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Sue Dowdell

Any Elementary Teachers using Diigo? - 102 views

I've used Diigo teacher account to set up accounts for my 105 fifth graders this past spring. I put all students in a main group (Colonial Resources) and then students studying a particular colony ...

Elementary intermediate

started by Rachel Peters on 02 Jul 09 6 follow-ups, last by Sue Dowdell on 10 Jul 09
rbatie19

Chronic Absenteeism Can Devastate K-12 Learning (Opinion) - 7 views

www.edweek.org/...10

chronic absenteeism absent learning

shared by rbatie19 on 10 May 22 - No Cached
  • in a study of California students for Attendance Works, the organization that Hedy Chang oversees, only 17 percent of the students who were chronically absent in both kindergarten and 1st grade were reading proficiently by 3rd grade, compared with 64 percent of those with good attendance in the early years. Weak reading skills in the 3rd grade translate into academic trouble ahead: Students who aren’t reading well by that point are four times more likely to drop out of high school, according to a 2012 study released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • Chronic absence in middle school is another red flag that a student will drop out of high school. By high school, attendance is a better dropout indicator than test scores.
  • A recent report, “Absences Add Up,” also from Attendance Works, documents what many know from common sense: At every age, in every demographic, and in every state and city tested, students with poor attendance scored significantly lower on standardized tests. In our schools, this translates into weaker reading skills, failing grades, and higher dropout rates. Rather than looking at attendance as an administrative chore, schools can use the same data as a warning sign to change the trajectory.
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  • The results were significant. Students with mentors gained nine school days—almost two weeks—during the year. They were more likely to remain in school and maintain their grade point averages than similar students without mentors. The program worked at every K-12 level: elementary, middle, and high school, with the greatest impact on students struggling with poverty and homelessness.
  • The mentors had several simple but straightforward responsibilities. They greeted the students every day to let them know they were glad to see them at school. They called home if students were sick to find out what was happening. They connected the students and their families to resources to help address attendance barriers. Mentors participated in school-based teams that analyzed data and shared insights about students. And they also supported schoolwide activities, including assemblies, incentives, and contests, to encourage better attendance for all students.
  • Elementary schools set up attendance teams to identify and monitor the students with the worst attendance. Part-time social workers, hired with philanthropic and state dollars, connected with families. Principals and teachers promoted attendance at back-to-school nights, at parent-teacher conferences, and through regular calls home. This work led to a significant drop in absenteeism in all elementary grades, particularly in kindergarten. The percentage of chronically absent kindergartners fell from 30 percent in the 2011-12 school year to 13 percent in 2013-14. And reading scores began to climb.
Ed Webb

Please Sir, how do you re-tweet? - Twitter to be taught in UK primary schools - 2 views

uk.techcrunch.com/...e-taught-in-uk-primary-schools

twitter technology literacy education UK socialmedia

shared by Ed Webb on 25 Mar 09 - Cached
  • The British government is proposing that Twitter is to be taught in primary (elementary) schools as part of a wider push to make online communication and social media a permanent part of the UK’s education system. And that’s not all. Kids will be taught blogging, podcasting and how to use Wikipedia alongside Maths, English and Science.
  • Traditional education in areas like phonics, the chronology of history and mental arithmetic remain but modern media and web-based skills and environmental education now feature.
  • The skills that let kids use Internet technologies effectively also work in the real world: being able to evaluate resources critically, communicating well, being careful with strangers and your personal information, conducting yourself in a manner appropriate to your environment. Those things are, and should be, taught in schools. It’s also a good idea to teach kids how to use computers, including web browsers etc, and how those real-world skills translate online.
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  • I think teaching kids HOW TO use Wikipedia is a step forward from ordering them NOT TO use it, as they presently do in many North American classrooms.
  • Open Source software is the future and therefore we need to concentrate on the wheels and not the vehicle!
  • Core skills is very important. Anyone and everyone can learn Photoshop & Word Processing at any stage of their life, but if core skills are missed from an early age, then evidence has shown that there has always been less chance that the missing knowledge could be learnt at a later stage in life.
  • Schools shouldn’t be about teaching content, but about learning to learn, getting the kind of critical skills that can be used in all kinds of contexts, and generating motivation for lifelong learning. Finnish schools are rated the best in the world according to the OECD/PISA ratings, and they have totally de-emphasised the role of content in the curriculum. Twitter could indeed help in the process as it helps children to learn to write in a precise, concise style - absolutely nothing wrong with that from a pedagogical point of view. Encouraging children to write is never a bad thing, no matter what the platform.
  • Front end stuff shouldn’t be taught. If anything it should be the back end gubbins that should be taught, databases and coding.
  • So what’s more important, to me at least, is not to know all kinds of useless facts, but to know the general info and to know how to think and how to search for information. In other words, I think children should get lessons in thinking and in information retrieval. Yes, they should still be taught about history, etc. Yes, it’s important they learn stuff that they could need ‘on the spot’ - like calculating skills. However, we can go a little bit easier on drilling the information in - by the time they’re 25, augmented reality will be a fact and not even a luxury.
  • Schools should focus more on teaching kids on how to think creatively so they can create innovative products like twitter rather then teaching on how to use it….
  • Schools should focus more on teaching kids on how to think creatively so they can create innovative products like twitter rather then teaching on how to use it….
  • Ed Webb on 25 Mar 09
     
