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An Interactive Strategy for Reading Assignments

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edfivecs90

Jill Spencer offers a reading strategy that can be used in ALL subjects, as well as ways to differentiate the activity based on skill level and/or interest.  PLUS, there’s a link to a google search that lists other ways teachers have implemented this strategy.

Student: “I don’t get it.”

Teacher: “What don’t you understand?”

Student: “Any of it!”

Sound familiar? When it comes time for class discussion about a reading assignment, teachers are often disappointed by the lack of student participation. The kids don’t have a clue what they should say and desperately hope the teacher doesn’t call on them.

LINK: An Interactive Strategy for Reading Assignments in All Content Areas

Post Source: Middle Level iNsider from the Association of Middle Level Education

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Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words

Posted on January 8, 2012 by edfivecs90

This video has only been up for a few days. It’s already crossed the 120,000 views mark AND it’s drawing strong positive and negative reaction.  At the very least, an interesting thought exercise laced with humor.

Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TEDTalk can be summarized in six words. At TEDxZurich, he shows how to do just that — and less.

LINK: Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words

Post Sources: Sam Wagner’s MVS Blog “Late December Articles of Interest” and TedTalks

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This Beautiful Life – By Helen Schulman

Posted on January 8, 2012 by edfivecs90

This novel came out last summer, but many are just now getting around to reading it.  While the topic is timely and relevant, the story is hard-hitting and has adult themes. Here’s the link to the review…

Helen Schulman’s latest novel tells the story of the Bergamots, a family of four whose expensive new Manhattan life comes crashing down when 15-year-old Jake forwards to a friend a sexually explicit video made for him, unsolicited, by a 13-year-old girl named Daisy Cavanaugh. As the video, forwarded again and again, goes viral, the tabloid media go bananas, linking Jake and Daisy in an ominous and humiliating celebrity. What can the future hold for unformed, vulnerable kids who bumble their way into the lowliest realm of the permanent record that is the Internet?

LINK: This Beautiful Life – By Helen Schulman – Book Review – NYTimes.com.

Post Source: NYTimes Sunday Book Review

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Global Service Learning – Lakeside School (Washington)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by edfivecs90

Here’s a look at what the Lakeside School is doing around service learning…as well as a link to the NAIS annual conference preview…

The Global Service Learning (GSL) program is an important piece of Lakeside School’s Mission Focus, which is “to foster the development of citizens capable of and committed to interacting compassionately, ethically, and successfully with diverse peoples and cultures to create a more humane, sustainable, global society.” The GSL program seeks to develop in students greater sensitivity to and respect for cultural difference and an understanding of the shared humanity that unites our global community. As of today, 578 students have participated in the GSL program, which the school’s endowment subsidizes.

LINK: Spotlight on Lakeside School (Washington) – 2012 NAIS Annual Conference.

Post Source: NAIS Annual Conference Preview. Link to Lakeside School website.

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Do schools need a longer school day?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by edfivecs90

Some background information the next time someone says, “our problem is that we just don’t have enough time in the school day…”

A policy brief released last month concluded that contrary to popular perception, most U.S. public schools require at least as much or even more instructional time for students than countries touted for their high performance on international tests, including Finland, Japan and South Korea. There were a lot of caveats in the report but the thrust of the brief was that calls for a longer instructional day for children in the United States to match what students in other countries get may be misguided.

LINK: Do schools need a longer school day?

Post Source: The Answer Sheet

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