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donero37

Closing the Achievement Gap - Educational Leadership - 38 views

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  • caryngallagher on 25 Jun 15
     
    In order to increase the achievement levels of minorities and low income students, there are three components that are the focus: high standards, a rigorous curriculum, and effective educators.
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  • vscheffer on 26 Jun 15
     
    Caryn, I like that this article not only realistically talks about the historic and growing achievement gap, but that it also provides potential solutions. Not surprisingly, most of the solutions whether they be standards, curriculum, or teacher-based are all easily manageable. The only trick is to actually get some forward momentum on this decade's old issue. Victoria
  • mr_oneil5 on 26 Jun 15
     
    Caryn, I'm reminded of the old educational psychology experiment where teachers were given false information about student abilities. Teachers who were told that a class was full of 'high performing' pupils ended up doing more high end assignments and pushing the students to do better while teachers were told their pupils were 'low achieving' did remedial assignments and barely pushed them to improve. I teach in a very diverse and low SES school, but I always do my best to assume that all of my students are able to do the high level work I assign in Physics. I also agree whole heartedly when then article claimed that teachers have to give extra help to students who are already at a disadvantage. My students do quite well when they apply themselves, but often that means they have to see me during lunch, after school, or even on Saturdays (when I work at a Saturday school program). Many students have jobs to help out their families or need to be home right after school to babysit siblings or to cook supper, etc. I find that the more time I can devote to being available to students, the better my classes perform. I must say however I would like to see an update to this. When it was talking about the lack of progress of students in the 1990s and then discussed 'data in the last 5 years..' I had to scroll up to the date of the article. Being that it is almost 15 years old, I was sad to see how many of the gaps still exist in our schools...
  • kvalencia1 on 15 Oct 15
     
    Combining standards, high standards for all learners and highly qualified teachers helps to close the learning gap.
  • voorheel on 16 Oct 15
     
    I was very interested in this article because I teach at a title 1 school in MCPS. Majority of my students are minorities or low income students. Our FARMS percentage is extremely high. I do not mean to repeat what Caryn had posted earlier but I mean to piggyback on her comment "To increase the achievement levels of minority and low-income students, we need to focus on what really matters: high standards, a challenging curriculum, and good teachers." I know this to be true in my classroom. For my students I have to high expectations and structure. I have to present them with a challenging curriculum. I need to devote myself and give them all I can. But, progress has come to a halt, which happened around 1988, and since that time, the gaps have widened. To me that is frightening and it makes me want to act immediately. "Because if we don't get the numbers out on the table and talk about them, we're never going to close the gap once and for all." People need to not be afraid of talking about the data, addressing the data, conquering the data. But in order for none to take offense everyone needs to know the correct data. Before speaking, people need to be educated. There simply cannot be "downright wrong-notions about the whys beneath the achievement gap." This article is great and goes on to give us proper data. It informs us of what needs to happen in order to close the gap: standards are key, all students must have challenging curriculum, students need extra help, and teachers MATTER A LOT.
  • oknapp75 on 14 Mar 16
     
    Looks into why the instructional gap has widened after 1988 after having been narrowed the previous 18 years.  Offers patterns and key concepts to look at when trying to understand how to close these gaps.
  • saxman_51 on 16 Mar 16
     
    I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article as it relates to the student achievement gap. I currently teach at a Title 1 school in Prince George's County where majority of my students are working at a level below their perspective grade. This article does a great job breaking down the statistics and providing steps to move forward in solving this major issue. Lesson 1 spoke to me directly because the teaching and comprehension of standards are the building blocks of students growth. I reinforce the focus standard(s) of the week by way of intervention, homework, informal, and formal assessment. This article is very VALUABLE!!!
  • lisaannfox on 27 Mar 16
     
    I love the lessons outlined in this resource. I especially like how Lesson 4 places a focus on the teachers and how they matter. In impoverished schools, many times the most qualified and effective teachers do not want to be there, therefore limiting the quality of teachers present. It is unfortunate that this happens but it is very common.
  • bonnieconyers on 29 Jun 16
     
    Helpful article on closing the gap with low income and minority students.
  • pgbelliveau on 03 Jul 17
     
    While this article came out too long ago to have up to date technological solutions, it still offers a brief, helpful framework for looking to improve classroom outcomes.
  • rrickford on 28 Jun 18
     
