Creating avatars in education can help get the creative juices flowing and create safe images to post of the students online. Here is a list of ideas for using avatars in classrooms: Create book trailers with the avatars representing the characters Teachers can put their avatar in their powerpoints to get the kids attention. Create [...]
Recently this web site was sent out through my PLN (personal learning network). It was given as a suggestion for using technology to teach poetry. http://www.piclits.com/ Basically the website has photos and users can drag and drop words from their gallery onto the picture, or they can write free style. Here is my first attempt: [...]
Teachers struggle with getting non-writers writing and non-readers reading. But why should those students practice a skill they struggle with? Why will another book and another essay help when so far it has not made a difference? We know that more practice helps, and that you can’t improve unless you work at it, but sometimes [...]
Graphic Organizers are a long time tool of teachers. They are a great tool to be used in any subject area, fit a variety of learning styles and are well researched as to their effectiveness. Robert Marzano talks about the effectiveness of using Advance Organizers in his book, Classroom Instruction that Works and A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works. When the [...]
In my recent blog readings, I have come across the prevailing thought that the importance of blogging is not just to make your voice heard, but it is the ongoing conversation that happens after a blog/piece of writing has put out there and others comment back to extend the conversation. It is not just the [...]