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wrayner

Getting Started with Chrome extension - Diigo help - 0 views

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Diigo Chrome

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  • Use the “Save” option to bookmark a page. Bookmarking saves a link to the page in your online Diigo library, allowing you to easily access it later.
  • Highlighting can also be accomplished from the context pop-up. After the Chrome extension is installed, whenever you select text on a webpage, the context pop-up will appear, allowing you to accomplish text-related annotation. Highlight Pop-up Menu – After you highlight some text, position your mouse cursor over it and the highlight pop-up menu will appear. The highlight pop-up menu allows you to add notes to, share, or delete the highlight.
  • Sticky Note Click the middle icon on the annotation toolbar to add a sticky note to the page. With a sticky note, you can write your thoughts anywhere on a web page.
Garrick Baker

Getting Started | Inventor Products | Autodesk Knowledge Network - 1 views

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615 spr15 online tool all learners getting started autodesk inventor knowledge

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  • Garrick Baker on 03 Mar 15
     
    This site provides multiple tutorials on how to use the different features of Inventor. It also provides a section for whats new to the 2015 version.
moore_tamea

'Adaptations for Children Who Are Advanced in Development' [in] Adaptations for Individ... - 0 views

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children development individual EDTC615

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  • moore_tamea on 23 Oct 16
     
    This article is about adapting instruction for more advanced learners in the Head Start classroom.
wrayner

Getting Started with Diigolet - Diigo help - 0 views

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Diigo diigolet

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  • Tags help you find and organize your bookmarks by letting you select all of your bookmarks with a certain tag or combination of tags. Quickly add relevant tags to a bookmark by clicking on any of the recommended tags that appear under the description field on the “Save Bookmark” pop-up. When you are satisfied with the information in the “Save Bookmark” pop-up, click the “Save Bookmark” button. Now a link to the page is stored in your Diigo library, and the information you entered is stored with it.
  • Highlight Highlighting lets you denote important information on a page, just like highlighting in a book, but with Diigo, the highlighted text will be conveniently saved to your library as well. There are some important things for me to denote on my recipe. My wife doesn’t like pineapple, my grandfather can’t have eggs or chocolate, and I don’t like coconut very much, so I highlight those items on the recipe to let me know I need to deal with them. Highlight by clicking “Highlight” on the Diigolet. Then select the text you want to highlight. The text will be visually highlighted and the text is now stored in your library. It’s that easy. Click the button again to exit highlighter mode. You can also change the color of a highlight by clicking the downward-pointing arrow next to “Highlight” and choosing a color. Colors are useful for differentiating different types of highlights. I will use a different color for each of the different people I need to consider.
  • To add a sticky note to a highlight, simply move your mouse cursor over a highlight. When the little pop-up tab with the pencil on it appears, move the cursor to it and a menu will appear. Choose “Add Sticky Notes”. Now you can type and post a sticky note just like before, but this time it will be tied to the highlighted text.
Kate Woodward

Curriculum21 - Grow Your Network: Become a Detective - 0 views

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PLN professional development' web 2.0 all subjects

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  • Kate Woodward on 08 Oct 13
     
    This blog post provides critical questions to ask when you start forming your PLN, and also a strategy for beginning to explore.
sfcanady

​8 Proven Ways to Help Close the Achievement Gap | EdSurge News - 13 views

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EDTC 615 Spring2018 Research

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  • oknapp75 on 14 Mar 16
     
    An informative and engaging article that provides eight solutions to tackling the achievement gap.  It is well organized and written with clear reasoning for each solution.
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  • brady_g on 24 Jun 16
     
    Emotional start, easy to read eight part checklist that can help bridge the instructional gap; good tools to make sure all is being done to properly cater towards the full comprehension of material by students.
  • loreggio1 on 28 Jun 16
     
    This short article highlights years of research that examined the racial achievement gap. Research and finding suggest that much of what accounts for the disparities in achievement is attributed to socioeconomic factors. The article offers 8 ways for closing the gap among those most impacted based on the findings and best practices.
  • bonnieconyers on 29 Jun 16
     
    Great article. Another source of proof that higher levels of expectations and rigor really do help close the gap. I also like that they reinforce the value of school and home connection.
  • nightstalker9 on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article talks about using assessments to tell if interventions are working, this like a response to intervention. Raising the bar for the student to they can be successful. Monitor the students progress on a monthly basis and get the parents involved
  • nnanfack on 12 Mar 17
     
    When we met, April's mother was in drug rehabilitation and her father was in jail. She would stare at the ground and rarely utter a word. I was a sophomore in college and was serving as April's mentor; I feared that we might never develop a close relationship.
  • chelseamiller491 on 12 Mar 17
     
