would like more information on getting people on board. I don't want it to be a two-tiered system, where a small click in in the know and the rest are out.
    • Kathy Etringer
      Kathy Etringer on 06 Jun 12
       
      We have a school wide Twitter account but I am not sure how I would use it in a kindergarten classroom. Any suggestions?
    • sarah block
      sarah block on 07 Jun 12
       
      Parents in your class could follow your twitter account to see what you are doing on a daily basis!
    • Michelle Holt
      Michelle Holt on 08 Jun 12
       
      We have a district twitter account and have the possibility of a school account. I'm trying to picture my principal and lead teacher with time to tweet with everything else going on around them. I can see teems communicating this way which would help them to get input from other sources.
  • lgarza on 29 Jun 11
     
    Blogging in the classroom. Using Twitter in the classroom.
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  • lgarza on 29 Jun 11
     
    I like to read about how Twitter is used in the classroom.
  • Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 01 Sep 11
     
    Communication is always the complaint that is registered by parents and students when it comes to schools. Having a school update come to you via your phone would be awesome. As always, decisions have to be made on what is the most effective way to communicate. Twitter could really bridge the gap in some cases.
  • chandra poore on 05 Jun 12
     
    Great way to utilize the tool/resource instead of trying to block kids off of it at school. Will be sharing!
Matt Townsley

State Board of Education Adopts Common Core State Standards - Iowa Department of Education - 3 views

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  • Matt Townsley on 19 Aug 10
     
    common core / Iowa Core merger information
  • Matt Townsley on 19 Aug 10
     
    more information about Iowa Core concepts & skills merger with Common Core
Laurie Wyatt

Iowa Core Curriculum - Literacy - 0 views

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  • Literacy — defined by Meltzer, Smith, and Clark as the ability to read, write, speak, listen, and think effectively — enables students to learn and to communicate clearly about what they know. Being literate gives people the ability to become informed, to inform others, and to make informed decisions (2001). Literacy is synonymous with learning. The partnerships between reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing — connecting with the ever-increasing knowledge base for each content area — provide the means for thinking among and between concepts and ideas. It is an active process.
    • Laurie Wyatt
      Laurie Wyatt on 17 Apr 10
       
      Literacy is social.
  • By its nature, literacy is social. In being effective critical members of a literacy community, students collaborate with others. Whether it be engaging the ideas of an author or actively discussing and debating issues about their lives with their peers, this collaboration helps students gain an appreciation of themselves, others, and the world. There is a cumulative advantage to the reciprocity of sharing ideas. The more students engage in literacy, the deeper their conceptual understanding and motivation to learn becomes.
  • Laurie Wyatt on 17 Apr 10
     
    "By its nature, literacy is social. In being effective critical members of a literacy community, students collaborate with others. Whether it be engaging the ideas of an author or actively discussing and debating issues about their lives with their peers, this collaboration helps students gain an appreciation of themselves, others, and the world. There is a cumulative advantage to the reciprocity of sharing ideas. The more students engage in literacy, the deeper their conceptual understanding and motivation to learn becomes. "
Matt Townsley

Iowa H.F. 45 - 1 views

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  • H.F. 45 17. CORE CURRICULUM AND CAREER INFORMATION AND 1 DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM 2 For purposes of implementing the statewide core curriculum 3 for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and a 4 state-designated career information and decision-making system: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,901,556 6 75,556
  • The funding for implementation of the statewide core 16 curriculum for schools and for the career information and 17 decision-making system are eliminated and legislative intent is 18 stated for amending the law relating to the curriculum.
  • Matt Townsley on 18 Jan 11
     
    proposed legislation eliminating Iowa Core funding
lgarza

lingro: The coolest dictionary known to hombre! - 0 views

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  • Sources: Wiktionary (en) reversed(1); xdxf project (sdict) reversed(2); Audio: Shtooka Project. frn_misc.showTooltipMessage(i, '1 word in your history', 5000); Add to wordlist...  My First Wordlist 1 word in your history Click here to open link My First Wordlist
  • lgarza on 05 Jul 11
     
    This diccionario will be useful to myself and to my students.
Dianne Loughren

Common Core Iowa Core Fact Sheet - 0 views

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icc iowa parent information

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  • Dianne Loughren on 28 Feb 12
     
    This article contains some very basic information comparing Iowa Core with Common Core. It provides examples of how Iowa Core compares to Common Core. Frequently asked questions are also included.
K Wolf

TeachPaperless: Don't Block: Educate - 0 views

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  • Don't block: Educate.
    • Russ Goerend
      Russ Goerend on 02 Jun 09
       
      It shows something negative to students when the administration doesn't truth them (or their teachers) with the Internet.
  • Would you rather your child encounter questionable content alone in their room or in a classroom mentored by a trained professional?
    • K Wolf
      K Wolf on 17 Jun 09
       
