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Marlene Johnshoy

Ideas for E.L.L.'s | - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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    Larry Ferlazzo writes a column for the New York Times about using the NYT for ELLs - but these ideas could easily be adapted for FL teachers using news sites, too.   You should also check out Ferlazzo's blog.
Marlene Johnshoy

Learning a Language From an Expert on the Web - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    More about online places to learn a language like LiveMocha.
Marlene Johnshoy

Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    some ideas about why teaching writing with short assignments (Twitter?) might be a good idea
Marlene Johnshoy

Students Speak Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Article on using "back channels" in class via Twitter-like apps
Marlene Johnshoy

Resources on Bullying and Cyberbullying - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    background articles and a list of lesson plans to deal with cyberbulling
Eleni Nikiforou

Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 1 views

    • Eleni Nikiforou
       
      Text messages
Alyssa Ruesch

At Dwight School, Virtual Learning and the Rock - NYTimes.com - 3 views

  • At 8 p.m
    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      Students go to class at 8pm?
  • No traditional teacher, he was kind of a cross between air traffic controller and computer dork.
    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      It seems like this teacher really needs to be on his game to juggle both the content and technology in a very savvy way. I wonder how much time he spends prepping for class.
  • Now students start in sixth grade with a digital citizenship and ethics unit — dangers of cyberbullying included — followed by an introduction to blogging, which requires them to “blog regularly as a means of self-assessment and reflection,
    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      Are these sorts of classes available at the schools you teach?
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  • Upper West Side of Manhattan
    • Marlene Johnshoy
       
      This is where it's happening!
    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      Yes, it's in Manhattan!
Marlene Johnshoy

500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can't) Learn From a Language App - The New York... - 1 views

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    Comparison of 3 apps along with explanations of what the apps a good for and what they lack.
Jessica Rojas

Classroom microblogging through TodaysMeet - 0 views

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    Though some were supportive of the idea of using microblogging in classes, many wrote some variation on what this reader posted: "[This] means you never have to learn to open your mouth. Surely more Twitter is exactly the opposite of what kids desperately need to turn into functioning adults."
Diane Nordin

How to teach a young introvert | ideas.ted.com - 4 views

    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      Apps to participate through electronic devices: Socrative, Kahoot, NearPod, TodaysMeet
    • Marlene Johnshoy
       
      Plickers might be interesting for quick multiple choice responses.
  • giving them opportunities to contribute to a class blog or something where their classmates will get to see their hearts and minds in this other forum. I think that really opens things up.
  • If the kid is perfectly happy the way they are, they need to get the message that the way they are is cool.
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  • Our most important institutions, like schools and workplaces, are designed for extroverts,
  • why is it that kids who prefer to go off by themselves or to work alone are seen as outliers?
  • How about the very definition of “class participation?”
  • how best to cultivate the talent of those students.
  • a student who has one or two or three friends, and prefers to go deep with their friendships instead of being one of a big gang, there’s nothing wrong with that at all, in terms of it being a predictor for adulthood.
  • But Cain particularly feels for one group of introverts: the quiet kids in a classroom.
  • make sure to build quiet time into the school day, especially when kids are younger. Have 15 minutes set aside every day where the students just read.
  • Apps that allow students to contribute to class discussions, sometimes anonymously and sometimes not.
  • less group work in general.
  • do more work in pairs, which is a way that both introverts and extroverts can thrive.
  • challenge teachers to rethink what they mean by class participation and start thinking of it as classroom engagement instead.
  • account the research of Anders Ericsson, who invented the concept of “deliberate practice.”
  • tools that allow students to participate through their electronic devices as opposed to raising their hand.
  • maximize choice.
    • Diane Nordin
       
      I agree this statement of "Number one would be to make sure to build quiet time into the school day, especially when kids are younger. Have 15 minutes set aside every day where the students just read." Question: As a classroom teacher, I am with my students 42 minutes per day, how can I take almost half of this time for reading? Shouldn't this issue be addressed as a whole school wide??
    • Alyssa Ruesch
       
      I agree with you Diane - that would be way too much time for reading in just your class. In some classes, I do a 5 - 10 minute "free-writing" exercise that is individual. It seems like you'd need to scale the time so that it's appropriate for your class. 
  • A lot of students who might be reticent at first will feel emboldened by having first discussed it with a partner.
    • Diane Nordin
       
      Think-Pair-Share
  • Small-scale socializing. Socializing in pairs and small groups.
    • Diane Nordin
       
      My groups are mostly formed in 3 to 4 students, so it is easier to form a think-pair-share and compare best answer for their group.
  • e introverts of the world. In th
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    Wow, just imagine how much calmer the world could be if classrooms were set up to allow for multiple temperaments as well as learning styles?! Also, the think-pair-share concept is fantastic; I've been using the "alone-paired-large group" sequence for language learners in groups since I got my CELTA certification and it's been hugely successful. Nobody wants to be wrong in public, and when learners have a chance to discuss it with a partner first, they are more likely to share their ideas.
Alyssa Rutherford

The New York Times Upfront | The news magazine for high school - 1 views

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      Is a brain that's wired differently a bad thing?
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      It seems at times that "wired differently" is being used as an excuse for a growing inability to stay on task. When the need for immediate gratification leads you to think that 6 minutes of YouTube is a substitute for reading Vonnegut, I get a little worried. The social world of the teenagers may center around multitasking, but that seems to suggest that we need to have them work on focused concentration in the classroom ... rather than reinforcing skills that they are mastering on their own.
    • Alyssa Rutherford
       
      get them a phone that only calls you or only receives calls from you!
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    Jon- I totally agree that we should still make them read Vonnegut and can't use new culture/brain learning styles as excuses- how to reconcile the new ways students are and our teaching styles is where we need to research more so we can implement instructional practices that meet them where they are at and get them to the place we need them to be.
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