The Critical Skills Classroom

"First Day of Class Activities that Create a Climate for Learning By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog There's no discounting the importance of the first day of class. What happens that day sets the tone for the rest of the course."

I don't care what her bio says, the author HAD to have gone to AUNE. Great activities for first day of class...OR opening up a meeting, workshop, etc.

This app will let you make notes directly on a pdf.

Download the list of some great short "booklets"--what an amazing contribution they were and everyone of them is still relevant--even more so. They need to reread--virtually every one of them.

"To me it comes down to process," Lehmann said. "Inquiry means living in the soup. Inquiry means living in that uncomfortable space where we don't know the answer."

Interesting take on building learning communities

By Linda Darling-Hammond and Beverly Falk As the internationally benchmarked Common Core State Standards, or CCSS, are adopted in states across the country, educators are seeking ways to support an increasingly diverse student population to meet these more demanding expectations. The likelihood that students will achieve the aims of the standards will be substantially shaped by how well teachers teach these challenging academic skills in ways that support a wide range of learners.

In 2006, Judit Munso (Principal Teacher of Modern Languages at Lossiemouth High School) attended a course on a methodology entitled 'Critical Skills'. Judit was unfamiliar with the term and had no idea what the course would be about, but imagined it was connected with Curriculum for Excellence.

Great overview of how to use the Fox Tool