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Joseph Magdalene

Teaching Assistant Resume Sample - 0 views

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    This teaching assistant resume sample covers most of the responsibilities you will have to fulfill in any educational institute.
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    This teaching assistant resume sample covers most of the responsibilities you will have to fulfill in any educational institute.
Phil Taylor

Teaching Writing with Google Docs - 0 views

  • My students learn about writing mostly as they are writing. They learn very little from a failing grade, except that they can’t write.
  • Because I have access to their documents so early, I learn much more about my students’ writing and the issues that they need to overcome. This positions me for better teaching. It positions the students for better learning. That’s a win-win.
  • Revision History feature, GDocs tracks and preserves all edits to a document
Phil Taylor

From Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience |... - 0 views

  • When was the last time you wrote an essay? When was the last time you read one other than for grading?
  • We need to reframe our conversation about writing from one based on polarities of analog versus digital to one about purpose, passion and relevance.
  • Social media: The haiku of digital writing
Phil Taylor

Ed Tech Coaching: Let's Stop Talking about Teaching with Technology, and Start Talking ... - 0 views

  • The difference is that she was leveraging technology to be more efficient (by speeding up the feedback loop and putting students in a situation where they had 24-7 access to their work) and more effective (by individualizing responses to their needs and giving them access to view and reflect on their writing process).
Phil Taylor

How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas? | Edutopia - 1 views

  • We know students do plenty of listening in our classes, but what about the other three communication skills they should be engaging in and practicing daily?
  • The ultimate goal of literacy instruction is to build a student's comprehension, writing skills, and overall skills in communication.
  • Students need to be writing every day, in every classroom
Phil Taylor

Dialogue New Literacies 2011: How to Use New Media to Teach Writing, Research and Analy... - 1 views

  • key to teaching new literacy skills is to change the focus of student writing.
  • the value of a written essay lies not in its format but in the skills students develop:  identify a thesis, research and analyze evidence to test the thesis, and then present the analysis results.
  • Why must these skills be confined to a written format?
Phil Taylor

It's vital we teach social networking skills in school - Comment - Voices - The Indepen... - 0 views

  • As with learning to read, swim or play good football children will be much more effective social networkers with support, guidance and help than without
  • We need to educate young people to understand that it is wrong to write anything on a social networking site which you wouldn’t say to someone’s face
  • Second, Twitter and Facebook are, as has been well publicised, a groomer’s dream.
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  • Third, for goodness sake let’s capitalise on social networking and make it a force for the good in education
John Evans

A Letter To Parents Of Digital Age Children - 1 views

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    "First, let me thank you for entrusting me with teaching your children, honoring the amazing individuals they are, and helping them discover the confident and empowered young people they can be. Providing a rich and engaging environment for your children to learn in is my utmost concern, but Iately I have had to acknowledge that the young people I see every day do much of the learning that is important to them when they leave the parking lot and head home from school. Thus, I am writing to solicit your help."
Phil Taylor

Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach - Education Week - 0 views

  • greater challenge, the researchers wrote, is in expanding teachers' knowledge of new instructional practices that will allow them to select and use the right technology, in the right way, with the right students, for the right purpose.
  • Google Docs. The application's power to support collaborative writing and in-depth feedback, however, was not being realized. Teachers were not encouraging group-writing assignments and their feedback focused overwhelmingly on issues such as spelling and grammar, rather than content and organization.
  • experts seem to agree on: so-called "job-embedded" professional development that takes place consistently during the workday
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    the greater challenge, the researchers wrote, is in expanding teachers' knowledge of new instructional practices that will allow them to select and use the right technology, in the right way, with the right students, for the right purpose.
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