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Literacies for All Summer Institute - 0 views

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Literacy

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  • anonymous on 12 Oct 10
     
    Conference on Literacy to be held this summer in Las Vegas.
anonymous

An Annotated Bibliography for Elizabeth Birr Moje - National Writing Project - 0 views

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Literacy

shared by anonymous on 07 Jun 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 07 Jun 10
     
    Expert on content area literacy
anonymous

Weblogg-ed » "Disposable Reform" - 0 views

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      anonymous on 27 Aug 10
       
      This is fascinating. I agree that "real" learning is self-motivated and directed--and yet we've trained students to think that the only thing that is valuable is what the teacher says. I do a lot of group work in my classes, and one of my colleagues asked me recently if I got bored since I wasn't on stage, so to speak, all the time. I do sometimes, but I don't think my class is about me, it's about helping my students learn. And I believe they learn more if they are actively engaged . . . which is more likely to happen in a smaller group than in a whole class discussion.
  • “What % of teacher ed programs prepare teachers NOT to be the focal point of the classroom?” and the responses were telling. Most said 5-10%, and my sense is that’s pretty accurate.
  • But I also found it striking that she connected our difficulty in sustaining change with what she termed our “disposable culture” here in the US. We try one reform and dispose of it, then we try another and dispose of that one, and then we try yet another. And I can’t help ask, whose fault is that?
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      anonymous on 27 Aug 10
       
      Again, I totally agree. After teaching here in Fresno for 11 years, I've seen so many initiatives to create collaboration between high school and the university. I worked with a great project when I first arrived here, a literacy center at Fresno High. CSUF students, many of whom wanted to be teachers, would tutor high schools, sometimes in the classroom, sometimes in the Literacy Center's room. Everyone involved in the project loved it . . . but after three years, the funding ran out. Now there's discussion yet again about another round of university intervention in high schools . . . I wish we could just develop a great program that would receive long-term funding, instead of just a "flavor-of-the-day" approach to education.
  • anonymous on 27 Aug 10
     
    Interesting blog about how we repeatedly introduce "new" programs and ideas in schools, only to abandon them for the next wave of "new" ideas.
Mallorie Fagundes

Effects of the California High School Exit Exam - 3 views

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CAHSEE Cons Negative Effects Literacy

shared by Mallorie Fagundes on 26 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Mallorie Fagundes on 26 Oct 10
     
    "Sean Reardon and Michal Kurlaender summarize the findings from a study investigating the impact of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) on California's lowest performing students. [...] They found that the CAHSEE requirement has had no positive efects on students' academic skills" (quoted from the abstract).
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  • Justin Norris on 26 Oct 10
     
    Wow. This is an interesting read. I'm thinking about writing my research paper about the CAHSEE, so, thank you for this find!
  • Mallorie Fagundes on 27 Oct 10
     
    It was very interesting. I am writing mine on CAHSEE as well; maybe you and I can get together and discuss what we find. I was expecting to find positive articles for the CAHSEE possibly explaining why it is necessary, but I mostly found articles that rebut the CAHSEE.
  • Justin Norris on 28 Oct 10
     
    Yeah, same here. I just posted a website that shows the stats of the CAHSEE and how students have been doing on them since 2004. For every ethnicity, percentages have gone up every year since 04. Though it doesn't have anything to do with how effective the CAHSEE is in regard to literacy, it's still interesting to see. I'm sure there's a relationship with the improving scores and how the curriculum keeps changing in classrooms in order to focus on getting higher CAHSEE scores.
Michelle Arce

More Alike Than Different: Promoting Respect Through Multicultural Books and Literacy S... - 0 views

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  • Michelle Arce on 13 Nov 10
     
    Not my research topic, but this article reminded me of our Lit. circle book, "Esperanza Rising." =)
  • Michelle Arce on 13 Nov 10
     
    Multicultural books & Literacy Strategies-- helps students gain a stronger sense of identity, especially when identifying with CULTURE.
anonymous

