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Thinking in Mind
Neil Stephenson teaches 7th grade Humanities in Canada. His work is groundbreaking in inquiry-based learning and tech integration. There is a great deal to learn from Stephenson's blog and reflections.
Power Reading and the School Library
Jamie McKenzie article on From Now On\n"Power Reading and the School Library"\nby Jamie McKenzie\nThe Educational Technology Journal\n Vol 14|No 6|Summer|2005\nThis article first appeared in the February 2005 issue of Library Media Connection.
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Literacy is about wrestling understanding from chunks of information, whether those chunks be numerical, textual, visual, cultural or artistic. Comprehension, on the other hand, has traditionally been more narrowly defined as the understanding of paragraphs and passages; but a marriage of the two seems well timed as the NCLB testing juggernaut thunders across the nation.3
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Research into effective practice indicates that achievement of strong scores on comprehension tests is possible, but progress will require teaming across all classrooms so that students spend some time in each hour of each day acquiring, practicing and sharpening essential comprehension skills such as questioning, picturing, inferring, recalling past knowledge, synthesizing and flexing.6
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Youth Voices
"K-12 students and teachers who are working together to nurture student-to-student conversations, collaborations, and civic actions that result from publishing and commenting on each others discussion posts, images, podcasts, bookmarks, and videos and Voi
Information Literacy Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies for integrating information literacy skills across the curriculum, summarized by Cathy Belben, Librarian, Burlington-Edison HS. Based on "Classroom Instruction that Works" by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock, 200
Virtual Information Inquiry: Inquiry
"Online course materials for information literacy for educators." Hosts tons of information and inquiry resources for educators, including standards, models, teaching strategies, multi-literacies, lesson plans, learning styles, educational theory, and mor
Motivating Students
Article by Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley. From Tools for Teaching, September 1, 1999.
Beyond Cut-and-Paste
Develop a 21st Century Information Literacy curriculum by banning the topic report. Instead design projects that require students to think critically, draw conclusions, and apply knowledge.
Classroom Strategies to Engender Student Questioning
An article on inquiry and problem solving skills that require students to synthesis think critically and ask meaningful questions. Specific instructional strategies are including. By Jamieson A. McKenzie, Ed.D.
and Hilarie Bryce Davis, Ed.D.
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If your class is about to read a story or see a film about an event, tell them in advance that you will ask one of them to act as one of the main figures in the story or film once it is over. The rest of the class will take turns asking that student interview questions. It is important to ask all students in the class to actually write out at least three questions to ask. Students may otherwise rely upon a small number of highly active and vocal students to carry the effort. Better to embrace all members of the class. Unlike answers, questions carry little risk because the activity has made it acceptable to identify what it is that you do not know.
Promoting active listening in the classroom | Childhood Education | Find Articles at BNET
A research-based article on active listening w/ steps to improving active listening in the classroom. What jumped out at me, however, was this statistic: "Even in more developmentally appropriate classrooms, children spend about 25 percent of their tim
20 tips for better conference speaking ~ Authentic Boredom
Ever wonder how to engage students during lectures so that they leave thinking about something, anything, you said? Look to professional speakers for tips on speaking in front of a group. Camron Moll says, the art of speaking is roughly 51% entertainmen
Make Better Presentations - The Anatomy of a Good Speech | chrisbrogan.com
Every wonder how to make direct instruction less of a lecture and more of a participatory experience for students? Look to professional speakers on how that spin their "lectures." Some ideas here from Chris Brogan.
TEACHING TIPS
Pathfinder of practice related links to help new and experienced teachers, including first day, classroom management, motivation, lesson planning, course design, teaching strategies, and more.
Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation at The Great Idea Finder
"Created to promote the progress of science and useful arts by providing a showcase for innovation," this site is a great resource for teachers who are looking for stories to grab students' attention or to add to a lecture.
The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them
A whitepaper on concept mapping and educational models
Concept Mapping Resource Guide
A comprehensive web resource guide on concept mapping, including literature, tutorials, worksheets, case studies, whitepapers, and more.
150 Teaching Methods | Center for Teaching & Learning
An impressive list of instructional strategies and strategies...hard to defend the purist direct instruction approach after reading this.
Teaching Resources - Free printables and lesson ideas for classroom teachers!
Laura Candler, elementary school teacher, has put together a virtual file cabinet with hundreds of lesson ideas and printables for the K-5 teacher. Also includes ideas for differentiated instruction.
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