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Patrick Higgins

Portfolios (Authentic Assessment Toolbox) - 3 views

  • Portfolio: A collection of a student's work specifically selected to tell a particular story about the student
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      This is what I am really leaning towards: students telling the story of their work. Can we accomplish that?
  • A portfolio is not the pile of student work that accumulates over a semester or year. Rather, a portfolio contains a purposefully selected subset of student work. "Purposefully" selecting student work means deciding what type of story you want the portfolio to tell.
  • 1. Growth Portfolios a. to show growth or change over time b. to help develop process skills such as self-evaluation and goal-setting c. to identify strengths and weaknesses d. to track the development of one more products/performances 2. Showcase Portfolios a. to showcase end-of-year/semester accomplishments b. to prepare a sample of best work for employment or college admission c. to showcase student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work d. to communicate a student's current aptitudes to future teachers 3. Evaluation Portfolios a. to document achievement for grading purposes b. to document progress towards standards c. to place students appropriately
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      Which one do you think fits our purposes? Or should we leave that up to the students?
Patrick Higgins

Paly Voice: Home - 0 views

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    This is the Paly Voice, an online newspaper produced by the students of Palo Alto High School. Just a cursory glance says a lot here about the depth and the savvy of these students. Great example to follow.
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    Great example of a student magazine done completely online.
Patrick Higgins

Independent Reading Podcasts « Mr. Mayo's Class - 0 views

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    Mr. Mayo's student podcasts. Why aren't more people providing audiences for their students like George?
Patrick Higgins

The Teacher's Edition » Best Student Work - 0 views

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    Can you do this with your students?
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    How great is this? I think more teachers should be including an online "hall of fame" for student work.
Patrick Higgins

Doug Johnson Website - dougwri - Designing Research Projects Students (and Te... - 0 views

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    Doug Johnson's article from 10 years ago about how to create engagin research projects with students. This should be required for every high school English teacher.
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    Take a good look at this one. How do you want your students doing research?
Patrick Higgins

Hodgsonwriting - 0 views

  • The act of writing is an important way for students to learn by processing their ideas into coherent and organized form;Writing should be done across various curriculum areas and not be taught in isolation;Students should write for various audiences; At times, they may write just for themselves, for the classroom or, sometimes, for the world;Technology can be a useful tool for composing various forms of writing and media, including audio podcasts and video;Writing should be authentic and allow students to make connections between school and the world outside of school;Artistic elements and the concept of design play a role in the way that young people compose writing and other media;Reading quality books and stories of various genres provide an insight into the writing process and allow students to reflect, connect and utilize critical thinking skills;All students can succeed and improve as writers and readers and composers of multimedia.
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      I love these! Regardless of whether or not you feel that you will stick to them, I think it's good to have a set of guiding principles, and have them be publicly viewable, so that your beliefs are clearly stated.
Patrick Higgins

Research Project Calculator - 0 views

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    calculator that helps students structure their projects over periods of time. there is even an email function that will give you reminders when things are do. Plus there are scaffolding questions within the framework to help students narrow topic and focus.
Patrick Higgins

IDEA: International Debate Education Association - Debate Resources & Debate Tools - 0 views

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    I used this site when I taught English in Ramsey to provide students with sound basis for arguments in class. At the very least it can provide you with a host of topics for students to write about and discuss.
Erica Hartman

YouTube - Networked Student - 0 views

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    Connectivism great video to show students
Patrick Higgins

Writing in the Middle Grades, 6-8 - 0 views

  • Students possess knowledge about written language and a variety of forms of writing; quality instruction reflects students’ experience and knowledge.
  • Writing is a social activity; writing instruction should be embedded in social contexts. Students can take responsibility in shaping the classroom structures that facilitate their work.
  • Writing is effectively used as a tool for thinking and learning throughout the curriculum.
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  • Assessment that both benefits individual writers and their teachers’ instructional planning is embedded within curricular experiences and represented by collections of key pieces of writing created over time.
  • Authors and teachers who write can offer valuable insights to students by mentoring them into process and making their own writing processes more visible.
  • Technology provides writers the opportunity to create and present writing in new and increasingly flexible ways, particularly in combination with other media.
Patrick Higgins

Image Detective - 0 views

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    This one from Erica Hartman's students. Very good stuff available for helping students "read" images.
Patrick Higgins

