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Carl Davis

9 Word Cloud Generators That Aren't Wordle - Edudemic - Edudemic - 1 views

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shared by Carl Davis on 31 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Carl Davis on 31 Aug 13
     
    "The use of word clouds in the classroom is a powerful way to really get through to visual learners. The details about the following nine word cloud generators will give you a fair idea how, as an educator, you can get the best out of them."
acn1379

VocabGrabber : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - 1 views

www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber

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shared by acn1379 on 22 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Justin McClain on 22 Jan 13
     
    This is an awesome tool for just dropping a text into and it giving you the definitions for all of the major words and also a word web of related words. This is a fantastic tool for English teachers. 
Carl Davis

MiddleSchoolPortal/Reading Comprehension Strategies - NSDLWiki - 0 views

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  • all teachers must be, to some degree, reading teachers.
  • . Reading strategies are really thinking strategies
  • Reflecting on one's thoughts
  • ...18 more annotations...
  • metacognition is thinking about thinking
  • by modeling this process and by having students read short passages and refl
  • Teachers can encourage
  • Schema
  • information
  • Also known as background knowledge
  • experiences,
  • thoughts that a reader brings to a text
  • Inferring
  • use personal knowledge to construct meaning beyond what is literally stated
  • Questioning
  • Teachers might have students browse text and pose questions prior to reading
  • Determing importance involves distinguishing between what information is most important versus what is interesting but not necessary for understanding
  • Visualizing means that students create images based on what they read
  • Making connections means that a student has engaged with a text and is able to relate it to a broader context
  • Synthesizing
  • synthesizing is simply an understanding of how knowledge grows and changes over time
  • Teachers can help students synthesize by using graphic organizers
allieestradaaa6

Bookshare | An Accessible Online Library for people with print disabilities - 0 views

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shared by allieestradaaa6 on 22 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • allieestradaaa6 on 22 Jan 19
     
    This bookmark is a website that provides tools and access that would better serve learners with visual impairments.
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