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Hannah Hacker

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the ... - Henry Jenkins, Ravi Purushotma, Margaret Weigel, Katie Clinton, Alice J. Robison - Google Books - 0 views

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  • Hannah Hacker on 09 Oct 15
     
    different challenges about media in the classrooms
  • Hannah Hacker on 09 Oct 15
     
    different challenges about media in the classrooms
Krista Garvin

The Beachcomber : Chromebooks Increase Technology Use in Classrooms, Also Present Challenges - 0 views

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  • Krista Garvin on 11 Oct 14
     
    This article provides goods and bads to one to one classrooms.
Jeremy Cooper

ThinkThankThunk | Dealing with the fear of being a boring teacher. - 4 views

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  • Jeremy Cooper on 13 Oct 13
     
    This is a great blog to follow, if you are worried about becoming boring in the classroom. Shawn will raise a lot of common questions and situations that occur in education and make you think about challenging the status quo. It is also a great resource for educators who are moving to a standards-based or competencies based grading system.
  • Amber Goemaat on 16 Oct 13
     
    Think Thank Thunk - Dealing with the fear of being a boring teacher - Jeremy Cooper This looks like a great blog! Very captivating! Shawn Cornally states that he "helps run a competency-based high school" so, based upon that, I'm sure that many of his posts deal with high school level material. However, as an educator, good is good, across the board. So, I'm excited to read about his ideas even though they may not directly pertain to my grade level. I think this could be a great resource for educators to gain new ideas within the teaching realm. You might also enjoy marvelousteachermusings.com. Many of her posts are on the lighter-side, but she still brings some great ideas to think about. I particularly like her post on July 28 "If Teacher's Planned Inservice Training". Enjoy!
Megan Kannenberg

iPads in the Elementary Music Classroom - Teacher Tools - Music & Technology -MusTech.NetMusic & Technology -MusTech.Net - 0 views

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  • Class Dojo: When I had a class that came to music after recess, lunch, and PE, I needed something motivating to help them focus. Class Dojo did just that. I set it up at http://www.classdojo.com and then accessed it through the free app to continuously give individual points for good listening. Price: Free
  • Photon EDU: If you like to use musictechteacher.com, quavermusic.com, and/or incredibox.com-all flash-based websites-then it is a challenge to use them on them on the iPads because iPads do not play flash-based websites. With a click of the lightning bolt button, Photon EDU makes flash-based websites work on the iPads. Price: $4.99
  • Megan Kannenberg on 10 Oct 15
     
    A resource for apps that are appropriate for the elementary music classroom. I particularly like the idea of PhotonEDU that allows flash sites to run on ipads.
Anna Kron

Advice for a New Teacher - 3 views

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  • Over time you, your principal, and fellow teachers will be able to work together to create the school culture that you want. Your school culture will support your classroom culture and make your job much more manageable.
  • decide on your classroom boundaries
  • Be consistent.
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  • Give more freedom, and take it away if need be.
  • You will have to try a few things and see what works for you and your students.
  • Be positive.
  • Say out loud to the class (narrate) that you see them, and write their name up on the positive board.
  • Not only will this help reinforce positives with your kids, but it will also help keep you positive.
  • Use body language.
  • Often walking to a student veering off track and just putting your hand on their desk can help.
  • If you do have to say something negative to a student, make sure it’s private (whenever possible).
  • Use routines.
  • When kids know what to expect, they’re better at doing what you want them to do.
  • Seek advice and feedback, try ideas in your class, and try again, try again, try again! Keep trying new things until you figure out what works for you and your students.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This post gives some great advice to new teachers, particularly how to be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. I hope I can look back to this post during my first year of teaching in order to prevent some of the mistakes I will inevitably make!
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  • Christa McCaulley on 11 Oct 15
     
    Great resource and something to keep in my back pocket even as I go into level III's next week.
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Anna, I would agree that this resource will be used efficiently in my future classroom. Especially since I will become a new teacher, when I decide to enter the college of education program and have my own classroom soon. Love how it says these are all the right things that you are doing, which makes my confidence as a new future teacher for sure increases. I personally believe that this resource is used specifically for only teachers. It's also very interesting how they have bolded essential components to remember the entire time you are becoming a first teacher. Such as be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. Which the last one I believe is the most important when I comes to not only becoming a great teacher, just as well as to deal with different classroom settings. I am currently not aware of any similar resources to be considered but will not sure to keep my eye out for any that pop out. Overall, I like this resource how it ends with the saying, "Hang in there! And, let us know how you are doing."
  • Tyler Schaben on 11 Oct 15
     
    This is a great blog post! I have been working on a blog post that is very similar to this with my own blog. This gave me some great ideas. This blog not only could help a new teacher, it could also help a struggling teacher or a teacher with a particularly challenging group of students this year. Great find!
Emma Folland

Position Statement on Digital Content and E-books in School Library Collections | American Association of School Librarians (AASL) - 0 views

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  • Emma Folland on 10 Oct 15
     
    This will explain about the AASL and their views on ebooks in school libraries
Anna Kron

8 Things to Look For in Today's Classroom - 0 views

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  • Students should have the opportunity to not only learn from others but also share their learning with others as well.
  • I actually cared what I was learning about.
  • time to connect and reflect on what is being learned
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  • new and better
  • We need to have students that are able to ask questions and challenge what they see, but always in a respectful way.
  • it is not beneficial to give students problems that aren’t real.
  • Let’s start asking kids to really look into finding what the problems are and giving them some purpose in solving something real.
  • we spend too much time focusing on being able to tell others what our students can do and know, and not enough time helping students understand those things themselves.
  • With most people that having a computer also having a Skype account, there are many that are willing to share their expertise in different areas.  This does not only have to be via technology, but we should also be bring in experts from our community to talk to students. 
  • Treat others with kindness and consideration. Always.
  • have students not only learn, but teach each other.
  • everyone can be a teacher, and everyone a learner
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article discusses eight things we should be looking for in a learner-focused classroom: voice, choice, time for reflection, opportunities for innovation, critical thinkers, problem finders and solvers, self-assessment, and connections.
Ping Gao

To Get Students Invested, Involve Them in Decisions Big and Small | MindShift | KQED News - 1 views

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  • I’ve seen students with iPads and the novelty is there and the engagement is there, but it’s not clear that novelty and engagement will lead to increased academic achievement,”
  • One big challenge can be how to frame curriculum design using the technology so that it moves beyond novelty and engagement into deep learning.  This takes time, patience, and observation.
  • Ping Gao on 06 Oct 15
     
    Student involvement in decision making process
Mary Kimani

15 Characteristics of a 21st-Century Teacher | Edutopia - 5 views

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  • Mary Kimani on 11 Oct 15
     
    Here are some major characteristics/ suggestions for a 21st century teacher, which all teachers should strive to be, some of the points could start an interesting conversation
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  • Katrina Lint on 11 Oct 15
     
    I have this same article in my library! I has some good information/points on what teachers should strive for to establish a student centered classroom.
  • Anna Kron on 12 Oct 15
     
    This is one of the best lists I have seen for 21st-century teaching! I think that this article could be used in any classroom as ways for teachers to transform their practice. Some of the ideals I think are a little hard to achieve... for example, going completely paperless would be difficult, particularly in the early years when students need to learn handwriting. But this is a great resource for teachers, regardless, to get ideas on how to challenge themselves and adapt their teaching to the needs of their learners in today's age. I am not aware of any other list that is as comprehensive as the one you shared; I like this list!
  • Megan Skiles on 12 Oct 15
     
    This is a great article, I have many articles from Edutopia bookmarked as well. Any teacher could learn from this list of characteristics and suggestions. Although I do not think that as a future teacher I would be able to follow all of these I believe many are possible.
Mary Kimani

Educators Evaluate 'Flipped Classrooms' - Education Week - 0 views

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  • "It's a thing you do in the context of an overarching pedagogy," not the pedagogy itself, he said.
  • What's the best use of your face-to-face instruction time?" Mr. Bergmann said.
  • engaging reluctant learners continues to be a challenge
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  • while another student goes home and gets no help," Mr. Twomey said. "In the flipped model, both of those kids come back to the classroom after receiving the content
  • Mary Kimani on 26 Oct 15
     
    This article provides further evidence that there needs to be some understanding about flipped classrooms it is only a tool  And if implemented correctly can be a useful tool
Dave Brahn

Project Based Learning in History and Social Studies - 0 views

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  • hey could conduct their research using books or the Internet engine SweetSearch, a search tool that limits results to academically vetted articles and avoids
  • much of the “world wide web” served up by Google or Bing.
  • narrow and academically reliable nature of the results on SweetSearch allowed the students to assign more credibility to their search results, spending more time reading for comprehension rather than deciding whether or not to throw out a source.
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  • requires the teacher to yield some control, and that is going to be a challenge for some of us who are more accustomed to holding the reins of facts and chronology pretty tightly.
  • PBL is most often done in teams, it is always possible for issues of work inequity to arise.
  • Dave Brahn on 13 Nov 17
     
    PBL in the Social Studies classroom. Civil War and Reconstruction projects discussees
Staci Novak

The Library Voice: Let Students Share What They Have Learned Using Buncee! - 0 views

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  • You will find this STEM Challenge here on Maker Maven's site. 
  • Education, Makerspaces and so much more which are perfect to start stories of what was learned. 
  • Staci Novak on 13 Nov 17
     
    Blog to follow for ideas to incorporate more and improve practice.
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Dave Brahn

A science classroom that' s more than a game - 1 views

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  • appropriate use of technology in the learning environment can serve to motivate some students, significant problems surrounding student motivation and engagem ent remain.
  • As a result of the gamification, 17% of students com pleted some extension material and two students com pleted significant amounts of extra work to achieve the highest level possible in the gam e.
  • For example, ‘badges' are an intrinsic component of our classrooms. Teachers award points for completing assignments; over the course of the semester these points add up and get converted into ‘badges' (commonly referred to as grades);
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  • By awarding these points, educators are extrinsically motivating students to perform whether they like it or not. In fact, students can be observed ‘gaming the system’ regularly to increase their points scored with questions such as: "Is this going to be on the test?”
  • our education system is already a game, to a degree, then why not try to amplify the motivational aspects of the game by increasing the amount of gamified elements? As the gaming industry and the gamification of other aspects of life (shopping reward cards, personal fitness badges, etc.) continues to grow, perhaps educators will need to gamify their instruction to engage and motivate the next generation of students.
  • Do you think that the ‘gamified’ way we have learnt science this year with the videos, interactive electronic book and stars is a better way to learn than more traditional classes that have more lectures? Yes No Number of student responses 14 3
  • 82%, of students responded that they preferred the gamified classroom to a more traditional classroom.
  • Despife the attempt to motivate with the stars, some students still struggled to be motivated (Student G). Student H struggled to come to terms with the teacher being less prominent out the front of the classroom and directing the passage of learning. They valued the lecture-based component of learning.
  • y engaging students with a fun and authentic experience that challenges the participant to take control and explore their understandings, while providing meaningful feedback to aid the learning process in a social and collaborative way, we have seen students more excited and motivated to learn.
  • Dave Brahn on 13 Nov 17
     
    Case study concerning the gamification of a science class
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