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Jaime Dial

Alfie Kohn: "But I Need to Assign Homework! Look at All I Have to Cover!" - 1 views

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  • Jaime Dial on 15 Mar 11
     
    Interesting take from Alfie Kohn with regards to homework in today's schools.
  • Diane Kretzinger on 17 Mar 11
     
    I think I really agree with this article. Robin Jackson said at our PD that if you find the big pieces that need to be covered and do the rest when/if there is time, the outcomes will be much greater and the material learned will be mastered not just rote memory. Teachers can't expect homework to teach what they did not get taught. Homework should only be an opportunity to practice what they have been taught. Thanks for sharing.
Jaime Dial

Return to Sender -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • what's required of schools is not developing within students a whole other skill set, but simply teaching them to apply to a new arena the ones they already have
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      A key point. Often times we get caught up in thinking this has to be more on the plate. It's not. It's about shifting our focus a little.
  • K-12 graduates should understand how to use it to define and break down a problem, look into how similar problems have been solved, and design and implement a solution. In communicating that solution, they should be skillful not merely at typing a Word document but also at telling a compelling story through an interactive multimedia presentation.
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      Love the "compelling story" part of this quote.
  • "Today's students could be technologically literate as well as great communicators in traditional settings," Knezek says, "but get the socks beaten off them by someone who has learned to communicate in a digital setting."
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • While many schools have taken the step of asking students to use digital media in assignments, few are teaching them strategies for doing it well
  • Fadel and others concerned about the tech skills of the future workforce also emphasize the importance of information and communication technology literacy: a working knowledge of computers and the applications that run on them--everything from e-mail and spreadsheet tools to statistical analysis packages--along with the ability to learn new ones rapidly.
  • "There is a skill to typing the right question into the search engine and knowing how to discriminate between different sources of information."
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      Huge. We don't teach this enough.
Sean Nash

Lessons Learned in the Gym | nashworld - 1 views

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  • Success in something breeds a willingness to try other things.
  • Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11
     
    "It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity." ~General Douglas MacArthur, on the virtues of competitive athletics.
  • Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11
     
    I know you'll find this to be delightful.
Lisa Elifrits

Joy of Pi | Pi Links - 1 views

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    • Lisa Elifrits
      Lisa Elifrits on 15 Mar 11
       
      My first year of teaching, I went all out on PI day.  I even got permission from administration to have an assembly.  We raised money by "PI"ing a teacher in the face.  Students were challenged to memorize digits of pi and compete against each other.  We also wrote digits of pi on pieces of paper and posted them in the hallways for students to understand that "PI" is never ending!
Jaime Dial

Reading the Reader | Academic Commons - 6 views

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  • The heart of Critical Inquiry is annotation. Students annotate anything they feel is important, confusing, surprising, or inconsistent; anything that connects to previous texts, classes or experiences, or anything that generates a strong positive or negative response. Students annotate with pen or sticky notes. Using their annotations, students generate questions. These form the basis for class discussion and assignments. This process is particularly productive with “inconsiderate texts”--texts that are difficult for reasons such as poor organization, difficult vocabulary, or unfamiliar cultural assumptions, i.e., the type of texts often encountered in their studies.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11
       
      For me, this paragraph alone provides enough impetus to push for an embrace of smart annotation across curricula...
    • Connie Weidmaier
      Connie Weidmaier on 15 Mar 11
       
      students have a hard time critically thinking on the MAP - difficult vocabulary, unfamiliar context
  • Reading is the active construction of meaning.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11
       
      Constructivism in a nutshell...
    • Terri Johnson
      Terri Johnson on 15 Mar 11
       
      Completely agree with this statement. Reading is not and should not be passive.
    • Kris Larson
      Kris Larson on 15 Mar 11
       
      Agree Terri, especially content reading! I told my students that again today.
  • e is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings
    • Diane Kretzinger
      Diane Kretzinger on 15 Mar 11
       
      Alright I got 
  • ...18 more annotations...
  • Unlike writing or speaking
    • carole honeycutt
      carole honeycutt on 15 Mar 11
       
      I agree.
    • Jenny Brown
      Jenny Brown on 15 Mar 11
       
      me too!
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      Your both crazy! :)
  • There is no
    • carole honeycutt
      carole honeycutt on 15 Mar 11
       