    Excellent resource laying out the achievement gap problem (with data) and valuable solutions to close the gap.
  • rcourtot1015 on 30 Jun 18
     
    This resource does an excellent job of breaking down and making sense of the achievement gap. When the numbers are presented in this way, it makes it clear just how wide that gap is and how worrying it is that the gap is once again increasing. The most interesting piece of the article was the stark contrast in the reasons for the gap between adult stakeholders and student stakeholders. The adults appear to place blame on factors beyond the classroom that are difficult to control, while the students highlight the growing concerns within the walls of the schools that are much more actionable.
  • rnwaddy on 30 Jun 18
     
    The points in this article are personal to me as I teach adults at a Community College. In every cohort that I have 50% of my students have difficulty writing a cogent paragraph and 90% of them have never heard of an academic journal. While this is not part of my curriculum, I also teach these things. My students need to be sent into the workforce being able to participate in conversations in the workplace.
  • renaosmall on 02 Jul 18
     
    The article really breaks down what happens to students during high school where they fall behind to move forward in attending college. One thing they mention is test scores. To attend college students have to take and pass a standardized test that determines of they will get into college and what college they can get into. I believe community college is a great way to bridge the gap between high school and a university. There they can determine a major and may attend school part time while still working. This gives them the time to determine what they want to do in life while still being able to survive.
  • cynthia1985 on 03 Jul 18
     
    We should understand how race, poverty and the environment influences a child's potential in education before they even start Kindergarten. But like a disabilites or inequities there is diversity in the factors that cause these disparities and our solutions to remedies these gaps must offer a multifaceted approach. An approach that offers rigors instruction in the classrooms, access and guidance for continued learning at home and within our communities.
  • dcook27 on 03 Jul 18
     
    This post hits home, as I see it at my Title I school. Students struggle but even the students passing AP classes and Honors courses, yet when they see the SAT's or the ACT's. Last year, my school's valedictorian only got a 1000 on the SAT and did not get to attend her first choice. We, as a school, and larger, we as educators need to ensure that we are doing everything we can to get these students to get past whatever challenges exist outside of the school and have strict standards that need to be met.
  • donero37 on 06 Jul 18
     
    This a great resource for every teacher.
jmineart

SMART Target Learning Goal Resource 2: Mineart - 1 views

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EDTC615 Rippard Spring18 SMARTGoals ProfessionalDevelopment

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  • jmineart on 22 Feb 18
     
    This resource is the most complete guide that I was able to find in regards to developing SMART Goals as a means to pinpoint areas for professional growth. Many of the articles that I found online were short articles that just listed the definition and provided few examples of SMART Goals or anecdotal information based on the person writing the web page. I thought that this resource was a wonderful document that could be used by school systems to help teachers show growth. Currently, we have and SLO in Howard County, however, it requires us to make a student performance goal. It does not require us to develop as a professional in the process. I think that this is a complete disservice to our students. As a teacher, I believe that I am tasked with continuing to learn for all the year which I choose to stay in this profession. I should never be "comfortable" with my teaching practices and materials. I should always adapt materials to meet the needs of the students have each year and I should continuously be looking for new ways/materials to present information to students. As a math teacher and special educator, I think that Web 2.0 tools are the future of my field, however, most other professionals at my school disagree. They believe that students should learn in the classroom and not be provided with direct instruction of how to use the Web to help them learn a variety of mathematical concepts or ways to improve study methods. I hope to use this resource to develop my own practices and help others grow as well.
jcossette

Talking Math: How to Engage Students in Mathematical Discourse - 0 views

www.gettingsmart.com/...ents-in-mathematical-discourse

EDTC615 Spring2018

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  • jcossette on 28 Feb 18
     
    This resources provides teachers with strategies to support English Language Learners with participating in meaningful math discussions. This supports my SMART goal to help students explain how to solve for the unknown in an equation. This resources is really great because it gives the teacher tips on how to facilitate discussion and a breakdown of roles for teachers and students.
cbeard615

NSTA: Freebies for Science Teachers - 3 views

www.nsta.org/...freebies.aspx

Spring2018 EDTC615

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  • cbeard615 on 02 Mar 18
     
    This site contains free resources for science teachers. Teachers can search to find resources by keyword, such as topic or class. Our group can use this to find lesson plans or activities to support our SMART goal of supplementing instruction for some AP Biology students.
sstafford11