    The British government is proposing that Twitter is to be taught in primary (elementary) schools as part of a wider push to make online communication and social media a permanent part of the UK's education system. And that's not all. Kids will be taught blogging, podcasting and how to use Wikipedia alongside Maths, English and Science.
Gloria Maristany

ADHD in Elementary School: Classroom Interventions for Elementary School Teachers of AD... - 4 views

www.addinschool.com/elementary.htm

ADHD interventions

shared by Gloria Maristany on 15 Jul 11 - Cached
  • ADHD is most often recognized and referred for treatment in third grade. This is when elementary school kids most often hit the "academic wall."
  • In third grade they are expected to do more and more work on their own, and they are given more homework to do as well. We also see many referrals in seventh grade, or when the child leaves Elementary School for Junior High School, with several classes and several teachers.
  • Gloria Maristany on 15 Jul 11
     
    Suggestions for each part of classroom, from desk set up to testing.
Martin Burrett

Teachers and other school-based professionals can treat children's mental health problems - 8 views

ukedchat.com/...teachers-treat-health

mental mental health

shared by Martin Burrett on 04 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 04 Mar 18
     
    "School-based services delivered by teachers and other school-based professionals can help reduce mental health problems in elementary-aged children, reports a study published in the March 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). "Given the limited accessibility of traditional mental health services for children-particularly for children from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds-school-based mental health services are a tremendous vehicle for overcoming barriers to mental health care and meaningfully expanding the reach of supports and services for so many children in need. Treating children in schools can powerfully overcome issues of cost, transportation, and stigma that typically restrict broad utilization of mental health services" said lead author Amanda Sanchez, MS, of the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University."
Steve Ransom

The Associated Press: Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank - 9 views

www.google.com/...eV7I6oToz6cuzkTUNSehAD9I26EL02

textbooks japan achievement competition testing assessment scores ranking international

shared by Steve Ransom on 06 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 06 Sep 10
     
    Alarmed that its children are falling behind those in rivals such as South Korea and Hong Kong, Japan is adding about 1,200 pages to elementary school textbooks. The textbooks across all subjects for six years of elementary school now total about 4,900 pages, and will go up to nearly 6,100.
Shannon Smith

Drape's Takes: Google Docs in Elementary Schools - 0 views

drapestakes.blogspot.com/...ocs-in-elementary-schools.html

shared by Shannon Smith on 06 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Shannon Smith on 06 Feb 09
     
    Using Google Docs in elementary schools.
anonymous

A Summer of Android - 93 apps to try - 2 views

issuu.com/...3

android apps Pre-k elementary middle school 'high school education resources tools

shared by anonymous on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 04 Jun 12
     
    Great list of Android apps for education - 93 in total - sorted by Pre-k, elementary, Middle School, High School and "apps for everyone.'  Some interesting (and new) apps to try!
Jonathan Wylie

End of the Year School Awards Ideas for Elementary Teachers - 56 views

www.brighthub.com/...73965.aspx

school end awards prizes students pupils certificates

shared by Jonathan Wylie on 12 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Jonathan Wylie on 12 Jun 10
     
    End of the year school awards are a popular part of elementary school traditions, because children love to be rewarded and made to feel special.
Roland Gesthuizen

Transformative iPad Use in Early Elementary School - 162 views

www.slideshare.net/...use-in-early-elementary-school

slideshow slideshare ipad learningstyles PrimarySchool

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 12
     
    "Using the iPad beyond a digital worksheet. Examples from the early elementary classroom."
  • Sara Stanley on 12 Aug 12
     
    Great post :-) thanks!
ExergameLab

Reading instruction: Getting it right the first time | Best Practices News | eSchoolNew... - 44 views

www.eschoolnews.com/2010/05/20/reading-instruction-getting-it-right-the-first-time/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?title=Reading instruction: Getting it right the first time

