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Siri Anderson

Visualizing School Equity | Learning for Justice - 0 views

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Lesson Improvement

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    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 7I. Where the teacher is supporting and expanding expression through speaking, writing, or other media. This is happening through connections and building relationships with other schools in different districts and creating a portfolios about the facilities at the schools. Once these portfolios are exchanged they will then use the insights to create their own Student Bill of Rights. This will allow students another perspective to look at, think about, and reflect on.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      Yes this is 7I
  • Form a partnership with a teacher in another district. You will ask your students to assemble a portfolio documenting the facilities at their school (through lists, narratives or photos); your partner teacher will ask her/his students to do the same. Classes can exchange portfolios. Each class can use the insights from the exchange to draft their own Student Bill of Rights. 
  • 3. Ask to students to present their posters to the entire class. 
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 3G where we are using student's thinking and experiences as a resources in planning instructional activities by encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting oral, written and other samples of student thinking. This will allow students to look at public information on the per-student funding in the best and least funded schools. They will then present their findings to their peers while listening to others findings and thoughts.
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  • 4. Circle back to the “Crossing the Gap” story by ask students to vote on the following proposition: An explicit right to equal per-student funding should be added to the Illinois Council of Students' Bill of Rights. Once your students have voted “yes” or “no” to the proposition, ask each group to present their decision, and three reasons supporting it, to the class as a whole. 
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 4E where we understand how a students learning is influenced by individual experiencs, talents, and prior learning, as well as language, culture, family, and community values. This will allow students to look at their findings and how they think they have affected their choices. This will also allow students culture, family, and community values to play a part in their decision making. School and education is very important to different cultures, individual families, and communities. This will affect how students vote. This will also tap into 3G by encouraging discussion and support of the way they have voted.
  • Then have students find the per-student funding levels (listed in dollar amounts) for the best-funded district, least-funded district, and their own district.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to students individual experiences with their own schools funding to see how it affects them,. This will allow them to connect to and build off this scaffolding.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 4E.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      OK yes
  • Have students create a chart illustrating the funding gap between the best-funded and least-funded districts in the state, along with the per-student funding for their district.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 7I. Where students will create other media in the form of a chart to expand their learning to see the gap in funding between their school, the best funded school, and the least funded school.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      yes
  • Have students brainstorm a list of useful educational items that could be purchased with the funding gap money for the least-funded district and/or their own district.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 3G. Students are actively engaging in inquiry by looking at the gap and figuring what they think could be funded in the least funded school. Things that they may use or see as beneficial in their own school.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      The benefit in 3G is to the teacher, when we elicit student thinking it helps us tailor instruction to meet their needs. The standards are teacher standards, not student standards.
  • • learn about inequities in the system and begin to question why those inequities exist by examining the funding gap in their own state.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This connects to 3g. Students will be using their experiences in their school to think about why this funding gap exists . They will then brainstorm ways that they money could benefit the least funded school through oral and written activities.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      I don't see how looking at experiences in their own education will help students understand "why" funding gaps exist.
  • • A large portion of public school funding comes from local property taxes. The funding gap exists when higher tax revenues mean much more school funding is available to wealthy communities than to poor communities.
    • lind_krom
      lind_krom on 10 Oct 21
       
      This could connect to 7I by allowing students to consider if this is fair and how we can look into and prevent this gap in funding. Do they think that this is fair, with wealthy communities paying a higher tax revenue? How do they think they could solve this.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 11 Oct 21
       
      Standard 7I is about eliciting student communication in written or other forms. I don't see how this demonstrates that.
Jason Soltis

Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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  • Jason Soltis on 17 Jan 12
     
    Here's an interesting article on the benefits of same sex parenting. I would guess sooner or later we'll each have students with same sex parents at home.
Jill Vivant

Child of Mine - 0 views

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education ADHD SPED

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  • Jill Vivant on 27 Jan 12
     
    This book is a must have for parents and teachers alike! The author dedicated this book to her daughter that has been diagnosed with ADHD. The challenges of being a child whose life is sometimes so hard and the struggles of a parent trying to make the best out of both positive and not-so-positive moments in daily life are shared. I will admit I had tears when I read it, and I feel in our profession we will deal with children just like this little girl. Most importantly, we will need to find a way to help this child have the best day possible each and every day.
Siri Anderson

You Are Here: The 13 Best Maps of 2013 - 2 views

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TopTen maps

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  • Siri Anderson on 22 Jan 14
     
    Awesome maps to teach, learn, and wonder.
Sara Dusbabek

Best social studies websites for elementary school students - Primary School (Other) - ... - 0 views

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websites

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  • Sara Dusbabek on 12 Oct 09
     
    Here is a list which may prove helpful in the future for this class and/or lesson planning in the classroom.
chlohawk

With Boys in Mind / Teaching to the Minds of Boys - ASCD - 1 views

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boys boy-friendly tips classroom

