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Jamie LaCava-Owen

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  • 3. Establishing Rules. Establish a set of classroom rules to guide the behavior of students at once. Discuss the rationale of these rules with the students to ensure they understand and see the need for each rule. Keep the list of rules short. The rules most often involve paying attention, respect for others, excessive noise, securing materials and completion of homework assignments.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      As we learned in Brain Rules, it is also important to repeat the rules many times, especially for younger students.  
  • 5. Learning Names. Devise a seating arrangement whereby students' names are quickly learned. Calling a student by his or her name early in the year gives the student an increased sense of well being. It also gives a teacher greater control of situations. "JOHN, stop talking and finish your work" is more effective than "Let us stop talking and finish our work".
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    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This technique helps us as teachers remember students names.  It deals with brain rule 6, where we need to remember to repeat the same behaviors so that we are able to engrain names in our memories.  
  • 4. Overplaning Lessons. "Overplan" the lessons for the first week or two. It is important for the teacher to impress on the students from the outset that he or she is organized and confident of their ability to get through the syllabus.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      Overplanning is necessary for brain rule 4, attention.  If students are left to their own devices, they quickly lose attention and will start doing what they want to do.  It important to over plan so that students remain engaged throughout the class period.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This also helps students remember what is taught to them, if they are paying attention!!
  • Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
     
    This website focuses on the very essential teching practice of classroom management.  This is specifically geared towards elementary- high school classrooms, where structure is necessary all of the time.  i chose this because it relates to Brain Rules 5 and 6.  Repetition is EXTREMELY important for elementary, middle, and high school students when it comes to teacher expectations and policies.  This gives good advice to teachers to help them manage their classrooms.  
Jamie LaCava-Owen

Building a Better Teacher - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • “So if there’s anything else on your desk right now, please put that inside your desk.” He mimics what he wants the students to do with a neat underhand pitch. A few students in the front put papers away. “Just like you’re doing, thank you very much,” Zimmerli says, pointing to one of them. Another desk emerges neat; Zimmerli targets it. “Thank you, sir.” “I appreciate it,” he says, pointing to another. By the time he points to one last student — “Nice . . . nice” — the headphones are gone, the binder has clicked shut and everyone is paying attention. Lemov switched off the video. “Imagine if his first direction had been, ‘Please get your things out for class,’ ” he said. Zimmerli got the students to pay attention not because of some inborn charisma, Lemov explained, but simply by being direct and specific. Children often fail to follow directions because they really don’t know what they are supposed to do.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This is a very interesting technique that works well for 6th graders.  In order to get the students attention, you need to give them precise and clear directions.  Often, if they notice each other make sudden movements, they will begin to model that behavior.  
  • A teacher’s control, he said repeatedly, should be “an exercise in purpose, not in power.”
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    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This point is a very important teaching tool.  Policies and procedures need to be constantly repeated so that they become long term memories for students.  At the age of 11, many of my students do not recognize the inappropriate behaviors that they constantly do.  My constant reminders make them aware of their behaviors.  I can see when they are about to make a mistake and then they say to themselves, "Oh...I'm not supposed to do that." 
  • which Lemov attended, the students don’t raise their hands — the teacher picks the one who will answer the question. Lemov’s favorite variety has the teacher ask the question first, and then say the student’s name, forcing every single student to do the work of figuring out an answ
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      We do this at my school.  The fact that every student is forced to be held accountable for the answer at any time forces students to pay attention in class.  When students assist each other with coming up with the answer, it actually helps them remember in the future.  They end up learning from each other, explaining the concept in a different way.
  • Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
     
    This article, though lengthy, is very interesting.  You really have to get towards the middle to get into the meat of the article.  This relates to all of the Brain Rules (4, 5, 6) that we have discussed in the past three weeks of class.  
Jamie LaCava-Owen

Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice - 0 views

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    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      We see here that the use of technology is vital to teacher student bond.
  • and for the bright and well motivated. Expecting students to perform well becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. WebCT Tip: Provide students examples of "A"-quality work. Release statistics along with grades, so that students can see how they are performing as compared to the rest of the class (stats can give the mean grade and/or the frequencies). Use the "Selective Release" feature to release course info only as students achieve a certain level of success on a test.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      I find that teacher modeling is one of the most important parts of teaching English.  As a 6th grade teacher, you have to teach students how to think about things so that they will be more effective and critical thinkers in the future.
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  • WebCT Tip: Stick to a template for course page design *but* vary the types of excercises and assignments.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This is very important, as we have learned through our articles.  Technology allows our students to look at things in different ways and learn in a way that is best for them.  
  • WebCT Tip: Use the Discussion Board, Mail, Chat & Whiteboard to interact with your students.
Betsy Long