How to Engage Underperforming Students - 12 views

www.edutopia.org/round-student-engagement-video

EDTC615 Spring2018

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  • misacco on 29 Jun 16
     
    This article details an instructional model called Interactive Learning (IL), which contains ten best practices for educators to follow that must be implemented in all lessons. Using these practices can help student achievement tremendously, as evidenced by the example school, which doubled student achievement in three years using these practices.
  • sstafford11 on 24 Feb 18
     
    This is a informative article about 10 strategies for engaging underperforming students. Since my SMART goal is all about giving additional resources for success to my lowest performing students (students who previously took Biology I) this fits perfectly. This will help me create a plan to reach out and engage each student and write up resources for each of them.
  • slail2 on 02 Jul 18
     
    I think these ideas have come a long way and are being implemented in many classrooms. This seems like a norm for my school or even my classroom. Although, I say that and I think it is hard to incorporate all components every day. Especially when I think of student movement. I think this is an excellent article to pinpoint instructional strategies.
mrdulberger

iTunes University Course Manager - 0 views

itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager

all subjects EDTC615

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  • mrdulberger on 13 Mar 16
     
    iTunes University is a learning platform for all ages and subjects to utilize. The course manager allows anyone to build and publish their own iTunesU courses. For example, teachers who recognize a learning gap within the intended standards can create a unit plan on iTunes U. Since they become the author of this instructional resource, students can really benefit as learners. iTunes University can also serve as a professional development resource. My colleague Matt and I have even used iTunes U course manager to develop a course for teachers all over the world to use. Check it out here -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/digital-writing-resources/id881059679
Yuna Choi

The help of technology to close skills gaps - 4 views

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technology learning gaps skills EDTC615

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  • jillthomas on 10 Mar 16
     
    Numerous innovations in the education technology space are beginning to show potential in improving education and helping address skills gaps. Some of these advancements include Khan academy and Read 180 (self paced instruction for students). Professional development of digital resources is imperative to help close instructional gaps. EDTC 615 - instructional gap solutions
  • rmlee92 on 11 Mar 16
     
    I love that this resource provides multiple examples of tools that we can use within our instruction. The categorization of each example also provides a clear explanation of how it can be incorporated. I think that one important point that was discussed within this page was how students can develop 21st Century Skills through implementing these tools. As 21st Century Skills are becoming a major focus in instruction, this shows how it can be addressed.
  • Yuna Choi on 26 Jun 16
     
    This was a great tool that shared tons of tools that teachers can use in our instruction. Some really great resources I have found to use were Khan Academy, Google Apps for Education, and One Note. This article has a lot of great visuals to help understand more about how we, as educators, can use technology to help close the skills gaps.
dannybates

NSTA Classroom Resources - NGSS Hub - 0 views

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teaching science ngss NSTA resources

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  • dannybates on 28 Jun 16
     
    The National Science Teachers Association has put together a cache of NGSS-aligned science lessons, for brainstorming, looking ahead to emerging standards, or introducing into your classroom.
tricia1022

Developing a Scientific Model for Electrical Circuits | Science | Classroom Resources |... - 1 views

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615 Spr15 online tool professional inquiry assessment developing model circuits science classroom resources

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  • tricia1022 on 24 Mar 15
     
    These segments get to the heart of the conceptual misunderstanding that teachers encounter when attempting to teach simple circuits. It demonstrates some instructional alternatives teachers can use.
  • dannybates on 28 Jun 16
     
    This is an excellent design for a student-centered inquiry activity. I'd like to revise my introduction to circuits next year to work more like this.
tricia1022

Ohio Resource Center > AdLIT > In Perspective Magazine > Content-Area Vocabulary: A Cri... - 0 views

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615 Spr15 online article professional vocabulary conceptual learning

