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shared by Anne Thorp on 07 Sep 14 - No Cached

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interactive annotation component helped improve comprehension and reading strategy use in a group of fifth graders. It turns out that they could read deeply. They just had to be taught how.
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We cannot go backwards. As children move more toward an immersion in digital media, we have to figure out ways to read deeply there
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shared by Anne Thorp on 16 Mar 16 - No Cached

Improving your instruction makes it easier for students to learn
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what’s making the course hard
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students may be finding the course hard because the instruction isn’t very good—not well organized, unclear explanations, content seemingly irrelevant, and poorly constructed test questions
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students may find the course challenging because the content isn’t easy and the instructor has high standards.
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ineffective instruction makes the students work harder,
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support courses with rigor and standards
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If students are convinced there’s no way they’re going to succeed in a course, the bulk of them stop trying, and that certainly effects what they learn in the course
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What students need are
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course experiences that result in lots of learning—where they master the material, further develop the sophisticated learning skills necessary for lifelong learning, and where the encounter leaves them breathless to learn more
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shared by Anne Thorp on 04 Jun 14 - No Cached

using GoogleDocs as a platform for communication and collaboration.
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Some of those roles include Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Summarizer, and/or Character Tracer
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Students are required to justify their responses within the Google Doc and reflect how that section of reading is influential in their everyday life. In a world where telecommuting and virtual meetings are the norm, having kids working together to think critically other than face to face is an important future workforce skill.
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Developing – This is a new and innovative way of giving a 20th century lesson a much needed 21st century face lift. Students are able to chat, assign roles, and communicate in real time with each other within as well as beyond the classroom walls.
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shared by Janice Harding on 05 Dec 14 - No Cached

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