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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers

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From blogs.kqed.org - March 18, 2014 9:06 PM

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Can teachers teach the Common Core standards and provide authentic learning so students are engaged? This post explores this issue and provides eight strategies for teaching in authentic ways. Below are four of the strategies.

* Make the standards fit into student interests.

* Teach students to question.

* Emulate effective risk taking.

* Be open to many answers.

For additional information the four strategies above and for four more click through to the post.

Dr Pam Hill's curator insight, March 21, 2014 9:04 AM

Wonderful article that points out some of the challenges of Standards Based Learning as well as ways that instructors can maintain their own unique teaching styles and interests. Great article for discussion in PD meetings, online learning, and teacher prep courses!

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From www.teachthought.com - January 13, 2014 10:40 PM

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One of the buzzwords in education today is rigor, but what does that mean? This post shares seven myths about rigor, providing a deeper look at each one if you click through. What are these myths? Three are below.

* Is asking students to do a lot of homework a sign of rigor? Not if it is busy work, or if it leads to burnout. Although parents may define it as rigor what do you think?

* Rigor is not for everyone. How do we help students if we request less of them? Rigor may not be the same for each student but each student should be asked to reach their highest level.

* Standards alone take care of rigor. The Common Core Standards tell us they will increase rigor, but it is the instruction that will make this happen, not the standard.

Much more information on this issue is available in the post.

Kirsten Macaulay's curator insight, January 15, 2014 7:20 AM

Very true. A must read.

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From www.teachthought.com - March 13, 2013 9:49 PM

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If you had to come up with the seven most "compelling trends" in education today what would they be? This graphic shows one view of the trends. The ones listed are:

* Digital & Research Literacy

* Shifts from Standards to Habits

* Game-Based Learning and Gamification

* Connectivism

* Transparency

* Place-Based Education

* Self-Directed Learning and Play

For more information on these check out the original post.

Darren Smith's curator insight, March 14, 2013 12:04 AM

Love this. professional Learning Teams can benefit from this.

Nancy Jones's comment, March 14, 2013 11:53 AM

Love it. Thanks, as always , for sharing all this great stuff:)

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From edudemic.com - January 31, 2013 8:08 PM

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How do we prepare out students to be 21st century learners? Should we focus on cool tools, or should we focus on skills? This post urges us to focus on skills. Tools come and go, but skills stay.

If you question this concept look at the ISTE NETS for students, which include (and are quoted from the article):

* Improving higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity

* Preparing students for their future in a competitive global job marke

* Designing student-centered, project-based, and online learning environments

* Guiding systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning

* Inspiring digital age professional models for working, collaborating, and decision making.

None of these mention a specific tool. As you plan a new lesson rather than focusing on a tool, focus on the skill you want to teach. As you read the Common Core standards the ability to transfer knowledge is evident. If we teach students skills the students will know how to find the best tool!

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From www.teachthought.com - January 23, 2014 9:44 PM

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Where do we begin when we want rigor to be a component of our courses?

With standards - if your state is using Common Core they have been recognized as rigorous...so what comes next?

With curriculum - if using a text is it rigorous? If creating your own have you thought of rigor as you created your curriculum. This post will help with that as it provides 5 guiding questions for you to ask to evaluate the rigor in curriculum...as well as an example.

Kirsten Macaulay's curator insight, January 24, 2014 4:36 AM

Good start. Also relevance to the student.

Leslie Minton's curator insight, January 24, 2014 7:52 AM

Rigor across curriculum content, not just a particular subject matter is essential to effective teaching and learning. It is knowing what rigor is in order to determine if it exists.

Nancy Jones's curator insight, January 24, 2014 8:59 PM

This iactually the second article of a series . This is a word used frequently, but it's definition varies. I think rigor need to also differentiate , say, reading levels so each learner is challenged from the level they are currently at. Rigor does not mean, "one size fits all!"

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From www.joannejacobs.com - December 24, 2013 10:42 PM

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What happens when you take a classic and edit it to meet the new standards? Here is one possibility. To view the entire poem click through to the post and ask yourself what would Clement Clarke Moore think of this revised version?

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From blogs.edweek.org - February 3, 2013 9:56 PM

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The Common Core testing is rapidly approaching and this article discusses a research paper that was just released by UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards & Student Testing.

They state that "the assessments hold a lot of promise for improving teacher practice and student learning" and that "the test-making projects face key financial, technical, and political challenges that could affect their success."

They also reference a variety of resources, including one new to me called the Depth of Knowledge Levels (DOK), which provides four levels (the link to the DOK is at http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/DOK_Chart.pdf):

* Level One is recall

* Level Two is skill/concept

* Level Three is strategic thinking

* Level Four is extended thinking

The link to this DOK reminds me of Bloom's Taxonomy with verbs to help you understand each section as well as activities based on the level. The question that remains to be answered is if the tests being created by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will reach these levels, and according to this report it appears that will have "the more lengthy, complex performance tasks being crafted by the two groups...seemed likely to assess skills at DOK Level 4."

The post also discusses some of the issues that remain, including cost and time of testing, cost of scoring, dealing with accomocations, and "Managing the "shock to the public and to teachers' instructional practice" that the tests' increased intellectual rigor will demand."

Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight, February 4, 2013 12:59 PM

How do you test creativity and innovation using "set" core standards of evaluation? Creativity and innovation require a certain amount of willingness for failure and risk taking. How does training for common core test "standards" assist that higher level goal?

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