      If only we had a tool that would do this!
  • mechanism to open their heads and see which neurons are firing while they are reading.
  • we still wouldn’t know how to interpret what we were observing
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 15 Mar 11
       
      I think this is very difficult for many educators, especially at the secondary level.
  • understanding cannot take place.
    • Connie Weidmaier
      Connie Weidmaier on 15 Mar 11
       
      Reading for meaning - we have been teaching that since kindergarten!
  • read them reading. But that is precisely what I am asked to do: it’s my job to shift the focus from product to process and look at the connections between the two.
    • Terri Johnson
      Terri Johnson on 15 Mar 11
       
      This is an awesome article.  It  is amazing how the environment can affect how I can process and read.  I admit, I cannot process well at Pear.
    • Diane Kretzinger
      Diane Kretzinger on 15 Mar 11
       
      Okay I can post my thoughts but we are assuming that I have something to say so I will just write something  :)
    • Connie Weidmaier
      Connie Weidmaier on 15 Mar 11
       
      Nice job Diane!
  • Pre-reading is the foundational stage. If the reader does not have the background knowledge (the schema) to reference the vocabulary, ideas, allusions, etc.; if the reader is unengaged; if the reader has little direction or purpose for the reading; if the circumstances under which he or she is reading the piece are non-conducive--in other words if the reader has no context for or commitment to the text
    • Christie Leigan
      Christie Leigan on 15 Mar 11
       
      This is why book choice is so important!
  • Electronic annotations confirm what research tells us about proficient readers, that they 1) clarify their purpose for reading; 2) activate relevant background knowledge; 3) allocate attention to the important ideas; 4) evaluate content for internal consistency and compatibility with prior knowledge; 5) self-monitor to verify comprehension; and 6) draw and test inferences.
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 15 Mar 11
       
      Interesting. I never thought of annotations as a way to tell whether or not a student is a proficient reader.
  • These comments reveal the student doesn’t have the background knowledge to make sense of the letter.
    • Rusty Schneeflock
      Rusty Schneeflock on 15 Mar 11
       
      hello
  • e student recognizes Washington as a
  • These comments reveal the student doesn’t have the background knowledge to make sense of the letter.
  • MS Word offers an important added bonus that paper and pen never will: the ability to make auditory comments as well as written ones. Asking students to annotate orally can help ESL learners, students with disabilities, or simply reinvigorate the process. Students can easily produce multimedia readings of texts and readings that mirror more traditional think-alouds.
    • Lisa Elifrits
      Lisa Elifrits on 15 Mar 11
       
      I really see this being useful in the classroom.  
  • The proficient reader recognizes when reading is succeeding (metacognition) and has a coping mechanism for when it fails (fix-up or problem-solving strategies).
  • I decided to bring the Critical Inquiry techniques to computer-mediated learning by using Microsoft Word’s comment feature, an easy and powerful tool for annotating texts.
  • Students were placed into my Academic and Critical Reading classes when they failed the reading placement test. These students were ESL students, weak test-takers, uncomfortable with computers, had learning disabilities, were alliterate, older, and/or returning students. Most were unprepared for the rigors of academic literacy. The class followed the Critical Inquiry method developed by the SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge) Department of Brooklyn College, CUNY. Critical
  • Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11
     
    Reading is the active construction of meaning. Because there is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings to the text, the text, and the situation within which the text is placed.
  • Terri Johnson on 15 Mar 11
     
    Reading is the active construction of meaning. Because there is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings to the text, the text, and the situation within which the text is placed.
  • Kris Larson on 15 Mar 11
     
    Reading is the active construction of meaning. Because there is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings to the text, the text, and the situation within which the text is placed.
Jaime Dial

Return to Sender -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • "We need to teach students to be discriminating consumers of information. Can they vet information, pull together different materials, and demonstrate their constructed new knowledge? That's the mother lode."
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      Another huge point here.
  • is the way K-12 deploys technology in instruction, which is generally inadequate, disjointed, and poorly thought out--or not thought out at all
  • too many districts invest in technology with neither a long-term vision for how it will be used nor any definition or measurement of success.
    • Jaime Dial
      Jaime Dial on 23 Mar 11
       
      Wow. All true.
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