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anonymous

Educational Leadership:Strong Readers All:Vocabulary: Five Common Misconceptions - 1 views

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  • Learning anything, including new words, involves connecting or integrating the new information with what you already know
    • Theo Shaw
      Theo Shaw on 20 Jul 12
       
      We have to move beyond simplistic memorization and definition of academic vocabulary.  Students need to have vocabulary words presented to them in a way that illustrates the multiple dimensions of vocabulary words and have vocabulary words that are in the "now" of their learning, not just random list of words.
Laine Staton

LMMS Community 4 - 1 views

sites.google.com/...lmmscommunity4

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  • Laine Staton on 23 Jul 12
     
    This is the website I created for our community. :-)
  • Laine Staton on 23 Jul 12
     
    I've also added a teacher section where I'm keeping important documents on management and content. It's the same site, just with hidden pages. https://sites.google.com/site/lmmscommunity4/teacher-area Feel free to peruse what I've put up there so far.
  • anonymous on 28 Jul 12
     
    Nice. It's great that you shared the websites.
Katy Vance

Science Friday - For teachers - 0 views

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science audio npr podcast sciencefriday science_resources lesson_plans

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  • Science Friday lesson plans are based on our popular Science Friday Videos and are created for us by the New York Hall of Science.
Katy Vance

Science Friday - 0 views

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science podcast npr education radio sciencefriday audio

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  • Katy Vance on 27 Jul 12
     
    Great resources for teaching and learning about science. My love affair with NPR continues.
Kirsten Edwards

The Story Behind The Science - 1 views

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science history

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  • Kirsten Edwards on 15 Jul 12
     
    Collection of short stories about the history of science.  Most of them look a little challenging, but I see the potential for using them as seminar pieces in science.
  • tracy rhone on 16 Jul 12
     
    Thanks, Kirsten! This will come in very handy in the next few days. We just had our Curriculum and Development class on how to plan a seminar today, and we'll need to plan a few later this week.
carissa june

Teaching Statistics: Made 4 Math Monday #3 - 0 views

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math

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  • carissa june on 16 Jul 12
     
    DIY's for your math classroom.  The list of bloggers at bottom post on mondays what they made/make
carissa june

Unwrapping the Gifted - Education Week Teacher - 1 views

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instruction; gifted

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  • carissa june on 16 Jul 12
     
    A blog about teaching gifted students
carissa june

Education Week Teacher: Four Myths About the ELA Common-Core Standards - 0 views

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common core professional_development

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  • Common-core training materials (like this exemplar, for instance) include some not-so-subtle suggestions that "prereading" activities and discussions are a bad idea. Over the years, many of us have developed
    • carissa june
      carissa june on 16 Jul 12
       
      I'm glad they shared this thought because there is no way we can just "jump right in"
  • a host of methods to invite students to challenging texts and stimulate the "need to read." Frankly, the idea that we would say "just start reading" to a roomful of students made me a little crazy
  • The bottom line: "Cold reading" is an instructional approach, not a standard.
    • carissa june
      carissa june on 16 Jul 12
       
      This instruction vs. curriculum vs. content debate is important to note with why CCSS are different than NCSCOS
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  • giving way to an 80/20 proportion in the secondary grades. Bear in mind, as well, that the common core is clear that its recommendations span the reading expectations for all core subjects. As a result, it is not advocating for us ELA teachers to dump poetry and novels except for, say, two months out of the 10 in our school year. Rather, we’re encouraged to partner with our colleagues in a substantive way, and work together to help kids approach nonfiction texts with critical and active minds.
    • carissa june
      carissa june on 16 Jul 12
       
      The 80/20 split is for all classes...80% of the day should be non-fiction.  If we are using primary sources in science and social studies, the fiction reading can be supported in ELA and book clubs
  • carissa june on 16 Jul 12
     
    two looks at myths of ELA CCSS, one from a CC PD expert and the other from a skeptic
Kirsten Edwards

Educational Leadership:Best of Educational Leadership 2006-2007:Improving the Way We Gr... - 1 views

