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C Clausen

No Limits, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - 0 views

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  • Best Practices Center's 21st Century Learning Project. The project helps teachers gain the skills needed to prepare students for a world dominated by digital technologies.
  • While many educators still see technology and the Internet as just ways to obtain or manage information, Tomlinson sees it as a lot more. "It's about whole new ways to work and think and learn, to conduct your business and your life," says Tomlinson.
  • With the right support and leadership, Tomlinson says, teachers can have the best of both worlds: they can build strong literacy skills while using technology to push students into higher levels of learning.
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  • After each field trip, students create Webcasts documenting what they have seen and learned during their travels. "That's where these 21st-century tools can help us with our basic teaching and learning mission here at George Hall," Tomlinson says. "The children are actually talking about where they've been and what they've learned, using new vocabulary in authentic contexts." She
  • "a new kind of digital divide exists, one that 10 years from now will separate those who know how to use new media to band together online from those who don't."
  • "It will not be on 'official' channels and much of it will be 'under our radar' and on their own time. But this will change the relationships and deepen them between our classes. And more important, it changes our role as teachers and leaders of student learning."
  • K12Online Conference, Marsha Ratzel, a 6th-grade math and science teacher at suburban Leawood Middle School in Kansas's Blue Valley School District, began to consider how she might give the new student-centered strategies a try.
  • creating learning opportunities that help students develop the skills and motivation that result in success throughout life.
Sean Wybrant

Learn and Serve Colorado - A starting point for service learning - 0 views

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shared by Sean Wybrant on 19 May 10 - Cached
  • Sean Wybrant on 19 May 10
     
    This is the Colorado Department of Education website devoted to service learning including a description of service learning, research articles about service learning in the classroom, and resources for further exploration of service learning concepts.
C Clausen

CAST: What is Universal Design for Learning? - 0 views

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shared by C Clausen on 13 Jul 10 - Cached
  • one-size-fits-all approach
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
       
      The idea of the "one-size-fits-all approach is being changed in the pages of textbooks, but sometimes it is more difficult for teachers to make this ideological change-over in their teaching methods.
    • Sean Wybrant
      Sean Wybrant on 01 Oct 10
       
      True, but I am not convinced that the concept of UDL is really as much of a change as CAST is making it out to be. This is kind of a repackaging of ideas instead of a new idea. The concept of backwards design and Understanding By Design are all kind of the same thing. We are really just being asked to think about the end goal and how it fits everyone at the beginning. Or am I missing the point of UDL?
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 02 Oct 10
       
      I agree with you, UDL is looking at designing lesson plans and units in the same fashion that backwards lesson design does, but one difference may be that UDL looks at brain research. Granted I know little to nothing about the theory behind Backward Lesson Design, but is there a key component regarding brain research and actively engaging students using differeniated learning to activate the various neural networks? Perhaps UDL is Backwards lesson design with a splash of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and a dash of Pavio's Dual Coding System?
  • "Universal" does not imply a single optimal solution for everyone.
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  • the need for multiple approaches to meet the needs of diverse learners.
  • Embedded features that help those with disabilities eventually benefit everyone.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
       
      Throughout last year, this was a common phrase that was used as I learned to make accomidations for both my IEP studnets and my ELL students.
  • Recognition networks
  • Strategic networks
  • Affective networks
  • Multiple means of representation
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
       
      Paviov's Dual-code processing
  • Multiple means of action and expression
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
       
      Authentic, inquiry, project-based assessment
  • Multiple means of engagement
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
       
      Direct instruction, technology as a teaching tool and/or learning tool, collaboration, self-directed learning, etc.
  • C Clausen on 13 Jul 10
     
    Just in case there is anyone that would like to compare notes on the Universal Lesson Design information, I thought I would include the website in the list of resources.
C Clausen

Universal Design in the Classroom: Do it Once, Do it Right | Edutopia - 0 views

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    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 02 Oct 10
       
      Flexibility in Learning for "ALL" students...with the resources available to schools presently, is this a reality for ALL classrooms in America?
  • Universal design for learning means that the creators or publishers of content and curriculum use computer technology to structure their knowledge and activities in ways that will make it accessible to the greatest possible number of individuals.
  • multiple representations of information, alternative means of expression, and varied options for engagement.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 02 Oct 10
       
      The idea of the affective, strategic, and recognition neural networks should be included in this sentence.
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  • The Beginning Literacy System (Scholastic, only available to schools); Bailey's Book House (Edmark); The Ultimate Reader 2.0 (Universal Learning Technologies); and Write: Out Loud
  • underpinning of built-in adjustability to suit varied learner needs. The more such adjustability is built into learning products, the less of an impediment will be the difficulties in written expression, evidenced by the broad spectrum of students our schools must educate.
  • Curricula will be created "half full," offering parents, teachers, and learners opportunities to interact with the information, add their own material, and leave their own personal stamp or interpretation on the materials, thus assuming a more active role in their own learning.
C Clausen

Education Week: Swine-Flu Preparations Spur E-Learning Plans - 0 views

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shared by C Clausen on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The initiative was a natural fit for Curriki, an online community for educators and a repository of free and open curricular materials, said the organization’s executive director, Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan. “It’s so in line with what we do that it was easy to pull together the documents and materials and to show districts and states how to create collections of content,” she said. The organization has crafted instructions to help schools, districts, and states make use of the resources on Curriki that could be helpful in the event of school closures. For example, teachers can post content from their curricula or flag curricular materials that already exist in the Web site’s database of resources for student use, said Ms. Kurshan.
  • evaluate what kind of technology infrastructure is in place both at schools and in students’ homes, as well as what kind of training teachers have had in delivering instruction online.
  • extensive cable TV programming to put lessons in a televised format for middle and elementary school students.
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    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      The comment posted for technology class
  • clausen wrote: The district I work in is the third poorest school district in the state and many of the students with working-class families may not have access to computers with Internet. I realize that an alternative would be to create packets and assignments in hard copy to these students' homes but aside from the technologies discussed in this article and the paper alternative how do we reach those students who are "unplugged," from technology? Is it right for students with technology in his/her home to continue working with interactive lessons, wikis, and blogs that can be structured to accommodate reading and learning differences while other students can't? In turn, isn't this widening the learning gap between students in working-class families and upper-class families? 9/13/2009 12:14 AM EDT on EdWeek
C Clausen

