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Classroom tasks that are worthy of students time and attention, relevant, connected to the world and organized around the ‘big ideas’ of a subject can develop understanding, intellectual interest and engagement with students.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Authentic Classroom Resources 03/08/2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Authentic Classroom Resources 03/07/2014
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Inquiry-Based History Class - YouTube
Karl Lindgren-Streicher leads a great conversation about IBL, flipped classrooms and resources for social studies classes
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How we use compelling questions to drive inquiry-based learning in the literacy classrooms - YouTube
"Brad currently teaches 4th grade at Rattlesnake Elementary in Missoula, Mont., and he has taught around the world during his 13 years of teaching. During his seven years of teaching in the Philippines, Germany, and El Salvador, he was exposed to an educational framework that transformed his vision of education -- the International Baccalaureate primary years program. Currently Brad has returned to his hometown in order to try to shift the paradigm through which we educate. He holds a BA in Elementary Education and an MFA in Integrated Arts and Education."
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Authentic Classroom Resources 03/06/2014
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Rewordify.com: Understand what you read
"Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand difficult English faster, and learn words in new ways. Just paste in difficult English (or enter a web page URL) and click the yellow button. You'll see an easier version, for fast understanding now. You'll learn what the hard words and phrases mean with our Smart Highlighting. (Click it or tap it.) You'll read (and teach) better tomorrow with vocabulary lists, learning activities, quizzes, flash cards, and more—that you get instantly, with answer keys—from any block of text you enter!"
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Conference Presentations
This year The Authentic Classroom returned to the Collaborative Conference On Student Achievement in Greensboro NC to talk about Inquiry Based Learning in the classroom environment. The consensus of the conversation was that it has to start early, and because we are asking students to change the way the think about their learning teachers need to be prepared to show learners that they can do take charge. Teachers need to have strong knowledge in their content but that its alright if teachers don't know the answers to the questions that learners pose, as long as you have established a mechanism for learners to create answers for themselves. Finally, engaged learners retain more information under concept driven instruction when they have outlets for demonstrating both their knowledge and their creativity.
Here are the slides for the presentation. What are your thoughts on how Inquiry Based Learning fits into your class?
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Authentic Classroom Resources 02/21/2014
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Moot – Forums and commenting re-imagined
This is a fantastic tool for any classroom. Moot.it allows learners to create a real time back channel during presentations or can be used as a debate forum. It is simple to use and a superb tool.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
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