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The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 1 views

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The school’s success suggests that perhaps certain instructional fundamentals—fundamentals that schools have devalued or forgotten—need to be rediscovered, updated, and reintroduced. And if that can be done correctly, traditional instruction delivered by the teachers already in classrooms may turn out to be the most powerful lever we have for improving school performance after all.
- Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12
  
  It is all about balance. Some students need more help with understanding how to write. Others need less. I would not want writing to be reduced to a formula but we need to have ways to support student in their writing journey. It is hard to write well if you believe you cannot write because you lack success. The focus needs to be on what students need in the format that they need.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It is all about balance. Some students need more help with understanding how to write. Others need less. I would not want writing to be reduced to a formula but we need to have ways to support student in their writing journey. It is hard to write well if you believe you cannot write because you lack success. The focus needs to be on what students need in the format that they need.</div>
  
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- jeff brookes on 29 Sep 12
  
  So now the proverbial pendulum is threatening to swing back, back to the basics of writing instruction. Is there a way we can learn from the mistakes of our past over-reactions and consider the possibility that both the technical and creative aspects of writing can (and should) be taught? And that the qualities and skills involved in both can (and should) be taught explicitly and through immersion in the best examples of each genre.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So now the proverbial pendulum is threatening to swing back, back to the basics of writing instruction. Is there a way we can learn from the mistakes of our past over-reactions and consider the possibility that both the technical and creative aspects of writing can (and should) be taught? And that the qualities and skills involved in both can (and should) be taught explicitly and through immersion in the best examples of each genre.</div>
  
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- Kelly Brown on 29 Sep 12
  
  One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.</div>
  
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- Kelly Brown on 29 Sep 12
  
  One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.</div>
  
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New 'flipped classroom' learning model catching on in Wisconsin schools : Wsj - 0 views

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shared by Rebecca Redlon on 04 Mar 13 - No Cached

Rebecca Redlon on 04 Mar 13

More evidence that "flipping" is catching on.

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edcamp - A Guide to Organizing - 3 views

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Renee Liepold on 31 Mar 12

This is the edcamp guide for creating an un-conference. I'm at EdCampME right now. So powerful. We need to talk about this model.

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The False Digital Imperative | Teaching Writing in a Digital Age - 7 views

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Digital media supplies information, but it also shapes the process of thought. 
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My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles.
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Literary figures are openly admitting that they cannot engage in sustained critical reading, in a sense, they can no longer read for a purpose
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we should be moving towards, “a carefully employed pedagogy aimed at furthering students digital literacy, just as earlier, process-based composition emerged as a dominant pedagogical model”
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being wary of public writing in the classroom.  He suggests that if not implemented properly, this public writing can have far reaching consequences.
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“Before students can engage in the new participatory culture, they must be able to read and write
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this intentional move towards brevity and away from sustained critical reading/writing is sure to negatively impact the future of our students, thereby impacting the future of our country. 
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From Plantation Thinking to Rainforest Thinking | headguruteacher - 0 views

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5 Essential Questions About ePortfolios - Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Davis - edchat... - 18 views

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shared by dawn pendergrass on 14 Jul 12 - No Cached

- smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
  
  Look twitter!
  
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digital portfolios could be used as a “parking lot”
- smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
  
  Interesting concept.
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  for college applications or the parking lot?
  
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- rcusteau3 on 07 Aug 12
  
  If students have a choice they will be motivated.
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  Yes, yes and yes. I think that is why students really buy into the portfolio process. They get to choose!!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yes, yes and yes. I think that is why students really buy into the portfolio process. They get to choose!!</div>
  
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- bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
  
  wow!
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  so easy to do.......www.wordle.com....if you've never seen it. :)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">so easy to do.......<a href="http://www.wordle.com....if" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wordle.com....if</a> you've never seen it. :)</div>
  
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- Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
  
  We hope this is the case that the portfolio is owned by the students w/sharing w/ others
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  This idea -- the students need to take ownership, sift through their learning and make sense of their triumphs and challenges. We feel that this is a VERY meaningful learning experience.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This idea -- the students need to take ownership, sift through their learning and make sense of their triumphs and challenges. We feel that this is a VERY meaningful learning experience.</div>
  
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- Mary Bellavance on 07 Aug 12
  
  Amen!
  
