8 Strategies for Teaching Academic Language "Change your language and you change your thoughts." -- Karl Albrecht Understanding Academic Language Academic language is a meta-language that helps learners acquire the 50,000 words that they are expected to have internalized by the end of high school and includes everything from illustration and chart literacy to speaking, grammar and genres within fields. Think of academic language as the verbal clothing that we don in classrooms and other formal contexts to demonstrate cognition within cultures and to signal college readiness. There are two major kinds: instructional language ("What textual clues support your analysis?") and language of the discipline (examples include alliteration in language arts, axioms in math, class struggle in social studies and atoms in science). Where to Start It would be a mistake to think that academic language is a garbage pail category involving any word, depending on the context. Teaching Academic Language 8 Specific Strategies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
MCC | Student Responsibilities for Online Courses Metro's online courses provide you with a flexible and convenient way to learn, but that doesn't mean online learning is easier than in a traditional classroom. Online courses offer the same opportunities for learning and growth, and the chance to challenge yourself as a student. As an online student you will need to be motivated, dedicated and determined with your studies. Computer skills You will need to have a working knowledge of the following computer skills: Creating and naming/renaming folders. Communication and Participation Be willing to communicate with classmates and faculty online. Computer Your computer must be able to run one of the compatible web browsers listed on the Browser Support Page: http:/www.mccneb.edu/online/browsers.asp Time Management Time management is the most important factor in completing any coursework, especially for online courses. First determine what time of day you can best focus on your studies. Balancing Personal Obligations Study Environment Questions
Tom Green: Did Steve Jobs Ruin the World? Steve Jobs is considered an amazing genius and made billions of dollars. Sure we overlook that he didn’t pay his share of taxes and didn’t believe in charity. But other than these occasional rumblings of dissent he is pretty much held in high esteem. The dirty little secret that nobody likes to talk about is that things just might have been better before the Internet. Help us tell more of the stories that matter from voices that too often remain unheard. Instead we hear the purveyors of modern thought preach about how the Internet and social media have brought people closer together and changed the world for the better. And even worse, the human condition is beginning to devolve. Before the cell phone and the Internet you felt a more pure sense of liberty than we do today. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates have become the rock stars of our generation, The Beatles of our time. And yes, we love Steve Jobs because he is an artistic and at times poetic technical genius.
Bloomin' Apps This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others. Cogs of the Cognitive Processes I began to think about the triangular shape of Bloom's Taxonomy and realized I thought of it a bit differently.Since the cognitive processes are meant to be used when necessary, and any learner goes in and out of the each level as they acquire new content and turn it into knowledge, I created a different type of image that showcased my thoughts about Bloom's more meaningfully.Here is my visual which showcases the interlocking nature of the cognitive processes or, simply, the "Cogs of the Cognitive Processes". IPAD APPS TO SUPPORT BLOOM'S REVISED TAXONOMYassembled by Kathy Schrock Bloom's and SAMR: My thoughts
Express 9.15 - Supporting Effort by Pairing Rubrics with Checklists Supporting Effort by Pairing Rubrics with Checklists Cynthia Kube In my position as a gifted resource teacher, I often see students struggle with the planning required for a challenging task. Too often, they have only a vague idea of what is required and are easily overwhelmed by the effort involved. To demonstrate an understanding of content with an authentic performance task, students need clear direction on the criteria for success and support in managing the work required for the task. It is crucial for teachers to carefully construct a task rubric and explicitly review it with their students, clearly delineating performance level criteria. As Kay Burke explains in her book Balanced Assessment: From Formative to Summative (2010), checklists can be used as thinking tools to provide students with a self-monitoring strategy. Checklists not only serve as a self-assessment for students, but can also be used as a formative assessment by teachers, as well as a tool for feedback. Reference
Tech and Internet Industry News - HuffPost Tech Scholars Sound the Alert From the 'Dark Side' of Tech Innovation - Technology By Marc Parry Milwaukee Companies, colleges, and columnists gush about the utopian possibilities of technology. Surveillance. After a week of faculty backlash against online education, including the refusal of San Jose State University professors to teach a Harvard philosophy course offered via edX, the down sides of digital learning emerged as a hot topic, too. In a talk dubbed "Courseware.com," Rita Raley, an associate professor of English at the University of California at Santa Barbara, described how societal and technological changes had "reconditioned the idea of the university into that of an educational enterprise that delivers content through big platforms on demand." Much discussion followed about the implications of that shift—in Ms. 'A Built-In Inequality' The conference's organizer, Richard Grusin, a scholar of new media, worried about the potentially "dire" consequences of massive open online courses, known as MOOCs. Education, Mr. Ms. 'Professional Savages' 'A Loss of Control'
1000 жизней ― 1000 идей «1000 жизней» — это эффективный инструмент самопознания и уникальный стимульный материал для практической работы современного психолога. Впервые в работе с картами реализована возможность создания комплекта под себя, свои потребности и нужды. Как не существует одинаковых людей, так и не может существовать одинаковых наборов карт «1000 жизней» (разумеется, если вы приложите усилия к их персонализации). Карты «1000 жизней» представляют собой набор социальных типажей и ролей, «примеряя» которые Вы «заимствуете» ресурсные состояния, свойственные этим личностям, учитесь диссоциироваться от проблемы и рассматривать её с других точек зрения (карты-персоны). Описание NLP-карт "1000 жизней" Так же как и наше первое «изобретение» - бизнес-конструктор «1000 идей», эти карты стоят особняком от большинства современных колод таро. Карты представляют собой 78 листов с размытым фоном - изображением некой символической фигуры «Я», пытающейся рассмотреть своё отражение в символическом Зеркале Психологии. 1.
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