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Learning menus: Appetizers: Background information

Learning menus: Appetizers: Background information. Email: kellistair2013@gmail.com kellistair@angrybunnypublishing.com. Presenter: Kelli Stair Author of VoiceThread for Digital Education https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/356369 and QRevolution (available for preorder)

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Learning menus: Appetizers: Background information

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  1. Learning menus:Appetizers:Background information

  2. Email: kellistair2013@gmail.com kellistair@angrybunnypublishing.com Presenter: Kelli Stair Author of VoiceThread for Digital Education https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/356369 and QRevolution (available for preorder) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/368369 www.angrybunnypublishing.com

  3. What’s a Learning Menu? • Differentiation strategy • Menu: student choice of learning activities • Different points for different types/levels of tasks • Divided into sections (appetizer, entrée, etc.) • Students choose options from each section • Options are tasks or activities for students to complete in order to earn that set of points

  4. For More Webinars www.angrybunnypublishing.com Events page for upcoming webinars Recent Blogs or Online Workshops for archived webinars

  5. Unit Menu Template Beverages: Vocabulary Appetizers: Background Information Soup/Salad: Supplementary Texts and Tasks Entrée: Anchor Text and Tasks Dessert: Summative Assessment

  6. Appetizers: Background Information • Most important place to differentiate • Most overlooked piece • Create the base for adding information/ underlying schema • Offer many types of information, especially videos • Over 70% of population=visual learners • Tasks to include should be basic comprehension/completion checks

  7. Guiding Questions • What do my students need to know to understand the theme/topic/anchor text? • What cultural differences might they not understand? (historical, technological, economic, social, geographical, etc.) • Where might they get confused? What may be completely unfamiliar? What will differ slightly, but in a way that is confusing?

  8. Activate and Level • Activate: helping students identify and connect what they already know • Journal, discuss, debate, anticipation guide, poll, brainstorm • Level: supplement background information for students who may not know enough to be successful prior to beginning a unit • Videos, articles, compilations: high interest, short, focused, regular opportunities to react/respond—process information

  9. Types of Activities • Individual, small group, large group • Even individual activities can have feedback • Written, discussion, reading/viewing, visualizing—creating graphic organizers • Activation and Leveling • Using texts—visuals are best: images, videos, infographics, compilations • Processing/ guided processing activities • Open-ended: questions, reflections, inquiry

  10. Examples with Tech Tools • Discussion with Backchannel (Todaysmeet) • Journal/writing (blogs) with response group • Poll (PollEverywhere) • Graphic Organizers (Exploratree) • Collaborative Brainstorm (Twiddla) • Gallery Walk with Discussion Forums (QR codes) • Compilation reading/viewing (Storify/ Scoop.It)

  11. VoiceThread Example • https://voicethread.com/share/4757970/

  12. Accountability • Participation • Discussions, brainstorms, gallery walks, VoiceThread, journals • Comprehension check • Online quiz for article or video resources consumed separately • POINT: students participate in knowledge support activities to prepare them for more in-depth literacy-based activities—anchor and supplementary texts

  13. Resources for Content: General • Google • YouTube • LiveBinders (search feature) • FREE: Teaching Resources Online • http://free.ed.gov/

  14. Social Studies • http://theweekinrap.com/ • Flocabulary site • http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ • CNN 5+minute student news report daily • http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ • NYTimes articles for students

  15. English Language Arts • www.shmoop.com • Novel, short story, and poetry resource for students • www.bartleby.com • Online novels • http://www.pinterest.com/adriennebc/high-school-english-resources/ • Great HS resources

  16. Science • http://www.edutopia.org/blog/websites-for-science-teachers-eric-brunsell • Blog of 10 science resources • http://www.pbslearningmedia.org • PBS Learning Media- videos by PBS • http://sciencenetlinks.com/ • Great digital resources

  17. CEM Badge Code: lion126 <http://badges.connectededucators.org/>

  18. Kelli Stair—Writer, Teacher Consultantwww.angrybunnypublishing.com • If you liked this presentation, you’ll love my eBook VoiceThread for Digital Education available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other eBook retailers. • https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/356359 • Look for QRevolution coming November 25, 2013. • PreOrder for $2.99 at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/368369 • Be sure to join me every Tuesday and Thursday for more great teaching with technology.

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