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Sharin Tebo

Teaching Metacognition - 78 views

serc.carleton.edu/...teaching_metacognition.html

shared by Sharin Tebo on 23 Jul 14 - Cached
  • Step 1: Teach students that the ability to learn is not a fixed quantity The key to a student's ability to become a self-regulated (i.e., metacognitive) learner is understanding that one's ability to learn is a skill that develops over time rather than a fixed trait, inherited at birth.
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 28 Jul 14
       
      Carol Dweck's book on having a Growth Mindset comes to mind here...
  • Step 2: Teach students how to set goals and plan to meet them
  • Step 3: Give students opportunities to practice self-monitoring and adapting Accurate self-monitoring is quite difficult.
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  • In particular, students are encouraged to think about the key points of the lecture as they listen and take notes. At the end of the lecture, students write what they think the three most important ideas of the lecture were on an index card.
  • Example: lecture wrappers
  • Teaching Self-Monitoring Strategies Monitoring and adapting strategies can be taught as learning habits. A wrapper is one tool for teaching self-monitoring behavior. A wrapper is an activity that surrounds an existing assignment or activity and encourages metacognition. For example, wrappers can be used with lectures, homework assignments, or exams. Wrappers require just a few extra minutes of time, but can have a big impact.
  • Example: homework wrappers Before beginning a homework assignment, students answer a brief set of self-assessment questions focusing on skills they should be monitoring. Students complete the homework as usual, and then answer a follow-up set of self-assessment questions.
  • Example: exam wrappers When graded exams are returned (as soon as possible after the exam was given), students complete an exam reflection sheet. They describe their study strategies, analyze the mistakes they made, and plan their study strategies for the next exam.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Jul 14
     
    "Metacognition is a critically important, yet often overlooked component of learning. Effective learning involves planning and goal-setting, monitoring one's progress, and adapting as needed. All of these activities are metacognitive in nature. By teaching students these skills - all of which can be learned - we can improve student learning. There are three critical steps to teaching metacognition:"
  • traceynangle on 27 Jul 14
     
    Really useful reminder of how we need to address very basic ideas about how to absorb new information and ask students to self-monitor and push themselves. I appreciated the information and plan to incorporate the wrappers!
anonymous

5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) - From Tom on Edu... - 166 views

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iPad teaching education list edutech PD teachertraining EdTechTeacher

shared by anonymous on 03 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • technology needs to be — above everything else — in the service of learning. Administrators who fail to articulate the connection between iPads and learning often hamper their iPad initiative.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 05 Dec 12
       
      Why Ipads
  • put the iPads in the hands of teachers who understand that active learners learn best
  • Focusing on iPad-versus.-laptop comparisons stifles the ability to see how the iPad facilitates student-centered learning
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  • Simply handing a teacher an iPad in advance won’t serve to address these challenges when the school year starts
  • Teachers need instruction on how to incorporate the devices into the learning process, which is quite different than trying out a few apps
  • School administrators should be explaining to their constituents that the iPad supports essential skill areas — complex communication, new media literacy, creativity, and self-directed learning. Instead of focusing on the convenience of ebooks, they should instead be emphasizing the incredibly immersive and active learning environment the iPad engenders and the unprecedented opportunities to develop personalized, student-centered learning. They should highlight some of the beneficial consumption, curation, and creativity activities the iPad facilitates — as well as the student empowerment it inspires.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Dec 12
     
    "While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them. "
  • anonymous on 05 Dec 12
     
    "While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them. "
Mike Wassom

RubiStar Home - 34 views

rubistar.4teachers.org

Rubric assessment tools

shared by Mike Wassom on 12 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free, so click the Register link in the login area to the right to get started now.
    • Mike Wassom
      Mike Wassom on 14 Aug 13
       
      a sticky note!
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Mar 11
     
    "Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free, so click the Register link in the login area to the right to get started now."
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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Mar 11
     
    Interesting online tool for generating rubrics.
  • Andrea Lorenzo on 01 Aug 11
     
    Create rubrics for any activity
  • Amanda Nichols on 03 Aug 11
     
    A free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics
  • Jenna Ervin on 03 Oct 11
     