      This brings up a great point. If we use the Internet with students from the time they are in elementary school and teach them to evaluate the text, just like we would with printed text, then hopefully they will be better consumers of online information. We need to TEACH them how to handle stumbling upon questionable content. It's about setting expectations for how to use the Internet just like you would set expectations for how to use other tools in the classroom. Students will still try to get to sites that are inappropriate, but that behavior should be equivalent to anything else they do that's inappropriate and therefore subject to consequences.
  • We are educators. Nobody said education was going to be comfortable.
    • K Wolf
      K Wolf on 17 Jun 09
       
      And who says the world is a "comfortable" place. If we choose not to use the Internet or choose not to trust students with it, what message are we sending to them? We're (as schools or educators) saying to them that we're ignoring the one type of media that they find legitimate. We're saying to them that we're going to ignore the one place where they go to first for much of their information regardless of its accuracy. How can we send them that message and claim to be effective teachers???
Stacey Wigant

Paperless Classroom - 0 views

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Paperless Classroom Reality pln_course

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  • Today our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones ... So why are California's public school students still forced to lug around antiquated, heavy, expensive textbooks?"
  • Today our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones ... So why are California's public school students still forced to lug around antiquated, heavy, expensive textbooks?"
  • "That has probably been achieved mostly in the past 10 years. Ever since Tony Blair came in and talked about 'education, education, education,' at least £2bn has been invested in learning technology, and if things carry on in the same vein, perhaps 40% of educational resources will be digital in 10 years time."
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  • Publishers such as Hodder Education already offer a range of online resources alongside conventional textbooks, and Pearson sells electronic versions of most of its textbooks, either in interactive form, or as a straight portable document format (pdf). Last year, Pearson earned £960m revenue from its digital products and services – around a fifth of its total revenue.
  • replicate. "You can flick back and forth in them quickly, you can scribble in them, it's easy to share one between a number of students," she said. "Though theoretically electronic textbooks can be much more interactive, the current reality is that a lot of them are little more than pdf versions of the paper book," she added. "A colleague of mine the other day got it right when he said that if you could invent anything that's as powerful as the book in the next hundred years we'll have done well."
  • "You can flick back and forth in them quickly, you can scribble in them, it's easy to share one between a number of students," she said. "Though theoretically electronic textbooks can be much more interactive, the current reality is that a lot of them are little more than pdf versions of the paper book," she added. "A colleague of mine the other day got it right when he said that if you could invent anything that's as powerful as the book in the next hundred years we'll have done well."
  • Deena Logsdon on 15 Jun 09
     
    This is an interesting concept. I think it would save a lot of time not to have to copy from textbooks, but I wonder how long it will actually take before it becomes a reality. Unfortunately, as the article states, there are still quite a few people (students) who do not have access to the internet. That alone will cause some problems with the paperless classroom concept.
Matt Townsley

Iowa Core resources used at SAI new administrators institute - 1 views

www.aea11.k12.ia.us/SAI.html

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  • Matt Townsley on 18 Mar 11
     
    information shared with new administrators during summer 2009
Matt Townsley

Cedar Falls Community School District - Iowa Core Curriculum - 1 views

www.cedar-falls.k12.ia.us/...icc

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  • Matt Townsley on 21 Mar 11
     
    Cedar Falls schools information & agendas/minutes 
Peggy Pavlik

Educational Leadership:Interventions: What's Working:Making the Most of Progress Monito... - 8 views

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  • Developing the data collection system involves decisions about when to collect progress data and which rubric to use.
  • If a student has not made adequate progress toward an objective, the team needs to have a conversation to decide what to do.
  • The visual format of the intervention form enables team members to quickly review the data and make decisions about the intervention.
    • Deb Sykes
      Deb Sykes on 28 Aug 11
       
      I would definitely like to spend more time re-reading this article. However, as a teacher who has worked with similar forms for years, why are all the examples about elementary students with relatively easy barriers to track? The position that online record keeping has more immediacy was interesting.
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 29 Aug 11
       
      good question, re: elementary. Does anyone have any secondary examples to share?
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  • Better and more efficient progress monitoring tools can lead to better instructional decision making and improved student outcomes.
    • Abbey Thurn
      Abbey Thurn on 29 Aug 11
       
      So true! The easier it is to access, and faster accessability, the better!
    • Peggy Pavlik
      Peggy Pavlik on 06 Oct 11
       
      This also reinforces that progress monitoring is not just the function of special edu, or an interventionist, but a part of the instructional process
    • Julie Sorensen-Skaar
      Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 29 Aug 11
       
      This looks like good information about developing a rubric to use for reading comprehension.
  • Other objectives may not lend themselves so easily to a rubric as rate of reading. For example, reading comprehension will require the team to consider what to measure and how to measure it.
    • Julie Sorensen-Skaar
      Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 29 Aug 11
       
      This looks like good information about developing a rubric to use for reading comprehension
  • In fact, progress monitoring and reporting is the federal special education requirement with which schools struggle the most (Etscheidt, 2006). For students with disabilities, schools follow specific procedures for developing an IEP, which involves selecting targeted goals and services. But even the IEP is not sufficient to guide daily intervention and progress monitoring. Instead, IEPs create the broad structure from which educators can develop a more detailed and practical day-to-day intervention plan.
    • shawna poppen
      shawna poppen on 30 Aug 11
       
