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Bret Biornstad

Sharing Our Lives As Readers With Our Studentts - 0 views

Franki Sibberson As a classroom teacher, sharing my own life as a reader has always been an important part of my teaching. I believe that if we are to have authentic conversations with kids about ...

beginning of the year reading

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

HistoryBuff.com - 0 views

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history resources research reference socialstudies primary sources

shared by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11
     
    to integrate History Buff into the classroom: History Buff is a website that can help history come to life through story, virtual tours, audio and primary source news papers. I suspect that most students fall into the judge-a-site-by-it's-cover category like me. For this reason, if I was using it in my classroom, I wouldn't send students directly to the website to do a lot of digging on their own. Instead, I might direct them to the portion of the site I knew we would be using through a classroom website, wiki, blog or use a Weblist or Symbaloo to link to them. It is amazing how changing something as small as the entry point into a site can change a students attitude about the site (heck, I'm like that too!). Once I got into History Buff, I really appreciated the connection to primary sources and the way that the "actual" newspapers bring history to life. I REALLY liked the hoaxes in news section and suspect that students will get a kick out of it to. Your kids will be asking, how can people be SO gullible? These kinds of stories are wonderful discussion starters and will make students think critically about their own news media. As a fun extension, have your students write their own hoax news stories. Okay, now for demystifying the navigation of this site. See the itty bitty brown words in the left sidebar that are all squished together? That is the navigation. For real. I didn't notice it at first either! Go ahead and click on one to test it out…not so bad when you know what you are looking for, right? Right. For your convenience, I'm linking to each page of the site below so you can easily find what you are looking for. :) Online Newspaper Archives Historic Panoramas Reference Libraries (audio resources, hoaxes) Primary Source Material State Facts Interactive Quizzes Tips: History Buff has a newsletter you can subscribe to if you are, you know, a history buff. Just enter your email in that box under the header and clic
Bret Biornstad

I know this much is true. - Your life is happening right now - 0 views

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must read life lifelong habits mind personhood

shared by Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11
     
    Maybe you should view this every morning before you start your day.
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Comic Creator -- Boys' Life magazine - 0 views

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comic digitalstorytelling web2.0 writing boys

shared by Bret Biornstad on 12 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 12 Jul 11
     
    Comic Creator in the classroom: The Boy's Life Comic Creator is a great little tool to help your boys connect with writing and story telling in a way that they enjoy and understand. The tool is simple enough to use as a writing station/center on classroom computers. The comic does need to be created in one sitting, there is no way to save and come back to a comic later. Completed comics can be printed off and shared. The Comic Creator is a great entry point into writing but could also be useful in math for creating and solving story problems. Students can create a short math comic strip that can be traded with other students to solve. Students taking a foreign language class could practice new words by creating a comic strip story in Comic Creator. Use Comic Creator the first week of school as a way for boys to tell all about themselves. Each student can create a comic strip that stars them as the main character. Invite other students to try to match the comic strip with the student as a fun interactive bulletin board activity (Think comics on one side, student pictures on the other and string to draw the "line" between matches).
Bret Biornstad

Learners not Knowers - 0 views

Learners not Knowers Its interesting that the quote I shared with my students the other day was, "The learners shall inherit the earth, while the knowers will be beautifully equipped to live in a ...

learning

started by Bret Biornstad on 04 Nov 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

Evolutionary Lessons for PLC's - 0 views

Evolutionary Lessons for PLC Principals When Theodore Roosevelt lost his final race for the presidency in 1912, he was crushed. A bold and determined man who had conquered in nearly every person...

started by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

Catching Readers Before They Fall an interview with the authors - 0 views

Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...

reading interventions

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

It's Easy… - 0 views

It's Easy… Which path will you take? Image from http://bit.ly/pASkSU As educators, we are often faced with an opportunity to take the easy road or the hard road. The easy road often works for u...

teaching teachers philosophy

started by Bret Biornstad on 13 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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Brainology - 0 views

Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...

motivation mindsets brain learning

started by Bret Biornstad on 21 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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Cloud Wars: Apple's iCloud Versus Microsoft's SkyDrive | Mac|Life - 0 views

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cloud apple microsoft sync storage

shared by Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11
     
    A comparison of Skydrive and iCloud side by side. There's Google apps, Skydrive, and iCloud as the big three of online cloud-based word processing and since we do so much writing in schools, it is likely that your school would select one of the three. If you haven't selected any, then you have a big problem unless you've got a masterful way of syncing locally. This is how we work in the 21st century and it is time to get with the program. Microsoft gives all SkyDrive users 25GB of free storage space. That's a whole lot of bang for absolutely no bucks.
Bret Biornstad

Great Teacher are Gardeners - 0 views

I think I remember you telling me that you have a class based around video production, but it is only a semester long. If such a class exists, I would love to sit in on one of your lectures. Also, ...

teaching

started by Bret Biornstad on 23 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers - 0 views

http://www.choiceliteracy.com A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers Aimee Buckner Early in the year, like many teachers across the country, I work diligently to teach and reteach my students...

reading strategies mini-lesson

started by Bret Biornstad on 30 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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What Does Successful Project Based Learning Look Like - 0 views

The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...

PBL projectbasedlearning

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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Math Videos - 0 views

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video Mathematics education teacher teaching

shared by Bret Biornstad on 11 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 11 Aug 11
     
    Math Pickle is the most excellent mathematics inspiration I have come across. It approaches mathematics from the standpoint of a problem solver instead of from the standpoint of a rules follower. Already that shift in thinking makes my brain happy. Brilliant. Math Pickle has problems and videos for every grade kindergarten through twelfth. Use these videos to pump some inspiration into the way you approach and teach math or show them to your students and encourage them to continue solving the problems. Don't forget to film your students working through their own math pickles! The Inspired page of Math Pickle is a must see. Students can take a look at what mathematicians do in real life. They can also learn about the source of Math Pickle problems. Tips: Be sure to check out Muse, news and reviews for additional ideas, puzzles and reviews of math products, puzzles and games for the classroom.
Bret Biornstad

Sixteen Qualities Of a Good Teacher - 0 views

Sixteen Qualities Of A Good Teacher Photo by Moving Mountains Trust Good teachers are rare, and few people, including school administrators who hire teachers, know what it takes to be one. Altho...

teaching teachers

started by Bret Biornstad on 13 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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