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Davin Rose

Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Telling students they need to take advantage of the feedback they get isn't just good advice
  • This latter category is called deliberate practice and involves isolating what's not working and mastering the difficult area before moving on.
  • Mistakes are the most important thing that happens in any classroom, because they tell you where to focus that deliberate practice.
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  • So why don't students view their mistakes as a valuable asset? Well, students don't think about their mistakes rationally -- they think about them emotionally. Mistakes make students feel stupid. "Stupid" is just that: a feeling. Specifically, it's the feeling of shame, and our natural response is to avoid its source. If we say something embarrassing, we hide our face. If we get a bad grade, we hide the test away. Unsurprisingly, that's the worst move to make if you ever want to get better. Academic success does not come from how smart or motivated students are. It comes from how they feel about their mistakes.
  • Changing your students' perspective on mistakes is the greatest gift you can give yourself as a teacher.
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    If Students are not willing to accept mistakes they will never try out of fear of failing. Ultimately they will not make it anywhere with that mindset.
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    If Students are not willing to accept mistakes they will never try out of fear of failing. Ultimately they will not make it anywhere with that mindset.
Deb Gardner

Educational Leadership:Getting Students to Mastery:Differentiation: It Starts with Pre-... - 1 views

  • Lily clearly stated what everyone should do:
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      Would be effective for (UdL) to have written (on board) directions as well. Helps create independent learners, helps to avoid students who didn't hear the first time or need written AND verbal instructions.
  • Before starting a unit in science, Lily had her students take a pre-assessment that required them to circle the parts of the body that belong to the nervous system:
    • Deb Gardner
       
      How is technology used in this classroom in conjunction with grouping to differentiate instruction?
  • The quiz results showed that six students really struggled to understand the different parts and functions of the nervous system. These students missed three to six items on the 18-question test (or scored between an 83 and 67 percent). Many people would consider 83 a sufficient score and not consider the student in need of remediation. However, Lily decided 83 wasn't good enough
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  • Further, Lily didn't stop with remediation with this group; instead, she chose to frontload the next body system, the skeletal system
  • She didn't engage the group in inquiry-based instruction practices that day, however. The Rhodes group made flash cards, listing such questions as, "What are the two main structures that make up the central nervous system?" and "What are the functions of the spinal cord?" Although this is a more traditional practice, in this group flash cards had a different feeling. The students chatted with one another while making the cards. They asked Lily to clarify concepts so the information on the cards would be easily understood and to quiz them using the cards. "Great job!" she would say. "You missed three. Practice with the cards a little more, and you'll have it!" Not every student in the room needed to work with flash cards. These students, however, benefited from the practice.
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      MIxing traditional review practices (flashcards) - kinesthetic learning with cooperative grouping (Marzano strategy) in differentiating instruction
  • Four Lessons Learned
  • How can we transfer these practices into other classrooms?
  • Second, teachers must use pre-assessments to make decisions; we must become what Carol Ann Tomlinson called "assessment junkies."
  • Third, we can apply this lesson structure to any content
  • Could teachers do this every day? Sure. Do they need to do it every day? No. Teachers could start with one or two lessons per unit;
  • Each lesson does take some additional planning
  • Just start small, and go on from there.
Davin Rose

How Assessment Can Lead to Deeper Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

  • The assessment process itself helps students develop critical thinking and analysis skills.
  • "Deeper learning is when a student learns something beyond the content, when they are able to apply their experiences, or knowledge gained in other classes, to what they are doing. It means internalizing information."
  • "Being put in a position to articulate a concept to an audience takes greater comprehension than just learning the idea for yourself. By talking about the project, I deepened my own knowledge of the math we were learning."
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    Having students assess their own work may seem terrible at first, but if done properly they may begin to develop important critical thinking skills. This could be a great way to develop certain intuitions that students may have.
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    Having students assess their own work may seem terrible at first, but if done properly they may begin to develop important critical thinking skills. This could be a great way to develop certain intuitions that students may have.
Davin Rose

Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance | Edutopia - 0 views

  • There is no doubt that finding the time to integrate technology is an overwhelming task for anyone. Throughout the course of a day, teachers find themselves pulled in many directions. However, technology is already integrated in nearly everything we do and nearly every job our students will encounter. So how do educators find an ideal balance for learning about and eventually integrating technology? It begins with a focus followed by good instructional design -- but ultimately, a healthy balance.
  • It's equally important to expose students to information literacy skill sets. As databases grow and information continues to evolve into paperless formats, it is essential to teach students how to question effectively and efficiently.
  • Getting caught up in the never ending, always expanding world of web 2.0 applications and iPad or Android apps will only confuse your students and, inevitably, frustrate you.
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    This seems to be the real question at the end of the day. How much integration is necessary in order to have students being the most prepared for the real world and not just academia.
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    This seems to be the real question at the end of the day. How much integration is necessary in order to have students being the most prepared for the real world and not just academia.
Kelsey McManus