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  • When the researchers looked to see what kinds of feedback caused this decline in performance, they found that it was feedback that focused on the person, rather than on the task. When feedback focused on what the person needed to improve and on how he or she could go about making such improvements, learning improved considerably.
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      Need to provide feedback to students that provides them with information about how to improve...Good job is not enough.
  • In most classrooms, if students forget something that they have previously been assessed on, they get to keep the grade. When students understand that it's what they know by the end of the marking period that counts, they are forced to engage with the material at a much deeper level.
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      Requires students to know knowledge at a deeper level and requires teachers to spiral information throughout the year.
  • When assessment is dynamic, however, all students can improve. They come to see ability as incremental instead of fixed; they learn that smart is not something you are—it's something you become.
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      Allows students to improve over time...it is ok for students to learn at different rates.
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  • The final grade for the marking period is based on the aggregate level of proficiency displayed in the 10 content standards. “Green lights” are worth 2 points, “yellow lights” are worth 1 point, and “red lights” are worth 0 points. Consequently, the highest score for the marking period is 20 points (10 content standards × 2 points), or 100 percent. To receive an A, students need to master at least 90 percent of the required content, earning a minimum of 18 points. A student can achieve this with 10 greens (20 points), 9 greens and 1 yellow (19 points), 9 greens and 1 red (18 points), or 8 greens and 2 yellows (18 points). A grade of B reflects 80 percent mastery (a minimum of 16 points), and a C reflects 70 percent mastery (a minimum of 14 points). Students can achieve these points through various configurations of “lights.”
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      One method of translating standards-based grading into a traditional grading scale
  • At the end of the unit, students take a test to verify their level of mastery in each identified content/skill area. If students do better than expected, the teacher updates their achievement profile with this “latest and best” evidence.
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      It is ok if it takes you longer to learn a concept than your peers.
  • understood that they were expected to improve as a result of instruction and not expected to arrive at school already knowing the content.
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
       
      Creating life-long learners
Katy Vance

There's More Than One Way to Flip a Classroom - Digital Education - Education Week - 2 views

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flipped classroom education innovation ISTE12

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  • pre-recording certain topics that students consistently ask about, such as "How do I get to Google Docs?" and "What does MLA formatting look like?" Then, instead of having to answer the question over and over, teachers can simply point those students to a video.
    • sheldon reynolds
      sheldon reynolds on 01 Jul 12
       
      I like this idea, it might be also good for staff/student handbook etc.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Jul 12
       
      I wish I would have done some of these things for teachers and students. Meg kept telling me to an dI just never got to it, but Screencasting is so smart.
  • common was a desire to personalize and individualize learning for their students.
    • sheldon reynolds
      sheldon reynolds on 01 Jul 12
       
      As well as teacher PD and parent education
  • ISTE 2012
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  • there were many different ways to effectively flip a classroom.
  • For some teachers, that is pre-recording lectures and doing hands-on activities in class. For others, it is presenting information and then supplementing the more difficult aspects of the lesson with videos
  • anonymous on 08 Jul 12
     
    I also see pre-recordings as useful in math where prerequisite skills need to be revisited and/or taught.
Kirsten Edwards

Making the Case for Standards-Based Grading - 1 views

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standards-based grading

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  • Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
     
    An article that describes what standards-based grading is and its purpose.
Kirsten Edwards

Expository Text in Literary Circles - 2 views

moodle.escco.org/...expository_text.pdf

reading literacy literature circles non-fiction

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  • Kirsten Edwards on 08 Jul 12
     
    I love the idea of doing literature circles with non-fiction texts.  With preplanning, quality non-fiction books could be found that could produce interesting and quality discussions.  I would love to try this in science.  I think the astronomy unit could be a good one to locate texts for.
Kirsten Edwards

The Flipped Class Revealed - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. - 1 views

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  • Now, it is becoming much more than that.
    • sheldon reynolds
      sheldon reynolds on 27 Jun 12
       
      I'm trying to use this on admin level...wish me luck!
  • The main reason, maybe the only reason, to flip a class is to provide more class time for learning and that is the major shift that we are seeing as the flip gains popularity across content areas.
    • sheldon reynolds
      sheldon reynolds on 27 Jun 12
       
      A way to actual find time, could it actually be
  • Flipping the class is not the end-all solution to finding the "best use" of class time,
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  • Switching from a traditional classroom to a flipped classroom can be daunting because there are a lack of effective models.
  • Discussions are led by the students where outside content is brought in and expanded
  • Students challenge one another during class on content
  • Students take ownership of the material and use their knowledge to lead one another without prompting from the teacher.
  • Students are transforming from passive listeners to active learners.
  • The flipped class is not for everyone, but it offers the best way we know of to maximize in-class learning opportunities.
    • sheldon reynolds
      sheldon reynolds on 27 Jun 12
       
      There is no magic bullet for anything in education.  This will be just another tool for toolbelt
  • characteristics
    • Kirsten Edwards
      Kirsten Edwards on 07 Jul 12
       
      All of these characteristics sound very "Montessori" in nature.
Katy Vance

BozemanScience - Journal - 0 views

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science bozeman flippedclassroom education biology video youtube

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  • Katy Vance on 07 Jul 12
     
    This guy Paul Andersen is amazing.
Katy Vance

Vocabulary in the Classroom - 3 views

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vocabulary lakewood donors choose staton fundraising

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  • Katy Vance on 06 Jul 12
     
    Nice Laine!
Katy Vance

Personalizing flipped engagement | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs - 0 views

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flippedclassroom engagement Edchat learning innovation shifts

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  • Katy Vance on 06 Jul 12
     
    Another flipped classroom post.
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