From the Huffington Post...
"The first is Doug Lemov's 2010 debut, Teach Like a Champion, a groundbreaking, controversial catalogue of 49 techniques "that put students on the path to college." Based primarily on thousands of hours of video and in-person observations of teachers who have helped their students dramatically raise scores on standardized tests (a metric Lemov calls "necessary but not sufficient"), the book is the most concrete, specific, and immediately actionable set of recommendations I've ever encountered as an educator. Those recommendations are also, often, shockingly simple and unglamorous -- from standing still while giving students directions (Technique 28: "Entry Routine") to ensuring that all students begin each class period with their materials out, ready to learn (Technique 33: "On Your Mark")."
Really interesting book, and I love that it's based on video and in person observations, rather than some writers idea of what worked in their own classroom. Very good looking book, and I have it reserved from my library.
How to Really Teach Like a Champion
Monday, January 31, 2011
Delicious for Educators
Delicious is a social bookmarking website. Why would teachers want to use it?
1. It makes it really easy to share websites with colleagues
(A teacher at PSI asked for websites and resources for the lattice method of multiplication, so i created a tag on delicious called psi4 and sent her this link: http://www.delicious.com/wstenross/psi4. Now anytime I add another bookmark with the tag psi4, it'll appear on that website)
2. You can find great learning websites on your home computer and easily share them with yourself at school
3. It can be easier to find websites for a educational topic than google or yahoo search
4. You can quickly and easily create a link to your delicious bookmarks for your students, no more messing around with rschool to put up links!
1. It makes it really easy to share websites with colleagues
(A teacher at PSI asked for websites and resources for the lattice method of multiplication, so i created a tag on delicious called psi4 and sent her this link: http://www.delicious.com/wstenross/psi4. Now anytime I add another bookmark with the tag psi4, it'll appear on that website)
2. You can find great learning websites on your home computer and easily share them with yourself at school
3. It can be easier to find websites for a educational topic than google or yahoo search
4. You can quickly and easily create a link to your delicious bookmarks for your students, no more messing around with rschool to put up links!
MOBI Creative Use #1: Spelling
A teacher an Aquila uses the MOBIs once a week to do a quick review of spelling.
Goal: Keep students engaged while reviewing spelling words.
Prep time: none
Lesson:
1. She connects the MOBI and opens up a new page in Interwrite Workspace
2. She hands the MOBI to a student. The rest of the students have their whiteboards from the HM Math Expressions program.
3. She says a spelling word. All students are expected to write it. The student with the mobi writes it on the MOBI.
4. The class compares their word to the word on the board.
5. The student makes corrections as necessary and passes the MOBI to the student sitting next to him or her.
6. The next student writes the word on another part of the screen.
Extensions:
1. Have students highlight (using the highlighter pen) parts of the word that are tricky
2. Have another student write another word related to the previous word (an antonym, synonym, homonym, capitonym, word family, root word, etc...)
Video:
If you have any other suggestions, add them in the comments below!
Goal: Keep students engaged while reviewing spelling words.
Prep time: none
Lesson:
1. She connects the MOBI and opens up a new page in Interwrite Workspace
2. She hands the MOBI to a student. The rest of the students have their whiteboards from the HM Math Expressions program.
3. She says a spelling word. All students are expected to write it. The student with the mobi writes it on the MOBI.
4. The class compares their word to the word on the board.
5. The student makes corrections as necessary and passes the MOBI to the student sitting next to him or her.
6. The next student writes the word on another part of the screen.
Extensions:
1. Have students highlight (using the highlighter pen) parts of the word that are tricky
2. Have another student write another word related to the previous word (an antonym, synonym, homonym, capitonym, word family, root word, etc...)
Video:
If you have any other suggestions, add them in the comments below!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Great Idea for Punishment
From Larry Ferlazzo's blog. Alternatives To Collective Punishment
Great ideas on how to punish when you don't know quite who did it.
Great ideas on how to punish when you don't know quite who did it.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Great School and District Websites with Resources
Minot, ND Smartboard Lesson Wiki: Repository of Smartboard lessons based on Math Expressions and NWEA MAP math RIT bands.
NWEA MAP Reading Resources:A website from South Washington County linking to activities based on RIT Band on the NWEA.
Oswego: Great school website with flash games. Lots of math games.
Springfield, IL: Springfield's Technology Department website has a lot of information about the CPS clickers and MOBI systems.
Boston Public Schools OIIT - BPS's technology Department's website with some resources on the MOBI.
Wichita Public Schools - Smartboard Lessons
Woodlands Junior School - Links to great games, organized by math, literacy and science!
Springfield Township High School Libguide - Lots of great videos and links for podcasting, video making, mindmapping, wikis, blogs, and much more.
Center School District - Links to smartboard lessons created by Center, MO teachers.
NWEA MAP Reading Resources:A website from South Washington County linking to activities based on RIT Band on the NWEA.
Oswego: Great school website with flash games. Lots of math games.
Springfield, IL: Springfield's Technology Department website has a lot of information about the CPS clickers and MOBI systems.
Boston Public Schools OIIT - BPS's technology Department's website with some resources on the MOBI.
Wichita Public Schools - Smartboard Lessons
Woodlands Junior School - Links to great games, organized by math, literacy and science!
Springfield Township High School Libguide - Lots of great videos and links for podcasting, video making, mindmapping, wikis, blogs, and much more.
Center School District - Links to smartboard lessons created by Center, MO teachers.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Raising an Interracial Family
From the Huffington Post:
There are real struggles with being in an interracial family. This mother writes about some of her issues, and some suggestions for families dealing with the same issues.
Number one? "Do not underestimate your child's need to connect with and affirm their identity, especially as he or she begins to approach adulthood."
Great Advice, and something we teachers need to be aware of every day as well.
Christine A. Scheller: Education In Color: A White Mother Reflects on the Challenges of Raising an Interracial Family
There are real struggles with being in an interracial family. This mother writes about some of her issues, and some suggestions for families dealing with the same issues.
Number one? "Do not underestimate your child's need to connect with and affirm their identity, especially as he or she begins to approach adulthood."
Great Advice, and something we teachers need to be aware of every day as well.
Christine A. Scheller: Education In Color: A White Mother Reflects on the Challenges of Raising an Interracial Family
Arts = Great Kids?
From an article by
"According to UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Sciences professor Dr. James Catterall, participation in the arts makes kids more likely to do well and do good, in school and into adulthood. The arts support children's development of empathy, increase their engagement in school, and teach the essential skills needed to be successful in a creative 21st Century workforce. In an interview with P.S. ARTS, a Los Angeles arts education nonprofit, Dr. Catterall puts it this way, "The arts, in opposition to what passes for school curriculum these days, brings personal values and beliefs into things we want to know about."
I know my collaborator Rachel Haen on this blog loves to see this kind of report. She knows that the arts improves students, she lives it. But it's nice to be validated by the research.
"According to UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Sciences professor Dr. James Catterall, participation in the arts makes kids more likely to do well and do good, in school and into adulthood. The arts support children's development of empathy, increase their engagement in school, and teach the essential skills needed to be successful in a creative 21st Century workforce. In an interview with P.S. ARTS, a Los Angeles arts education nonprofit, Dr. Catterall puts it this way, "The arts, in opposition to what passes for school curriculum these days, brings personal values and beliefs into things we want to know about."
I know my collaborator Rachel Haen on this blog loves to see this kind of report. She knows that the arts improves students, she lives it. But it's nice to be validated by the research.
Arts Education = Safer Schools and More Prosperous Communities
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