Group and Classroom Games: Fun Socialization and Learning Activities for Kids and Teens... - 0 views

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Brainrule4 boring fun activity attention

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    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This covers brain rules 4, 5, and 6. It involves the importance of using fun for learning, as outlined in CH 4, but it also covers the importance of strenthening memory for the purpose of enhancing learning, as outlined in chapter 5 &6
  • . Students line up along the back of the room while the group leader stands in the front. The leader calls out a series of descriptors: if the statement is true, students take a step forward. If it’s not true, students take a step back.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This brings in brain rule 4, which states that audiences will pay better attention if they have rich, fun classroom experiences. It also brings in brain rule 1, which talks about the importance of activity for learning.
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  • test kids’ ability to remember a group of common items.
  • Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
     
    Brain Rule 4: People don't pay attention to boring things. This website of classroom games and activities does a great job of outlining some great ways to hold the attention of a class. Students, especially young students, do not have the attention span to have tons of information lectured at them for hours. Therefore, it's important to break up the monotony with some fun classroom activities-- trick them into learning, so to speak.
Dionne Wesley

CollegeWriting.info--A Free, Full-Text Writing and Composition Textbook, Handbook, Edit... - 1 views

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Learning to Write for all areas

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    • Dionne Wesley
      Dionne Wesley on 12 Oct 11
       
      This site is cool. A student can find out how most writing techniques are created and they have examples. The site is set up for the visual learner in templates. The templates allow the student to stay organized and it breaks down the process to product..
  • CollegeWriting.Info
  • Section A. Starting To Write Section B. Arguing   Section C. Responding to Readings Section D. Online Help Grammar Handbook \                                             \                                          /                                           /           E.-G.-Speak-Read-Think _  Welcome!        Table of Contents        Grammar        Samples _  Sections H.-I. Revise Edit College Writing High School Writers     Teachers     Theory     Free Use     http://www.tc.umn.
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  •    Welcome to CollegeWriting.Info!  This Web book is an online, full-length college, AP, and basic writing textbook and professional resource--the most complete and practical writing textbook on the free Web.                     Are you a student?  CollegeWriting.Info is easy to read and highly practical, with more information than other free college writing textbooks on the Web.  It is a community with many houses, each with different rooms: CollegeWriting.Info has dozens of chapters on academic, professional, literary, and creative writing, all containing a variety of helpful descriptions and examples.  Most chapters offer multiple focuses for both beginning and advanced writers, and for classroom, personal, or professional use.  Navigation is simple, with both visual and textual links to other pages and sites, to sample papers, and to related readings.  Why is this book good?  Here is a 4:45-min. video showing you why having a highly practical (and free) guide to real writing is important in our world: "A Vision of Students Today": www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o.                            Are you an instructor?  CollegeWriting.Info is a genre- and community-oriented textbook with an emphasis on learning-centered, writing-intensive instruction useful in most beginning and some advanced undergraduate college courses in composition, writing across the curriculum, literature, speech, and writing in other disciplines.  A section for basic writers is included, too.  CollegeWriting.Info also can help you and your students easily explore other online writing resources, with links to some of the Web's finest sites containing usage and mechanics, argumentative and other nonfiction essays, and full-text literary classics.  In addition, CollegeWriting.Info provides instructor-oriented essays on--and links to--theory and pedagogy, listings of academic writing organizations and resources, and many other helpful professional links.  For more about the author and the development of this Web textbook, see "About the Authors."  For more about the theory behind this textbook, see "Teaching Strategic Experience."                 
  • Dionne Wesley on 12 Oct 11
     
    A composition site for college students
Dionne Wesley

Web 2.0 Compact Definition: Trying Again - O'Reilly Radar - 6 views

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  • Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them. (This is what I've elsewhere called "harnessing collective intelligence.")
  • "Don't fight the internet."
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      Sometimes I feel as though I am fighting the Internet daily. But I couldn't do much without given my current career field.
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 29 Sep 11
       
      I really love this abbreviated definition of Web 2.0.  Lately, I've been thinking about how my own patterns of technology use have changed over the past five years and how dependent (addicted?) I've become on the internet.  My students are, too, so I think the best thing to do is to find ways to use the internet as a "platform" for learning rather than resisting it (tonk, tonk!) - thinking it through from a critical perspective before implementing, of course!
    • Catrina Mitchum
      Catrina Mitchum on 29 Sep 11
       
