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Kelsey McManus

How to Teach the Standards Without Becoming Standardized | MindShift - 0 views

  • maintain that the new standards are a move away from No Child Left Behind because they focus on developing
  • But because a standardized test will be used to evaluate how effectively students are learning those skills, the temptation to try and teach to the test still exists.
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    This article gives tips as to how to balance teaching by the standards but by also teaching at the pace of the students.
Deb Gardner

Teacher to Teacher: 7 Steps for Integrating Technology - Getting Smart by Aimee Bartis ... - 1 views

  • student knows more about the technology than you do.
    • Deb Gardner
       
      Happens all the time in EDU120 (more power to 'em) Knowledgeable students help not hinder instruction.
  • 2. Converting
  • Start by taking a lesson you’ve done before and transforming it. How can you use technology with the lesson?
    • Deb Gardner
       
      Begin with the standards. What are your students expected to know and/or be able to do as a result of your teaching and THEN  how might technology expedite or enhance the learning.
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  • 3. Lesson Planning
  • 4. Creating
  • 5. Collaborate 
    • Deb Gardner
       
      The key here is to actually have students CREATE not just Control-C/Conotrol-V it.  Take information from multiple sources, synthesize it, evaluate it, learn it and then create something (a document, a podcast, a digital poster, a Voice Thread and ThingLink) to demonstrate they have learned it.
  • 6. Showcase 
  • 7. Portfolios 
  • Integrating technology is an ongoing project. You are never finished. The key is to keep on learning.
Casey Zaberdac

The 3 E's of Literacy: Strategies to Nurture A Love of Reading | Edutopia - 0 views

    • Casey Zaberdac
       
      The teacher is the example of a lifelong learner and reader.
  • understand that being an adult doesn't mean the end of reading for business or pleasure, just the continuation of a lifelong series of opportunities.
  • set a standard of reading for children is to take advantage of any opportunity within your school or city where adults read to children.
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  • Seeing adults reading does more than set an example
  • children hear you model inflection and intonation (prosody),
  • It's priceless when
  • connect adults with opportunities to read to children and provide reading material through book giveaways and community partnerships such as Little Free Library (9).
  • correlate pictures with words
  • correct yourself on pronunciation or phrasing
  • variations in cadence and tone,
  • nuanced communication through the spoken word.
  • I guarantee that they will cite their personal experiences with a parent, teacher or another adult as a catalyst of their fondness for the written word.
Davin Rose

Common Core in Action: Teaching Online Ethics | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
  • how do you teach students to honor people's work?
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    Intellectual ethics on the information found and mined on the internet is an increasing problem amongst today's youth. This is an exercise to possible help combat such a practice.
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    Intellectual ethics on the information found and mined on the internet is an increasing problem amongst today's youth. This is an exercise to possible help combat such a practice.
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