    RubiStar is a free online tool to help teachers create quality rubrics. Users may create original rubrics, save and edit custom rubrics, or search the site for content specific rubrics submitted by other users. Site includes rubric templates for: Oral presentations, Multimedia, Math, Writing, Products, Reading, Art, Work Skills, Science, and Music.
  • Rick Wade on 05 Jul 12
     
    rubric creating and sharing database
  • Mike Wassom on 14 Aug 13
     
    Create rubrics for any activity
Jean Potter

NSTA Learning Center - 46 views

learningcenter.nsta.org/default.aspx

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shared by Jean Potter on 24 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Jean Potter on 24 Sep 10
     
    professional development and student activities for a variety of science topics - if you need a refresher before teaching this is a good resource. Also lots of simulations are available. Requires sign in but does not require NSTA membership and many are free. Can save to My Library
Melissa Enderle

Activities | The Concord Consortium - 75 views

www.concord.org/activities

Science Earth Biology Simulations Chemistry Animations Activities Physics

shared by Melissa Enderle on 04 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Melissa Enderle on 04 Nov 10
     
    Interactives for science and math. Open Source and downloadable. Search by grade level or subject. For Elementary through Higher Education.
  • Gerald Carey on 04 Nov 10
     
    Great find. Thanks a lot Melissa.
k lieneke

CriticalThinking.org - Teaching Tactics that Encourage Active Learning - 126 views

www.criticalthinking.org/...tactics-encourage-learning.cfm

shared by k lieneke on 29 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Mary Larscheid-Christensen on 29 Nov 10
     
    "Tactics that Encourage Active Learning Use the following tactics during class to ensure that students are actively engaged in thinking about the content. Students should be called on randomly (using the deck of cards method for instance) so that everyone participates. When students do not know when they will be called on they are much more likely to remain alert and engaged in the learning process. Students should be routinely called upon to: Summarize or put into their own words what the teacher or another student has said. Elaborate on what they have said. Relate the issue or content to their own knowledge and experience. Give examples to clarify or support what they have said. Make connections between related concepts. Restate the instructions or assignment in their own words. State the question at issue. Describe to what extent their point of view on the issue is different from or similar to the point of view of the instructor, other students, the author, etc. Take a few minutes to write down any of the above. Write down the most pressing question on their mind at this point. The instructor then uses the above tactics to help students reason through the questions. Discuss any of the above with a partner and then participate in a group discussion facilitated by the instructor."
  • Mary Larscheid-Christensen on 29 Nov 10
     
    powerup21net4s
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.
Peter Beens

Copyright Q&S's (interactive) - 1 views

www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

copyright education activity interactive TGJ TGJxx

shared by Peter Beens on 23 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Peter Beens on 16 Jun 10
     
    An interactive Q&A activity for students.
Virginia Meadow

Free teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive activities - 0 views

www.thinkfinity.org/EducatorHome.aspx

interactive lesson plans teacher professional development

shared by Virginia Meadow on 04 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Virginia Meadow on 22 Sep 09
     
    Thinkfinity offers free teacher resources, teacher lesson plans based on national education standards, interactive activities, and a teacher professional development program for educators who want to develop their 21st century skills.
Elizabeth Hobbs

Major Learning Activities - 67 views

www.ncrtec.org/...gene6.htm

shared by Elizabeth Hobbs on 24 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Elizabeth Hobbs on 24 Jan 11
     
    Genetics activity that has promise
Javier E

Deliberate Practice Spells Success: Why Grittier Competitors Triumph at the National Sp... - 0 views

spp.sagepub.com/...1948550610385872

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shared by Javier E on 22 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • The expert performance framework distinguishes between deliberate practice and less effective practice activities. The current longitudinal study is the first to use this framework to understand how children improve in an academic skill.
  • Deliberate practice, operationally defined as studying and memorizing words while alone, better predicted performance in the National Spelling Bee than being quizzed by others or reading for pleasure. Rated as the most effortful and least enjoyable type of preparation activity, deliberate practice was increasingly favored over being quizzed as spellers accumulated competition experience. Deliberate practice mediated the prediction of final performance by the personality trait of grit, suggesting that perseverance and passion for long-term goals enable spellers to persist with practice activities that are less intrinsically rewarding—but more effective—than other types of preparation.
Dallas McPheeters