* SDAWP * Multiple Literacies: Top 20 Websites No Teacher Should Start the 2010-2011 Ye... - 1 views

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Web2.0

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  • anonymous on 13 Sep 10
     
    Websites useful to educators.
Michelle Arce

Making Schools Work with Hedrick Smith . School-By-School Reform . Scripted Lessons | PBS - 4 views

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shared by Michelle Arce on 26 Oct 10 - Cached
  • proven methods
    • Ashley Muniz
      Ashley Muniz on 26 Oct 10
       
      I wish the article was more specific about what the "proven methods" are
  • As an experienced teacher she found the process of adopting her district’s program “humiliating and demeaning.”
    • Michelle Arce
      Michelle Arce on 16 Nov 10
       
      I totally understand why experienced teachers may feel this way. HOWEVER, this is a way for our school system to make sure that teachers are at least addressing the correct material in class.
  • Ashley Muniz on 26 Oct 10
     
    This article is about scripted lessons and teachers reactions to them
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  • ameia sarkisian on 29 Oct 10
     
    I can see how failing inner city schools, with students in the absolute worst conditions, might benefit from a scripted program. I don't agree that it's right, but I can see how one might justify the implementation of such a method when all else seems to have failed. I cringed at the end of the article when the teacher said that the scripted program "allowed for alittle bit of personality" on the teacher's part to show through... A LITTLE BIT?! Isn't the personality of the teacher that acts as an example for the students? isn't it the personality of the teacher that students "judge" right off the bat, sometimes effecting how much they choose to learn and participate in that particular class? I can't believe people actually believe our whole nation, which is SUPPOSED to be a diverse melting pot of people and experience, should adopt this rigid and inflexible curriculum method.
  • Ashley Muniz on 05 Nov 10
     
    I agree that direct instruction may help some students but I feel like a scripted lesson denies the individuality of the students and the teacher. These types of lessons tell you how to conduct the lesson word for word as well as how to answer students' questions. I feel like this takes all creativity out of teaching and turns the teacher into a robot. These systems are also meant to "teacher-proof" the classroom so that even bad teacher can "teach" as long as they know how to read.
  • ameia sarkisian on 05 Nov 10
     
    Wow and the scripted curriculum even tells the teacher how to answer questions?! If school, especially high school, is supposed to reflect a small scale-real world for students then what kind of message are we sending when we ("we" being teachers) are told how to do everything by a higher power; that we're all more successful if we do everything exactly the same all the time? So much for the development of critical literacy.
Kyle Dodson

District Summary of Fresno Unified - 1 views

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Education California Statistics

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  • Kyle Dodson on 18 Nov 10
     
    In case anyone is interested in more of a local glance at the public school system, this site offers statistics on every California District by gender, ethnic backgrounds, and by math and literacy numbers.
Michelle Arce

Scripted Curriculum: Is It a Prescription for Success? | Childhood Education | Find Art... - 1 views

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  • commercially prepared
    • Michelle Arce
      Michelle Arce on 13 Nov 10
       
      education= "commercial." Aren't we just SOOO proud of our education system =/
    • Michelle Arce
      Michelle Arce on 18 Nov 10
       
      Reminds me of the foundations of literacy.
anonymous

The Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy | Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagog... - 0 views

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freire critical pedagogy

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  • anonymous on 20 Mar 10
     
    Freire is an important educator who is one of the important voices in Critical Pedagogy . . . using the classroom to inspire social justice.
Eric Wheeler

http://www.readwritethink.org/ - 0 views

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reading writing literacy resources education teaching languagearts english

shared by Eric Wheeler on 19 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Eric Wheeler on 19 Apr 10
     
    Great resources and lessons for teaching English Language Arts.
anonymous

Education Week's Digital Directions: Classroom-Tested Tech Tools Used to Boost Literacy - 0 views

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Web2.0 Classroom2.0

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  • anonymous on 15 Feb 11
     
    An interesting article that discusses how to use technologies students have at home
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