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Nan Rice

Welcome to the Belle Plaine Public Schools MAP Support - 1 views

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    Belle Plaine Public Schools in Minnesota has created web links for students to improve their learning by subject area and RIT range
Stacy Fayette

The Aspirnaut Initiative - 1 views

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    School starts on the bus! Interesting grant idea. Schoolcraft has a shortened school day, but can we provide devices for students so they can start learning before they arrive. Maybe it becomes there homework.
Siri Anderson

No classrooms and lots of technology: a Danish school's approach - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

  • “We try to put the single child in the centre and challenge every child,” he says. “We let each child work in the learning style that is preferable for them.”
  • Cellphones are permitted and the youngest students are each given a laptop or tablet. Older students are free to come and go from school as they please, as long as they stay in touch with teachers by smartphone
  • all about equipping students with 21st century skills, such as synthesizing large amounts of information accessible online and working on problems with groups. “Our philosophy is that we have to give students academic skills, but just as important are social and personal skills.”
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    Perhaps worth visiting if high school is in your future!
Siri Anderson

BBC - Schools Science Clips - Ages 5-6 - 0 views

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    Short interactive science materials for early elementary teachers. Maybe a good link on a "resources" page for after school computer play that isn't bad for them....
Siri Anderson

What Is a "Professional Learning Community"? // Richard DuFour - 0 views

  • This simple shift—from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning—has profound implications for schools.
  • How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning? The answer to the third question separates learning communities from traditional schools.
  • systematic, timely, and directive intervention program
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  • When a school begins to function as a professional learning community, however, teachers become aware of the incongruity between their commitment to ensure learning for all students and their lack of a coordinated strategy to respond when some students do not learn
  • teacher conversations must quickly move beyond "What are we expected to teach?" to "How will we know when each student has learned?"
  • DRIP syndrome—Data Rich/Information Poor
  • 90 minutes daily
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    I wonder if this would be a useful article to consider in relation to the areas of struggle on MCAII tests?
Carla Patch

Coach's Corner: Guided Math - 1 views

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    school district website with tons of resources
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    great resources from a school district
Siri Anderson

Cambridge Friends School :: About CFS - 0 views

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    This school is giving all sixth graders iPad's next year. Perhaps a collaboration would be possible in some area!
Siri Anderson

5051IR_Beat_the_odds.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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    Key components of schools that beat the odds.
Nan Rice

MAP Reading - 6 views

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    Games targeted at students RIT level on various strands in reading assessment on the MAP test.
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    South Washington County School District in Minnesota has created web links for students to improve their learning by subject area and RIT range
Nan Rice

MAP Math - 6 views

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    Math games aligned with student RIT scores from the NWEA tests! (Link this to parents!)
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    South Washington County School District in Minnesota has created web links for students to improve their learning by subject area and RIT range
Siri Anderson

Elementary School - PhET Simulations - 0 views

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    Elementary and middle level science interactives/tutorials.
Stacy Fayette

Technology and Learning - 0 views

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    Charter school with a high technology use and environmental literacy.
Siri Anderson

The iPhone Mom » Elementary School & Beyond - 0 views

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    Mom's review of many apps for iPod or iPad. 
Siri Anderson

Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Tools for Creating Mind Maps and Outlines Online - 0 views

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    These look helpful at the middle school level.
Siri Anderson

Symmetry - 1 views

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    OK, maybe you can't show to students but this made me think of all the fun things you can do next year in the middle school with those new iPad2s. By the way, I just got one. ; )
Carla Patch

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Ed... - 0 views

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    rubric builder for project based learning
Siri Anderson

Minnesota State Grant - 0 views

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    This is the program you can use to get resources to low income families in your school.
Carla Patch

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    We all need to watch this video to be reminded of the importance of creativity in education. The video is 20 min long, but worth every minute.
Stacy Fayette

Do Podcasts Help Students Learn? - 1 views

  • Guys improved their results from the pre-test to the post-test more with the podcasts. But the women's results showed no difference.
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      Interesting. Are men/boys motivated by the technology tools more than women? Why?
  • And in order for it to be effective, faculty and staff need support so they can implement tools in relation to learning, not just to implement the tools for the sake of the tools.
    • Stacy Fayette
       
      This is such an important point....curriculum first!
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    How could you supplement your curriculum with mp3 files that students could listen to on their way to or from school?
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