World's Simplest Online Safety Policy by Lisa Nielsen - 88 views

www.techlearning.com/...39012

shared by Dallas McPheeters on 28 May 11 - No Cached
  • Students can access websites that do not contain or that filter mature content. They can use their real names, pictures, and work (as long it doesn’t have a grade/score from a school) with the notification and/or permission of the student and their parent or guardian
  •  Anyone can begin making a difference and contributing real work at any age.
  • what puts kids at risk are things like: having a lot of conflict with your parents being depressed and socially isolated being hyper communicating with a lot of people who you don't know being willing to talk about sex with people that you don't know having a pattern of multiple risky activities going to sex sites and chat rooms, meeting lots of people there, and behaving like an Internet daredevil.
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  • Rules for tools don’t make sense. Rules for behaviors do.
  • It applies only to minors in places that apply for erate funds
  • The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age.
  • She uses Facebook with her First grade students
  • While children under 13 can legally give out personal information with their parents' permission
  • he Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records
  • Schools may disclose, without consent, information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance.
  • applies to all schools that receive fund
  • addresses children’s education records
  • as long as it is not a grade or score
  • permission is not necessary
  • Dallas McPheeters on 28 May 11
     
    what puts kids at risk are things like: having a lot of conflict with your parents being depressed and socially isolated being hyper communicating with a lot of people who you don't know being willing to talk about sex with people that you don't know having a pattern of multiple risky activities going to sex sites and chat rooms, meeting lots of people there, and behaving like an Internet daredevil.
Martin Burrett

Active Science - Humans & Animals - 47 views

www.abpischools.org.uk/...home.html

science animals nature senses movement habitat food

shared by Martin Burrett on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 24 Aug 11
     
    A nicely designed quiz based activity about lots of different aspects of animals and humans, including habitat, senses and movement. Find DOC and PDF worksheets to go with this resource at http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/humansandanimals/teachers.cfm http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/science
Martin Burrett

UpToTen Kids - 51 views

www.uptoten.com/...uptoten-home.html

games activities interactive primary

shared by Martin Burrett on 22 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 22 Aug 11
     
    A collection of great games and online activities for children aged between 6 and 10 years old. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games
Mary Beth Messner

firstday - Tech - 164 views

firstday.wikispaces.com/Tech

First Day Activities Icebreakers

shared by Mary Beth Messner on 19 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Mary Beth Messner on 19 Aug 11
     
    First day activities organized by subject. While the site is geared toward K-12 students, I'm sure many activities could be adapted for our online students.
D Murray

Ralph Tyler's Little Book - 43 views

www.coedu.usf.edu/...tyler.htm

shared by D Murray on 08 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • The belief at the time was that schools should require strong discipline and that "children should not talk to one another; all communication should be between the teacher and the class (Tyler, 1975)."
  • What educational purposes should the school seek to attain? How can learning experiences be selected which are likely to be useful in attaining these objectives? How can learning experiences be organized for effective instruction? How can the effectiveness of learning experiences be evaluated?
  • Following the introduction of the Army's intelligence test, a "Testing Movement" in education, became established and spread throughout the United States
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  • He saw testing and "the holes in testing for memorization"
  • as a problem to study for life
  • The most important and comprehensive curriculum experiment ever carried on in the United States..."
  • This methodology engages the student in a number of projects. The projects he defined as "a purposeful activity carried to completion in a natural setting
  • most famous work was his "little" book Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
  • War I, as it soon would be called, would have a dramatic effect on education
  • The fifth and final section describes "How a school or College staff may work on curriculum building."
  • do not have clearly defined purposes
  • 1. Establish broad goals or objectives.2. Classify the goals or objectives.3. Define objectives in behavioral terms.4. Find situations in which achievement if objectives can be shown.5. Develop or select measurement techniques.6. Collect performance data.7. Compare performance data with behaviorally stated objectives.
  • education as "an active process
  • It involves the active efforts of the learner himself."
  • The first of these was through direct instruction
  • Tyler's greatest gift to the field of education was the development of an objectives-based evaluation model.
  • "the father of behavioral objectives.
Ms. G

PETA Kids - 5 views

www.petakids.com/disindex.asp

Hoot

shared by Ms. G on 26 Aug 11 - No Cached
    • Ms. G
      Ms. G on 26 Aug 11
       
      Search this website to find information about animal activism to help you when reading Hoot.
  • Ms. G on 26 Aug 11
     
    Information about animal activism to help you when reading Hoot
Chiara Simoni

My Library - 63 views

www.colby.edu/...index.php

Spanish Grammar Activities

shared by Chiara Simoni on 17 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Chiara Simoni on 17 Sep 11
     
    Great Interactive Spanish Activities
Holly Barlaam

Digestive System Kinesthetic Activity - 168 views

www.accessexcellence.com/...cave_digest.php

digestiion digestive system body systems anatomy physiology biology

shared by Holly Barlaam on 10 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Holly Barlaam on 10 Apr 11
     
    a kinesthetic activity to model how the digestive system works
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