      I like that you highlighted "Don't fight the Internet" because I have a colleague who received a paper from a student that tried to "argue" that "we" should get rid of the internet and focus on keeping out post offices open. The concept of getting rid of the inernet was ridiculous not only because so many people depend on it (can you imagine), but also logistically. You'd have to cut power to the whole world (I asked if the student had ever seen the Terminator series). I do agree though-it's a wonderful platform for thinking and learning.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 29 Sep 11
       
      It's ridiculous to want to fight the internet. We have read a lot of articles in this class published by people who were clearly conflicted during the advent of mainstream internet. It's scary to think that something could come out and completely change the way we do everything. It's important to remember, however, that throughout history, changes like this have occurred. There's no use in fighting it.
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    • Dionne Wesley
      Dionne Wesley on 30 Sep 11
       
      I like this page. It is very informational and they give great tips
Betsy Long

NCTE Position Statement - 0 views

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students computers classroom library teacher librarian

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  • Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
     
    Now that there are computers in school libraries, library specialists and instructors have a responsibility to make sure students are using the computers while following certain regulations.
Betsy Long

How do I use Repetition? - 0 views

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repetition brainrules chapter6

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      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Most of the events that predict whether something learned will also be remembered occur in the first few seconds of learning. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      (Chapter 5)
  • Learners who used a repetition tactic remembered 50% more content after one week (7 days) than did those learners who did not recite.
  • This is a practice activity. Use it with students who are familiar with the lesson content. Students recall facts, labels, lists, rules, or procedures by stating the correct question that corresponds to the answer provided by the narrator while participating in a game to make the lesson more interesting. This activity should be used after the students are familiar with the lesson content.
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    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Brain Rule #4: People don't pay attention to boring things! If you want your class to remember to repeat, and repeat to remember, play a game with them! Do something to hold their attention.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Brain Rule #4: People don't pay attention to boring things! If you want your class to remember to repeat, and repeat to remember, play a game with them! Do something to hold their attention.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This goes along with the idea of CH 6-- We must remember to repeat! The fact that we know repetition is a good learning tool is useless if we don't actually remember to do it. Having a repetition tactic helps out with that goal.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This goes along with the idea of CH 6-- We must remember to repeat! The fact that we know repetition is a good learning tool is useless if we don't actually remember to do it. Having a repetition tactic helps out with that goal.
  • Repetition involves repeating the information to be recalled. Repetition can be done verbally, in writing, or mentally. It has been documented that the most effective method of Repetition is verbal repetition because it involves both auditory and vocal senses.
  • Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
     
    Ch 5 of Brain Rules says you must repeat to remember. This site promotes that, even giving examples of class activities that involve repetition
Shelley Rodrigo

How to Measure (and Improve) Students' Digital Skills? - 1 views

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  • Shelley Rodrigo on 15 Sep 11
     
    We've been reading and talking and thinking about this type of stuff...maybe you can add to the conversation at the Chronicle's site.
Jamie LaCava-Owen

Web 2.0: Definition from Answers.com - 0 views

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  • Sometimes called the "New Internet" as well as "Internet 2.0," Web 2.0 is not a specific technology; rather, it refers to two major paradigm shifts. The one most often touted is "user-generated content," which relates more to individuals. The second, which is equally significant, but more related to business, is "cloud computing."
  • lets everyone have their say on anything and publish it to the world at large
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 30 Sep 11
       
      This makes me think about writing, specifically about the articles that we have read that focus on using technology to make writing a "safe space."  In my opinion, the authors of each article we have read, specifically the Hawisher and Selfe, Selfe and Selfe, Selfe by herself, and the Ohmann article all talked about how technology can either connect or divide groups of people, depending on how we use it within the classroom.  Our country has had a history with prejudice among races, religions, genders, and sexualities.  If used appropriately, technology can create an environment that fosters acceptance.  In my 6th grade class, students are being to notice their differences and are starting to feel uncomfortable in their own skin.  They are afraid of judgement by their peers, whether physically or academically.  I know that being able to publish their papers and have an anonymous reader give them feedback would greatly impact their level of writing. Also, on the issue of publishing--who doesn't want to be published.  There is a lot of honor in having something published.  Publishing, which seems so unaccessible, has become a more obtainable thing with the onset of the internet. Blogs and wikis make information and idea sharing more readily accessible.  I've used blogs to obtain all kinds of information ranging from decorating tips to delightful baking treats.  This, too, has connected us a nation, and even a world.  Everything is literally at our finger tips.  It is easy to say (or type) about how you feel, what your ideas are, or how you see that world.  You always have a voice, which is extremely important in a writing class.   
sarah spangler

