Implementation in a Secondary Classroom (Articles) - 0 views
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The kids can choose any one of those methods as long as they follow a rubric that I created about what I am looking fo
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schreckkimberly on 16 Jul 18I like the teacher support of the project rubric which can give kids confidence that while the project choice is student-centered, the teacher has helped them know where they need to go.
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You really have to be on top of things to allow the students choice since now there is more than one “right” way of doing something in the classroom
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Great point-- classroom management has become trickier with voice, choice, and with the embedded temptations of technology. I get nervous that kids will end up spending time "playing" with it, as opposed to "learning" with it. A fine line I'm sure. A real hurdle in "letting go" of traditional teacher-centered role.
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They can choose instead to respond to someone else’s views
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As an ELA teacher, I like this option being available for kids. "Participation" within literature can mean different things for readers. I think some kids learn most when they are able to piggyback on others students' understandings. They can stretch a peer's meaning into something that is their own, even if they missed "the message" in the text. In a traditional classroom, discussion doesn't even always lend to every student having the opportunity to comment. Technology gives them a voice here, where otherwise their thoughts would not have had a chance to blossom.
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But when the teacher started to use the students’ questions rather than her own to frame discussions, motivation began to rise. She realized that her questions were often too difficult or too easy for the students. She came to understand that when the students asked their own questions, they were better able to target their own level of understanding.
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This is one thing I love about voice and choice in terms of literature circles. Once a student has chosen the text they are most interested in reading, they have a role and a responsibility to their group members to be an active reader. I've found that student generated questions are often some of the best--in terms of the meaning the middle schooler can draw from a text that an adult teacher may not consider.
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