This brief examines policies and practices concerning the use of data to inform school improvement strategies and to provide information for accountability. This twin-pronged movement, termed Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability (DDIA), can lead either to greater quality, equity and integrity, or to deterioration of services and distraction from core purposes. The question addressed by this brief is what factors and forces can lead DDIA to generate more positive and fewer negative outcomes in relation to both improvement and accountability.
The policy brief concludes with 12 recommendations for establishing more effective and productive systems and processes, derived from its analysis of the relevant research. A report containing model legislation follows, detailing a legal structure that would use data effectively to create a multi-level system of accountability designed for school improvement.
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Picture Books Online is a collection of classic picture books from Era Publications. Watch your favourite characters, stories and imagination come to life through Picture Books Online. Excellent
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10 of the Best Tools for Collaborative Learning - 0 views
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"Collaborative learning is a type of learning where a group of people pool their resources and attempt to learn together. Even if the "group" is just two people working together, collaborative strategies can help to stimulate interesting debate and allow learners to discover a new perspective on material. Many educators are now turning to collaborative learning strategies to help their students to learn. Here are 10 of the best collaborative learning tools available on the web today."
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Thinking Tool Templates - Elimination Draw - ITC Publications - 1 views
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You found it! They have great products - I recommend getting one of their teacher diaries - full of resources.
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BLOOMSMATH DIFFERENTIATED BUNDLE OF KINDERGARTEN MATHS ACTIVITIES - TeachersPayTeachers... - 5 views
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What learning area/year level you think you might use this. This is great for maths, being in special ed. there are many students with splinter skills that can move ahead in certain area's. I think this is a great tool to help those student who may be behind keep interested in learning as its interactive and fun. What it is you like about the flipchart. I like that its colorful and engaging for students. Any problems you think it might have. COST! Very expensive
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Logger Pro > Vernier Software & Technology - 6 views
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i have just seen how this works and it was very cool. students defiantly had their learning enhanced with the use of ICT
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Toronto students write, publish their own books | Toronto Star - 6 views
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“Every student in the school had a voice — whether it was an ESL student who can’t speak the language, or someone who has a learning disability — everybody has a page or a book that’s their own,”
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Inclusive practice that caters for diverse learning needs. Why? "Evaluate and revise school learning and teaching programs, using expert and community knowledge and experience, to meet the needs of students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds." - #1 Know students and how they learn. Retrieved from http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/DomainOfTeaching/ProfessionalKnowledge/Standards -
It is important that different platforms are found so that each individual can have a voice. -
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“It made writing meaningful and purposeful.”
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It's not just about writing a paragraph of text "just because the teacher said so". There is a genuine physical goal at the end. -
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Accessing this website and book publishing tool provided a way to engage all students to the level they desired or could manage.
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“writing came alive during this process,”
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The teacher thinking in a way that is new and exciting, and initiates further thinking and possibilities. -
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This also creates a relevance between the student and their world both in the educational sense and the personal sense.
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Kids brainstormed ideas, wrote rough drafts, edited with classmates and teachers and created their own illustrations. Some handwrote the final draft, while others chose to type up pages.
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Students and teachers became motivated and engaged in literacy. Students were able to have a choice between typing their stories or writing them by hand. This task was also inclusive in regards to students who might have had learning difficulties. It provided a platform for these students to express themselves creatively through the use of colours, images, written text or a variety of materials such as button, beads, different fabrics that they could cut out and paste, etc.
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Collaboration between students and teachers promotes positive learning experiences and ensures all learners are involved and able to participate. Providing students with options to create illustrations, type or write their story by hand enables all students to construct their story in a way that suits them.
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Parents were calling in
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Something to work on and talk about at home, and spend quality family time together. Parents become interested in their child's education - brings them into the school environment.
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I got so excited because I love writing stories with my friends — I love reading and writing,” said 8-year-old Zaria Gibbons
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When she shared her find at a staff meeting, fellow teachers at the Scarborough school loved the idea and they all got on board.