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- Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
  
  One of the most important aspects for us about portfolios is that reflection happens - putting portfolio together is not just making a checklist - it is thinking about your learning - the metacognition.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the most important aspects for us about portfolios is that reflection happens - putting portfolio together is not just making a checklist - it is thinking about your learning - the metacognition.</div>
  
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- Mary Bellavance on 07 Aug 12
  
  Great question!
  
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- jkelly72 on 07 Aug 12
  
  Good idea!
  
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- hmclean on 07 Aug 12
  
  I agree
  
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- Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
  
  The audience should be defined ahead of time so students can develop the portfolio w/this audience in mind
  
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- Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
  
  authentic audience, yes
  
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- Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
  
  Pre teach HOW TO curate and organize, maybe develop a template for this - but then it is up to the student to take this on - it is their work
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Pre teach HOW TO curate and organize, maybe develop a template for this - but then it is up to the student to take this on - it is their work</div>
  
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- Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
  
  Display an exemplar (teacher made)
  
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- bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
  
  Move student from passive learner to active learner. Making authentic meaning of their respective learning, student directed, not teacher lead...
  
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- Martha Vignola on 07 Aug 12
  
  I agree.
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  One of the BEST parts of my job!!!
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  Holy Cow! Now I think that I need to create my own digital portfolio! Yikes. This may cause some marital strife ;) I tend to dive into these things and then not come up for air until I am done and it is perfect.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Holy Cow! Now I think that I need to create my own digital portfolio! Yikes. This may cause some marital strife ;) I tend to dive into these things and then not come up for air until I am done and it is perfect.</div>
  
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- bedlingtongirl on 07 Aug 12
  
  Yes!! Can't wait to try it so I can show my students.
  
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What is the teacher’s role?
- Nancy Grose on 07 Aug 12
  
  Creating a personal portfolio as an exemplar to model for students would be a way to guide students' learning
  
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- dawn pendergrass on 07 Aug 12
  
  That is great! I kept my portfolio from ETEP and have often shown them my own portfolio. But perhaps creating my own writing portfolio would be helpful and show that this is something that writers do -- not just students.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">That is great! I kept my portfolio from ETEP and have often shown them my own portfolio. But perhaps creating my own writing portfolio would be helpful and show that this is something that writers do -- not just students.</div>
  
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in other words, a place for gathering all of one’s academic, artistic, athletic, or other achievements from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
- smithfraney on 07 Aug 12
  
  As a content area teacher, I use e-portfolios in place of lab notebooks. All the students lab reports are housed in a digital setting. So my goals and vision for e-portfolios are much more singular.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As a content area teacher, I use e-portfolios in place of lab notebooks. All the students lab reports are housed in a digital setting. So my goals and vision for e-portfolios are much more singular.</div>
  
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- Laurie Jacques on 07 Aug 12
  
  Something our district is looking at doing. Spotty digital portfolios now. MYP and IB require reflection!
  
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- Laurie Sevigny on 07 Aug 12
  
  Some students will take the bull by the horns and make the most of the features of the portfolio process and program. Of course others will just go through the motions to get it done. Either way, the process of creating is what's important - the generation of a body of work that the student will consider and the process of accomplishing the task as well.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some students will take the bull by the horns and make the most of the features of the portfolio process and program. Of course others will just go through the motions to get it done. Either way, the process of creating is what's important - the generation of a body of work that the student will consider and the process of accomplishing the task as well.</div>
  
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- Susan Dee on 07 Aug 12
  
  This is my concern with moving in the direction of an ePortfolio. I've seen this happen with "paper" portfolios time and time again. Lots of work is put into it and when it's finished parents see it as a "keepsake" and still want a "grade". How do we change this culture? How do we assist parent and administrators.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is my concern with moving in the direction of an ePortfolio. I've seen this happen with "paper" portfolios time and time again. Lots of work is put into it and when it's finished parents see it as a "keepsake" and still want a "grade". How do we change this culture? How do we assist parent and administrators.</div>
  
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6 powerful strategies for paradigm-shifting teacher PD | Connected Principals - 4 views

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smithfraney on 11 Aug 12

Ha! I saw this on twitter last night too and was going to post it today. I think this would be a great thing for the pd team to look at. Though I think we are successfully doing most of these things, I think there are some we could learn from.

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Martha Vignola on 21 Aug 12

The pecha kucha model is so interesting and would be a great idea for SMWP large groups to showcase work.

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