Skip to main content

Home/ NYSCATE/ Group items tagged reading

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Steve Ransom

The Lexile Framework for Reading - 0 views

www.lexile.com

reading exile literacy levels

shared by Steve Ransom on 02 Feb 14 - Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 02 Feb 14
     
    Find the right book for your reading level.
Steve Ransom

http://www.alfiekohn.org/f_news/fullnews.php?fn_id=8 - 1 views

www.alfiekohn.org/...fullnews.php

failure grit AlfieKohn perseverance rigor critique

shared by Steve Ransom on 18 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • or even call for more rigorous or competitive grading and testing.
  • The point may not have been to produce a better outcome for students at all but to make sure they don’t “get away with” something.  If you do something bad, something bad must be done to you -- regardless of the effect.
  • Steve Ransom on 18 Feb 14
     
    I don't often tweet a "MUST READ", but this is one of them. Easy to read... harder to self-assess and implement.
Steve Ransom

Rewordify.com: Understand what you read - 1 views

www.rewordify.com

comprehension reading level converter ability simplify

shared by Steve Ransom on 22 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 22 Nov 13
     
    An interesting "converter" to simplify reading level of a passage that is pasted in to the text box. It doesn't always do an accurate job of simplifying, but it could still be a useful tool for those who may need such an accommodation.
Steve Ransom

A Must Read Google Plus Guide for Schools ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 0 views

www.educatorstechnology.com/...ead-google-plus-guide-for.html

google+ guide school education

shared by Steve Ransom on 08 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 08 Jan 14
     
    "In this short guide, Eric will walk you through a step by step process on how to tap into the educational potential of Google Plus. It starts with a general overview of Google Plus suite of tools then moves to  the second section where you will get to learn how to activate Google Plus for your school account. In the Profile and Setting section, Eric explains how to edit your profile information and how to manage your profile visibility settings. The last remaining parts of this guide provide some tips on how to search for people and manage your circles and communities, and how to post, share, and comment. Overall, the guide is a must read and I recommend that you share it with your colleagues."
Steve Ransom

Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Education in the 21st Century and Beyond - 0 views

www.truth-out.org/...in-the-21st-century-and-beyond

education democracy Chomsky reform passion joy creativity school inquiry privatization business advertising accountability testing

shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • The people who concentrate wealth don't do things just out of the goodness of their hearts for the most part, but in order to maintain their position of dominance and then extend their power.
  • One can at least be suspicious that skyrocketing student debt is a device of indoctrination. It's very hard to imagine that there's any economic reason for it. Other countries' education is free, like Mexico's, and that is a poor country.
  • There are a lot of factors. And one of them, probably, is just that students are trapped.
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • Your future depends on it; my salary depends on it.
  • until I got to Central High, I literally didn't know I was a good student, because the question never came up.
  • There were tests, but they just gave information about what's going on. This is something we ought to be doing better.
  • "How can mosquitoes fly in the rain?" And then, but why is there a problem? Well, you study the force of the raindrop hitting a mosquito - it's like a person being hit by a locomotive.
  • It doesn't matter how much you learn in school; it's whether you learn how to go on and do things by yourself.
  • Control from above, control by the administrators. No respect for the working person, whether it's a teacher or machinist.
  • Kids are naturally creative, and of course, you don't have to beat it out of them. That's why they're asking, "Why?" all the time.
  • You can't let teachers control the classroom. That's teaching to test; then the teachers are disciplined. They do what you tell them. Their salaries depend on it; their jobs depend on it. They become sociopaths like everyone else. And you have a society where it's only, "Look after me; I'll forget everyone else."
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13
     
    Best read of the day. "It doesn't matter how much you learn in school; it's whether you learn how to go on and do things by yourself."
Steve Ransom

Slicereader - Easy reading for Mac - 0 views

mthr.me/slicereader

reading app text application mac assistivetechnology

shared by Steve Ransom on 11 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 11 Jun 13
     
    A great, free text chunking app for those who need textual information processing accommodations or those with short attention spans or distractability... Mac-only
Steve Ransom