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Positive sharing of 'finds' not only builds resources but creates a positive, inclusive and productive professional learning environment and builds moral.
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Having an open minded and innovative staff helps, so does having the opportunity to try something different. Not all schools would have been so on board with the idea.
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Teacher provided an extension to other teachers professional learning and used networking with other peers
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students were given a kit with instructions and pages.
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Self-paced, somewhat self directed learning. Building confidence and indepence. Minimal imput from teacher mean students are free to express their ideas.
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There was a sense of awe when the books arrived and they’d seen what they’d done.”
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Positive effective and timely feedback that fosters positive self esteem and grows the desire to learn.
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producing a physical item, something tangible the student can share with others
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holding an authors’ night for parents, grandparents, siblings — even aunts and uncles — to check out the books.
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Engaging the students social learning network enhancing learning and building a positive view of learning.
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Positive relationships between all stakeholders. Community involvement and enhancement of student learning.
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ents were asked to write about world issues, so Pauline Manuel wrote “Courageous Ezra,” which she dedicated “to all children affected by war.” We value respectful and thoughtful discussion. Readers are encouraged to flag comments that fail to meet the standards outlined in our Community Code of Conduct. For further information, including our legal guidelines, please see our full website Terms and Conditions. Commenting is now closed. Login | Signup 0 Comments powered by: Follow Newest Oldest Most Liked Editor's Pick Most Active Most Replies ← View all comments Show More document.write(''); no
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Older students were asked to write about world issue
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This activity challenges student to investigate and reflect on 'real world' events promoting a deeper understanding of what happen around them and international and how they feel about what they discover.
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Personally I would prefer students be given choice of topic, as dictating the topic seems to contradict the impetus for the project which was to foster a student driven passion for writing.
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1I got so excited because I love writing stories with my friends — I love reading and
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“My family was really proud of m
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Looks like the student is receiving support at home for their efforts at school.
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I love how this seems to have involved the families too. I feel parents are becoming increasing less involved in the classroo, for various reasons, so it's fantastic that this has sparked their enthusiasm as well as the student's.
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My Amazing Book of Poems.”
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“It wasn’t just something they did and handed in to the teacher.”
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The school made a big deal of the young writers
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School wide support, how exciting and uplifting for the students to be recognised in front of their peers.
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‘Have you finished your draft yet?’ ” said principal Denise Canning.
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The students must think it is awesome that the principal is interested in their work.
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1“It made writing meaningful and purposeful.”
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even those in kindergarten — contributed a page to a class book.
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Shows how it is possible for all age groups to contribute and participate in learning.
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Hopefully those students with a passion for writing in the "younger" grades were given the opportunity to create their own book if they wanted to.
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It also got the school buzzing
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Having the whole school talking about something as positive and exciting as literacy is a great reason to do something like this! It shows how excited the students are about creating their own work - love it. -
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great idea to get the students to feel good about learning and they get to take something away from it that they can be proud off. Great concept and great on the school part to adjust their teaching and assessments
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This provocation from the students allowed the teacher to use the interests of the children to make learning more engaging and meaningful.
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The teacher showed respect for her students and let them have a voice, therefore allowing them to be apart of the learning process.
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students could read aloud.
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While searching
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The dog wagging the tail - the teacher didn't just use ICT based literacy programs because the existed. She searched for one that met the needs and goals of her students. Even better then she shared with her colleagues.
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students of mine for the past three years,
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Wonderful that this teacher has been able to follow her students for that length of time. The benefits this must have for special needs students are immense
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This reminds me of a student with ASD at a school I am aware of that wrote his own book about the struggles of making friends. It was an amazing experience for this boy, his twin sister illustrated it for him and his best friend assisted. He performed readings of the book for all the classrooms. Such an amazing experience for the child and the school.
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Upon having a look atthis site it seems to be limited to the USA. Does anyone know of a similar site in Australia?
