Grant Writing

Link to presentation on grant writing

EdGrantWritingGems.wikispaces.com

Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Verbs, Activities, Products

Blog Movie Trailer

Things to Include When Calling Home

Making Calls Home (2 to 3 times each week)

·      Introduce yourself

·      Ask if this is a good time to talk

·      Purpose of call/email

·      Give accolades to parent too--if it is a negative call
home, "sandwich" the negative. Say something the
student is doing well then follow with the negative
and again with a positive. 

·      Remind them to contact you anytime

·      Thank them for time

It is okay to use a script.

Effective Communication Ideas

Feel free to add as we progress through the class!

• polleverywhere.com
• google forms
• tinyurl.com
• edmodo
• educreations
• remind 101
• weebly.com

Roots and Wings

What Teachers Make

Technology Resources

Teacher Tools for Instruction or Management/Organization:

• Activate Instruction  http://www.activateinstruction.org/   Primarily an organizational tool set up by teachers and used by both teachers and students.
• Socrative  http://www.socrative.com/  A student response system using phones based on teacher-developed materials, has a demo video to watch
• Gooru: A Search Engine for Learning. http://www.goorulearning.org/#discover  Watch the demo video; pick a topic and see what you get.
• cK-12 Education Resources  http://www.ck12.org/teacher/  Look at resources for a specific topic, sign up so that you can look at one of the “flexbooks.”
• Nearpod  http://www.nearpod.com/  Teacher created interactive mobile presentations
• Edmodo  https://www.edmodo.com/  Classroom management and organization tool
• Review Game Zone   http://reviewgamezone.com/teacher-info.php  Online software for teacher created games to review basic info.

Online Applications for Students:

• Web 2.0 for Education:  http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/web20foredu  A nice apps chart/bibliography courtesy of the Leyden IL High School library. (Leyden is a 1:1 computing school.) Most of these have been around for a while.
• Larry Ferlazzo Newer Apps: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/06/16/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2013-so-far/  This is an annotated bibliography of newer online apps; also many lists here of the best apps to use for specific purposes.
• Phil Bradley’s Web 2.0 Tools and Applications Bibliography: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm  Can search by application type, seems to be fairly up-to-date.
• Kerpoof: www.kerpoof.com   Several applications, can be used by pre-readers.
• Create - A - Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx   A simple graphing tool appropriate for elementary students.
• Educreations: http://www.educreations.com/  A sort of online whiteboarding plus embedded pictures and media application. Teachers could obviously use this as well, but I would have students use it. There are other similar apps; this one appears easy to use.
• Gamestar Mechanic: http://gamestarmechanic.com/  Application for students to use  to design games
• Tynker: Computer Programming Instruction for Grades 4-8 http://www.tynker.com/school/  Some can be used by schools free.
• Noredink: https://www.noredink.com/  web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills.

Reading List

•  Teach Like Your Hair Is on Fire--Rafe Esquith
•  Teach Like You’re a Pirate--Dave Burges
•  Daily Five--Gail Boushey, Joan Moser
• Teach Like a Champion--Doug Lemoy
•  Teaching Hope--Erin Gruwell
•  Understanding by Design--Grant Wiggins
•  What Great Teachers do Differently--Todd Whitaker
•  5 Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job--Alfie Kohn
•  The Essential 55--Ron Clark
•  Nurture Shock--Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
•  Drive--Daniel Pink
•  Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria--Beverly Daniel Tatum
•  Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago--LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman
•  The Number Devil--Rotraut Susanne Berner
•  The Black Girl Blues--Carolyn Strong
•  How Would You Handle It?--Aaron S. Podolner
•  Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom--Jim Fay, David Funk
•  Teaching from the Deep End--Dominic V. Belmonte
•  The First Days of School--Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong
•  See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers--Roxanna Elden
•  The Dream-Keepers--Gloria Ladson-Billings
•  Brain Rules--John Medina
• Tools for Teaching--Fred Jones
• Conscious Classroom Management--Rick Smith
• Assertive Discipline--Lee Canters
• The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills--Jon Saphier, Mary Ann Haley-Speca, Robert Gower

Websites to Check Out!

• Making a rubric: rubistar.4teachers.org
• Graphic organizer: exploratree.com
• Making a video: animoto.com
• Lesson plan generator: thecanadianteacher.com
• Technology: teach-nology.com
• Lesson plans: teacherspayteachers.com
• Planbooks: planbookedu.com, lessonplan.it, planbookmaker.com
• Social Studies Curriculum: Stanford Reading Like a Historian
• Science Lessons: sciencenetlink.com
• Art Integration: Edutopia.org, Artsedge.org, Kinderart.com, Davisart.com, Scholastic.com
• SMART Board Tools: Exchange.smarttech.com
• Math and Science Simulations: explorelearning.com
• Morning Meetings: responsiveclassroom.org
• Khan Academy: khanacademy.org
• Dare to Differentiate: daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com

Reflection Question 7.10.14

How has Golden Apple developed your teaching abilities over the course of the scholar program? What has been the most influential portion of the program?

Planning for Instruction

What does it mean to plan? ((to know where you are going and to show that you are a professional and know what you are doing)

Instructional planning is a key element for effective instruction, It determines how the teacher uses:
FAIL - Finding, Alternatives, In , Learning

1. Standards (content and adopted)
2. Content Area
3. Expectations (low, high, reasonable)
4. Contexts for Teaching (who are you teaching, where are you in the unit) ex. Bob Moses
5. Students' Needs (ask the students, pre-assessment, observation, talk to parents-context is important here, don't make assumptions)
6. Goal Setting (both long- term and short-term)
7. Evaluations and Assessments (how do we assess our goals? Be careful, sometimes the assessment becomes the driving factor as opposed to the goals)

How do we make this work? (Two videos)

Planning & feedback: teaching with bayley (Teaching Channel)

1. Delivered lots of information
2. No evaluation/Lack of assessment
3. Lack of student engagement
4. No consideration for differentiation
5. Teacher says he sees himself as an entertainer but, this leaves little participation for the student. A one dimensional lesson plan.
6. No evident goals or objectives.

Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences

Ask students, "how are we doing with..."

Being a better teacher: 

1. Transitions are not smooth
2. Emphasize teachable moments for engagement
3. Focused on just a few students
4. Did not provide wait time/ time for students to process information ( this brings up the concept of failure FAIL- finding, alternatives, in, learning

Were there any noticeable connections that can be made between the feedback the teacher was given
and what you read in chapter 5?

> How do you decide what questions to ask when we teach?
> Do you have critical thinks questions in your planning? When and how are you going to use it?
> What are missed opportunities?

Language Demands
Complete a task by using a minimum word requirement
Opportunities to compare results (whole group vs. small group)
Academic Language
Rephrase the language using academic language ... I hear you say...
Introducing vocabulary words  - academic language

Which comes first? Per assessment or goals?

1. Pre-assessment
2. Goals
3. Instruction
4. student practice
5. Assessment

Dr. Brown's goals:
No matter what planning process you use, there're still remains creating deliberate links that guide students

Unit thinking. What might threaded planning look like? Threaded skill us which are continually developed.
PIA - planning, instruction, assessment

Assignment
Organize a conceptual model for planning. Your model should illustrate a philosophy for the relationship between planning, instruction, and assessment.

GA Conference

Reflective Seminar after day one of the conference