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Mystery Cube

Mystery Cube
The Mystery Cube interactive has been changed to a new format: the Cube Creator. Summarizing information is an important postreading and prewriting activity that helps students synthesize what they have learned. The interactive Cube Creator offers four options: Bio Cube: This option allows students to develop an outline of a person whose biography or autobiography they have just read; it can also be used before students write their own autobiography. Mystery Cube: Use this option to help your students sort out the clues in their favorite mysteries or develop outlines for their own stories. Story Cube: In this cube option, students can summarize the key elements in a story, including character, setting, conflict, resolution, and theme. Create-Your-Own Cube: Working on a science unit? Students can save their draft cubes to revise later. For ideas of how to use this tool outside the classroom, see Bio Cube and Mystery Cube in the Parent & Afterschool Resources section. Bio Cube Related:  Story Telling

applicazione per lo storytelling - voideo tutorial e presentazione Cos'è Story Dice? Story Dice è una App per dispositivi mobili Android, iOS, Kindle. In questa video presentazione Luca Raina mostra come si installi e utilizzi. Il funzionamento è molto semplice, basta toccare lo schermo (è la sola operazione che dobbiamo compiere per usare questa applicazione), perché compaiano 9 pittogrammi differenti tra i 108 disponibili. I pittogrammi saranno utilizzati, secondo regole da definire, per costruire una narrazione che potrà poi essere realizzata con il media che preferiamo: scrittura, oralità, web radio, video digitale, scrittura digitale collaborativa, disegni, fumetti, etc. Come installarla? Questo i link per installare Story Dice: Caratteristiche L'app non richiede la lettura, essendo basata su pittogrammi, inoltre non richiede registrazione, può quindi essere utilizzata dai 3 anni in su. La sola cosa essenziale è fissare le regole per selezionare i pittogrammi che dovranno servire per comporre la storia e le altre regole del gioco. Regole del gioco

Story Map The Story Map interactive includes a set of graphic organizers designed to assist teachers and students in prewriting and postreading activities. The organizers are intended to focus on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution development. Students can develop multiple characters, for example, in preparation for writing their own fiction, or they may reflect on and further develop characters from stories they have read. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting Students hone their teamwork skills and play off each other's writing strengths as they participate in prewriting activities for a story to be written collaboratively by the whole class. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets back to top

Free Technology for Teachers Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead | Life and style A report in the Times has quoted a secondary school teacher who complained that their year 7 intake no longer knew how to tell a story. “They knew what a fronted adverbial was, and how to spot an internal clause, and even what a preposition was – but when I set them a task to write a story, they broke down and cried,” reported the teacher. The fact that no importance is placed on storytelling makes me very frustrated not only because it puts so little value or emphasis on children’s creativity, but also because storytelling is more than simply an art – it is a crucial skill for life and commerce. Politicians should know this better than anyone. What is “Vote for us and the country will be strong and stable” if not a story? This reluctance to teach story-writing is because of a fundamental misunderstanding. I know that, because I teach it – albeit at an adult level. For stories to work, a whole array of measurable principles can be applied. @timlottwriter

Pronunciation of posse - how to pronounce posse correctly. This site uses Copyright © Tim Bowyer 2006-14 • All rights reserved U.S. Patent No. 20040162719 • Howjsay in: Deutsch • Français • Italiano • Español • Requests, Errata etc. EclipseCrossword - the fast, easy, and FREE way to create crossword puzzles in minutes Risorse per la narrazione - 3 Ultimo post in cui termino la pubblicazione delle edizioni della mia video rubrica dedicata alla segnalazione di risorse e strumenti per la narrazione digitale (e non). Risorse per lo Storytelling Digitale GNAM è una video rubrica nutriente per la segnalazione di risorse e strumenti sulla Narrazione Digitale che ho realizzato per scherzo durante un corso di formazione sul tema del Digital Storytelling per l'insegnamento. L'acronimo, in cui la "G" non vuol dire nulla e il resto "Narrazione Agglutinata Multimediale", oltre che nascere dal disgusto per la sindrome acronimica, voleva indicare il valore nutritivo delle risorse offerte ma anche il fatto che la narrazione è ciò di cui ci nutriamo e quella forma di pensiero e discorso che costituisce il collante (agglutinare) della nostra cultura e delle nostre esistenze. In ogni edizione di GNAM vengono sinteticamente presentate diverse risorse e proposti link di approfondimento o video tutorial. Gnam Melanzana Gnam Bianco e Nero