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  • We all want our students to demonstrate newly learned concepts with the words they know as they discuss, write, and visually represent specific topics.
  • In fact, teaching vocabulary in the content areas of mathematics, science, history, and English is not a separate entity from teaching the core understandings of each domain. As Vacca and Vacca (2008) have always stated, words are labels for concepts, and so teaching vocabulary is actually teaching about the ideas they represent.
  • Therefore, in regard to teaching words in any content area, we need to keep in mind that different students will have different levels of understanding about a term and will internalize new information through each successive engagement with the term.
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  • Words representing concepts are not taught in a vacuum, but rather in contexts that illustrate how they are associated with other words and ideas. This feature of word knowledge is at the heart of effective content-area teaching and critical to vocabulary building.
  • These examples show how words and their meanings are intricately related to each other and how these relationships are tied to conceptual understanding. It is important then to help students understand these relationships and connections.
  • We must be very cognizant of how students might interpret a word definition that makes sense to us but may be misleading and confusing to those with less background knowledge.
  • Broadly defined learning opportunities include the incorporation of wide reading in content classes as well as word consciousness. Reading widely about a topic across a variety of texts provides students with multiple exposures to newly learned words along with opportunities for incidental word learning to occur.
  • In addition, broad learning opportunities include the development of word consciousness or awareness, where students learn habits of attending to new and interesting vocabulary that will enable them to acquire appropriate language for communicating in particular content areas (Scott, Skobel, & Wells, 2008; Stahl & Nagy, 2006).
  • by promoting an awareness and enthusiasm for learning new words.
  • The steps include preparation, explanation, application, and reinforcement (P.E.A.R.).
  • Too many targeted words can be overwhelming to students, especially those who struggle with reading.
  • student-friendly definitions
  • Such responses are more indicative of learning. Other activities for relating, connecting, clarifying, and applying word meanings are described in Instructional Strategies for Teaching Content Vocabulary, Grades 4–12 (Harmon, Wood, & Hedrick, 2006).
  • tricia1022 on 27 Mar 15
     
    This article is a resource for teaching content area vocabulary.
tricia1022

200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... | Open Culture - 0 views

www.openculture.com/ree_k-12_educational_resources

615 Spr15 online tool professional differentiated

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  • tricia1022 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Free resources for teachers just specify your content area.
Jared Kavlock

Questia, Your Online Research Library - 0 views

www.questiaschool.com

EDTC610 EDTC610summer13 resources library databases all subjects research

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  • Jared Kavlock on 21 Jun 13
     
    Questia is a library research tool for students to assist them in writing research papers.  Since most students do not have easy access to databases with more reliable sources, Questia provides students with tools to improve their research skills.  The site also provides students with tutorials to help them improve their writing and researching.  I have begun to implement some resources to help my high schools students improve their research skills, which is an area they often struggle in.  This seems to be the most promising tool for achieving that goal.
  • Holly Fairbrother on 23 Jun 13
     
    I am going to check this out. Thanks Jared - I teach research writing and am always looking for ways to help my learners to organise themselves and ways for me to make the process clearer.
anonymous

Creative Educator - Articles, stories, and lessons for a creative approach to learning. - 2 views

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EDTC610summer13 web2.0 resources magazine creative PBL projectbasedlearning Technology

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  • anonymous on 07 Jul 13
     
    This provides excellent resources to support the Common Core initiative. It stresses the case for an interdisciplinary approach to learning and suggests that  "to prepare our students for an integrated world, we need to break out of the separate-discipline mentality and develop more holistic and problem/project-based approaches. "
anonymous

PebbleGo | Capstone Digital - 1 views

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social studies science EDTC610

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  • Emma Dyroff on 10 Mar 14
     
    PebbleGo is an early childhood research base for young children learning to read. Information is child friendly and includes many pictures and videos to enrich student learning. PebbleGo has a read aloud feature that allows text to be read to the audience, if necessary. It also has online games relating to topics on PebbleGo and printable resources. This resource requires login information and can be purchased as a subscription by an entire school.
  • anonymous on 30 May 14
     
    Pebble Go is an excellent online resource for student reserach. This site is divided up by category of science, social studies, and biographies. Students use this interactive website to learn about different academic content areas. For each topic, readings, videos, games, and audio recordings are provided. This allows students of all ability levels to be able to access the information and understand the content. My students love this site as it is a great starting point for any reserach project!
tricia1022

PBS LearningMedia - 7 views

www.pbslearningmedia.org

615 Spr15 online tool PBS resources media education interactive technology activities science

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  • Dawn Rodrigues on 08 Jun 13
     