100 Informative & Inspiring YouTube Videos for Educators | AccreditedOnlineColleges.com - 0 views

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    While YouTube may be known for sharing silly videos or as a way to see your sister's children who live across the country, it is actually becoming a powerful form of online education. This listing provides a collection of videos that educators will find both interesting and inspirational. Whether you are working with students at the elementary level or with college-aged students, you are sure to find plenty of inspiration among these YouTube videos
Patrick Higgins

Between Classes...living a balanced life as a quality teacher - 0 views

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    I really like the piece she infuses here about the limits on student writing--there shouldn't be. Too often we only allow students to write that which we can grade. Why?
Patrick Higgins

NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing - 0 views

  • Often, in school, students write only to prove that they did something they were asked to do, in order to get credit for it. Or, students are taught a single type of writing and are led to believe this type will suffice in all situations. Writers outside of school have many different purposes beyond demonstrating accountability, and they practice myriad types and genres. In order to make sure students are learning how writing differs when the purpose and the audience differ, it is important that teachers create opportunities for students to be in different kinds of writing situations, where the relationships and agendas are varied. Even within academic settings, the characteristics of good writing vary among disciplines; what counts as a successful lab report, for example, differs from a successful history paper, essay exam, or literary interpretation.
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    Take a look at the section I highlighted.
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    More fodder for writing as embodying many different forms.
Patrick Higgins

http://spacemag.tumblr.com - 0 views

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    If you are interested in publishing your students' work and collaborating with other classrooms from around the world, this is worth looking at.
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    This is a magazine created by students from around the world. It's truly amazing on so many levels.
Patrick Higgins

Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times - 0 views

  • “The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of “The Open Mind” and an executive change consultant for Professional Thinking Partners. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide,’ just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider.’ ” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”
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      This is the part that we can really instill in our students: a sense of wonder that permeates all they do. How do we do it? My idea would be to tap into their passions. What do they go for? Also, one of the jobs of schools is to expose students to things they would not normally be exposed to. This can create new habits and new wonder.
  • The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.
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      This is where we come in.
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  • Ms. Ryan and Ms. Markova have found what they call three zones of existence: comfort, stretch and stress. Comfort is the realm of existing habit. Stress occurs when a challenge is so far beyond current experience as to be overwhelming. It’s that stretch zone in the middle — activities that feel a bit awkward and unfamiliar — where true change occurs.
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      This is Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development where our students are stressed to the point of learning, but not beyond it.
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    I am dropping this in your mailboxes today.
Patrick Higgins

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen - 0 views

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    Done by students in conjunction with a local museum. Not a bad idea.
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    This is a project that students in Maine did in partnership with the local historical society and museum. Vicki Davis pointed to this and asked why we don't see more of this. I agree.
Patrick Higgins

Invitations to Learn // Carol Ann Tomlinson - 0 views

  • I am accepted and acceptable here just as I am. I am safe here—physically, emotionally, and intellectually. People here care about me. People here listen to me. People know how I'm doing, and it matters to them that I do well. People acknowledge my interests and perspectives and act upon them.
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      Some great lines here regarding the needs of the learners in your classroom.
  • I understand what we do here. I see significance in what we do. What we do reflects me and my world. The work we do makes a difference in the world. The work absorbs me.
  • when students discover meaning and relevance implicit in books, ideas, and tasks. Without meaning, schoolwork is purposeless for students.
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  • What I learn here is useful to me now.
  • "Other teachers told us what to think. This one is different because she showed us how to think and that we can think."
  • Rubrics and work samples help students understand the hallmarks of quality work.
  • I accomplish things here that I didn't believe were possible.
  • the actions of those excellent teachers consistently convey invitation.
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    Tomlinson article detailing the emotional needs of learners in the classroom.
Patrick Higgins

edtech VISION - Visionary uses of edtech » ONE Project: FOUR Formats - 0 views

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    I love several elements about this one. One is how the students had choice in choosing the topic based on their interest, and two how they chose the outcome they wanted. This looks like a good fit for the Self-Awareness unit that the 8th grade did in the beginning of the year.
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    Colette Cassinelli's description of a project she completed with her students.
Patrick Higgins

Watch Out! - 0 views

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    Comment on these student films; show them to your students; How can we do this?
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