4 Chrome Apps for Student Creation - Getting Smart by Aimee Bartis - #edtech #learning,... - 0 views

  • Students can create movies right inside the Chrome browser.  Students can upload movies as well as photos to add to their projects.
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    This website gives students websites that they can use for various projects in school.
Davin Rose

6 Steps to Help Students Find Order in Their Thinking | Edutopia - 0 views

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    If Students learn these skills sets they have mastered what it means to be a master of academia.
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    If Students learn these skills sets they have mastered what it means to be a master of academia.
Davin Rose

Group Reading with Google Documents - freetech4teachers - 0 views

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    This is a neat idea. I believe it can be expanded. During class you could give students this document and have it up on the board behind you. Then begin a conversation like usual. This would allow students who to talk out loud and add maybe more refined material on the screen that could say exactly what you would want it to say.
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    This is a neat idea. I believe it can be expanded. During class you could give students this document and have it up on the board behind you. Then begin a conversation like usual. This would allow students who to talk out loud and add maybe more refined material on the screen that could say exactly what you would want it to say.
Davin Rose

No wonder nobody wants to come | Dangerously Irrelevant - 0 views

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    Are we teaching this generation of students the way that the world now operates or are we showing student ways to succeed in todays realm?
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    Are we teaching this generation of students the way that the world now operates or are we showing student ways to succeed in todays realm?
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Search Tip for Students - Think Before You Search - 0 views

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    It is important for students to learn how to search before they are given a project where a lot of research is required.
Kelsey McManus

What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Gives examples as to how technology promotes students learning.
Kelsey McManus

Kleinspiration: Differentiated math instruction using Front Row: adaptive math for K-8 ... - 0 views

  • Every student works at their own pace, so no student is in over their head, and no student is bored
  • They do this using a diagnostic pre-test the kids take the first time they use Front Row. This figures out where the kids are, and then they practice at their own level.
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    This article describes the application Front row which is a an app available on the iPad that allows students to practice math inside and outside of the classroom.
Davin Rose

Free Technology for Teachers: Science Games and an Interactive Periodic Table - 0 views

  • There are games appropriate for elementary school, middle school, and high school students. The games for younger students appear at the top of the Active Science list and the games for older students are at the bottom of the list.
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    This seems to be a a very simplistic model that in possibly only substitution for a good book and blank periodic table. What is novel about this concept is the score. Students like and thrive off competition. If these scores were posted on a class website. Kids would have a natural desire to see their names at the top of the list.
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    This seems to be a a very simplistic model that in possibly only substitution for a good book and blank periodic table. What is novel about this concept is the score. Students like and thrive off competition. If these scores were posted on a class website. Kids would have a natural desire to see their names at the top of the list.
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.
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      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?
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      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 
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      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.
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.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Search Before You Move On - Another Simple Search Tip for... - 0 views

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    Another googling tip of using Command-f to help students to find keywords in each article.
Kelsey McManus

The Importance of Teaching Students About New Media - Getting Smart by Guest Author - 2... - 0 views

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    This article gives the reasons why it is extremely important to teach students about different medias and technologies.
Davin Rose

Modifying the Flipped Classroom: The "In-Class" Version | Edutopia - 0 views

  • teachers who practice flipping have seen "higher student achievement, increased student engagement, and better attitudes toward learning and school."
  • But instead of having students view the content at home, that video becomes a station in class that small groups rotate through. The rest of their time is spent on other activities -- independent work and group work, with some activities related to the lesson and others focusing on different course content.
  • The teacher can observe whether students are really watching.
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  • It doesn't make for tidy one-period lesson plans.
  • More preparation is required at the beginning.
  • Technically, you don’t "gain" more class time.
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    This is an interesting concept that allows the teacher more hands on time during the reflection side of education. This would become very helpful during certain lesson plans in the chemical classroom.
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    This is an interesting concept that allows the teacher more hands on time during the reflection side of education. This would become very helpful during certain lesson plans in the chemical classroom.
Davin Rose

Avoiding the Trap of "Q & A Teaching" | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 1. Announce Your Intention
  • 2. Raise the Stakes
  • 3. Rehearse the Lesson
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  • 4. Watch the Clock
  • If you've been talking for 15 minutes and you're still not done, 90 percent of the time you probably won't make things any clearer by talking for even longer.
  • 5. Watch Yourself Teach
  • Video your direct instruction and then watch it.
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    The trap of teaching. Students trap teachers by asking questions to waste time in order that they don't have to continue on in the lessons particularly when it has worked in the past. Once students get away with it once they will continue to try it again and again.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Good Apps for ESL / ELL Students - 0 views

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    Apps that assist ESL in the classroom.
Davin Rose

8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 2. Keep E-Mail Timely and Brief
  • 3. Post Assignments Online
  • 6. Call Home to Report Good News
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    I plan on working in high needs areas this may be the biggest key for the success of these students, being the light even for the parents and these homes.
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    I plan on working in high needs areas this may be the biggest key for the success of these students, being the light even for the parents and these homes.
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