    This new PBS site includes not only lesson plans, but also different kinds of media, including the following: 1. Audio 2. Documents 3. Images 4. Interactives 5. Videos PBS has just recently opened this site, which allows educators to download video to their own computers or to play the file (full-screen if desired). Educators need to set up a free account in order to download files.
  • tricia1022 on 27 Feb 15
     
    Even if you are not a fan of PBS, the teacher resources offered by PBS are extensive and encompass most content areas. Users can search by grade, content area, and topic.
anonymous

200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... | Open Culture - 2 views

www.openculture.com/...ree_k-12_educational_resources

EDTC600Summer2013 resources repository of educational links multimedia all subjects all grade levels .

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  • anonymous on 24 Jul 13
     
    Open Culture defines itself as "The best free cultural & educational media on the Web" [Open Culture. (2013). Home page. Retrieved from www.openculture.com). This site was suggested by one of our students using working on a Diigo account just for world language teachers), but this site seems useful for all subjects, with links to many free videos, K-12 resources, e-books, etc.
randallhansen

Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resou... - 10 views

21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/...g-ten-free-resources-and-tools

integration technology learning 1:1 student mobile

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  • kvalencia1 on 15 Oct 15
     
    This is a great resource for technology integration. The sites listed are easily adaptable across subject areas. This would be a good tool for differentiation and for teaching to different learning styles. I particularly like the ReadWriteThink site and the Screencast-o-matic. The ReadWriteThink site allows students to demonstrate knowledge, and the Screencast-o-matic seems like a great tool to create sub plans!
  • dottererkat on 20 Oct 15
     
    This blog was very interesting and reminded me of tools I haven't looked at or thought to use in my classroom. I could see using Google Earth for students to have an interactive adventure through history. Also, I envisioned myself using the Screencast-o-matic, Quzziz, and Formative with my students.
barrellpony

Ensuring Every Student Succeeds - PARCC Resource Center - 0 views

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PARCC English Grade8 Strategies EDTC615

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      barrellpony on 12 Oct 18
       
      This site will allow teachers to search for PARCC released items related to their content areas. As an ELA teacher, I'm interested in this site for its question stems. I want to get my kids familiar and comfortable with PARCC-style questions before they are expected to perform well on PARCC.
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      barrellpony on 12 Oct 18
       
      By incorporating PARCC stems into daily lessons, teachers can educate students in successful test-taking strategies. *marking up the text *working through possible answers and crossing them out as you disprove them.
  • eleasing test items from current and recent year’s PARCC assessment to give teachers a powerful tool to inform and improve classroom teaching and learning.
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  • eleased materials includes scoring rubrics and guides to the scoring, as well as released item sets, answer keys, standards alignment, and sample student responses – scored and annotated.
  • upporting instructional resources are now available here on the Partner Resource Center.
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kmthoms5

Quiz Quiz Trade | EL Education - 5 views

eleducation.org/...quiz-quiz-trade

EDTC615 FALL2018

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  • Barbara Lindsey on 08 Oct 17
     
    "This protocol is inclusive of all students and promotes collaboration and shared understanding as students either guess or share important words or concepts with their classmates in an interactive way."
  • kmthoms5 on 11 Oct 18
     
    Quiz Quiz trade is a great resource that fully involves students. Students are highly engaged in the reading and answering of questions with their classmates. This fits into my SMART goal of getting students to recognize their musical notes and forms because they can practice quizzing each other on different types of notes and songs.
woodje

Praise, Question, Suggestion | EL Education - 4 views

eleducation.org/...praise-question-suggestion

EDTC615 FALL2018

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  • woodje on 13 Oct 18
     
    This is a great resource for students to be able to work collaboratively to determine what they can do to make their writing better. The dimension I was focusing on was "impact on learning" from the protocol rubric. The SMART goal in our group is focused on students being able to complete a complex math assignment that requires multiple steps. Students also need to be able to explain their mathematics in written form to explain their thinking. This protocol of "praise, question, and suggestion" is a great resource that our students can use in order to make sure the writing aspect of their math makes sense and answers the question fully. I look forward to seeing the outcomes of utilizing this idea. Based on this, I would score the praise, question, suggestion tactic as a 3 or a 4.
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