      Instead of stipulation on progress monitoring, why not place more emphasis on quality instruction.
  • Matt Townsley on 12 Jul 11
     
    A nice write-up on progress monitoring using electronic tools. 
  • Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 04 Sep 11
     
    This article is a keeper for me. A collection system about data collection, rubric, and progress monitoring.
Matt Townsley

UI College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs creates Iowa Assessments - 8 views

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  • Matt Townsley on 19 Oct 11
     
    information about the new Iowa Assessments 
  • Lisa Yoder on 29 Feb 12
     
    This is very interesting. I knew nothing about this and have still been referring to assessments as ITBS when I walk through that section of the IEP about whether a student will take district-wide assessments with or without accommodations. I am glad to know this and I learned several other tidbits including the $ aspect.
  • Kris Ward on 02 Mar 12
     
    There are many assessments the students take throughout the year at our school. The data generated would be interesting reading.
Dan Kuchera

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide - 0 views

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    • Mekca Wallace
      Mekca Wallace on 10 Jun 13
       
      This is me! What can I do differently next year? My answer is PLN.
  • A profile will go a long way in letting people know who you are. This is the place you can put in your full school name, location, description and link to your school website. You will also want to put in a picture, either of a mascot or school symbol. That helps other users identify, quickly, who you are.
  • Hashtags- A good idea is to also come up with a hashtag. This will allow you to track conversations even if your account is not mentioned in a tweet. So for example we use in our district, the initials as our hashtag, #wsfcs. The hashtag is good because classes and teachers can send tweets and still reference your school with out mentioning you in the tweet. You can then collect them and retweet them as you see fit. And you don't have to follow everyone either to see what folks are saying. If you have monitors set up near your entrance you can use a program like Twitterfall to display all the tweets coming in on your hashtag. That might also entice folks to check out your Twitter account and learn more about your presence there.
    • Mekca Wallace
      Mekca Wallace on 10 Jun 13
       
      I am still slightly confused about hashtags
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    • Dan Kuchera
      Dan Kuchera on 13 Jun 13
       
      Our system uses PowerSchool for academic notices (assignments and grades), and each of the teachers has a website for information specific to what the teacher teaches.  I feel we need to be conscious of what we push notice out and feel that it would be inappropriate for teachers to push assignments and scores out to students. For example, if a student takes a one semester class 1st semester and gets assignments tweeted to their cell phone, then what prevents those assignments from being pushed out to them 2nd semester when they are no longer in the class (do they unsubscribe)?   It seems to me though that Twitter would be a useful option if hosted by the administration to post game scores or school cancellation notices or meeting reminders (so long as that last list were kept down to one or two important reminders a week - at MOST). 
Dianne Loughren

CommonCoreIowaCoreFactSheet2010-1.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    • Dianne Loughren
      Dianne Loughren on 28 Feb 12
       
      This article does a good job of presenting information in very understandable terms. It will help those who aren't directly involved in education to have a better understanding of all the jargon that they are hearing about in the news. I think the questions posed in the frequently asked question section are excellent and will give the general public a better understanding of what is happening in the educational world in Iowa. I can see this as part of our district communiqué or part of our superintendent's column. Valuable find.
jmitsch

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: QR Code Classroom Implementation Guide - 0 views

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qrcodes classroom guide

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  • QR Codes are barcodes of information that hardlink the physical world with the online world.
  • They can save us time. They can save paper. They provide a link to mobile devices that help students do their homework and follow along.
  • Adobe air QR Code reader
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • type in a website name and generate the code
  • Once on your computer, it is a picture that can be put into presentations, graphics, and blog posts.
  • Common QR Code Problems
  • Mobile Websites Don't Show All Features. Problem: When used on a mobile device, many websites (like Ning) will take you to their mobile-enabled website which may leave out the item (like a blog) that you need to assess. Solution: Look at the bottom of the page for the "view the regular version of this website" link. I recommend this if you're on an ipad, in particular.
  • 7 Uses of QR Codes in the Classroom
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Social Bookmarking Website Reviews - Compare The Brands - 0 views

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    • jmitsch
      jmitsch on 06 Jun 12
       
      Seven social bookmarking sites are reviewed... but when? How outdated is this information?
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Iowa Department of Education 21st Century Skills - 0 views

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  • Friedman
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      Have you read Friedman? I have a little...there's also plenty of push-back on this guy's ideas.
  • (1) critical thinking and problem solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) agility and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      I think these are all great...but think back to the '5 essential characteristics' and formative assessment, etc. How will we be able to "assess" these skills? It's tough to assess these soft skills, in my opinion.
    • Russ Goerend
      Russ Goerend on 01 Jun 09
       
      Yes, these are definitely broad topics. What underlying, assessable skills make up these survival skills?
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