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slangevin

Equitable Use of Technology by Melissa Boles-Rees on Prezi - 0 views

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  • slangevin on 02 Aug 13
     
    Prezi giving some basic terminology used when discussing equity and technology. It is also a pitch for special ed receiving the same access to technology as general ed.
Chelsea Turley

Why You Should Flip Your Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Chelsea Turley on 12 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Teachers from around the world have adopted the model and are using it to teach
  • Flipping speaks the language of today's students
  • These students understand digital learning. To them, all we are doing is speaking their language
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  • busy students
  • flexibility
  • work ahead
  • work ahead
  • she did not miss any of the content in that class
  • science,
  • . Students are helping each other learn
  • s in a flipped classroom for
  • we spend most of our class walking around helping the students who struggle most
    • Chelsea Turley
      Chelsea Turley on 12 Jul 13
       
      Special educators themselves will also have access to the lecture material 
  • science
  • Giving students the ability to pause their teachers is truly revolutionary.
  • We often move too fast for some students and too slowly for others
  • overall interaction increases: teacher-to-student, and student-to-student. Because the role of the teacher has changed from presenter of content to learning coach,
  • students with special needs can watch the videos as many times as they need to learn the materia
  • carry out meaningful activities instead of completing busywork.
  • Because we were not just standing and talking at kids, many of the classroom management problems evaporated.
  • . Because students are coming with the primary focus on learning, there are two real questions now: Is each student learning? If not, what can we do to help them learn? These are much more profound questions, and when we discuss them with parents, we move the focus to a place that will help parents understand how their students can become better learners.
  • As it turns out, many of them were watching right alongside their children and learning science
  • flipping opens the doors to our classrooms and allows the public in
  • prerecord a lesson for our students ahead of time when we knew we were going to be gone
  • in which students move through the material at their own pace.
  • flipped-mastery mode
  • Our journey has been a process that has occurred over several years, and we recommend that those interested in flipping make the change gradually.
  • Chelsea Turley on 12 Jul 13
     
    This article gives reasons why to flip a classroom including reducing classroom management issues to differentiating instruction to all levels of students. 
Leah Starr

6 Great Platforms Where Students Share Book Reviews and Reading Recommendations ~ Educa... - 0 views

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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs.
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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Audience = engagement!
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • ne of the best ways to get your students motivated about reading is to provide them with online platforms where they can meet other student readers and share their recommendations, reads, and book reviews.
  • you decide upon titles and genres you like and Good Reads gives you insightful recommendations and right into your inbox.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      This platform for recommendations keeps reading logs and provides books by reading level!
  • This is a platform where kids connect to their teachers, friends  and parents to share and recommend their favourite books and good reads. It
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs. 5- Figment Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. 6- Scholastic Scholastic has a section in which teachers and students can share what they are reading and discover new books based on their friends recommendations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You might also like: 4 Important New Gmail Updates You Should not Miss Excellent Classroom Poster Featuring 10 iPad Usage Rules New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and ...
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Book Recommendation Platforms.
kaliasnow

Students as Experts - SoundOut - 0 views

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  • Engaging students as experts can bring specialized knowledge about particular subjects to classrooms and education agencies, enriching everyone’s ability to be more effective throughout schools
  • ideas and passion drive the future of technology
  • Without substantial opportunities to be experts, students are inadvertently taught that their opinions are insignificant or not worthy of educators’ attention
Joy Ray

Differentiate Instruction Using Google Apps - Electronic Brains - 0 views

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  • Joy Ray on 12 Mar 15
     
    Theories that Inspire Great Instruction As a trained Special Education teacher, I have always believed that it is essential to offer a variety of learning strategies and project opportunities to the students in my classroom.
Nathan Gingras

