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Your students are bright, but they don’t always sound like it. Their diction is full of cliche and emaciated language that doesn’t reflect their inner voice, nor does it indicate their vocabulary level.
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Vocabulary is vital! Delete the scoop?
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We often talk about iPads in K-12 classrooms, the availability of information on the web for college students to access, and a host of other similar topics in too many categories to mention.
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" 93% of teachers use a desktop or laptop computer43% use tablet computers52% of teachers report that their students use technology five days per week in the classroomTeachers report using mostly a blended method of teacher guided and student guided activities using technologyFor those not using technology, funding was the major concern, followed by teachers reporting that their program did not allow them to use technology with the students. Additional comments: parents don't want us using technology and "there is no added value"Delete the scoop?
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"Having essential questions drive curriculum and learning has become core to many educators' instructional practices. Grant Wiggins, in his work on Understanding By Design, describes an essential quetion as: A meaning of “essential” involves important questions that recur throughout one’s life. Such questions are broad in scope and timeless by nature. They are perpetually arguable – What is justice? Is art a matter of taste or principles? How far should we tamper with our own biology and chemistry? Is science compatible with religion? Is an author’s view privileged in determining the meaning of a text? We may arrive at or be helped to grasp understandings for these questions, but we soon learn that answers to them are invariably provisional..." Via Beth Dichter, Karen Compton 
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March 28, 11:35 PM
Why should we teach students to develop their own essential questions? Perhaps because they may be able to develop questions that are engaging and of interest to them. In addition there is information on how to help students generate their own essential questions (additional information in the post): * Begin a New Unit with Students Developing Questions * Create a Taxonomy of Questions * Ask Students to Create Questions as Homework She also shares information on the QFT (Question Formulation Technique) which has six steps, beginning with "Teacher Design a Question Focus" and immediately moves to "Students Produce Questions" and then to "Students Improve Question" and finishes with "Students Reflect on What they have Learned." For more information (and steps 4 and 5) check out the post! 
Claudia M. Reder's curator insight,
May 22, 12:31 PM
Remember the saying, "Children come to school as question marks and leave as periods (Neil Postman). Let's help students learn the value of questioning and being a questioner. Delete the scoop?
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This is the conundrum: building in time for reflection after engaging teaching and learning.
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
May 21, 6:21 PM
We need to be mindful of the ways we use and consume. Delete the scoop?
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What happens when you turn your back in a 21st century classroom? BYOT, indeed.
Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
Funny....BUT there is a moderate viewpoint that involves TEACHING kids to do this WELL
Some tips:
http://www.aplatformforgood.org/blog/entry/transforming-learning-with-byot
Gordon Scobbie's curator insight,
May 20, 7:13 AM
Very true. When the public, customers and employees have greater access to up to date information than ever before, what does this mean for leaders of organisations in the private, public and 3rd sectors? Delete the scoop?
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"The average five-year-old asks 65 questions per day, most of them starting with "why." The average 44-year-old manager only asks six questions per day; most of them starting with "when," "where," or "how much." Via Ariana Amorim, Les Howard
Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
Fabulous!
Jonas Salk: "The answer to every problem pre-exists. We need to ask the right Questions to reveal the answers."
Great tips...........Parents: instead of asking "what did you learn today?", ask "what questions did you ask today?"
Desinging learning, we need to ask HOW last. What and why first. "What is the result we want to see, feel and hear." Then: Why do you want to achieve these results. LAST: How will we do it.
The BioSync Team's curator insight,
May 17, 5:02 PM
“At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become.” 
Ariana Amorim's comment,
May 17, 5:03 PM
@Joan Cansdale- That's a very good question, Joan ;-) I've been googling to see if I could find some studies on that particular effect, but I haven't found nothing yet.
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Seven essential articles to get you thinking about the Cultural Force: Environment. The environment can be improved, inexpensively, to create more opportunities for thinking and learning.
This packet was given to participants at the Culture of Thinking (Cohort 2) learning event by Ron Richhart on May 18, 2013 (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). For more information: http://blog.oakland.k12.mi.us/cot/
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A question is essential when it: causes genuine and relevant inquiry into the big ideas and core content;provokes deep thought, lively discussion, sustained inquiry, and new understanding as well as more questions;requires students to consider alternatives, weigh evidence, support their ideas, and justify their answers;stimulates vital, on-going rethinking of big ideas, assumptions, and prior lessons;sparks meaningful connections with prior learning and personal experiences;naturally recurs, creating opportunities for transfer to other situations and subjects.Essential questions are essential to lesson design!
Adrian Bertolini's curator insight,
May 16, 5:50 PM
Nice definition of what is actually and essential question Delete the scoop?
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Reflections from a walk thought and observation of a 2nd grade classroom using the Color, Symbol, Image routine Delete the scoop?
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When I became a principal, the first thing I did to my office was take down the giant whiteboard behind my desk.
