A Mosaic of Ideas from DPI LISA MCINTOSH – DPI SUPPORTS STRANDS 3 & 4 KNOW CONTENT/FACILITATE LEARNING

 This slideshow has numerous ideas that can be easily implemented in the classroom. Many websites/strategies are cited in the following slides. Appointment/Clock Buddies Give students buddies and instruct them to “find their 12:00”, assign a specific task, questions or reflection to discuss during their appointment. MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE AT CLICK ON THE RESOURCES TAB AND CHOOSE “A MOSAIC OF IDEAS”

Judith Langer – Four Principles for An Engaging Classroom 1.Social interaction 2.Questions invite students to reflect and move ahead 3.Students look ahead at new ideas they can develop, the activity pushes them toward new learning 4.Variety of activities

The Golden Rules for Engaging Students 1.Make it meaningful – highlight the value of an assigned activity in personally relevant ways 2.Foster a sense of efficacy to foster learning – We want the task to be slightly beyond the level of proficiency, use peer modeling and include feedback to help students progress. 3.Provide autonomy / support – This is implemented by welcoming students opinions and ideas into the flow of activities, using informational language and give students the time they need for activities. 4.Establish positive teacher/student relationships 5.Promote mastery orientations to look at active participation, recognizing individual progress and student improvement and rewarding effort 6.Embrace collaborative learning by looking for ways to make the group work more productively, foster individualism by assigning different roles and evaluate student/group performance

Ideas for Deeper Understanding & Engagement  Inner/outer circle with Google Hangout   Collaborative Learning  Think Time & Collaborative Learning – (give time to reason/think before you turn to talk/discuss your thinkingwww.teachingchannel.org/videos/independent-&-group-work  Protocol   like google docs; edit together and no sign up Snowball groups/Pyramids - This method involves progressive doubling: students first work alone, then in pairs, then in fours, and so on. In most cases, after working in fours, students come together for a planning session in which their conclusions or solutions are pooled.

More Ideas from DPI  –free, no log in, 60 seconds  Text sets/unit development with many different types/levels of text    