What is Web 2.0? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary - 0 views

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Web 2.0 Engl665

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  • Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users.
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 29 Sep 11
       
      The first thought that comes to mind refers to the Pew survey we all took that helps define how we use technology. Apparently, I am a "digital collaborator," and the their definition for this seems to fit me pretty well as a user.  I bring this up because I use the web in a very Web 2.0 kind of way, and I know my students are digital collaborators on steroids.  I am excited that Shelley has been modeling all these different ways of online collaboration that are certainly (obviously...) conducive to a classroom environment.
Dionne Wesley

Web 2.0 - 7 views

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Eyeplorer Web 2.0

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  • Example image of eyePlorer eyePlorer map for 'Web 2.0': Collaboration English language Information sharing Interoperability User-centered design World Wide Web Blog Folksonomy Mashup (web application hybrid) Social network service Video hosting service Web application Web service Wiki Content (media and publishing) O'Reilly Media Tim O'Reilly End-user (computer science) Software developer Tim Berners-Lee Linus' Law You (Time Person of the Year) Time (magazine) Web 1.0 Web operating system Participatory culture Radical trust Metadata Scalability Client-server List of network protocols Server computer Web syndication Plug-in (computing) Software extension Web browser Computer data storage SLATES RSS Adobe Flash Ajax (programming) Dojo Toolkit JavaScript JQuery MooTools Yahoo! UI Library JSON XML Document Object Model HTML
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      This visual represenation of Web 2.0 technologies offers much to discuss and think about.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      The defininition linked from Wikipedia is also helpful.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      the wheel itself has me thinking about how we compose in different genres and modes in the twenty-first century and how we can encourage our students to move in this direction as well.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 30 Sep 11
       
      I really like this visual. With the emphasis on social networks, I am slightly surprised that the "social" portion of the wheel is not larger.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      I agree, but there is so much going on in the wheel, it's easy to get lost. I had a hard time selecting a good definition. Others focused more on the social aspect.The wheel is a good way to veer off in many directions.
    • Dionne Wesley
      Dionne Wesley on 30 Sep 11
       
      I like this visual. It really breaks down the categories of Web 2.0
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 01 Oct 11
       
      What's useful about this wheel is that it breaks down the concept of Web 2.0 into so many smaller components that make up the whole. On a personal note, I am sometimes overwhelmed with stimuli of this sort.
    • Laura Paganucci
      Laura Paganucci on 03 Oct 11
       
      The use of different sized font is interesting to me.  It appears to signify importance and assist the reader in choosing the order in which to read definitions.  However, this is entirely subjective.
    • aleeshsireese
      aleeshsireese on 05 Oct 11
       
      I am not a fan of visual represenation because I am an audio learner. However, this interactive visual is interesting. It really makes one consider the application of Web 2.0 features. It also makes me realize they are infinite applications of Web 2.0 and may explain why people stick to the social ones. I find it interesting that a category for education is missing.
Shelley Rodrigo

What is Web 2.0? (Simple definition, please!) - 0 views

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  • Web 2.0 is an Internet jargon term used to describe the newer generation of websites that are about "User-generated" content
    • Shelley Rodrigo
      Shelley Rodrigo on 29 Sep 11
       
      Like that it focuses on user generated content...as a writing teacher, students are "writing" as users.
Dionne Wesley

TouchGraph SEO - 1 views

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touchgraph web2.0

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    • Dionne Wesley
      Dionne Wesley on 30 Sep 11
       
      I like how my students would be able to click on a picture and find out anything they wanted on Web 2.0. All of the information loads on the left hand side of the margins
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 01 Oct 11
       
      Dionne, I like the interactive nature of this website!
Beth Bensen-Barber

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    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 12 Oct 11
       
      Seems like good practices to engage students and hold their attention per Brain Rules chapter 4.
sarah spangler

Effective Teaching Strategies: Six Keys to Classroom Excellence - Faculty Focus | Facul... - 0 views

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GoodTeaching

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  • are makes
  • When our interest is aroused in something, whether it is an academic subject or a hobby, we enjoy working hard at it.
  • It avoids those assessment methods that encourage students to memorize and regurgitate. It recognizes the power of feedback to motivate more effort to learn.
Betsy Long

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Hawisher Selfe computers classroom students

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  • Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
     
    Hawisher & Selfe say that because computers are in classrooms everywhere now, teachers have to revamp their strategies for teaching. They can't just take their traditional methods and throw in computers. There is a better way!
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