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While 'the internet' and 'manners' don't tend to pop up in the same sentence very often (at least not in the positive sense), there are a number of ways that manners really do matter when you're interacting online.
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Cute reminders! Delete the scoop?
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Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might
Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
"So here’s the takeaway for parents of Generation M: Stop fretting about how much they’re on Facebook. Don’t harass them about how much they play video games. The digital native boosters are right that this is the social and emotional world in which young people live. Just make sure when they’re doing schoolwork, the cell phones are silent, the video screens are dark, and that every last window is closed but one."
I would add to this: Make sure that when social interactions are happening, the phones are down.
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
May 9, 8:33 PM
“I don’t care if a kid wants to tweet while she’s watching American Idol, or have music on while he plays a video game. But when students are doing serious work with their minds, they have to have focus.” This is important. Delete the scoop?
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Part two
I agree that we need to determine what is "complex" and in need of full concentration. The number of tasks that need this are substantial, but I suspect much smaller than most people want to believe.
I also think that linear,sequential thinkers concentrate deeply on all details at all times. More global thinkers are waiting for the big ideas to emerge before they get intensely focused on concepts and then analyze the details. The down time for global thinkers is HUGE. It is important for linear thinkers not to assume everyone has the same needs. : )
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There’s been a lot of talk lately of college- and career-readiness for high-school graduates, notes Amanda Paulson in the Christian Science Monitor.
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I'm not completely sure I agree here. Indeed, writing more is a step in the right direction. I also think writing WELL with multiple drafts and lots of constructive feedback is also needed.
As I have repeatedly said, the need to "cover" seems more imperative than going deeply and reflectively. Real learning doesn't happen unless there is time for thinking, drafting, and reflecting.
It isn't just about writing more. Learning to write WELL is what is needed. Delete the scoop?
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At Global Learning Partners, we are energized by our work with a diverse range of clients worldwide, and are driven by a desire to effect lasting global change towards peace and justice.
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Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
"In other words, inquiry by design, not mere teacher rhetorical questioning, makes an EQ come to life and go into depth. The texts, prompts, rules of engagement, and final assessments provide the key elements needed for the design to succeed, in light of the just-noted criteria: an intriguing and key question, inherent ambiguity, clearly differentpoints of view, and shades of gray that will require careful questioning and discerning observation and research." Delete the scoop?
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“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell i...
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I have not read an article specifically about giving explanations before! This one give ten great tips to ponder when we are attempting to explain to others. May favorite is the last: "check for understanding"! Delete the scoop?
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Carolyn Cameron, one of the most open and progressive principals I have ever known (she was also my former boss), shared the following video regarding student expectations for school.
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Students share 10 big ideas around THEIR expectations for learning. Delete the scoop?
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Some of the most popular tools that are revolutionizing the educational field and not only are the so called “collaborative learning tools”. Via Les Howard
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"Is your learning style efficient? Do you have any learning preferences which you left untapped? If you have already benefitted in your teaching and learning activity from using a collaborative learning tool could you share what made your experience successful?" Delete the scoop?
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Crop it is a thinking routine used to analyze details . Learners are asked to observe a portion of an image closely and develop a hypothesis . New information is revealed and learner is asked to reassess initial interpretation.
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Use Crop It! to help students develop visual literacy, by thinking and revising thinking about an image. This activity can be done in the classroom using construction paper cut in the shape of two Ls to create a cropping tool and printing out images for each student. Teachers can create a unique online Crop It! learning activity for their students by logging into My Portfolio and choosing My Online Activities. Delete the scoop?
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A.J. Juliani is a co-founder of Education Is My Life. He currently is a K-12 Technology Staff Developer overseeing a 1:1 initiative. There is a movement happening in education right now. Maybe you’...
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Tips and tricks for everyone, no matter how willing you are to embrace this kind of change...... Delete the scoop?
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Cultures of Thinking in Oakland County, Michigan!
This is the history of CoT in our county. Delete the scoop?
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cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by goodevilgenius
Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
Good point, George. HOW did we live before all of this?
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
May 13, 6:47 PM
It is not the kids. It is a lack of effective boundaries and adult role models. I see this behaviour from adults all the time. What else can we expect from our children? Delete the scoop?
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And now the kids speak. My favorite is Taylor's who says: " In my experience, teachers get distracted, too, by weird stuff like a pen on the floor across the room. Kids don’t get distracted any easier than adults." Maybe teacher's distractions cause the need to occupy time (and hence multi-tasking?)
And now Tamar: "
This article actually doesn’t surprise me because I’ve heard it all before. A lot of adults think that we don’t know that what we’re doing is wrong, but we do. When I multitask, my logic is, “At least I’m getting it done.” If teenagers really want to get some work done, we’ll get it done while resisting distractions. And yes, we text in class, but if my grade in that class is and A or a B I don’t see why it’s a problem."
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Tips for working with difficult districts. Includes little secrets that will make the work more effective.