I wanted to share a template with you that I use when giving notes. The idea came from a conversation with a colleague who had attended an in-service on Marzano‘s strategies. (To see more on Marzano and Dan Pink’s right-brain aptitudes see this post) When asking students to take notes, the obvious weakness in...
This is a great example of Daniel Pink’s aptitude of Meaning from A Whole New Mind. Students in Guatemala collected plastic water bottles and built themselves a new school. The project was was initiated by Laura Kutner, a Peace Corps volunteer. Bottles were collected, stuffed with plastic bags for reinforcement, and then made into...
This is a great site for resources on Robert Marzano’s instructional strategies. If you are familiar with Marzano, then you will find this site particularly interesting as it connects instructional technology resources with each of his strategies. If you are not familiar with Marzano, each strategy is briefly defined so that you can implement...
I recently created a 6 Word Stories Video Template for using six word stories as video summaries. It really does make for a quick and easy upgrade for watching videos.
I ran into this article and just had to pass it along. It seems like this time of year is an especially cranky time for teachers. I know that when I come home during the Spring, my stories dwell more and more on this entitled, lazy generation of teens. But this article helped me...
This article has an interesting take on the “digital divide” and how it applies to college freshmen. The study looks at 500 college freshmen from California and surveyed their technical computer skills. The findings looked at high school and home computer skills and found that many students may have used technology for academic purposes,...
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