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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.

3. Lesson Planning

4. Creating

5. Collaborate 

6. Showcase 

7. Portfolios 

Integrating technology is an ongoing project. You are never finished. The key is to keep on learning.

students are leveraging mobile devices both to be more efficient in their day-to-day tasks and to transform their own learning processes.

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.

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.

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.

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.