9 Tools to Create E-magazines and Newspapers for Your Class 1- Uniflip UniFlip converts your magazine, brochure or catalog from its original PDF format into an exciting, professional multi-media digital format with pages that flip. 2-Joomag Joomag is a web tool that lets you create your own magazines using a simple online editor. You can draw shapes, write texts, add rich media elements like video and audio players. 3- Scribd Scribd is known for being a reading library where you can search for and find ebooks and slides but it is also a magazine creator which allows users to upload their own content and turn it into a magazine 4- Issuu This is like Scribd above. 5- Zinepal This tools lets you create an ebook or magazine from posts and articles of a blog. 6- Build A Newspaper This one is a professional platform that provides teacher based templates to create mazagines. 7- Fodey This is most simple of all the tools mentioned here. 8- Open Zine 9- Calameo Publish your magazine, presentations or documents and share them with the world.

Advice for First-Year Teachers Advice for First-Year Teachers From the 'Sophomores' Who Survived Last Year Education World asked the "sophomores" who faced -- and survived -- that dreaded first year to reflect on their successes and failures. First-year teachers, here is their best advice for getting through it. There's no doubt about it. Beginning the school year in a strange environment filled with new faces, unfamiliar procedures, and unknown pitfalls can be a scary prospect. To help you stay cool and dry in the coming year, Education World asked the "sophomores" who faced -- and survived -- that dreaded first year last year to reflect on their successes and failures. What advice did those teachers offer? Take charge. So, with thanks to Dawn, Jean, Retta, Jana, Alana, Lisa, Tracy, Lew, Mike, and all the other teachers who responded to our request, Education World compiled a list of the 26 top tips for surviving the first year. THE ABCs FOR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS Admit your mistakes -- and learn from them.

Bottega Didattica Proseguo con la pubblicazione delle edizioni della mia video rubrica dedicata alla segnalazione di risorse e strumenti per la narrazione digitale (e non). Risorse per lo Storytelling Digitale GNAM è una video rubrica nutriente per la segnalazione di risorse e strumenti sulla Narrazione Digitale che ho realizzato per scherzo durante un corso di formazione sul tema del Digital Storytelling per l'insegnamento. L'acronimo, in cui la "G" non vuol dire nulla e il resto "Narrazione Agglutinata Multimediale", oltre che nascere dal disgusto per la sindrome acronimica, voleva indicare il valore nutritivo delle risorse offerte ma anche il fatto che la narrazione è ciò di cui ci nutriamo e quella forma di pensiero e discorso che costituisce il collante (agglutinare) della nostra cultura e delle nostre esistenze. In ogni edizione di GNAM vengono sinteticamente presentate diverse risorse e proposti link di approfondimento o video tutorial. Nel box descrittivo del video a…

15 Cartoonists That Allow Using Their Web Comics for Free We all know how strong is image appeal. Very often a blog posts goes viral only because it starts with a great image. We also know that we cannot use just any images we find on the web: we need to respect the creator’s copyright. Luckily there are some absolutely awesome creative minds who would *love* you to use their works (with the credit). Remember: * You should always credit any comic you are using for your article or presentation * If you have doubts (if you are allowed to modify the original creation or if you can use it, please get in touch with the creator. Here’s the list of those cartoonists: “Post image is used with permission from Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com.” The following two tabs change content below. SEOsmarty.com accepts random contributions from close friends

What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n Advice? First-year teachers had a lot of it to offer to new teachers who follow them. Broader themes were the need for clear, high expectations for students' academic performance and behavior. "Before you begin on the first day, be as prepared as you possibly can. "Think about every stupid question that could be asked as a result of your lesson plan. "Over plan! "You have to be very organized. Prepare, but then again . . . be prepared to wing it if that's what it takes. "I had to turn in my entire week's lesson plans on Monday to the principal. "Often I just ripped up my lesson plans. Set clear, reasonable expectations that communicate consistency and high standards. "Set expectations and standards in clear language. "Set high expectations for the students from the first day. Many teachers summarized their classroom management strategies in a single word—respect. "Keep it simple. . . . "Always live up to the same rules you set up for them. [Challenges]

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