Cribbs Class: Week 4 Blog Post (Game Plan Continued) - 0 views

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shared by C Clausen on 23 Jul 10 - Cached
  • I will let them pick a source of media that they believe will help others learn better.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 23 Jul 10
       
      This is a great way to incorporate technology into a mathematics course. Often, assessments tend to be forced choice, but by creating a problem-based, authentic assessments, students will be able to apply many of the 21st century skills that they will utilize after graduation.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 23 Jul 10
       
      Having students create a Prezi (prezi.com) would be a new and exciting way for students to present the information from the project-based assessment to the class
  • I plan to survey to my tutees about their experience with the real-world problems and its affect on their learning.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 23 Jul 10
       
      A tool that may be useful in analyzing students' perspecives of these projects is SurveyMonkey (http://www.surveymonkey.com). The surveys are easily created and the results can be formated in graphs, charts, etc. In fact, perhaps using SurveyMonkey within the class integrated into one of the authentic-assessments might be a second way to utilize this free and user-friendly learning/teaching tool.
  • real-world problems, and performance-based to see if their misunderstanding is with the concepts or the real-world application. I would use project-based to assess their understanding of larger amounts of material.
  • C Clausen on 23 Jul 10
     
    A blog posting by a fellow classmate in my Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas blog group.
C Clausen

UDL Goal Setter: Tools & Activities: Teaching Every Student - 0 views

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  • The key is to design a goal that represents the true purpose of the learning activity.
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 23 Sep 10
       
      Educational focus for all learners...if the goal is CLEAR, than you know where you need to go, the trick is figuring out a way to make it possible for ALL students to accomplish this goal.
  • confuses means and ends.
  • Only when the essential learning purpose is clear can we determine the educational focus for all learners.
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  • alternative pathways and scaffolds can be used to meet diverse learning needs
C Clausen

Weblogg-ed - 0 views

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  • In the midst of all of the “uproar” over the President’s planned speech to school kids on Tuesday, I keep thinking about what all of this says about schools, about what they are for, and about the perception that a lot of people in this country have of them.
  • no better place for my children to watch that speech (or any other, for that matter) than in a place where ideas are encouraged, where critical thinking about those ideas is a natural part of the conversation, and where appropriate response and debate can flourish. Where the adults in the room lead my kids to dig deeper, to validate facts, and consider the many levels of context in which every speech and every debate takes place. Where the discussion around it is such that it lays to rest the concern that many seem to have about this particular speech in general, that in some way the President will be able to “indoctrinate” our kids into some socialist mindset. If schools are the fully functioning learning communities that we hope they are, they should be the place where our kids learn to make sense of ideas, not to fear them. That, however, is not the message we are sending.
  • C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
     
    Education Speech
  • Sean Wybrant on 20 May 10
     
    Interesting article here. I like the selection of quotes that he, and his commenters, highlight, especially the one that mentions that working harder at something you are already doing isn't reform.
C Clausen

RTEC Exchange Homepage - 0 views

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  • C Clausen on 27 Sep 10
     
    Here is the link that Karen shared on the Google Group Discussion board.
C Clausen

Chapter 2: Teaching Every Student TOC: Information & Ideas - 0 views

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    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 07 Oct 10
       
      Hooking this to DI, would be playing into the students' strengths in areas of problem solving, put it with a topic that interests the student and you have a way to even pull the student in more. Plus, if the student uses skills he/she feels comfortable with this is actually self-DI
Megan Ivester

USA Geography - 0 views

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  • Megan Ivester on 18 May 10
     
    A webpage that offers students numerous oppurtunities to learn about landforms, states, capitals, and much more. Would be a great introduction for students learning about Geography!
C Clausen

Chris Wright's Blog: My Educational Ideas for Blogs - 0 views

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shared by C Clausen on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Blogs are a very good tool for hooking the digital learner into a subject they may not be very interested in learning about in the traditional manner.
  • Diigo
    • C Clausen
      C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
       
      I could see Diigo becoming a tool to use when sending students to a source and then asking them to comment on what you've highlighted.
Sean Wybrant

CAST: Learning Tools - 1 views

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  • C Clausen on 15 Jul 10
     
    Sean, I became a member of the CAST site so that I could use the "Lesson Builder" tool. I think that when I actually have time to mess with it, the template will be REALLY useful in my lesson planning for this fall. Thanks! Courtney
C Clausen

How Should We Measure Student Learning? The Many Forms of Assessment | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • You can't know where you're going unless you know where you are.
  • These abilities -- recall, analysis, comparison, inference, and evaluation -- will be the skills of a literate twenty-first-century citizen. And they are the kinds of skills that aren't measured by our current high-stakes tests.
  • adding assessment vehicles such as student portfolios and presentations as additional measures of student understanding.
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  • With these formative and summative types of assessment come the ability to give students immediate feedback. They also allow a teacher to immediately intervene, to change course when assessments show that a particular lesson or strategy isn't working for a student, or to offer new challenges for students who've mastered a concept or skill.
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