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What is this?
This BLOG is a forum for members of the RIWP's
Planning for Change summer 2008 to exhange ideas, to offer help
and to post
writing from class.
Facilitators:
Pam Fracareta
Tim Kenney
Ron to the Rescue
Lisa Checks in
I-Search Papers
If we kept this blog up, how likely would you be to read and post during the school year?
Ron's You Tube Video "Teacha Teacha"
RIWP Embedded Institute
TEXTS FOR THE CLASS
SYLLABUS FOR CLASS
COMPUTER AND LIBRARY ACCESS
If you want to check out books or have complete access to the computer labs at RIC, you need to go to Campus Card at the Union Building. They will issue you a temporary ID card for use during PFC. Once you have the card, you can use the computer lab. However, to use it in the library, you must take the card to the circulation desk to have the bar code activated.
I-SEARCH HELP
USEFUL LINKS
- This link provide lesson plan information broken down by topic or subject. Take a look.
- Read Write Think is a useful resource for teachers
- This web site breaks now cutting edge web sites into 7 useful ones for teachers. These are broken down by year. Some very interesting ones.
- Link to research on why teachers should use blogging
- One Laptop per Child--offers free laptop computers to kids around the world
- Free Rice is a web site that asks students vocabulary words and then donates rice to the WFO for every word that they get right.
- Quiz Developer
- National Writing Project
- Rhode Island Writing Project
- Teacher Tube
- Moodle
- Div Share
- Daily Motion
- Tech Friends
FAVORITE BOOKS
- The English Teacher's Companion
4 comments:
I am going to study "active learning" strategies that are way more student-centered than I have ever allowed. I found a great activities book. Does anyone else have any ideas on where I should look?
Hmmm...what exactly are "active learning strategies"? I am not familiar with that term. I heard what you said in class today Alicia and am very interested. Could you explain a bit more?
I guess "active learning" is anytime that the kids are making their own discoveries. With all of the external demands on the teachers and the product, I spend WAAY too much time tap dancing for them. And then, I am upset when they don't applaud my wonderful performance (jeeesh). Always believing in mastery learning, workshops, and conferences, I am ready to give up more control to the kids. But I guess I need a structure, or philosophy, or dare I say, grading system, that incorporates and allows for data collection, growth, and reflection. It still seems too big, but just this blog has helped me refine my thinking. Thanks for asking the question, Tim.
I know what you mean. As teachers, we enjoy ebing "up in front" of the kids and imparting our wisdom. I give you a lot of credit seeing that it is best for the kids if you step aside a bit. That takes a lot.
If I were you, I would ignore the grading system aspect first. Keep in mind the ideal classroom that you would like to see and then work backwards from that. I am a firm believer in working backwards in designing anything, but that does not mean that the end result needs to be an assessment. I think it means that you think about what you want the kids to do and be and then set up some steps.
Just tossing some ideas your way. Hope it helps.
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