Supporting ESL Students: 10 Tips For Mainstream Teachers - 0 views

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shared by Nathan Gingras on 03 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • 1.  Cultural Awareness: All teachers should take a moment to self-reflect about their own understandings and questions in regard to cultural differences. Take the time to learn about different cultures, gestures, and traditions and celebrate these differences with all of the students in the classroom. Encourage all students to share their culture with classmates.
  • 2.  Empathize: Try to imagine how overwhelming it must feel to leave your home country and family members while trying to assimilate, learn and socialize in a foreign language. Be aware that ESL students will be in culture shock and feel highly alienated for some time. Garner patience and understand that it will take time for ESL students to talk, as a silent period is highly expected. Smile and show support to your best ability. 
  • 3.  Provide A Comfort Zone: Assess where the ESL student’s abilities are in relation to basic survival skills and needs.  Assign a friendly and welcoming buddy to assist with common school locations, requirements and routines. If possible, keep an extra eye out during busy transition times to assure the student gets to the correct location. If possible, find someone in the school, another classmate, parent or volunteer that may speak the student’s language. Connecting the student with someone who speaks his/her native language will provide a great deal of comfort. 
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  • 4.  Spotlight Respect For All Cultures: Reaffirm the message about being supportive of one another, kind, understanding and patient. Encourage everyone to openly talk about their personal cultures, traditions and languages. Have parties celebrating the different cultures in the class, sharing music, historical family photos, dances, games, food and traditions.  Hold discussions about the history of America, immigration, and the value of diversity and differences. Encourage students to share their own stories of immigration, passed down from generation to generation.
  • 5.  Community: If the parents and/or guardians do not speak English, request an interpreter if possible for all school communication, including parties, conferences and special events. Invite parents to all school community functions to encourage and foster a sense of belonging. If possible, introduce other students and/or families who speak the same language as the ESL student. Sharing cultural commonalities will provide strong bonds for students, parents and teachers.
  • 6.  Assess Students Informally: Assess ESL students on an informal basis when they first arrive to class, and ongoing during the school year. It is imperative to primarily check for understanding in regard to basic and social needs. Pay attention from the sideline to see if they know numbers, letters and/or short English phrases. Continuously check for comprehension and growth informally, make notes and never be afraid to raise the bar and challenge a bit.
  • 7.  Don’t Discourage Native Language Use:  With all good intentions, this is a common mistake teachers can make. ESL students who have a stronger foundation of their native language will have a shorter route to acquiring English. Don’t discourage native language use, as this will result in negative feelings about the student’s language and culture, and may cause delay in English language acquisition. Provide free time for the ESL student to read and write in their native language
  • 8.  Use Manipulatives, Visuals, Games, Music and Hands-On Activities in the Classroom: According to William Glaser, we learn 80% of what we experience, and 95% of what we teach others. ESL students do exceptionally well when this theory is followed. Involve them in projects that will encourage them to talk as much as possible with their classmates.   Some ideas for projects are the following:  cooking (following easy directions), art (drawing, painting, sculpture), musical activities (music provides an amazing platform for learning), and acting (for example, charades).
  • 9.  Provide Various Opportunities For Talking and Consider Seat Placement: It is very important to consider seat placement in the classroom for the ESL student. All too often, ESL students are seated in the back of the classroom, which leads to a great lack of contribution, listening, and  participation. Try and seat the ESL student close to the front, especially with other students who are inviting and enjoy conversation. Provide the most opportunities as possible for talking and listening to others in the class via group work. You will be surprised how much shorter the silent period will end. 
  • 10. Communicate with the ESL teacher: Maintain communication with the ESL teacher as much as possible. The sooner both teachers are working together, the quicker the student will learn English. Be open to the ESL teacher’s suggestions, let him/her share in the modification of classwork, and invite the ESL teacher into your classroom. 
jessvanorman