"It's Complicated" with danah boyd - 0 views

edtechteacher.org/danah-boyd

itscomplicated danahboyd interview hangout socialnetworking teens video

shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Mar 14
     
    If you want to understand teens and their new social spaces and all of the implications that come along with that, Danah Boyd's new book, It's Complicated: The social lives of networked teens is a must-read. This interview is on the topic of this research and her book.
Steve Ransom

The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and How Writing is Taught in Schools | P... - 0 views

www.pewinternet.org/...rs-technology-and-writing.aspx

writing digital report study research kids students technology

shared by Steve Ransom on 17 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 17 Jul 13
     
    Asked to assess their students' performance on nine specific writing skills, teachers tended to rate their students "good" or "fair" as opposed to "excellent" or "very good." Students received the best ratings on their ability to "effectively organize and structure writing assignments" and their ability to "understand and consider multiple viewpoints on a particular topic or issue." Teachers gave students the lowest ratings when it comes to "navigating issues of fair use and copyright in composition" and "reading and digesting long or complicated texts."
Steve Ransom

talking word processor | Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner - 0 views

paulhami.edublogs.org/...talking-word-processor

tts text2speech msword word addin

shared by Steve Ransom on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 26 Sep 13
     
    WordTalk is a powerful free tool that ought to be on every computer in every school where Microsoft Word is installed on a Windows computer! This is a tool that has the potential to benefit ALL learners, especially any who struggle with reading or writing. I'm adding WordTalk to my list of Extra Special Learning Resourses.  WordTalk is a high quality free add-in that provides convenient, versatile and customizable text-to-speech for any document written or opened in Microsoft Word. It works in every version of MS Word, from Word 97 through Word 2010; and it's available to run on every version of Windows from Windows 98 through Windows 7.
Steve Ransom

The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids -- New York Magazine - 0 views

nymag.com/27840

praise psychology education smart intelligence gifted caroldweck mindsets

shared by Steve Ransom on 09 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • For a few decades, it’s been noted that a large percentage of all gifted students (those who score in the top 10 percent on aptitude tests) severely underestimate their own abilities. Those afflicted with this lack of perceived competence adopt lower standards for success and expect less of themselves. They underrate the importance of effort, and they overrate how much help they need from a parent.
  • Carol Dweck
  • According to a survey conducted by Columbia University, 85 percent of American parents think it’s important to tell their kids that they’re smart. In and around the New York area, according to my own (admittedly nonscientific) poll, the number is more like 100 percent. Everyone does it, habitually. The constant praise is meant to be an angel on the shoulder, ensuring that children do not sell their talents short.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The “smart” kids took the cop-out.
  • Steve Ransom on 09 Dec 13
     
    Great read!
Steve Ransom

SmartBlog on Education - Bullying prevention from the ground up - SmartBrief, Inc. Smar... - 0 views

smartblogs.com/...-prevention-from-the-ground-up

bullying prevention gr8

shared by Steve Ransom on 09 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Policies, programs, protocols, etc., can be useful tools for people to use, but they don’t change people — only people can change people. Bullying prevention must also start from the ground up — the ground of changing people’s hearts and minds towards greater respect and caring. Bullying prevention should not just be about stopping a negative behavior; it should be about how the members of the school community treat each other.
  • Compliance is a poor, ineffective substitute for a community’s commitment to creating the type culture and climate needed for learning — one that is incompatible will all types of bullying.
  • If people can’t see their culture, they will not be able to change it. Unfortunately, people can become easily habituated to ways of interacting that are often not respectful.
  • ...10 more annotations...
  • Regardless of how they might appear, all educators think they are doing a good job and suggesting the opposite will only make them more defensive and less open to any recommendation for changing.
  • Fear freezes people into place and prevents meaningful change.
  • Most bullying-prevention efforts emphasize what shouldn’t happen:“Don’t bully others.” The implicit message is that the schools themselves don’t have to change; they just have to make sure that bullying doesn’t happen.
  • many students who bully learn to do it under the radar of adult supervision. Traditional rewards and consequences have little if any impact on bullying behavior in schools.
  • Tell a different story.
  • Stand on principles.
  • Translate principles into specific words and actions.
  • Get adult behavior aligned with principles.
  • All students can lead.
  • Becoming a more caring and respectful school community is the means and the ends towards preventing and reducing bullying in schools.
  • Steve Ransom on 09 Oct 13
     
