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Julie Taylor

Writing - 0 views

I am wondering if anyone has a good lesson plan or web site they could share about "planning, drafting, revising, proofreading and publishing a Personal story" for 2nd grade level.

curriculum icc 2nd Grade

started by Julie Taylor on 18 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Joanna Seymour

Framing and Learning - 0 views

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cbl pbl curriculum formative assessment education 21st Century

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  • Joanna Seymour on 11 Oct 11
     
    A direction that many schools need to consider is adding more challenge based learning opportunities. The CBL framework is constructivist, the experience is authentic, and the outcome is relevant because it makes a difference in the students' school, community, or world.
Judy Boerm

Genetics - Project Based - 0 views

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genetics science activity lessons project based Teacher law

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  • Judy Boerm on 11 Oct 11
     
    Students battle a court case dealing with future of genetics
Matt Townsley

Progress or Procrastination? | AllThingsPLC - 3 views

www.allthingsplc.info/wordpress

plc commonassessments

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  • There is a law in organizational theory called Parkinson’s law which says that work will expand to fill the amount of time we are willing to devote to it.
    • Julie Taylor
      Julie Taylor on 06 Oct 11
       
      Sometimes we work better under pressure and get more done in a shorter amount of time if we know where we are going.
  • Which of my students is still struggling with this essential skill? Which of my students has mastered the essential skill? What is an area in which my students excelled, what strategies led to their success, and how might I share those strategies with my colleagues, and conversely what is an area of weakness where I might seek help from my colleagues? Is there an area where students struggled regardless of the teacher to whom they were assigned and if so, what steps can our team take to address our own professional learning regarding teaching that skill?
  • Teams should create their own assessments rather than using textbooks or commercial assessments and should use performance-based assessments when the skill or concepts requires such an assessment.
  • Matt Townsley on 28 Sep 11
     
    challenging thoughts by Rick DuFour on implementing the PLC philosophy.
Peggy Pavlik

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

www.ascd.org/...st-of-Progress-Monitoring.aspx

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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.
Lisa Miller

Reaction to the Blueprint - 0 views

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retention

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  • Lisa Miller on 05 Oct 11
     
    Holding back third graders may not be popular - I agree that retaining students in the middle elem grades is not good for kids.
Lisa Miller

Comments from the field on the Governor's Blueprint - 0 views

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Blueprint

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  • Lisa Miller on 05 Oct 11
     
    Interesting to see the positive comments that some local educators are making about the Governor's proposal
Judy Boerm

Branstad-Reynolds administration's blueprint unveils vision for Iowa's education remode... - 5 views

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    • Judy Boerm
      Judy Boerm on 05 Oct 11
       
      Governor Branstad has some good ideas on the direction that education should go, but I am wondering how some of it will be accomplished. For example, I think it's smart to reduce the principals' managerial tasks so they can use their time to lead and support great teaching, but who is going to pick up their tasks?
  • Matt Townsley on 04 Oct 11
     
    Education blueprint
Matt Townsley

Is REAL Formative Assessment Even Possible? - The Tempered Radical - 0 views

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formative assessment billferriter

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  • Instead, school leaders should ask that teachers meet with ONE collaborative group and one collaborative group only. Then, they should require that collaborative groups make formative assessment a priority. Meetings should focus on studying formative assessment data, creating exemplars, improving rubrics, and designing remediation and enrichment opportunities for kids. The simple truth is teachers just don’t have the time to do formative assessment correctly if their attention is divided between the kinds of traditional meetings we’ve always been required to attend.
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 11 Sep 11
       
      Yes!  In my opinion, this should be the #1 priority of every collaborative learning team. 
lgarza

TeachPaperless: What Makes a Great Teacher a Great Teacher in the 21st Century - 11 views

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    • Brenda McKone
      Brenda McKone on 09 Jun 09
       
      Definitely need the students to dig deeper of their own accord.
    • Sheryl Dales
      Sheryl Dales on 01 Jul 11
       
      When it comes to educational technology, the great teacher isn't the one who merely uses technology in education. The great teacher is the one who experiments and who teaches the spirits within students to experiment. It's sad to see many teachers still thinking they are using technology with their classes but are still not getting it into the students hands.
    • Deb Sykes
      Deb Sykes on 28 Aug 11
       
      When will the state catch up? It would be wonderful to concentrate on guiding students in self-inquiry through technology if our feet weren't mired in standardized testing.
    • Sara Rowe
      Sara Rowe on 28 Aug 11
       
      I think it is very hard for teachers to trust new technology and give it to the students to use. The students are most likely ready and willing to try the technology, now we just have to jump on board.
    • Jennifer Rawlins
      Jennifer Rawlins on 28 Aug 11
       
