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Nathan Gingras

The Role of PBL in Making the Shift to Common Core | Edutopia - 1 views

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Projectbasedlearning Change-Project EDCI325 Common core pbl

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  • Big Idea #1: I am a designer.
  • Big Idea #2: I facilitate inquiry.
  • Big Idea #3: I set students up to dig deep, search for meaning, and craft reasoned arguments.
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  • Big Idea #4: I create conditions in which students can learn how to persevere.
  • Big Idea #5: I integrate content and create relevance.
  • Big Idea #6: I facilitate meaningful conversations.
Nathan Gingras

Educational Leadership:Giving Students Meaningful Work:Seven Essentials for Project-Bas... - 1 views

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  • A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria. First, students must perceive the work as personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways.
  • Teachers can powerfully activate students' need to know content by launching a project with an "entry event" that engages interest and initiates questioning. An entry event can be almost anything: a video, a lively discussion, a guest speaker, a field trip, or a piece of mock correspondence that sets up a scenario.
  • A good driving question captures the heart of the project in clear, compelling language, which gives students a sense of purpose and challenge.
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  • In terms of making a project feel meaningful to students, the more voice and choice, the better.
  • A project should give students opportunities to build such 21st century skills as collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and the use of technology, which will serve them well in the workplace and life. This exposure to authentic skills meets the second criterion for meaningful work—an important purpose. A teacher in a project-based learning environment explicitly teaches and assesses these skills and provides frequent opportunities for students to assess themselves.
  • Formalizing a process for feedback and revision during a project makes learning meaningful because it emphasizes that creating high-quality products and performances is an important purpose of the endeavor. Students need to learn that most people's first attempts don't result in high quality and that revision is a frequent feature of real-world work.
  • In addition to providing direct feedback, the teacher should coach students in using rubrics or other sets of criteria to critique one another's work. Teachers can arrange for experts or adult mentors to provide feedback, which is especially meaningful to students because of the source.
  • When students present their work to a real audience, they care more about its quality. Once again, it's "the more, the better" when it comes to authenticity. Students might replicate the kinds of tasks done by professionals—but even better, they might create real products that people outside school use.
Leah Starr

Beyond Book Reports - Book Trailers | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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booktrailers recommendation technology change-project EDCI325 daily5 readersworkshop

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  • Evidence shows that students who create visual representations of a concept are more likely to retain information than those who do not.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Book trailers are a way for students to show their understanding of a book in a visual way. It's also a great way for them to be creative and have fun!
  • The first step for students is creating a visual representation, or storyboard, of the video they hope to produce. The storyboard will help them clarify their topic and theme, and synthesize the information they hope to convey.
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    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Some great examples to use as a model for students when they are starting off.
  • In the classroom, book trailers are a fresh way for students to summarize what they have read while breaking out of the traditional book report format.
  • ow that a storyboard has been established, it’s time to put those tech skills to work! There are many software options for making a book trailer, including Photo Story and Windows Movie Maker, but for a truly theatrical experience, I prefer Apple’s iMovie.
  • I like to assign each student a role such as “film editor” or “art director” in order to make the project more personalized. You may also want to assign the role of “technical director” to an expert who can solve minor technical glitches.
  • What better way to celebrate student success than to have a screening party!
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Book Trailers: what & why.
Leah Starr

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

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Book recommendation technology tool change-project EDCI325 daily5 readersworkshop

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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.
Leah Starr

4 Powerful Formative Assessment Tools For The Chromebook Classroom - Edudemic - 0 views

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formative assessement technology tool EDCI325 change-project daily5 readersworkshop

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    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Quick overview of what formative assessment it.
  • This process is meant to measure where students are in the learning process by applying a diagnostic tool, usually in the form of questions
  • The information obtained could then be used to modify teaching and learning activities with the goal of helping improve student comprehension.
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  • Socrative is an easy to use and engaging way to assess student learning.
  • Socrative uses a “room” system, and students enter a teacher’s “room” to begin an assessment.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Tutorial for Socrative.
  • Assessments can include traditional, open response or multiple choice quizzes, exit tickets, and even the fast paced Space Race group activity.
  • This assessment tool allows me to push out a multitude of questions via a form – which is much like a survey. Student answers then populate into a spreadsheet – and that is where the fun begins.
  • Ask quiz questions to compare evidence of understanding with student self assessments.
  • Students can use their Chromebooks to play this active and absorbing game.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Create formative assessments through Google Form for each reading strategy taught. This can be used to create small groups based on need.
  • Students give feedback about their understanding in private and in real time. This means teachers can identify needs as they occur.” Justin Mann, the app’s developer, told me during a recent meeting.
  • adding colored backgrounds to answers that are wrong, so that I can instantly pinpoint which kids are grasping the concepts and which ones need further intervention
  • This technique, which I learned from an innovative educator, Jennie Magiera, allows me to quickly differentiate my instruction as I get real time information about student comprehension
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Examples of quick formative assessments that can be used with Chromebooks!
Leah Starr

Blogging in the 21st-Century Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • First and foremost, student writing is improving by leaps and bounds
  • Their improved skills transfer to formal work.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Example of rhetorical questions prompt.
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  • A mini-lesson and quick in-class prompt using rhetorical questions has resulted not only in well-argued blog posts, but also in students excitedly telling me how they used that technique for their HSPA persuasive task.
  • Introverted students tend to share more online than they do in person; blogging is an invaluable way for me to get to know them better as people and students.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Blogging gets more students involved. Introverts can have their voices heard.
  • t’s no secret that students value an authentic audience for their writing.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Authentic audience!
  • Encouraging students to blog about topics from other classes helps them see connections among subjects and realize that writing is a worthwhile skill in any field.
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    This articles shows how engaging and beneficial blogging can be in the classroom.
Leah Starr