    One of the best articles I've read on combatting the many forms of bullying in schools.
Steve Ransom

Google Forms for Teachers- A Must Read Guide ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 1 views

www.educatorstechnology.com/...ms-for-teachers-must-read.html

googleforms tips resources cis141 edts523

shared by Steve Ransom on 10 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 10 Jun 14
     
    Nice, collated resources on using Google Forms.
Steve Ransom

as the school year begins: a better way to handle homework - 0 views

us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=bc04df008d4705e4e77c2eb35&id=7ab5a44021&e=7116c0fcd4

homework studying research tips

shared by Steve Ransom on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • “Spaced repetition” is one example of the kind of evidence-based techniques that researchers have found have a positive impact on learning.
  • Eighth-grade history students who relied on a spaced approach to learning had nearly double the retention rate
  • “retrieval practice,”
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Every time we pull up a memory, we make it stronger and more lasting, so that testing doesn’t just measure, it changes learning. Simply reading over material to be learned, or even taking notes and making outlines, as many homework assignments require, doesn’t have this effect.
  • When we work hard to understand information, we recall it better; the extra effort signals the brain that this knowledge is worth keeping. This phenomenon, known as cognitive disfluency
  • interleaving
Steve Ransom

Challenging 'Internet safety' as a subject to be taught - NetFamilyNews.org |... - 0 views

www.netfamilynews.org/fety-as-a-subject-to-be-taught

twitter favorite tweet internet safety internetsafety risk digitaldualism research predators cyberbullying sexting mindfulness gr8

shared by Steve Ransom on 10 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • The Internet is embedded in and encompasses virtually all of human life, positive, negative and neutral.
  • All that happens online is much more symptomatic (sometimes an early warning system) than a cause of social problems that we’ve been working on addressing since long before we had the Internet.
  • Internet safety education teaches kids to hide negative or deviant behavior rather than correct it. Do you see a problem with that? I do.
  • ...14 more annotations...
  • What needs to be taught is skills, not just information, and certainly not all the inaccurate information so much “Internet safety education” has disseminated over nearly two decades.
  • “properties” (“persistence,” “searchability,” “replicability,” and “scalability”) and “dynamics” (“invisible audiences,” “collapsed contexts,” and “the blurring of public and private”) – and now some of those, e.g., “persistence,” are changing with the arrival of “ephemeral,” or disappearing, digital media in services
  • media is both social and digital.
  • full, healthy participation in participatory media, culture and society.
  • what protects children online is what protects them offline.
  • life skills, literacies and safeguards that are both internal – respect for self and others, resilience, empathy, and a strong inner guidance system (sometimes called a moral compass) – and external, such as good modeling, parenting and teaching by caring adults, peer mentoring, instruction in digital and media literacy, social-emotional learning, protective technology used thoughtfully, family and school rules, well-designed digital environments, and well-established laws against discrimination, sexual harassment, bullying, and crime.
  • teach the skills of today’s very social digital media: digital literacy, media literacy and social literacy, which together address both media-specific risk reduction and proficiency in participatory media use.
  • ACCESS
  • ANALYZE
  • CREATE
  • REFLECT
  • “ACT:
  • These are the competencies that students need to navigate participatory media and culture.
  • providing access and opportunities to analyze, create, reflect and act as much with digital media as with older media right in core academic classes, schools are affording them the skills, community, and self-actualization that increase safety (resilience) as well as efficacy in and out of media. This is the real “Internet safety [or competency]” that needs to be taught in schools.
  • Steve Ransom on 10 Jun 14
     
    We need to get this and push back against the flawed Internet Safety/Danger narrative if we are truly going to prepare students as healthy and wise citizens. "what protects children online is what protects them offline."
1 - 16 of 16
Showing 20▼ items per page