SMART Goal Setting. Digital Differentiation. Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills. At it's most basic level, digital tools can be used to help students find, understand and use information. When combined with student-driven learning experiences fueled by Essential Questions offering flexible learning paths, it can be the ticket to success. Here is a closer look at three components of effectively using technology as a tool for digital differentiation.
Note: The interactive graphics you see below have been updated. They can be found in a newer post on this blog. The goal is to design student-driven learning experiences that are fueled by standards-based Essential Questions and facilitated by digital tools to provide students with flexible learning paths. Essential Questions: Student-driven learning experiences should be driven by standards-based Essential Questions. E-Portfolios Evolve Thanks to Web 2.0 Tools. Published Online: June 15, 2011 Published in Print: June 15, 2011, as E-Portfolios Features Web 2.0 and other technology tools are making it quicker and easier than ever to create digital portfolios of student work, a method of assessment experts say increases student engagement In Rob Van Nood’s classroom at the 365-student Trillium Charter School in Portland, Ore., students use iPod touches to take pictures of their work, record audio reflections about their projects, and file them into their digital portfolios with the click of a button.
Using an application called EverNote, Van Nood’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders can clip Web pages, store photos, type in notes, save screenshots, attach audio files, and even pinpoint their exact geographic location on a map. “The kids are motivated knowing that their work is being documented,” says Van Nood. “I’ve never found assessment at the end of something very helpful,” he says. Beyond Standardized Tests Yola: A website-building platform. Investing Time. Mark Brumley | Educational Technology. MediaShift. Kiwi Commons. Upside Learning Blog. Jokes in English for the ESL/EFL Classroom - Newest Jokes. Teachers often use jokes in the ESL/EFL classroom to teach culture, grammar and vocabulary.
If you know a joke that works well with ESL/EFL students, please submit the joke. Home | Articles | Lessons | Techniques | Questions | Games | Jokes | Things for Teachers | Links | Activities for ESL Students Newest Jokes | Short Jokes | Riddles | Puns | Long Jokes | Misuse of English Last Submission: May 25, 2011 Please note that our older jokes may be funnier than the new submissions. Some scientists decided to do the following experiments on a dog. For the first experiment, they cut one of the dog's legs off, then they told the dog to walk. For the second experiment, they cut off a second leg from the dog, then they told the dog once more to walk. For the third experiment, they cut off yet another leg from the dog and once more they told the dog to walk. What is the longest word in the English language? Teacher: Maria please point to America on the map. Officer: You were speeding. Q. Curiosities about Germany - Home.
Kleinspiration. About Synergeia. The Educator's Best Friend. Bongo LLP. Appraisal Homepage. This site is devoted to the Appraisal framework, an approach to exploring, describing and explaining the way language is used to evaluate, to adopt stances, to construct textual personas and to manage interpersonal positionings and relationships. The Appraisal framework is an extension of the linguistic theories of M.A.K Halliday and his colleagues (Systemic Functional Linguistics) and has emerged over a period of almost two decades as a result of work conducted by a group of researchers primarily based in Australia.
The materials currently available here represent the second stage of the development of the site. We plan to continue to extend the site by including contributions from many of the people who have been involved in the development of the Appraisal framework or who have applied it in some way to their research. An Introductory Course in Appraisal Analysis These materials provide a step-by-step guide to using Appraisal in critical text analysis. 1. 2. 3. An Outline of Appraisal. The Mobile Learning Advocacy Site. UNAM - Portal de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Membership, policy, and professional development for educators – ASCD. FETTSS: