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Tracy Watanabe

10 Steps to Managing Cooperative, Project-Based Learning Groups | 1 to 1 Schools - 0 views

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PBL Janet Moeller-Abercrombie one-to-one nick_sauers bookclub collaboration

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  • Even with these tools, scaf­fold­ing is nec­es­sary.
  • 1. Con­tent Comes First Be clear about how stu­dent projects will be eval­u­ated
  • 2: Choose and Defend A Par­tic­u­lar Pre­sen­ta­tion For­mat Once stu­dents know what they want to com­mu­ni­cate, they can begin dis­cussing the clear­est means for com­mu­ni­cat­ing their ideas.
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  • 3. Stu­dents “Divide and Con­quer” the Work­load
  • Divi­sion of labor should be explicit
  • Crit­i­cal ques­tions are: What needs to be writ­ten? Can that be divided into chunks? What needs to be pur­chased? Who wants to go where? When? What needs to be researched/read? Can that be divided? Can the project be divided into sec­tions so that each stu­dent is respon­si­ble for one of those sec­tions? Posters can be divided into sec­tions — Who will be respon­si­ble for which sec­tions? Pre­sen­ta­tions are divided into slides — Who will be respon­si­ble for which slides? iMovie sec­tions can be pro­duced on sep­a­rate com­put­ers and assem­bled in the end — Who will be respon­si­ble for which sec­tion? Prezis work like Pre­sen­ta­tions - Who will be respon­si­ble for each part?
  • 4. Stu­dents Plan a Time­line Time man­age­ment is one of those crit­i­cal skills that is miss­ing from the writ­ten cur­ricu­lum. The key is back­ward planning.
  • 5. Group mem­bers work as Indi­vid­u­als After stu­dents have decided on con­tent, defended a for­mat for pre­sen­ta­tion, and “divided-to-conquer” the work, they can be mean­ing­fully engaged in their own mini-projects. Each work ses­sions should have a work goal. M
  • 6. Indi­vid­u­als Com­ment on Part­ners’ Pieces Dur­ing the revi­sion and assem­bly stages, some trouble-shooting may be necessary.
  • 7. Groups Reflect on Their Work Finally, the group needs to come together and com­ment on the “fit” of all the parts.
  • 8. Allow Groups to see other Groups’ Work Some stu­dents are risk-averse. They want to work on project for­mats they know. But when they see oth­ers’ work, they have a frame­work they can use when con­sid­er­ing for­mats for other projects.
  • 9. Use Projects to Inform Report Card Com­ments Those who chose to make Prezis don’t know this, but I jot­ted down a quick report card com­ment about self-motivated learn­ing.
  • 10. Cel­e­brate! Stu­dents should cel­e­brate work well done.
Tracy Watanabe

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 29 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 29 Jul 11
     
    6th grade teachers (and whomever else wants to join) chat about learning. During discussion they decided to visit each others blogs to give feedback on blog. If interested sign up on wiki (see @mr_avery). All you need to do is visit other blogs too because they want to hear your opinion too. PS Loved seeing one of our AJUSD peeps involved. =)
  • Tracy Watanabe on 29 Jul 11
     
    6th grade teachers (and whomever else wants to join) chat about learning. During discussion they decided to visit each others blogs to give feedback on blog. If interested sign up on wiki (see @mr_avery). All you need to do is visit other blogs too because they want to hear your opinion too. PS Loved seeing one of our AJUSD peeps involved. =)
Tracy Watanabe

Using an iPod Touch in the Primary Classroom | Integrating Technology in the Primary Cl... - 1 views

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  • Using an iPod Touch in the Primary Classroom Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Monday, August 8th 2011      2011 is the fourth year I’ve been using an iPod Touch in my classroom. My students enjoy using these hand held devices and they can be used to enhance student learning in many different areas. In this post I will describe how we set up our iPod Touches and how we use them. Funding In 2008, I was successful in applying for a DEECD Emerging Technologies Trial Grant. We purchase 8 iPod Touches and some professional development time. Since then, our school has budgeted to purchase a small number of iPod Touches. We generally buy our iPod Touches from BigW and get the lowest memory model. More than half of the classes at our large primary school now have an iPod Touch in their room (we also have a small number of iPads that we’re beginning to trial). Equipment A headphone splitter was purchased for each iPod Touch which allow the device to be used by a group of five students at one time.
  • A headphone splitter was purchased for each iPod Touch which allow the device to be used by a group of five students at one time.
  • While our headphone splitter works well to share one iPod between 5 students when they are listening to stories, podcast or videos, activities that involve apps are better in a 1:1 or 1:2 situation. We have found one way to get around this. If a group of students were playing an app, they might take it in turns to have a go with the app while also engaged in another related activity. For example, students could be taking it in turns to play the app Wurdle, while other students play the Boggle board game.
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  • Sample Apps
  • This is Tania’s website with links to some great literacy and numeracy resources for the junior primary classroom.
  • http://www.iear.org/
  • http://www.apple.com/education/apps/ipodtouch-iphone.html
  • Sample Activities
  • Students listen to various stories.
  • How-to videos from the Howcast site have been stored on the iPod and students have followed the instructions to complete a task (eg. making origami). Tip: don’t let students on the Howcast site unsupervised.
  • Students have listened to songs and sequenced cards containing the lyrics to the song
  • Students listen to a recording of instructions which they must comprehend to draw something or complete a simple task.
  • Students have watched short videos
  • Student created videos and podcasts
  • Other Ideas Tom Barrett and his readers have put together this slideshow with other ideas about using the iPod Touch in the classroom.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 09 Aug 11
     
    ipod touch info -- might also be relevant for ipads too
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  • Tracy Watanabe on 20 Jul 11
     
    The following quote is from Teaching Generation Now techtoolsforteachers@gmail.com -- Sign up for their newsletter (and view archives) for more tips on how to use Scrublr (and many other tech tools) "Scrumblr is a free online tool that allows you to create a virtual whiteboard. This whiteboard can be accessed from multiple computers and used as a collaborative space for education. We like scrumblr because: ● it is free and extremely easy to use. ● no sign up is needed to create and collaborate on a scrumblr board ● only people with the URL link that you create can access the scrumblr. ● it has no ads. ● it provides the opportunity for students to be active in their learning, reflect, clarify, stay focussed and learn from one another. ● it lets participants be anonymous. ● it allows for students from all over the world to work together. ● it allows you to customise the name and setup of the scrumblr ● it has many uses across all age groups and subject areas. ● it allows for students who don't normally speak up in class to be involved in conversations about their learning"
Tracy Watanabe

AAAS - AAAS News Release - "SCIENCE Honors Electron Bugscope Project with SPORE Award" - 0 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 06 Sep 11
     
    K-12 FREE Opportunity: If your students investigate bugs, use a microscope, need an authentic purpose for research, I'd like to suggest partnering with Bugscope. You get to collaborate with expert scientists to explore bugs (i.e. looking at a bug's tongue). You would do this all via the internet. It looks amazing! Below is a response from them, with an attachment.  A news-release summarizes a history of Bugscope (http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2011/0729sp_spore.shtml). Bugscope allows teachers everywhere to provide students with the opportunity to become microscopists themselves-the kids propose experiments, explore insect specimens at high-magnification, and discuss what they see with our scientists-all from a regular web browser over a standard broadband internet connection. You sign up, ask your students to find some bugs, and mail them to us. We accept your application, schedule your session, and prepare the bugs for insertion into the electron microscope. When your session time arrives, we put the bug(s) into the microscope and set it up for your classroom. Then you and your students login over the web and control the microscope. We'll be there via chat to guide you and answer the kids' questions. If you would like to see the response from one class who have done this, read Mrs. Krebs' blog post: http://krebs.edublogs.org/2011/09/04/bugscope-session/  If you need any help with this, just let me know. If you end up taking them up on this FREE collaboration, please let me know when/where so I can drop by. This looks fascinating! Kind regards,Tracy
Tracy Watanabe

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  • What it is: BBC Bitesize consistently has wonderful games and activities for the classroom.  The Converting Fractions into Decimals activity isn’t one I have come across in the past, but it is a winner none the less.  This is a great place for students to gain some practice with fraction to decimal conversion.  The activity is set up like a secret mission.  Students get their briefing on the mission (including a short description of how the conversion is performed) and must solve a series of problems to unlock secret doors and compartments.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 08 Mar 12
     
    Tons of great resources on this site. They are fabulous to use on a SmartBoard, but it's not necessary to have a SmartBoard.
Tracy Watanabe

Using Google Docs in 3rd Grade - 1 views

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  • First, there is Laura's understanding of how kids learn technology. Before they start this project, she exposes them to Google Docs and lets them explore the program. It didn't take long for the kids to of course find the chat feature in Google Docs. For some teachers, this would have been a reason to stop using Google Docs, for others like Laura, it was a teaching opportunity and a chance to use it for learning. A quick call to the carpet, the class talked about the chat. Why did Google put it there? How would you use it? What would you say? And off they go again exploring the program.
  • It didn't take long for the kids to of course find the chat feature in Google Docs. For some teachers, this would have been a reason to stop using Google Docs, for others like Laura, it was a teaching opportunity and a chance to use it for learning. A quick call to the carpet, the class talked about the chat. Why did Google put it there? How would you use it? What would you say? And off they go again exploring the program.
  • Google Doc Templates for "Student Newspaper."
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  • Yes, they were all in the same room but what a great way to start teaching "chat etiquette" in an environment that could be monitored by a teacher.
  • Next it was time to find pictures. A lesson on Creative Commons and using compfight and the kids were off to find pictures for their articles. Another lesson on citation/attribution 
  • She combines them into one PDF and uploads them to Youblisher to create their online Newspaper
  • Amber Moore on 16 May 11
     
    Perfect timing Tracy! My class is creating magazines this week with their own personal covers, but the inside articles will be created by all. I think the template will be perfect.
Tracy Watanabe

Technology & Engineering Passages | ReadWorks.org | The Solution to Reading Comprehension - 1 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 28 Jan 14
     
    Great STEM reading passages with CCSS questions -- Click on link to see passage and click on links for Teacher's Guide K-8th grade passages (Scroll down for middle school science) - Reading passages for students (STEM) -- with Teacher Guide (click on links to see) with Common Core questions
Tracy Watanabe

Activity 7: Fair use, copyright, and introduction to using images | Teacher Challenge - 0 views

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  • Introduction to copyright, fair use and using images in blog posts You can’t just use any image you like in a blog post. Why?  Because unless stated otherwise, the law automatically grants full “copyright” over any creative work a person makes.
  • I’m sure you’re probably thinking it is okay because as educators, we have a few more flexible rules, called “Fair Use”, to play by.  Fair use, in some cases, if an image, text, video, etc. is being used for educational purposes, means you may have more flexible copyright rules. The trouble is, most of the laws and rules that cover fair use and education were written well before the invention of the web.  They don’t apply to use of copyright material on the Internet.  Using copyright material leaves you open to copyright infringement. So what does this mean? You need to: Learn what images you are and aren’t allowed to use, and why. Learn how to attribute images you are allowed to use. Educate your students that you can’t just use any images off the Internet in their blog posts, show them how to source and attribute images they are allowed to use. Understanding digital copyright is an essential skill we need to understand and teach our students.  This post focuses on use of images.
Tracy Watanabe

achievethecore.org / Basal Alignment Project -- For Grades 3-8 - 3 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 10 Mar 13
     
    The Basal Alignment Project offers: A library of revised lessons for common Basal reading series (3rd-5th grades), each carefully aligned to the CCSS. Each new lesson includes quality text-dependent questions, improved tasks, and a focus on academic vocabulary. Text Dependent questions -- 3rd-5th grades for Harcourt Trophies There's also a 6th-8th grade group too. These groups rewrite the questions of the book. -- We can always look at the quality and bump it up if needed. But, much of the work is done as a starting point.  Just join on Edmodo using the codes listed on these pages.
Tracy Watanabe

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 17 Jun 11
     
    Mr. Avery is starting this up Follow on Twitter #6thchat Thinking Thurs. at 8 EST? Thoughts?
  • Tracy Watanabe on 17 Jun 11
     
    This is mainly for 6th grade teachers, but anyone can join (I did). Fabulous conversations and sharing of ideas. It's a great way to grown your PLN too. Thursdays from 5-6pm on Twitter following the #6thchat (I personally find it easier to follow list conversations on TweetDeck and/or Hootsuite than on Twitter).
Tracy Watanabe

Free Technology for Teachers: Reading Bear - Online Reading Lessons for Kids - 1 views

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  • Reading Bear is a free service that offers narrated lessons on recognizing and pronouncing letters and words. There are also some lessons on prefixes and suffixes. Students can control the pace of each lesson to match their needs. After each lesson on Reading Bear students can take quizzes to test their skills. The quizzes present a picture and a set of words. Students have to match the correct word to the picture that they see. Through the narrator, students receive instant feedback on each question in the quiz.
Tracy Watanabe

10 Internet Safety Tips for Students | Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom - 0 views

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  • Here are some key messages around internet safety that I believe all students should be aware of. Most of these are tips I share with my students with some ideas from Susan McLean. Always ask an adult if you’re unsure of anything when you are online. Don’t sign up for sites that are 13+ if you are not old enough (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram etc). Remember YAPPY (the personal information you should not share online) – Your full name, address, phone number, passwords, your plans.  Don’t add people as online friends unless you know them in real life or have parent permission. Never arrange to meet an online friend without talking to a parent. Remember that you cannot believe everything you read on the internet and you can’t trust everything online friends tell you. Choose sensible names for usernames, email addresses etc.  Talk to your parents about what you’re doing online and let them know when you’re going on the internet. Know what cyber bullying is and tell someone if you think it’s happening to you. Cyber bullying is when someone picks on you, annoys, embarrasses, or threatens you over and over again using technology, such as the internet or a phone. Protect your digital footprint: don’t put anything online that you wouldn’t want all your friends, family, teachers and future employers to see. Treat others online the way you’d like to be treated.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 12 Oct 12
     
    Great tips!
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Hour of Code | SciTech Tucson - 0 views

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  • SciTech Tucson is hosting Southern Arizona Hour of Code Week – March 24th-30th, 2014. Whether you are a K-12 classroom teacher or an after school club advisor, SciTech Tucson challenges you to open the door for your students to experience the world of computer programming. The largest initiative of its kind, the Hour of Code is a campaign to recruit 10 million students to try computer science for ONE HOUR. It is so easy, you do not even need experience as a computer programmer to engage your students. You also do not need access to computers for your students to participate. Register, and engage your students for an Hour of Code, to receive certificates for you and each one of them!*
Tracy Watanabe

Mr. C's Class Blog: Our Community Blog Links - 0 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 05 Oct 11
     
    Here's a list of individual student bloggers, grades 6-8. Their posts are about digital citizenship & science. I'm sure they would love students to comment on their blogs.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 05 Oct 11
     
    If you are into science, and grades 3-6th, this is a place to allow your students to comment to other students. Always review safety and netiquette first, then model making some class comments before having them work on comments as partners.
Tracy Watanabe

Teaching is Elementary: Place Value Games in Math - 0 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 13 Oct 12
     
    There are some place value games on this post and in the comments (I attached a few links to one of my own games). Enjoy!
Tracy Watanabe

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 06 Jul 11
     
    Discussions on Twitter for 5th grade teachers (but other grades are welcome to join) at 8 PM EST on Tuesdays
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  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 Mar 11
     
    There are online games for different ages, with the youngest at 7 years old. -------------------- The initial flash presentation gives some background to Cyberbullying. We used this successfully at the SITE.org conference and educators and students liked it a lot. This is a game format to teach the ideas of Cyberbullying. Go past the flash presentation to get even more information. Parry Aftab is a lawyer who is working with educators like me who have a concern that Cyberbullying is a stop sign to the use of the Internet. We created a workshop to share posters, and other resources for the SITE Conference. Bonnie Bracey Sutton Power of Us SiG Chair Digital Equity and Social Justice , SITE
  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 Mar 11
     
    I haven't used this site, but it comes from a great source who has... I also don't know if it runs on Linux. If you try it, please let me know your thoughts!
Tracy Watanabe

Navigating Nonfiction~Volcanoes | Mustang Readers - 0 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 12 Mar 12
     
    An example of using ShowMe App on iPad with Title I for intervention to preview non-fiction text. This is Shelly's and my role playing to show how it could work... then Shelly was able to try with the students. The kids love it and were really paying attention. How could you use this with your class, RTI, or WTS groups?
Tracy Watanabe

Kids' Science Challenge: Fun Educational National Competition! - 1 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 15 Sep 13
     
    3rd-6h grade competition to submit ideas and experiments for scientists and engineers to solve Kids Science Challenge - Awesome and inspiring challenges involving bio-designed scientific inventions, sports on Mars, and detective science. Be sure to check out the great podcasts listed in Pulse of the Planet.
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