      I think the districts need to provide more technology in the classroom in order for teachers to take advantage of the new technology to go paperless. I currently have two computers in my classroom and we do not have a computer lab.
    • Jennifer Rawlins
      Jennifer Rawlins on 28 Aug 11
       
      I know my district is in need of providing technology to teachers and students so that we can use technology more. It makes it more difficult when you only have two computers in the classroom and no computer lab for students to experiment.
    • Tara Liston
      Tara Liston on 29 Aug 11
       
      Sometimes its the fear of the teacher to let go- give the students the opportunities to try to use the technology! I still struggle with how do you go paperless at the early elementary level? Love to incorporate more technology and get it into my students hands!
    • Margaret Jodeit
      Margaret Jodeit on 02 Jul 11
       
      Teachers a educational coaches, gleefully running amok admist constantly changing technology, leading their students to think and act outside of the box. Whould be interesting.
    • Clint Balsar
      Clint Balsar on 26 Aug 11
       
      This article had a great point about the use of Web 2.0. It isn't just that we progress to a new level and use the newer technologies. Rather, we allow them to be used as a tool by students to encourage them to become more engaged learners.
  • Brenda McKone on 09 Jun 09
     
    What great teachers do with technology to extend learning opportunities to students.
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  • Deena Logsdon on 15 Jun 09
     
    I love this article. I thought is was right on with what makes a great teacher great! I'm not sure where you found it but thanks for sharing!!!
  • Abby Hendershot on 30 Jun 11
     
    This is a great article and I am taking a class right now on PLN's to help push me in the right direction of doing more and having the students do more with technology.
  • lgarza on 03 Jul 11
     
    This is a good read. We do need to become 21st Century educators in this brave world of technology.
  • Julie Collison on 28 Aug 11
     
    I think the hardest part for me is where to begin and what the first step is.
  • Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 01 Sep 11
     
    Articles like this make you think. Paperless? Is that the goal? I believe the goal is to help our students become better learners. Learners that can discover, adapt, create, communicate, lead and follow. Technology has a huge role in this. More than time to jump on board.
  • Julie Collison on 04 Sep 11
     
    At the company I work at - we are paperless in handling claims and I do have to say it is nice. The system we use - you can mark pages, highlight, attach sticky notes, and several other options. It is a great system and can fax and email right from your desk - so if the paperless in school can correlate - it could be a great addition. I do think that when it is in teaching - you can lose the benefit of face to face, etc as well as penmanship could become a lost art.
rick gabel

The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District | Edutopia - 1 views

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21st centruy #aeapln

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  • rick gabel on 04 Sep 11
     
    Ken Kay (@kenkay21 on Twitter) is CEO of EdLeader21, a professional learning community for district and school leaders committed to 21st century education. He resides in Tucson, Arizona.
rick gabel

Preparing students with 21st Century Skills - Resources for Teachers - 0 views

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education 21st century #aeapln

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  • rick gabel on 04 Sep 11
     
    Inspire creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication, so they are ready for tomorrow's world. 21st Century Readiness for Every Student
rick gabel

What Is 21st Century Learning? - 0 views

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education #aealpn

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  • rick gabel on 04 Sep 11
     
    What Is 21st Century Learning?. 21st century learning refers to the skills, technologies and insights that leading-edge educators, companies and organizations are using to create learning systems that are better suited to the emerging challenges of the 21st century.
rick gabel

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home - 0 views

p21.org

education #aealpn

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  • rick gabel on 04 Sep 11
     
    The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S.
Kimberly Fix Schmidt

Classroom Technology Wish List: 101 Ways to Bring Technology into the Classroom - 7 views

There are many feasible ideas on how to include technology in the classroom.

pln_course

started by Kimberly Fix Schmidt on 01 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
Matt Townsley

Changing Iowa: Those Darn Eagles - 5 views

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icc itsnotabouttechnology evanabbey

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  • Matt Townsley on 05 Apr 11
     
    This post by Evan Abbey seemed too good not to share.  
  • Clint Balsar on 31 Aug 11
     
    This article made me smile, as our district has sent out this very type of communication on more than one occasion. I enjoyed Evan's daughter's point about our fascination with stalking the eagles for hours. Small clips of a couple minutes each should suffice. I have noticed that this has been a difficult lesson for some in our district to learn. We will likely have individuals asking their entire class to watch streaming videos of something in the near future as well.
Matt Townsley

Iowa education Twitter hashtags | Iowa TransformED - 3 views

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twitter

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  • Matt Townsley on 30 Aug 11
     
    follow the Iowa education conversation on Twitter
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