- Divergent Thinking - Lots of possible answers and different ways to interpret the questions...Students have the capacity when they are young and it disappears as they age.
Lit2Go - Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. AMAZING!!
Lit2Go
Set up a PD website with short videos and info from this class - Thanks Jarod - A great resource for people when they have time. I would really like to do this for my staff.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Online learning with open course ware. MIT, Stanford, etc. Great places to go for deeper understanding and learning.
ONLINE ethics - great question - Where does copyright etc come in? Great discussion about online schools. So glad to get some clarification about the law and requirements with ELL etc. We need to question policy and law and make sure that it is not the requirements that get in the way of learning... Make sure the needs of ELL and SPED are being met in an online world.
Web Presence - Things important for setting up a website
- Clear Vision & Purpose
- User Focused Navigation (Don't Make me Think!) Have your information on the upper left...
- User Engagement
- Clear & Concise Messaging (Simplicity on the front page) Color is important, engaging photos, and consistent font.
Presentations
- Simple (keep text to a minimum) make the font large enough and move to pictures etc.
- Limit Bullet Points
- High Quality Graphics
- Effective Charts
Excellent thinking! What was the website for PD that Jared gave you? Sounds like a winner! I'm hoping you'll consider keeping a regular blog for your community in DD. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI do think I will start a blog for my building. That was a thought for my project, but I tried something else instead. Thanks so much for your insights and help this week. It has been a great class.
DeleteThank you for the Lit2go reference. I'm going to check that out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comment about the ability to keep track of our thoughts and slowly build our capacity...the whole "blogging" thing was brand new to me. I have read and followed blogs, but never ventured into the realm of actually writing one! What an incredible way to capture the heart of our message with easy accessibility and the ability to allow others to reflect upon our "key learnings" and comment/follow up with questions that might prompt further consideration! I am certainly thinking about incorporating this into my professional life. Good luck as you continue to grow and stretch...enjoy the journey!
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