Contents contributed and discussions participated by Sean Nash - NKCS Instructional Coordinators

Avoiding "Unmitigated Disasters" - nashworld - 0 views

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1:1 edtech education failure mission one-to-one PD planning professional development schools strategy technology vision

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"After stumbling upon the article, "Switch to e-books was 'an unmitigated disaster,' says school principal," in my feed this past week, it occurred to me that there are increasingly predictable patterns surrounding stories of failed "innovation" in digital learning initiatives. Schools have been assigning computers to each child for some time now. And still, we continue to see stories like this in the media. In short: we can do better than this."

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Newsela | Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events - 0 views

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Newsela informationliteracy information news text reading nonfiction current events literacy Close Reading informationaltext ccss

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Alaska Science Exam - stuff - 0 views

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Alaska science exam assessment

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Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and 21st Century Skills: A Workshop Sum... - 0 views

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PD professionaldevelopment science 21stcenturyskills NRC NAP

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FULL TEXT download of this book!

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Ready, Set, SCIENCE!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms - 0 views

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book text NAP science bestpractice research NRC elementary middleschool

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This is a FULL TEXT download of the book!

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Mural.ly - Demo Page - 0 views

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mural.ly whiteboard online free chalktalk

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An interesting on-the-fly, digital "whiteboard."

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EdCampKC - 0 views

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EdCampKC wiki unconference

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EdCampKC wiki...

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EdCampKC wiki...

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Six Ways To Motivate Students To Learn | MindShift - 0 views

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Start with the question, not the answer.
- Sean Nash on 04 Sep 13
  
  Questions... the initial key to student inquiry.
  
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Some learning tasks, like memorizing the multiplication table or a list of names or facts, are simply not interesting in themselves.
- Sean Nash on 04 Sep 13
  
  True. This is why gamification of such tasks is beneficial whenever possible.
  
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Connect abstract learning to concrete situations.
- Sean Nash on 04 Sep 13
  
  I think this is important. However, this is also an element teachers have difficulty with. I wish this one was fleshed out more. This is a worthy topic of study.
  
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Make it social. Put together a learning group, or have students find learning partners with whom they can share their moments of discovery and points of confusion. Divide the learning task into parts, and take turns being teacher and pupil. The simple act of explaining what they’re learning out loud will help them understand and remember it better.
- Sean Nash on 04 Sep 13
  
  YES. Learning is interaction. And when this interaction is done with wise adults shepherding the way... good things happen.
  
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Go deep. Almost any subject is interesting once you get inside it. Assign the task of becoming the world’s expert on one small aspect of the material they have to learn—then extend their new expertise outward by exploring how the piece they know so well connects to all the other pieces they need to know about.
- Sean Nash on 04 Sep 13
  
  Collaboration for "collaboration's sake" doesn't usually go far... and does a lot for poo-pooing the importance of collaborative modes of learning. These are a solid handful of strategies to begin work with.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Collaboration for "collaboration's sake" doesn't usually go far... and does a lot for poo-pooing the importance of collaborative modes of learning. These are a solid handful of strategies to begin work with.</div>
  
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Module #2 - PD for Workshop Model in NKC Schools - 0 views

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haikudeck workshop slides presentation mini-lesson

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Texas EOC Biology II - 0 views

www.fultonschools.org/...bio01.pdf

assessment testbank biology Texas EOC

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SBAC Portal - Practice Exam - 0 views

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smarter balanced testing assessment practice

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Exemplary Responses & Examples - MS MAP - 0 views

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assessment science MAP curriculum PD testbank

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Biology EOC Reviews - 0 views

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assessment testbank biology EOC

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Biology Test Bank 1 (50 questions)
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  This is the first test bank I examined.... pretty good resource.
  
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