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How to Choose the Right Words for Best Search Results | MindShift - 0 views

  • Based on how Google ranks search results, typing in a question will be more likely to bring back pages with a question for a title.
  • So I have students write down their questions and teach them how to mark them up to create queries, the first step being to identify the significant words.
  • Nouns frequently make good search terms, so students can start by drawing the people, places, and things in their questions.
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  • Verbs and adjectives can also help in many cases.
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    Ideas to help students use key words rather than typing in a question in Google search.
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Transforming Information Literacy for Today's K-12 Learners Through the Lenses of Trans... - 0 views

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    Here is a slideshow that discusses info lit and how you can use it in the classroom.
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The Global Classroom Project: Building a Global Classroom | The Edublogger - 0 views

  • We set out to help teachers improve their classroom practice, through collaborating and sharing expertise with teachers around the world …
  • We set out to create a community which fosters global dialogue and discussion between teachers and students …
  • We wanted our students to have regular opportunities to share, learn and collaborate with children around the world, helping them to discover our common humanity …
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  • We have succeeded in creating a true educational community, where teachers support each-other’s learning. find new friends, and make global connections which transform their teaching and learning spaces in unexpected and empowering ways.
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School Library Monthly - Building Guided Inquiry Teams for 21st-Century Learners - 0 views

  • Guided inquiry is a practical way of implementing an inquiry approach that addresses these 21st-century learning needs for students.
  • An important advantage for students who use the guided inquiry approach is the variety of different competencies and knowledge they can develop.
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Education Week Teacher: Cultivating Student Leadership - 0 views

  • "Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.
  • One way to have power is by feeling a strong sense of self-efficacy—a strong belief that you can accomplish your goals.
  • helping them learn to categorize information instead of just listing data.
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  • We can help our students gain the capacity to tackle unforeseen problems by emphasizing comprehension
  • We can also introduce students to what community organizers call "relational power" when we use cooperative learning activities and invite as much participatory democracy in the classroom as possible.
  • we can build relationships with students so we can learn their self-interests, hopes, and dreams, and be better prepared to more explicitly connect lessons to them. We can praise effort and specific actions more than intelligence. And we can encourage cooperative learning.
  • Good leaders also teach others.
  • "We learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we say or write...[and] 90% of what we teach.”
  • Teaching others not only requires students to reread and return to learned material but it also enhances self-confidence and provides good modeling for peers.
  • When peers teach one another, they develop respect for each others’ judgment and expertise.
  • We can also develop student leadership by creating opportunities for students to take collective action to improve their community
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    This is an interesting article about instilling leadership skills into your students.
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Educational Hash Tags List - 0 views

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