    When we met, April's mother was in drug rehabilitation and her father was in jail. She would stare at the ground and rarely utter a word. I was a sophomore in college and was serving as April's mentor; I feared that we might never develop a close relationship.
  • bethmazz on 14 Mar 17
     
    I almost put this article up myself. Very moving.
  • glissonh on 30 Jun 17
     
    This article highlights 8 ways to provide educational gains to students needing them most. The goal is closing the achievement gap between struggling learners and high performing students. 1. Use Evidence-Based Instruction, 2. Provide a Rigorous Curriculum, 3. Increase Instructional Time, 4. Introduce Supplemental Instruction, 5. Monitor Progress, Ideally Monthly, 6. Motivate & Engage, 7. Deepen Professional Development, 8. Link School and Home
  • taylie27 on 02 Jul 17
     
    This is a great article that highlights different things that can be done in the classroom to close the achievement gap the two that I think are most important are the increased instructional time, and link between school and home. I think almost every teacher has wished for more instructional time in the classroom, I know I only see my students every other day and I often think about how much more I could teach them if I saw them every day like math and ELA. I also think the communication between home and school is important to a student's ability to learn.
  • vgosselin on 03 Jul 17
     
    Great article! I like how it was connected to an inspirational story. I like how each of the ways was described. Often in the busyness of teaching, it's good to have reminders of what is needed, so that you can strengthen weaknesses.
  • sfcanady on 31 Mar 18
     
    (Week 9: Sheila, Suzanne and Cathy) This article is accessible through the link above. This article explains eight ways educators can inspire academic advancements in students, especially students from lower socioeconomic statuses. While mentoring the author gain insight on how to help close the achievement gap. The writer and her team identified that evidence base instruction, a rigorous curriculum, increased instructional time, supplemental instruction, progress monitoring, motivating and engaging, professional development, and a link to school and home would accomplish those gains. The author believes that "if teachers know about and follow those suggestions they could help close the achievement gap." (Fisher, 2015) This article can be a great resource for teachers. Many of the suggestions could be incorporated by most teachers. However, the article also assumes that if followed these eight tools will close the achievement gap. The author also does not explain how teachers can increase instructional time. Reference: Fisher, O. (Oct 2015). 8 proven ways to help close the achievement gap. Istation. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-27-8-proven-ways-to-help-close-the-achievement-gap
  • rcourtot1015 on 30 Jun 18
     
    The article was very informative. I especially liked the 8th suggestion, "Link home and school." This is an essential piece that I think educators need to do a better job with for at-risk students. When there are more people engaged and involved, students have a broader network of support to ensure success. We need to do more community outreach to help our students improve both academically and in the broader sense.
  • rnwaddy on 30 Jun 18
     
    I really enjoyed this article. As a new instructor I am constantly looking to engage my adult students. Through my instruction, making that personal connection is so important. Once you make that personal connection I find that students start making a personal connection with their assignments as well. I find having a non-academic conversation at the beginning of class can help the students feel involved classroom citizens.
  • renaosmall on 02 Jul 18
     
    This article really gives great advice on how teachers can help close the achievement gap by changing small things they do in the classroom. The two things that stuck out to me was allowing more time and progress monitoring. Sometimes time is all a student needs to succeed. When students feel rushed they end up just picking whatever answer they think is right or just something to complete the assignment. Allowing students to return to their unfinished work could really help students concentrate knowing that they don't have to rush to finish an assignment. As far as progress monitoring goes, it helps when the teacher really cares about making sure the students are on the right track and that their parents are aware of the work they have completed or would need to complete to get them on track.
Angelique Noel

Effects of a Pre-Kindergarten Mathematics Intervention - 4 views

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edtc615 Pre-K math intervention achievement gap head start prek-3

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  • Angelique Noel on 17 Oct 15
     
    Study involved head start programs and state funded public preschools from both California and New York. The study consist of a pre and post-test. A curriculum was given to the teachers to assist with planning for group activities in school and a manuel with activities that can be done at home. The curriculum includes counting and numbers, arithmetic operations, geometry, patterns, and reasoning. Data was collected twice during the year, once in the fall then again in the spring. The study found significant differences between the control and the intervention group.
Melanie Scott

National Geographic Online - 1 views

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EDTC600 video resources photographs EDTC610

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  • Melanie Scott on 13 Jun 13
     
    This is a great website for science videos, photographs and information for students and teachers to go through to find information. I love many of the videos you can look through to help make a lesson more concrete for students. However the videos are many and great they always start with advertisements which I do not like and think it takes away from the video. However if you look at the Kid version of National Geographic I did find they did not have advertisements before the video begins.
  • alisabell on 16 Jun 13
     
    Melanie, I am going to check this site out for videos on butterflies for my project. Thanks!
  • twetzel15 on 18 Jun 13
     
    Love this site!! My dad works for National Geographic, so I get all of the kids magazines that go along with the site. My third grades love it!
kneiman22

Stride Academy - 2 views

Stride Academy is a website where students can learn with an engaging curriculum to match the depth of their own personal knowledge. With this program, teachers are able to pick specific standards ...