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  • turns in rushed and sloppy work and receives failing grades.
  • By introducing more boy-friendly teaching strategies in the classroom, the school was able to close the gender gap in just one year.
  • he now understands how relevant this focus on action and heroism is to males, and she sees that letting boys write on these topics has improved their papers.
  • he task-oriented discussion and interaction, the physical movement, and the orientation in space access the boys' neurological strengths, keeping them energized and attentive.
  • Realizing the need for nonverbal planning tools, especially in males, to help bridge the gap between what students are thinking and what they're able to put down on paper, Mrs. Johnston now asks Timothy and his classmates to create storyboards, a series of pictures with or without words that graphically depict a story line. T
  • n her 2nd grade classroom, most of the boys read and write about such topics as NASCAR racing, atomic bombs, and football or about such situations as a parrot biting a dad through the lip. Many of the girls write about best friends, books, mermaids, and unicorns.
  • eachers tended to view the natural assets that boys bring to learning—impulsivity, single-task focus, spatial-kinesthetic learning, and physical aggression—as problems. By altering strategies to accommodate these more typically male assets, Douglass helped its students succeed, as the following vignettes illustrate.
  • One of the primary reasons that some boys getDs and Fs in school is their inattention to homework.
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  • One of the innovations that teachers can use in targeted ways in coeducational classes is single-gender grouping.
    • chlohawk
      chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
       
      How and when can I implement one of these strategies in the first week of school with my boy learners?
  • Quite often, boys do their best work when teachers establish authentic purpose and meaningful, real-life connections.
  • chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
     
    Creating a boy-friendly classroom, increasing experiential and kinesthetic learning opportunities, supporting literacy through visual-spatial representations and more strategies can support our boy learners.
Siri Anderson

PBL-TECH - Wise Practice Case - 2 views

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Social_studies instructional_strategies SITE2016

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  • Siri Anderson on 23 Mar 16
     
    Video lessons on best practices for Social Studies instruction.
Bill Olson

Role of Special Education Teachers in an Inclusive Classroom | American University - 1 views

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disability special education promotion

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  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that students with individual education plans (IEPs) must be educated in the least-restrictive environments (LREs) available. Under IDEA, inclusive education (or mainstreaming) has become a standard operating procedure for US public schools. Students with IEPs can range from individuals with Down syndrome or forms of autism to those with speech impediments or dyslexia—all of which require varying levels of support.
  • For inclusion to show positive benefits, the learning environment and instructional models must be carefully established to provide strong learning opportunities for all students. Special education and general education teachers must have mutual respect and open minds toward the philosophy of inclusion, as well as strong administrative support and knowledge of how to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
  • Special education teachers serve as advocates for students with disabilities and special needs. This includes ensuring that all school officials and employees understand the importance of inclusion and how to best implement inclusion in all campus activities. Advocacy might include requesting inclusion-focused professional development activities—especially programs that help general education teachers better understand inclusion best practices—or providing information to community members about success rates of inclusive teaching.
Sara Dusbabek

Best of History Web Sites - 0 views

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NCSS Time Continuity and Change

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  • Barb Hagen on 29 Nov 09
     
    Sara, Loved this site as it has everything...quizzes, activities, teacher's guides, and lesson plans.
Siri Anderson

leading and learning: Making learning Visible - John Hattie - 0 views

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NCSS Civic Ideals and Practices

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  • Hattie's meta analysis ( a synthesis of 50000 previous studies) found that overwhelmingly student teacher interaction came out on top.
  • Siri Anderson on 24 Aug 09
     
    This is just a general resource on best practice in education. It applies, certainly, to Social Studies instruction but is a great overall resource to have for knowing what is most likely to work!
  • Siri Anderson on 24 Aug 09
     
    Democracy is contingent on having an educated populace in the 20th and 21st centuries. Therefore, knowing how to effectively teach is incumbent on those of us trying to support this part of our society.
Alys Mosher

EDSITEment - The Best of the Humanities on the Web - 0 views

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NCSS Culture NCSS Time Continuity and Change NCSS Power Authority and Governance NCSS Individuals Groups and Institutions NCSS Individual Identity and Development NCSS Sci NCSS Production Distribution and Consumption NCSS People Places and the Environment

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  • Alys Mosher on 13 Sep 10
     
    Has many lessons and is helpful in determining which standards the lessons will address
Siri Anderson

Creating the Best View.rtf - Powered by Google Docs - 0 views

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googleearth social_studies tutorial

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  • Siri Anderson on 06 Dec 10
     
    How to for Googleearth
Siri Anderson

Notable Children's Books of 2009 - The New York Times - 0 views

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children's literature best 2009

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  • Siri Anderson on 08 Dec 09
     
    When we look for children's lit, you can look here!
Siri Anderson

Best Practices in Social Studies - 1 views

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social_studies Pedagogy

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  • Siri Anderson on 25 Oct 09
     
    Ought to be required reading!
Nichole Bartella

History Websites - 0 views

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NCSS Power Authority and Governance History

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  • Nichole Bartella on 11 Nov 09
     
    This shows the best of history websites. There are some really great websites her to look at.
Siri Anderson

History Alive | The United States Through Industrialism | Middle School History Textboo... - 0 views

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history united states SocialStudies curriculum online tools

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  • Siri Anderson on 30 Oct 14
     
    Interactive social studies curriculum, K-12, perhaps best suited to 1:1 settings.
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