How can you teach students the skills they need to perform higher order thinking when they create projects? what types of questions, prompts, and scaffolds can you use to encourage students to think deeply and not simply copy and paste answers?
In my grade level the effective mean to teach students to perform through higher order thinking is through continued practice after its implementation. Any questions that are used within the classroom can be deciphered for clues for the students to answer any question. This strategy of breaking down the question is used in the upper elementary grades when they start taking state exams. When they are creating projects the students will be asked and shown how to be on their thinking zones and through graphic organizers their thoughts can be recorded. Graphic organizers are a good scaffold for any student to use that allows for students to individualize their responses and allow for more thinking time.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Blogging My Journey
Question: How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?
Depending on the implementation and monitoring of the educator with the group of students, a lot may be accomplished. Their is a plethora of information available throughout the internet and an educator is able to tap into those sources. Having the students have a clear webpage to visit with the research having been done by the educator previously, will benefit both parties involved. In having the time to explore the internet for the past two sessions I have found several assessments that are kid friendly and would allow for a change from a pen and paper format. The online assessments allow young learners the opportunity to adapt to different means of being assessed.
I have had the opportunity to learn shortcuts with the tools provided by the Intel training. The shortcuts are intended to aide an educator who is short on time to achieve all of their capabilities. For example, the opportunity to create a blog to connect parents to students work in the classroom has been opened and I plan to implement it before the end of the semester.
Depending on the implementation and monitoring of the educator with the group of students, a lot may be accomplished. Their is a plethora of information available throughout the internet and an educator is able to tap into those sources. Having the students have a clear webpage to visit with the research having been done by the educator previously, will benefit both parties involved. In having the time to explore the internet for the past two sessions I have found several assessments that are kid friendly and would allow for a change from a pen and paper format. The online assessments allow young learners the opportunity to adapt to different means of being assessed.
I have had the opportunity to learn shortcuts with the tools provided by the Intel training. The shortcuts are intended to aide an educator who is short on time to achieve all of their capabilities. For example, the opportunity to create a blog to connect parents to students work in the classroom has been opened and I plan to implement it before the end of the semester.
Module 3 Reflection
This module has helped me think about the impact of the internet on my students' learning in the following ways:
Students have an opportunity to self refelct of their learning through research on certain topics.
Students have an opportunity to connect to others previous work through navigating through different web sites.
Students have an understanding of difficult concepts through research opportunities given by the educator.
Students have an opportunity to self refelct of their learning through research on certain topics.
Students have an opportunity to connect to others previous work through navigating through different web sites.
Students have an understanding of difficult concepts through research opportunities given by the educator.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Module 1 Reflection
This module has made me think about my role as an instructional designer in the following ways:
I will use projects and strategies that are to benefit the overall classroom community.
Projects are to benefit the students in a positive manner because it uses the previous background of each individual student and applies it to new concepts.
The bridge has to be created and maintained by the educator on one side the students previous knowledge is bridged with new information and concepts on a certain topic.
This method will work with my student population because a large majority of them have come into the classroom with a varied set of experiences.
These experiences if I allow for a student centered environment will immerse with experiences from another student and even mine as the instructor.
I will use projects and strategies that are to benefit the overall classroom community.
Projects are to benefit the students in a positive manner because it uses the previous background of each individual student and applies it to new concepts.
The bridge has to be created and maintained by the educator on one side the students previous knowledge is bridged with new information and concepts on a certain topic.
This method will work with my student population because a large majority of them have come into the classroom with a varied set of experiences.
These experiences if I allow for a student centered environment will immerse with experiences from another student and even mine as the instructor.
Hello to All!!!!
This is Mr. Ponce and welcome to our first grade classroom. It is a thrilling new year in which new experiences are to unfold within our learning environment.
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