Daily Five Technology - 0 views

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readersworkshop EDCI325 change-project technology daily5

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  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    This website includes many examples of how technology can be integrated in the Reader's Workshop using Daily Five.
Torey Olson

Projects for My Subject - Google Earth for Educators - 0 views

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    Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom.
Michael Oquendo

Google Drive and Docs: All About Google Drive and Docs - 0 views

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Google Drive EDCI325 Change-Project googledocs

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  • Google Docs is a free, web-based application that lets you create, share, and manage documents,
  • Documents: For composing letters, flyers, essays, and other text-based files (similar to Microsoft Word documents) Spreadsheets: For storing and organizing information (similar to Microsoft Excel worksheets) Presentations: For creating and presenting slides (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint slideshows) Forms: For collecting and organizing data Drawings: For creating simple vector graphics or diagrams
  • You can access it anywhere, and it's easy to share and collaborate on docs.
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  • Keep a doc private Share it with a few people Make it public on the Web
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Michael Oquendo

Google Drive and Docs: All About Google Drive and Docs - 0 views

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Google Drive EDCI325 Change-Project googledocs

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  • Whenever you place files on Google Drive, they are stored on Internet servers rather than your computer's hard drive.
  • Drive eliminates the need to email or save a file to a USB drive.
  • Despite what you may have heard, Google Drive keeps your files private and secure.
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  • Although the chances of this happening are very low, you should never keep your only copy of an important document in the cloud.
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Michael Oquendo

Google Drive and Docs: All About Google Drive and Docs - 0 views

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Google Drive technology EDCI325 Change-Project googledocs

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  • Google Drive is a free service from Google that allows you to store files from your computer online and access them anywhere using the cloud.
  • Michael Oquendo on 08 Jul 14
     
    A very short albeit great tool for figuring out how to use Google Drive and Google Docs. This resource has videos and other interactive features.
Michael Oquendo

Google Drive: A Better Method for Giving Student Feedback | Indiana Jen - 0 views

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Google Drive feedback technology EDCI325 Change-Project googledocs

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  • That said, Google has included most of the popular word processing features, including text formatting, headers & footers, image insertion, etc.
  • Students will need a Google account to create and share documents; this is the way Google assures that document access can be controlled by the creator.
  • What makes Google Drive different is the ability to share documents with others.
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  • you now have the ability to not only view the document, but to make revisions or comments along the way.
  • Instead of emailing documents back and forth (which is a huge pain with many opportunities for confusion) teachers can go quickly to Drive, find and open the student’s paper in the Drive table of contents, and make “live” comments and corrections on the student’s paper.
  • To make a comment simply highlight a section with your cursor and click the “comment” button.
  • Just select File > See Revision history and click on any date/time.
  • If it’s too much detail, click on Show less detailed revisions.
  •  File > Download as… or simply choosing File > Print.
  • You can explore many tools for teachers at the Chrome store.
  • By using the freeLearnly Voice Comments tool, you can incorporate your own spoken comments into any Google Drive document.
  • Michael Oquendo on 08 Jul 14
     
    This post has a few tips on ways to give students feedback using Google Drive. While the article doesn't have a ton of tips on actually USING the tool, it does have links to other resources that show how to use Google Drive
Michael Oquendo

Help! I'm a Teacher -- How Do I Get into Education Technology? | Deborah Chang - 1 views

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technology integration change education Change-Project EDCI325-CLE

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  • Education technology companies need educators.
  • you may also be missing some knowledge and skills that would help you add value to an education technology company,
  • Being able to translate between education needs and technological needs is crucial.
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  • As a teacher, be curious about how money at your school is being allocated, why your school makes the purchases it makes, and how the purchasing process work.
  • planning events at your school, deliberately tweaking your classroom or school procedures to be more effective, and supporting other teachers in implementing education technology.
  • Make an effort to gain different perspectives by collaborating with teachers who teach in very different situations.
  • Identify a pain point in your classroom and try to solve it.
  • The more you try to solve problems using technology, the more comfortable you will get with technology and the more you're able to articulate what works and what doesn't.
  • Ultimately, working in the education technology space, whether as a leader in you school or as a member of a company, means contributing significantly to the practice of teaching and learning.
  • Michael Oquendo on 08 Jul 14
     
    Steps to integrating technology into the classroom. Though this post focuses on ed tech companies, there are several ideas that could be used to integrate tech into the classroom.
Nathan Gingras

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  • Nathan Gingras on 07 Jul 14
     
    Here is the screenwriting/story-boarding software that I mentioned in a BB post.
Nathan Gingras

Research-Based Best Practices That Leverage Immediate Feedback - ExitTicket Student Res... - 0 views

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  • Finding #1)  “When feedback is corrective in nature – that is, it explains where and why students have made errors – significant increases in student learning occur.”
  • Finding #3)  “Asking students to continue working on a task until it is complete and accurate (until the standard is met) enhances student achievement.”
  • Nathan Gingras on 07 Jul 14
     
    This article further emphasizes the importance of immediate feedback with assessments and the impact it has on student learning.
Kelly Wilson

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many - 0 views

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  • Kelly Wilson on 07 Jul 14
     
    There's a place for tech in every classroom. I love this article because it highlights why I wanted to become a tech integration specialist!
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