ELA mathematics EDTC615

started by kneiman22 on 13 Mar 16 no follow-up yet
brady_g

Problem-based Learning Helps Bridge the Gap between the Classroom and the Real World - 2 views

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PBL 615 EDTC615 all subjects learners brief bridge gap

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  • voorheel on 19 Oct 15
     
    Problem-based learning allows us to bring our students, course material, and the real world closer together. A few ideas for getting started with PBL. I enjoyed reading this article because it began with a quote and excellent question. "How do we get our students to understand what 'the field' is really like? How can we help them realize that they not only need to understand the information we are teaching, but that they need to be able to apply the information that we are teaching." This article touched more on the idea of students being able to able to apply the information that we are teaching them in the real world. Problem-based Learning Helps Bridge the Gap between the Classroom and the Real World, Jason R. Weber, (2014) Retrieved from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/problem-based-learning-helps-bridge-gap-classroom-real-world/ Retrieved on 10/19/15
  • brady_g on 24 Jun 16
     
    This brief article offers a quick introduction to the importance of preparing students for the real world through in-class activities, and provides 5 simple recommendations to help an instructor get the most out of PBL (problem-based learning, here) activities.
voorheel

ELL 'Shadowing' Brings Instructional Gaps to Light - Education Week Teacher - 1 views

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  • voorheel on 19 Oct 15
     
    Having teachers experience "a day in the life of an ELL" can be powerful professional development-and at one school it's reportedly helped close the achievement gap. ELL 'Shadowing' Brings Instructional Gaps to Light, Liana Heitin (2011) Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/08/24/ell_shadowing.html Retrieved on 10/19/15 Great article with a fresh new idea!!!! This article tells the tale of "A teacher or administrator follows an English-language learner to several classes." I have "shadowed" in a classroom before, usually to observe the teacher. But the purpose of this shadowing is to look specifically at the student's use of academic language. Statistics show "English-language learners spend less than 2 percent of the school day improving their academic oral language." That number is completely unacceptable. I think we as teachers could all benefit from "shadowing" students. It does not have to just be ELL students we shadow. Reviewing data and becoming educated about the students who struggle would help with the shadowing process. Maybe we could start with shadowing the students who aren't improving in order to better understand why they are behind.
Jennifer Dow

Effective Reading Interventions for Kids With Learning Disabilities - 4 views

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reading;LD;IEP;UMUC615;week7;ELA;struggling readers;strategies to improve reading

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  • Jennifer Dow on 25 Jun 15
     
    This article suggests that improving upon a LD student's level of reading requires a strong combination of well-developed and strategic instructional strategies. These strategies include direct response and cueing processes, scaffolding, modeling the process, and providing an organizational structure to record, review and reflect upon learning.
  • vscheffer on 26 Jun 15
     
    Jennifer, I really like this article. It can be frustrating enough for parents and students when reading difficulties occur. Add to this complication learning difficulties, and the problems and insecurities really start to add up. This article, and the years of research that it is based on helped to enumerate the many reading interventions that already exist for students with documented learning disabilities. I will definitely use these in the future in order to combat such problems. Victoria
lbrown12

The New Drill: Teaching Educators How to Improve Reading Levels - 3 views

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615 reading instructional gap all subjects

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  • lbrown12 on 13 Mar 16
     
    Automatically Populated when I entered URL...Former senior producer at Edutopia Beaverton School District secondary literacy specialist Credit: Grace Rubenstein Janet Fortier had her educational epiphany two years ago, when she started bumping into teachers with their arms full of easy reading assignments. "I'm running off articles because my kids can't read the textbook," they told her. Article is relevant to closing the instructional gap to help improve reading levels.
jmagowitz

XtraMath.com - 6 views

I do not have access to XtraMath, so I checked out CoolMath Games. This is easy to search to locate a game to practice a concept. Free - students can use at home or school. CoolMath4Kids is speci...