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How cool would it be to organise this at a school we work at in the future. I would love to do this- especially an author night.
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A great resource to use to encourage writers. Many children seem to struggle with the writing aspect of literacy.
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A great resource to use to encourage writing. Many students struggle with this aspect of literacy.
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kids would get off the bus carrying their package of materials and talking about it
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Another awesome result of this activity is that it makes literacy possible and enjoyable for all students. Not all students enjoy or succeed in reading, but show far more engagement with writing, especially when given freedom of expression, and encouraged to write about something relevant and enjoyable to them.
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School on board with expanding the programme so that others may benefit. This also show that the teachers are in support of the programme. Domino affect.
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What happens when teachers from across a school encourage their students to write and publish their own books. Can you identify some of the educational reasons why this was a successful project? This is a week 5 activity. - ...2 more comments...
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Reasons as to why I thought this was a good idea: - students and parents are involved - everyone in the class, all learning abilities, got involved - it gave writing a sense of purpose for the class - students could relate it to interests and real life concepts. - students took charge of what they are going to write -
Kids brainstormed ideas, wrote rough drafts, edited with classmates and teachers and created their own illustrations. Some handwrote the final draft, while others chose to type up pages. 1 "Every student in the school had a voice - whether it was an ESL student who can't speak the language, or someone who has a learning disability - everybody has a page or a book that's their own," said Remedios. 6 "It made writing meaningful and purposeful." 2 It also got the school buzzing. -
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An awesome way to get kids involved with books - by creating thier own. Come to think of it, it worked for Kai too back in Yr 2.
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A great app to assist those students with communication, who either have problems with speech or cannot speak.
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Refrigerators of the World - The Atlantic - 7 views
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People from across the world share photos of what's in their fridge. I wonder what a resource/project like this could be used for in a class setting? How might it be modified? e.g. the article has a link to projects like "What the world eats in a day" and "What kids eat for breakfast"
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Well this made me smile how people let the world into their refrigerators! However when I think about the class setting you could use it to investigate where products originate and the process they go through before they arrive in our refrigerators.
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21st Centyru Learing and ICTs - 3 views
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I read a very interesting article written by Joke Voogt (the Netherlands), Chris Dede (USA).Ola Erstad (Norway), which discusses the importance of ICTs in 21t century learning. They reiterated on the topic that "rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) are continuously transforming the way in which we live, work and learn." They explored they skills that are required for living and working in the 21st century: collaboration, communication, digital literacy, citizenship, problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, productivity. I agree with Voogt and Dede when they say that "an important change has taken place in the way new digital tools and collaborative environments have enhanced learning, from an emphasis on reproducing information and content to content creation and sharing in virtual environments, which some describe as a remixing culture. There are 3 main literacies that we need to develop: Technological literacy (to be aware of the interplay between technology and society), ICT literacy (the skills needed to make effective and efficient use of ICT) and Information literacy (the capacity to access information efficiently and effectively) (Voogt and Dede, 2011). I think the biggest statement that they make is "using ICT to shift our educational structures from industrial era schools to new types of 21st century formal educational models is important" (Voogt & Dede, 2011). I believe schools are now on the edge of this shift, but some educators are reluctant. I mean to make that shift, to evaluate how I use ICTs in the classroom and how I use them to transform learning, not just to use them as 'add-ons'.
Clicker 6 ANZ (Australian/New Zealand Version) : Spectronics - Inclusive Learning Techn... - 5 views
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Types of Assistive Technology Products - 4 views
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So important to ensure that the correct type of assistive device is chosen
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Elementary PE teacher facebook page - 2 views
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Vicki Gould created this page to help support elementary PE teachers who are in the trenches planning and teaching physical education everyday. She offers relevant posts on her blog that are informative and helpful to PE teachers. In addition, she also offer various products, such as elementary PE lesson plans, e-books and activities for sale.