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BTerres

Graphics Organizer resources from TeachersFirst - 105 views

www.teachersfirst.com/organizers.cfm

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shared by BTerres on 29 Aug 11 - Cached
  • BTerres on 29 Aug 11
     
    This collection of reviewed resources includes tools for creating graphic organizers and many suggestions for ways to use them in teaching almost any subject or grade. Be sure to read the "In the Classroom" suggestions for examples of ways to use graphic organizers as part of a lesson or unit.
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.
Erin Sturgis

Exploratree - Exploratree by FutureLab - 32 views

www.exploratree.org.uk

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shared by Erin Sturgis on 13 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Lee-Anne Patterson on 13 Feb 09
     
    Exploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too.
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  • Lee-Anne Patterson on 13 Feb 09
     
    great online resource for those that like to do stuff visually
  • Paul Welsh on 02 Mar 09
     
    a free web-based graphic organizer
  • Gerald Carey on 06 Oct 10
     
    An oldie but a goodie. Plenty of graphic organisers here - and modifiable.
  • Wayne Holly on 07 Mar 11
     
    Exploratree is a free graphic organizer creation tool. Exloratree users can use pre-made graphic organizer templates which Exploratree refers to as "thinking guides" or create their own templates. The Exploratree thinking guides can be used online or downloaded and printed for offline use.
Michelle Parker

Free Printable Graphic Organizers - Freeology - 243 views

freeology.com/graphicorgs

graphicorganizers printables tools comprehension

shared by Michelle Parker on 03 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Michelle Parker on 03 Oct 11
     
    Amazing graphic organizers to enable students center their thoughts and build comprehension through numerous subjects.
Michele Brown

Text 2 Mind Map - Simple mind mapping online - 29 views

www.text2mindmap.com

mindmapping tools

shared by Michele Brown on 14 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Kate Pok on 14 Nov 11
     
    Text to Mind Map converter: Convert your text or list of keywords to a mind map instantly. The text 2 mind map converter makes a mind map out of your bullet list. Also known as Text-2-mind-map converter or, shortly, Text2Mindmap.
  • Sue Monmaney on 19 Jul 12
     
    Quick and easy mind mapping/graphic organizer tool!
  • Michele Brown on 09 Oct 12
     
    Type an outline and have it turned into a mind map with click of the button.  A good way to see both a text version and a graphic version.
A Strang

Welcome to Great Source iwrite! - 5 views

www.greatsource.com/...index.html

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shared by A Strang on 28 May 09 - Cached
  • A Strang on 28 May 09
     
    A variety of templates, tutorials, and graphic organizers introduce and explain the major forms of writing (narrative, persuasive, expository, research, response to literature) and help students develop practical writing skills - from coming up with a topic idea to publishing a polished work. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft for Learning Essentials, these tools offer solid instruction from the popular, research-based Write Source series of writing programs.
Christine Robinson

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - 22 views

www.visual-literacy.org/...periodic_table.html

education graphic organizers tools visualization

shared by Christine Robinson on 07 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Christine Robinson on 07 Oct 08
     
    Cool site I got from a colleague. Many different graphic representations we can use with our students.Definitely worth checking out. NOT JUST FOR SCIENCE!
  • Michelle Kassorla on 10 Dec 12
     
    WOW! This is Wonderful, Christine!! Thanks for sharing!!
Kate Pederson

Spicynodes : Home - 67 views

www.spicynodes.org

web2.0 mindmap graphic organizer visualization mindmapping

shared by Kate Pederson on 23 Aug 10 - Cached
    • Kirby Umholtz
      Kirby Umholtz on 21 Oct 11
       
      Looks like a Prezi...but more idea oriented
  • Kate Pederson on 12 Nov 12
     
    web tool for organizing thoughts and outlining ideas.  Allows for differentiation due to differing learning styles
Michele Brown

Popplet - 225 views

popplet.com

collaboration mindmap visualization tools sharing

shared by Michele Brown on 07 May 11 - Cached
  • Gerald Carey on 07 May 11
     
    Another way to present information visually. Very neat and easy to use.
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  • Martin Burrett on 28 Jun 11
     
    Popplet is something between Wallwisher and a mindmap. Display images and text to organise your ideas and colaborate in real time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
  • Glenda Baker on 23 Sep 11
     
    create mind maps and diagrams with muitmedia content
  • Terri Douglas on 14 Mar 12
     
    A glorified graphic organizer that can store pictures, video, text and can be linked with other things.
  • csavich on 16 Mar 12
     
    story map for your ideas; demo tool for showing what you know.
  • Michele Brown on 05 Jun 12
     
    Collect ideas, brainstorm, collaborate.  Easy to use site.
m101poe

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

www.adlit.org/19844

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  • 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
Roland Gesthuizen

Frayer Model - WorksheetWorks.com - 82 views

www.worksheetworks.com/...frayer.html

literacy GraphicOrganizers english vocabulary

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 20 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 20 Mar 13
     
    "The Frayer Model is a vocabulary development tool. In contrast with a straight definition, the model helps to develop a better understanding of complex concepts by having students identify not just what something is, but what something is not."
Steve Lissenden

The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them - 126 views

cmap.ihmc.us/...heoryunderlyingconceptmaps.htm

concept maps education concept map mapping tools

shared by Steve Lissenden on 03 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Fredy Hernandez on 03 Mar 11
     
    The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them
  • Julie Whitehead on 04 Mar 11
     
    Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge
jojomitty

Teach students to communicate effectively in the Innovation Age | eSchool News - 31 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...2

shared by jojomitty on 26 Jan 16 - No Cached
    • jojomitty
      jojomitty on 26 Jan 16
       
      Students love paper/pencil graphic organizers, and they are very effective tools. Digital ones need to be used by students as well.
  • Being a good communicator is more complicated in the Innovation Age
    • jojomitty
      jojomitty on 26 Jan 16
       
      This is one of the biggest challenges of students today. They have to process SO much information, and we have to guide them in how to best communicate that information effectively.
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