EDTC610 mathematics video audio prek-3

started by sophia park on 03 Jun 14 2 follow-ups, last by jmagowitz on 13 Mar 16
anonymous

Blogger - 2 views

Hi Holly, I think you started a new topic (for discussion) rather than sharing a bookmark. Can you bookmark Blogger and tell us why you like it more than other blogs (if that is the case)? Dawn

tools blogs

started by Holly Fairbrother on 15 Feb 14 1 follow-up, last by anonymous on 15 Feb 14
Erin White

iRubric - 2 views

www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm

rubric rubrics assessment EDTC610 EDTC600summer13

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  • Erin White on 27 Jul 13
     
    If you use rubrics in your classroom but hate starting from scratch, this is the the place for you! Sign up for free and search by keyword for rubrics in the specific skill or content area you are grading. Then edit and save! You can even put a link to your rubric on the assignment directions, saving paper and trees! This is a link to a rubric I recently created, but you can get to the home page from here.
  • Holly Fairbrother on 08 Aug 13
     
    This looks great - I am always looking for help with rubrics. Check out Kathy Schrok's guide too: http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html
  • Mary Babiarz on 16 Oct 13
     
    I really like this! I love that you can embed the link to the rubric. This would be very helpful with a WebQuest or Scavenger Hunt lesson. I have used Rubistar before. It is similar, but I think this site offers more options. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Rich Agosta

Google Drive- EDTC 600 - 0 views

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tools all subjects images EDTC600

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  • Rich Agosta on 14 Oct 13
     
    Google drive is a great online collaboration resource. I recently had the opportunity to participate in a training called "iPad pair share." At the training we collaborated with about 40 other educators through Google drive. Throughout the training we were able to write down our thoughts or questions on different online/iPad tools. This would be great tool for students to collaborate on class projects or assignments. The only problem with this is that you have to have an account, which requires all the students to have an account to use this.
  • brandonlauer on 15 Oct 13
     
    Rich, We have started using Google Drive in our school and it has also been embraced countywide. It has really helped our teachers streamline forms and spreadsheets. It has also served as a great host for housing static information like our handbook and policies. Finally, the calendar option has made it a one stop shop for information. I am a fan of Google Drive, but like you said you need to have an account to use it.
Holly Fairbrother

Inanimate Alice - Homepage - 1 views

www.inanimatealice.com/index.html

EDTC600summer13 Language arts digital storytelling Tool Software

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      Holly Fairbrother on 20 Jun 13
       
      This might be of interest to English teachers; I want to do a PBL unit on the future of fiction and thought this might be a great place for learners to start thinking about what books can be...
rconrad5

BrainPop - 0 views

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video all subjects EDTC610summer13

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  • rconrad5 on 19 Jun 13
     
    This was my favorite site for taking a minute to have a little fun after a particularly intense lesson. The videos are short, cute, and educational and there are resources for teachers.
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  • Holly Fairbrother on 21 Jun 13
     
    Thanks for this - my own children have used this and love it. I keep meaning to add it to my list of things to explore. I like how the English section has different areas for grammar, writing etc.
  • Angelique Noel on 22 Jun 13
     
    I like the site, I started exploring it and noticed that I can easily spend much time on it without realizing it.
  • Fatima Sitson on 24 Jun 13
     
    There is also BrainPop Jr. (http://www.brainpopjr.com/) for the younger levels. I love the site as a review or introduction for any concepts that we are teaching.
  • emiller63 on 24 Jun 13
     
    My kids love BrainPop! I think there may have even been a Wii version of this game. :)
  • Brian Fratangelo on 25 Jun 13
     
    Very cool, I didn't know Social Studies was on Brain Pop. I'm excited to use it in the classroom.
vscheffer

Title 1 Family Literacy Program | NISD State and Federal Programs - 1 views

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earlyliteracy parentinvolvement SanAntonio TitleI ELL EDTC615

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  • vscheffer on 26 Jun 15
     
    Many schools struggle when it comes to promoting adequate parental involvement in furnishing early literacy and the emergent reading skills of their youngest students. This is especially the case in many Title I schools, in which much of the student population represents portions of both the low-income and at-risk demographic. In order to help bridge this gap, the San Antonio Public School System has enacted their own Title I "Even Start" initiative, in which parents are better prepared to help instill and cultivate early literacy in their children, through their own education. Through this initiative, the school system is providing parents and students with joint: adult education, early childhood education, parent education, and literacy activities. By strengthening the literacy, parenting, and reading skills of parents, San Antonio is wagering that their student population will soon positively reflect this greater emphasis on emergent reading, early literacy, and family involvement.
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