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Adrienne Michetti

Image Generator Links 2009, Make Custom Graphics/Clipart Online - 0 views

www.imagegenerator.org

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shared by Adrienne Michetti on 31 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Adrienne Michetti on 31 Mar 09
     
    An online image generator - use your own graphics or use theirs and add your text! Hundreds of options to choose from, including sign generators (my favorite)
Has Slone

Always Write: Cobett's "7 Elements of a Differentiated Writing Lesson" Resources - 10 views

www.corbettharrison.com/seven_elements.htm

shared by Has Slone on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
    • Has Slone
      Has Slone on 09 Apr 12
       
      This is a neat way to start a writing class with the creating plot ideas....
  • One of the goals I ask teachers to set after my training is to find new ways to push students to analyze and evaluate as they learn to write.
  • As part of my teacher workshop on the writing process, we investigate multiple uses of student samples. One of my favorite techniques involves having student compare and contrast finished pieces of writing. During both pre-writing and and revision, this push for deeper student thinking both educates and inspires your students.
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  • The handout has student writers analyze two fifth graders' published writing with a compare and contrast Venn diagram.
  • Revision is hard, and most teachers recognize it as an area of deficiency; the truth is, a lot of really great writing teachers I know still freely admit that revision is where they struggle the most.
  • revision shouldn't be the first of the seven elements to work on
  • When students like what they've written in rough draft form, they're ready to move to revision. My other six elements aim at helping students increase their pre-writing time so they both like and see more potential in their rough drafts
  • I believe in the power of collaboration and study teams,
  • Professional development research clearly cites the study team model as the most effective way to have learners not only understand new ideas but also implement them enough times so they become regular tools in a teacher's classroom.
  • Below, find three examples created by study teams during past workshops. I use them as models/exemplars when I set the study teams off to work.
  • My students learn to appreciate the act of writing, and they see it as a valuable life-skill.
  • In a perfect world, following my workshop,
  • follow-up tools.
  • I also use variations of these Post-its during my Critical Thinking Using the Writing Traits Workshop.
  • By far, the best success I've ever had while teaching revision was the one I experienced with the revision Post-its I created for my students
  • During my teacher workshop on the writing process, we practice with tools like the Revision Sprint (at right), which I designed to push students to use analysis and evaluation skills as they looked at their own drafts
  • I used to throw my kids into writing response groups way too fast. They weren't ready to provide critical thought for one another
  • The most important trick learned was this: be a writer too. During my first five years of teaching, I had assigned a lot of writing but never once had I written something I intended to show my students.
  • I have the following interactive plot element generator (which can be replicated with three coffee cans and index cards) to help my students feel in control of their options:
  • If you want to hear my take on graphic organizers in detail, you're going to have to hire me to come to present to you. If you can't do that, then I'll throw you a challenge that was thrown once at me, and completing the challenge helped me become a smarter designer of graphic organizers. The challenge came in two parts: 1) learn how to use tables and text boxes in Microsoft Word; 2) for practice, design a graphic organizer that would help students be successfully with the following trait-based skills:
  • "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, etc," which is an interesting structure that students can borrow from to write about other topics, be they fiction or non-fiction.
  • Asking students to create daily journals from the perspective of other animals or even inanimate objects is a great way to borrow this book's idea.
  • it challenges students to analyze the author's word choice & voice skills: specifically his use of verbs, subtle alliteration, and dialogue.
  • Mentor Text Resource Page here at my website, because this topic has become such a big piece of learning to me. It deserved its own webpage.
  • Here are seven skills I can easily list for the organization trait. Organization is: 1) using a strong lead or hook, 2) using a variety of transition words correctly, 3) paragraphing correctly, 4) pacing the writing, 5) sequencing events/ideas logically, 6) concluding the writing in a satisfying way, 7) titling the writing interestingly and so that the title stands for the whole idea. Over the years, I have developed or found and adapted mini-lessons that have students practice these skills during my "Organization Month."
  • Now, let's talk differentiation:
  • The problem with focusing students on a product--instead of the writing process--is that the majority of the instructional time is spent teaching students to adhere to a formula.
  • the goal of writing instruction absolutely should be the helping students practice the three Bloom's levels above apply: analyze, evaluate, and create.
  • Click here to access the PowerPoint I use during the goal-setting portion of my workshop.
  • Improving one's ability to teach writing to all students is a long-term professional development goal; sticking with it requires diligence, and it requires having a more specific goal than "I want to improve writing
  • "Trying to get better at all seven elements at once doesn't work;
  • strive to make my workshops more about "make and take,
  • Robert Marzano's research convinced me years ago of the importance of having learners set personal goals as they learn to take responsibility for their own learning.
anonymous

ABCya! Word Clouds for Kids! - 12 views

www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

vocabulary comprehension tool wordcloud web2.0

shared by anonymous on 04 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Diana Irene Saldana on 19 Apr 13
     
    ABCya.com word clouds for kids! A word cloud is a graphical representation of word frequency. Type or paste text into the box below and press the arrow button to view the word cloud generated. The appearance of a word cloud can be altered using the graphical buttons above the cloud. It is also easy to save and/or print the cloud by simply pressing a button.
  • anonymous on 19 Apr 13
     
    These Word clouds are easy to use for vocabulary. No account needed. Can be saved as jpegs.
anonymous

Mutapic - 58 views

www.mutapic.com/Index.html

graphics mutapic creativity image design

shared by anonymous on 20 May 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 20 May 10
     
