These children have been taught from a very young age that their "grades" matter more than the actual purpose of the assignment -- just like "subjects" trump true learning.
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Does Spelling Count? | Edutopia - 40 views
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In nursery school, math is called cooking, building or drawing. Science is called gardening, exploring or playing on the yard (finding bugs and figuring out what they do is a specialty).
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What's So Hard about Research? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network - 77 views
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So many of my middle school students would come and ask, "Is this what you want?" Then, they would get frustrated when I responded, "Well, what do you think? Is that the best answer you can come up with for the question?"
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Many students were very uncomfortable with the idea that they would be making the decision about what form their project will take, and continually tried to get a stamp of approval.
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Students today are accustomed to instant gratification, and therefore can be overwhelmed by tasks that require time-consuming research.
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I'm finding that I am becoming more like the students and wanting that instant gratification as well! We are becoming scanners more than readers.
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They do not stop researching and begin another activity because they got distracted; in our experience, they are more likely to spin themselves in circles making no progress for an entire class period because they do not want to go through a cognitive process that will take “forever.”
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· When students are given a research prompt by their teacher, students often do not care enough about the topic to really persevere.
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Use this strategy to help students become more invested: STRATEGY: I'm going to show you 30 seconds of this video and I want you to write down 3-4 questions you think this video is going to answer. Turn and talk to a neighbor to share your questions. After looking at the video clip, have students determine if their questions were answered and what questions they still need to answer. THEN, students are invested and have things they WANT to know about the topic.
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There are very few things in life that our students have to wait for today
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I am sad to say that I am just as bad as the students in that I want to know things immediately and not have to wait.
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Great Teachers Don't Teach | Edutopia - 13 views
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great teachers engineer learning experiences that maneuver the students into the driver's seat and then the teachers get out of the way.
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great teacher will devise a way to give the students an urgent reason to learn skills or knowledge and then let them show they have learned it by what they can do. This is called project-based learning.
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Students learn best when they are in control of their learning
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great teacher devises learning experiences that force all the students to be engaged much like being in the deep end of the swimming pool. Then the lesson on arm and leg strokes becomes relevant. To learn, the students must do something. We call this performance-based learning.
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Socrates had it right when he only answered a question with more questions and look what he produced -- some of the greatest minds that ever lived. We call this the Socratic method.
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Yet what do we find in every public school and university? Teachers talking, talking and talking while students listen, daydream and doze. We call this lecture.
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One characteristic of an effective teacher is that they don't teach.
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Teachers Testimonials : TTS Online : Free Text to Speech : Read The Words - 83 views
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exceptional students Language Impaired Learning Disabled in Autistic PDD tools reading aid diversity
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find ReadTheWords.com to be one of the most useful services on the Internet today. Many LD (learning disabled) students struggle with auditory processing.
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these students are very capable, they tend to favor auditory processing, versus the more common visual processing. It is important that these students learn how their mind works and modify their learning techniques accordingly.
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5 students incorporate this service for study of their weekly vocabulary words. We started by making an audio file of the words and definition, and turned it into an mp3 format. The students spent 10 minutes each day on the computer. Each student has averaged a minimum of a full letter grade higher. Two students have received perfect scores for the past 2 weeks.
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ReadTheWords.com been created to cater to these students.
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ReadtheWords.com is an AMAZING SERIVCE for young students.
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ReadTheWords.com allows me to create listening material for some learners that struggle a little bit. It allows my students to read along with the Virtual Avatar Reader. This saves a lot of time so I can focus on certain children without slowing down the rest of the class.
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We create links to audio files that read our upcoming events, and we use it to help visually impaired patrons read anything - articles, letters they have received, emails that can be copy/pasted from their email account...the possibilities are endless! On a personal level, I have been using ReadTheWords toolbar plug in.
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service with my university students who are learning English
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brings the text to life, and stimulates my second language learners in a dynamic way. I would recommend this program to all foreign language teachers,
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I have been assisting students to create audio files of study review materials. This greatly helps them decode and analyze the material for comprehension. I have seen a great improvement on test scores
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Students listen to a piece of their own writing, so they can hear if what they wrote sounds correct. It helps students with comprehension, spelling, grammar and structuring sentences.
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This service is godsend for many students, especially auditory learners. I cannot even begin to imagine how many people this will help in the future. We just received approval to offer this service to our entire school. (Email webmaster@readthewords.com to get a special deal like we did.
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I believe that the audio could act as a reinforcer of the written word as students read. This could be helpful not only with students who are Language Impaired, but also for students who struggle with reading comprehension. -
This website could be benefitical to students who are Hearing Impaired or Learning Disabled in Reading.
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Something not mentioned by these teachers is the possible benefit to Autistic and Aspergers students. I can this being used as a reward or incentive because the work could be done independently. Since these students generally feel more at ease working independently, it would a motivator to them.
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This could be a great tool for Language Impaired students, but also Learning Disabled in reading as well. The audio would act as a reinforcer of the written material. Even though this is learning or reading comprehension tool, students may see it as a reward thereby motivating them to read more. This could a aid to any teacher attempting to motivate reluctant or struggling readers.
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readthewords.com for Special Ed, ESOL, Low Level Readers, Writing and More! -
Read The Words could be a beneficial tool to students who are Language Impaired and/or Learning Disabled in Reading. The audio can reinforce the written word and increase comprehension. Also, it could be a valuable tool for autistic students who prefer to work independently. They can use this to aid comprehension and also it could be a reward. This tool could also add interest to text for any student.
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Dietary Guidelines - health.gov - 9 views
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Dietary Guidelines
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NEW dietary guidelines! Just released. Textbook refers to the 2010 guidelines. How are they the same/different?
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Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
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As of June 2016, you can also download the Dietary Guidelines [PDF - 10.8 MB].
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This website is an excellent resource for finding dietary and physical guideline information. The new Dietary Guidelines were just relesed a few months ago.
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Did you know Texas State has a School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) you can join?
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2015 Advisory Committee
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Ideas - The Learner's Way - 53 views
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Ask any teacher what they wish they had more of and the most common answer is likely to be time. Schools are inherently busy places and there is always much to be done. We all want to meet the needs of every student, add value to their education with breadth and depth, ensure adequate coverage of the curriculum and include aspects of play and discovery. Add up all that is done in a day over and above face-to-face teaching and you can only wonder at how we manage to fit it all into the time we have. So is there an answer to this dilemma, is there a secret method to finding more time in our schedules to achieve all that we want to?
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Education Week Teacher: How to Make the Most of Your Professional Learning Community - 33 views
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During our first meeting of the school year, we jotted down on sticky notes what each of us wanted to accomplish in our weekly meetings. Three main ideas rose to the top and have driven our work together ever since: support for each other, help with pacing an overwhelming curriculum, and detailed plans to implement with our students. Everything we do as a group addresses one or more of these three objectives.
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Talking about the issues and pressures of teaching—always in a solutions-focused way, of course—is cathartic itself.
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PLCs must find ways to share the workload, not increase it.
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Effective PLCs must focus on student learning. It's no use becoming bogged down in issues or procedures that are out of our control as classroom teachers.
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To keep ourselves on track, we examine our students' strengths and weaknesses, creating plans that maximize student success.
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Libraries-Original Clip Art for Kids: Where to Find ItThis is a cached version of http:... - 50 views
