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Implementation in a Secondary Classroom (Articles) - 2 views

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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses - I usually let students choose how they want to present their information too.  Unless I'm trying to teach a specific skill such as how to create a strong power point presentation, where everyone would be required to create one. 
  • give my students a choice:
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      For my 6th graders Spanish speaking country capital unit for example, I have four ways that they can choose from to study for the quiz - two technology based (quizlet.com and a youtube video) and two more paper based - worksheets and flashcards.  This works well in case kids don't have internet at home. 
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  • in a typical story unit, they can choose between just reading, and reading along as they listen to a story. They can also decide whether to annotate online or on a printed copy. They can take notes on paper or record their thoughts verbally as they analyze the story.
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      These choices are awesome!  Underlining and writing notes in the margins online is way different than on paper!  
  • skip forward, pause or rewind as needed until they get the lesson.
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      Great features 
  • Kahoot,
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      This is big in my building. (middle school) 
  • AP students would each have produced their own 10-page research paper.
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      Personally, I'm glad I had to write two 10 page papers on the topic of my choice for AP College English my senior year of high school, since papers of that length were the norm as a Spanish/Art/Education major in college.  It was good preparation.  
  • use their fantasy football stats during class
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      cool idea! 
  • encourage you.
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      edamisch on 28 Jul 15
       
      The above reminds me of the example "Day in the Life" assignment.  The depth of this cross curricular unit is great, but what about breadth?  Would everything be covered?  This is a concern of mine with time consuming projects.  
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PLE Articles - 2 views

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  • a number of tiles to get you started,
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      edamisch on 17 Jul 15
       
      So like the apps that come with an iphone. 
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"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 36 views

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  • the prevailing narrative seems to be that we can’t engage kids without technology, without a smartphone, tablet computer or some other multimedia device or tool.
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      edamisch on 15 Jul 15
       
      Technology is great and all, but it does have it's drawbacks.   A family friend was all excited that her baby could do XYZ on an iPad at a young age to find out later that her pediatrician thought that very thing might be why her speech was so delayed.  
  • better test scores
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      edamisch on 15 Jul 15
       
      I've been interviewing and the question every district seems to ask it about data, data, data.  Two and four years ago, this was not the case.  I believe this is because of the high stakes testing trend in recent years.  
  • individualism yet experience a “relentless pressure to conform.”
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      edamisch on 15 Jul 15
       
      This reminds me of the "hipster" trend - "let's all be different in the same way." 
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  • “It’s so much cheaper to buy a new computer than to pay a teacher’s salary year after year.”[11]
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      edamisch on 15 Jul 15
       
      There are districts using Rosetta Stone as opposed to foreign language teachers out there! 
  • One final caveat: in the best student-centered, project-based education, kids spend much of their time learning with and from one another.
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      edamisch on 15 Jul 15
       
      I'll admit, there is one tiny, tiny part of me that thinks, "My parents' generation turned out alright without flipped/project-based/differentiated/insert every other educational buzzword here." Honestly sometimes I do wonder if all these best practice trends aren't leading to an egocentric, narcissistic  generation.  Selfies for example.  But then there's a larger part of me that knows the factory model doesn't work in education either.  
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