    An online picture generator. It is a free tool you can use to rapidly create original art. Take two images and combine them into one.
Mark Gleeson

Says-It.com - 170 views

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Graphics signs tools generator

shared by Mark Gleeson on 07 Jul 12 - Cached
  • Mark Gleeson on 07 Jul 12
     
    Clever site for generating messages through different types of signage. 
Todd Williamson

Education Week's Digital Directions: Whiteboards' Impact on Teaching Seen as Uneven - 31 views

www.edweek.org/...02whiteboards.h03.html

IWBs Marzano Good Teaching

shared by Todd Williamson on 12 Jan 10 - Cached
  • That finding highlights one of Marzano’s key conclusions from the study. The teachers who were most effective using the whiteboards displayed many of the characteristics of good teaching in general: They paced the lesson appropriately and built on what students already knew; they used multiple media, such as text, pictures, and graphics, for delivering information; they gave students opportunities to participate; and they focused mainly on the content, not the technology.
    • Todd Williamson
      Todd Williamson on 12 Jan 10
       
      Interesting list of "good teaching" practices in an explanation of IWB use
  • Todd Williamson on 12 Jan 10
     
    Article presenting both sides of the IWB story: excellent teaching tool or expensive chalkboard?
Trevor Cunningham

Free Visual QR Code Generator | Custom QR Code Design | Visualead - 123 views

www.visualead.com

Library qr code QRcode generator design

shared by Trevor Cunningham on 05 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 05 Dec 12
     
    This site makes it easy to create images merged with QR codes. It's great for creating stylish interactive logos or add QR links or info to photos. Just choose an image, enter the QR code details, drag into place and download the result. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
  • Tanya Hudson on 06 Dec 12
     
    Neat visual way to share links via QR codes embedded in graphics.
  • Trevor Cunningham on 08 Dec 12
     
    Fun with QR codes.
Dana Huff

PULP-O-MIZER: the custom pulp magazine cover generator - 1 views

thrilling-tales.webomator.com/...pulp-o-mizer.html

remix tools interactive generator magazine pulp graphics fun

shared by Dana Huff on 27 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 27 Jun 13
     
    Pulp-o-mizer would be fun for student projects.
Heather Taylor

Gickr.com - Best gif maker, make a gif in 2 seconds - upload pictures or get images fro... - 127 views

gickr.com

animation gif tools photos generator graphics

shared by Heather Taylor on 07 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Heather Taylor on 07 Nov 11
     
    animated GIF maker
Kathy Malsbenden

Create Your Own Flowers on zefrank.com - 74 views

www.zefrank.com/flowers

diigo design fun graphics flash generator flowers tool interactive

shared by Kathy Malsbenden on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Kathy Malsbenden on 08 Nov 09
     
    Create Your Own Flowers on zefrank.com
Elizabeth Bowden

Developing Questions for Critical Thinking - 206 views

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criticalthinking Bloom's Taxonomy blooms_taxonomy

shared by Elizabeth Bowden on 29 Jun 11 - Cached
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  • Elizabeth Bowden on 29 Jun 11
     
    Awesome tool for generating Bloom's verbs and questions. Gives teacher roles and student roles for each level of Bloom's.
  • Gini Crisanti on 29 Jun 11
     
    Elizabeth: Thanks for sharing this. As an Art teacher, I am thrilled to see so many graphic, design, and creative thinking skills being applied. It is a great feeling for us to see others finally understanding what the Arts can do for creative thinking and higher order thinking. It's what Artist's already know. Again great job of sharing.
Antoinette Siarabalos

bubbl.us | brainstorm and mind map online - 152 views

bubbl.us

mindmap mindmapping web2.0 brainstorming elearning

shared by Antoinette Siarabalos on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached
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  • Randolph Hollingsworth on 07 Mar 11
     
    Very simple graphic builder and easy to use
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  • Marc Patton on 26 Jun 12
     
    brainstorm and mind map online
  • teacherboyle on 16 Aug 12
     
    Great for creating bubble charts for brainstorming, note-taking, or categorizing.
  • Kate Pederson on 12 Nov 12
     
    Concept mapping tool
  • kellidgegroup on 07 Feb 15
     
    Brainstorm online with bubbl.us. Easily create colorful mind maps to print or share with others. Almost no learning curve. Businesses, universities, and other schools are using bubbl.us worldwide to generate ideas, map out processes and create presentations.
m101poe

Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers | Adolescent Literacy Topics A-Z... - 35 views

www.adlit.org/19844

reading strategies literacy tools

shared by m101poe on 05 Aug 17 - No Cached
  • Instructional Aid 1.1: Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers
  • Activating "Priming the cognitive pump" in order to recall relevent prior knowledge and experiences from long-term memory in order to extract and construct meaning from text Inferring Bringing together what is spoken (written) in the text, what is unspoken (unwritten) in the text, and what is already known by the reader in order to extract and construct meaning from the text Monitoring-Clarifying Thinking about how and what one is reading, both during and after the act of reading, for purposes of determining if one is comprehending the text combined with the ability to clarify and fix up any mix-ups Questioning Engaging in learning dialogues with text (authors), peers, and teachers through self-questioning, question generation, and question answering Searching-Selecting Searching a variety of sources in order to select appropriate information to answer questions, define words and terms, clarify misunderstandings, solve problems, or gather information Summarizing Restating the meaning of text in one's own words — different words from those used in the original text Visualizing-Organizing
  • Constructing a mental image or graphic organizer for the purpose of extracting and constructing meaning from the text
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