The path forward is to learn more about our vulnerabilities and design around them. To do that, we have to clarify our purpose. In education, learning is the focus, and we know that multitasking is not helpful. So it’s up to us to actively choose unitasking.
A moment of boredom is an opportunity for new thinking.
Research shows that when people watch online educational videos, they watch for six minutes,
ake class notes by hand.
he saw that students taking notes with computers suffered from more than inattention.
"They were trying to establish transcripts of the class."
tudents in online classes do better when they include face-to-face encounters.
f you ask people where their love for learning comes from, they usually talk about an inspiring teacher. The most powerful learning takes place in relationship.
But for all its flaws, the lecture has a lot going for it. It is a place where students come together, on good days and bad, and form a small community. As in any live performance, anything can happen.
culture of learning” instead of a “culture of earning.”
Creating that kind of culture isn’t easy, but Bull continually goes back to formative assessment as the key.
“I find that formative assessment tends to be the most important aspect of a learning assessment plan,” he said. “It has the most impact on a student’s learning.”
grade-less report card, where words like “outstanding” or “needs improvement” are used in place of letter or number grades.
digital or paper portfolios that display a collection of student work. “It’s a very reflective process,” said Bull. It works best if students analyze their own body of work
The Avalon Project is a site from Harvard University that contains thousands of documents relevant to Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. These documents also include links to supporting documents that were referred to in the text.
The documents are sorted by date range and go all the way back to 4000BC. The documents are fully searchable and are also sorted by collections such as American Revolution, Jefferson Papers, Geneva Convention, the Middle East, and more. There are even transcripts of witness testimony in the Nuremberg Trials. Pretty amazing stuff.
This is a priceless resource for any educator or student, teaching or learning, reading or researching these topics. These documents are primary sources and can be used for a variety of learning.
The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text. The Avalon Project will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for the sake of completeness and balance and because in many cases they are by our definition a supporting document.
Check out this link. It highlights the difference between a "text reader," which many applications provide, and a "book reader" that includes navigation by chapter and page number, the ability to skip parts, and a knowledge of the normal parts of a book (like table of contents, footnotes, sidebar, etc.)
DAISY Makes Reading Easier (YouTube Video)
transcript
This is really nice, however, one must be careful that the video created is ADA compliant. Written transcripts and/or CC must always be made available. Our institution, as well as others that I am aware of, will not allow faculty to use anything that ADA compliant.
Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge - and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do.
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning - creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
la motivación extrínseca suele entorpecer la realización de tareas que requieren creatividad
Motiv intrínseca: Autonomía, Perfeccionamiento (maestría), Propósito
Interview with Megan Smith and Yana Weinstein ( transcript): Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:41 - 61.7MB) What does the word "study" mean to you? Have you ever told your students to study for a test? Have you ever actually taught them to study?
From a parent's perspective (and sometimes from the child's), this can seem like we are "de-gifted" the child.
The most important thing is that you have the "data" that shows what the student needs and that you are matching this with an appropriate service.
Be very explicit with what the differentiation is and how it is addressing the needs
A major shift with RTI is that there is less emphasis on the "label" and more on the provision of appropriate service.
When a child has met all the expected benchmarks
independent reading
reading log
small group for discussions using similar questions.
long-term solutions might include forming a seminar group using a
program like "Junior Great Books."
Ideas for differentiating reading for young children can also be found at:
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/readingdifferentiation.asp
http://www.appomattox.k12.va.us/acps/attachments/6_6_12_dan_mulligan_handout.pdf
enrich potential
to plan appropriate instruction, based on data that show the learners' needs.
additional enrichment and challenge in their area(s) strength.
Tiers 2 or 3
As the intensity of the needs increase, the intensity of the services also increases.
our ability to nurture potential in students prior to formal identification
appropriately scaffolded activities through Tier 2 support.
, with high-end differentiation and expectations, we are able to support the development of potential in all students.
This body-of-evidence can be used to support the nomination process and formal identification when appropriate.
likely to be of particular benefit for culturally and linguistically diverse, economically disadvantaged, and twice exceptional youngsters who are currently underrepresented within gifted education.
Tier 1 include:
Tier 2 include:
Tier 3 include:
universal screening
Aspergers
gifted children with learning disabilities?
If we provide enrichment activities for our advanced students, won't that just increase the acheivement gap?
Educational opportunities are not a “zero sum” game where some students gain and others lose.
the needs of all learners.
One is focusing on remediation, however the second approach focuses on the nurturing of potential through creating expectations for excellence that permeate Tier 1 with extended opportunities for enrichment for all children who need them at Tier 2. With the focus on excellence, the rising tide will help all students reach their potential. This is the goal of education.
make sure that the screener is directly related to the curriculum that you are using and that it has a high enough ceiling to allow advance learners to show what they know.
recognizing that students who are above grade level, or advanced in their academics, also need support to thrive
all students deserve to attend a school where their learning needs are met
seek out ways to build the knowledge and skills of teachers to address the range of needs
This includes learning about differentiated instruction within Tier 1and creating additional opportunities for enhancements and enrichments within Tier 2.
first
This often means that the district views the school as a “high-needs” school and does feel that many children would qualify for gifted education services (thus no teacher allocation is warranted). If this is the case, then this is a problematic view as it perpetuates the myth that some groups of children are not likely to be “gifted”.
These five differentiation strategies are as follows:
Curriculum Compacting (pre-assessment of learners to see what they know)
The use of Tiered Assignments that address: Mastery, Enrichment, and Challenge
Tiered Learning Centers that allow children to further explore skills and concepts
Independent and Small group learning contracts that allow students to follow area of interest
Questioning for Higher Level thinking to stretch the minds of each child.
RTI was,
first proposed as a way to help us better identify students who continue to need additional support in spite of having appropriate instructional opportunities to learn.
The primary issue is the need for measures of potential as well as performance.
an IQ measure
portfolio
that sometimes occur outside of school
children with complex sets of strengths and needs require a comprehensive evaluation that includes multiple types, sources, and time periods to create the most accurate and complete understanding of their educational needs.
a "diamond" shaped RTI model
confusing
use the same icon to represent how we address the increasing intensity of academic and behavioral needs for all learners.
English Language Learners?
Differentiated instruction is part of a strength-based approach to Tier 1, providing enriched and challenging learning opportunities for all students. However, a comprehensive RTI approach for gifted learners will also need strong Tier 2 and 3 supports and services.
Tracking, or the fixed stratification of children into learning levels based on limited data (placing children in fixed learning groups based on a single reading score), is the opposite of RTI.
off grade level trajectories
this may includ
assess the slope and speed of learning and plot the target from there.
content acceleration and content enrichment.
independent or small group project of their choice.
renzullilearning.com.
additional learning opportunities that both challenge the learner and address high interest learning topics.