1. Rationale for the Interactive Student Notebook Why Use the Interactive Student Notebook? BPS History/Social Studies Department 2013-2014

2. The Interactive Student Notebook (ISN): Student–centeredStudent–centered Rigor and StructureRigor and Structure AccountabilityAccountability Formative assessment toolFormative assessment tool

3. Current Educational Research Supports the Use of the ISN Howard Gardner Elizabeth Cohen Jerome Bruner Robert Marzano

4. naturalistic -Howard Gardner

7. Bloom’s Taxonomy

8. Premise 4 Students think and remember better when they store information in both linguistic and nonlinguistic forms. This includes both graphic organizers and drawings, including the opportunity to explain their work. Robert Marzano “Representing Knowledge Nonlinguistically” by Robert Marzano in Educational Leadership, May 2010 (Vol. 67, #8, p. 84-86);

9. Premise 5 All teachers and administrators should describe effective teaching in a similar way. Successful teaching requires deliberate practice. Robert Marzano What Teachers Gain from Deliberate Practice” by Robert Marzano in Educational Leadership, December 2010/January 2011 (Vol. 68, #4, p. 82-85),

10. The Interactive Student Notebook is also a tool to achieve the goals of BPS Acceleration Agenda. 1.College readiness 2.Closing the achievement gap 3.Strengthening teaching

11. Summing It Up: Differentiated to suit all learnersDifferentiated to suit all learners Active, scaffolded process which promotes rigorActive, scaffolded process which promotes rigor Accountability for student, allowing us to close the achievement gapAccountability for student, allowing us to close the achievement gap Strengthening teaching, and using routines and data to create rigorous instructionStrengthening teaching, and using routines and data to create rigorous instruction