infed.org | Peter Senge and the learning organization - 0 views

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  • The basic rationale for such organizations is that in situations of rapid change only those that are flexible, adaptive and productive will excel. For this to happen, it is argued, organizations need to ‘discover how to tap people’s commitment and capacity to learn at all levels’ (ibid.: 4).While all people have the capacity to learn, the structures in which they have to function are often not conducive to reflection and engagement. Furthermore, people may lack the tools and guiding ideas to make sense of the situations they face. Organizations that are continually expanding their capacity to create their future require a fundamental shift of mind among their members.
  • Personal mastery. ‘Organizations learn only through individuals who learn. Individual learning does not guarantee organizational learning. But without it no organizational learning occurs’ (Senge 1990: 139). Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively’ (ibid.: 7). It goes beyond competence and skills, although it involves them. It goes beyond spiritual opening, although it involves spiritual growth (ibid.: 141). Mastery is seen as a special kind of proficiency. It is not about dominance, but rather about calling. Vision is vocation rather than simply just a good idea.
  • But personal mastery is not something you possess. It is a process. It is a lifelong discipline. People with a high level of personal mastery are acutely aware of their ignorance, their incompetence, their growth areas. And they are deeply self-confident. Paradoxical? Only for those who do not see the ‘journey is the reward’. (Senge 1990: 142)
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  • If organizations are to develop a capacity to work with mental models then it will be necessary for people to learn new skills and develop new orientations, and for their to be institutional changes that foster such change. ‘Entrenched mental models… thwart changes that could come from systems thinking’ (ibid.: 203). Moving the organization in the right direction entails working to transcend the sorts of internal politics and game playing that dominate traditional organizations. In other words it means fostering openness (Senge 1990: 273-286). It also involves seeking to distribute business responsibly far more widely while retaining coordination and control. Learning organizations are localized organizations (ibid.: 287-301).
  • it’s the capacity to hold a share picture of the future we seek to create’ (1990: 9). Such a vision has the power to be uplifting – and to encourage experimentation and innovation. Crucially, it is argued, it can also foster a sense of the long-term, something that is fundamental to the ‘fifth discipline’.
  • When there is a genuine vision (as opposed to the all-to-familiar ‘vision statement’), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to. But many leaders have personal visions that never get translated into shared visions that galvanize an organization… What has been lacking is a discipline for translating vision into shared vision – not a ‘cookbook’ but a set of principles and guiding practices. The practice of shared vision involves the skills of unearthing shared ‘pictures of the future’ that foster genuine commitment and enrolment rather than compliance. In mastering this discipline, leaders learn the counter-productiveness of trying to dictate a vision, no matter how heartfelt. (Senge 1990: 9)
  • People need to be able to act together. When teams learn together, Peter Senge suggests, not only can there be good results for the organization, members will grow more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.
  • In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations were people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity, clarify vision, and improve shared mental models – that is they are responsible for learning…. Learning organizations will remain a ‘good idea’… until people take a stand for building such organizations. Taking this stand is the first leadership act, the start of inspiring (literally ‘to breathe life into’) the vision of the learning organization. (Senge 1990: 340)
  • In essence, ‘the leaders’ task is designing the learning processes whereby people throughout the organization can deal productively with the critical issues they face, and develop their mastery in the learning disciplines’ (ibid.: 345).
  • One of the important things to grasp here is that stewardship involves a commitment to, and responsibility for the vision, but it does not mean that the leader owns it. It is not their possession. Leaders are stewards of the vision, their task is to manage it for the benefit of others (hence the subtitle of Block’s book – ‘Choosing service over self-interest’). Leaders learn to see their vision as part of something larger. Purpose stories evolve as they are being told, ‘in fact, they are as a result of being told’ (Senge 1990: 351). Leaders have to learn to listen to other people’s vision and to change their own where necessary. Telling the story in this way allows others to be involved and to help develop a vision that is both individual and shared.
  • By attending to purpose, leaders can cultivate an understanding of what the organization (and its members) are seeking to become. One of the issues here is that leaders often have strengths in one or two of the areas but are unable, for example, to develop systemic understanding. A key to success is being able to conceptualize insights so that they become public knowledge, ‘open to challenge and further improvement’ (ibid.: 356).
  • It is about fostering learning, for everyone. Such leaders help people throughout the organization develop systemic understandings. Accepting this responsibility is the antidote to one of the most common downfalls of otherwise gifted teachers – losing their commitment to the truth. (Senge 1990: 356)
nphill85

Bookshare | An Accessible Online Library for people with print disabilities - 0 views

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  • Joy Ray on 12 Mar 15
     
    This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Award Number H327D120002). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.
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