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  • ExergameLab on 21 May 10
     
    In his sweeping 2004 article, Preventing Early Reading Failure, Joseph Torgesen established that the reading skills students acquire in their earliest elementary years are critical predictors of their academic success throughout elementary, middle, and high school. It's during those early formative years, Torgesen contends, that we need to closely monitor growth and provide the appropriate interventions for struggling students.
Glenn Hervieux

Principal: What happened when my school ended useless homework - The Washington Post - 99 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...-school-ended-useless-homework

homework education

shared by Glenn Hervieux on 21 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Glenn Hervieux on 21 Mar 16
     
    Interesting article discussing homework in the elementary school setting and some outcomes when it was discontinued in a school.
Damien Murtagh

NASAeClips's Channel - YouTube - 59 views

www.youtube.com/NASAeClips

teacher student resources science videos

shared by Damien Murtagh on 05 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Damien Murtagh on 05 Mar 12
     
    NASA eClips is organized according to grade level with playlists intended for elementary school, middle school, and high school.
Marge Runkle

SchooNoodle: Grades K-12 + Lesson Plans + Activities + videos + current events - 3 views

www.schoonoodle.com

bookmarking schoonoodle standards resources lessonplans social bookmarking socialbookmarking

shared by Marge Runkle on 28 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Marge Runkle on 29 Jul 09
     
    An online social bookmarking community made exclusively for K-12 educators. Find lesson plans, activities, current events, videos, and images, correlated to state standards, for elementary school, middle school and high school subjects.
Don Doehla

The Shanghai Secret - NYTimes.com - 26 views

www.nytimes.com/...edman-the-shanghai-secret.html

nytimes article education shanghai

shared by Don Doehla on 01 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Don Doehla on 01 Nov 13
     
    HANGHAI - Whenever I visit China, I am struck by the sharply divergent predictions of its future one hears. Lately, a number of global investors have been "shorting" China, betting that someday soon its powerful economic engine will sputter, as the real estate boom here turns to a bust. Frankly, if I were shorting China today, it would not be because of the real estate bubble, but because of the pollution bubble that is increasingly enveloping some of its biggest cities. Optimists take another view: that, buckle in, China is just getting started, and that what we're now about to see is the payoff from China's 30 years of investment in infrastructure and education. I'm not a gambler, so I'll just watch this from the sidelines. But if you're looking for evidence as to why the optimistic bet isn't totally crazy, you might want to visit a Shanghai elementary school.
  • Don Doehla on 01 Nov 13
     
    HANGHAI - Whenever I visit China, I am struck by the sharply divergent predictions of its future one hears. Lately, a number of global investors have been "shorting" China, betting that someday soon its powerful economic engine will sputter, as the real estate boom here turns to a bust. Frankly, if I were shorting China today, it would not be because of the real estate bubble, but because of the pollution bubble that is increasingly enveloping some of its biggest cities. Optimists take another view: that, buckle in, China is just getting started, and that what we're now about to see is the payoff from China's 30 years of investment in infrastructure and education. I'm not a gambler, so I'll just watch this from the sidelines. But if you're looking for evidence as to why the optimistic bet isn't totally crazy, you might want to visit a Shanghai elementary school.
Deb White Groebner

The Physics Front - 81 views

www.thephysicsfront.org

physics science education resources

shared by Deb White Groebner on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Deb White Groebner on 25 Feb 10
     
    Excellent physics resources for teachers - including elementary and middle school!
  • Deb White Groebner on 25 Feb 10
     
    Excellent physics resources for teachers - including elementary and middle school!
Steve Ransom

Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers - and transforms elementary school... - 62 views

dailynightly.nbcnews.com/...d-transforms-elementary-school

school arts music turnaround change reform success improvement

shared by Steve Ransom on 02 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 02 May 13
     
    Funny... when you treat children with dignity and create beauty around them, they tend NOT to act like criminals. Create a school environment that's like a prison, and...
Roland Gesthuizen

No more pencils, no more books: this Vancouver school has embraced iPads, iPods and apps - 107 views

www.vancouversun.com/...story.html

PrimarySchool Vancouver Canada iPads iPods App school VancouverSun elearning mlearning

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    "For students attending one of Vancouver's most popular public schools, the classroom is an exciting world of iPads, iPods, apps, laptops and SmartBoards. Even the youngest children at Elsie Roy elementary in Yaletown are using iPads as they learn to write the letters of the alphabet, pull them together into words and tackle basic addition and subtraction with colourful and interactive applications that make learning feel like fun."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Integrating mLearning into the primary school classroom.
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