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Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In an ongoing review of the book Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, we will look at the strategy of nonlinguistic representation. A part of the introduction to this chapter grabbed my attention, so I’m going to take a slightly different approach to discussing [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In our ongoing look at the book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next planning question is, “Which strategies will help students acquire and integrate learning?” This question obviously has the most strategies since this is where most learning takes place. Cues, questions [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In the ongoing review of Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next strategy is providing recognition. Recognition is the most enjoyable part of learning, as it is the way we get to show off what we know and are able to do. Of [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom Continuing our exploration of Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next global question addressed is, “Which strategies will provide evidence of student learning?” The first strategy for this question is providing feedback. “…feedback is ‘the most powerful single innovation that enhances achievement.’” (p.41) [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom Carrying on with a focus on the book Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the first planning question is: What will students learn? There is one instructional strategy associated with this question, setting objectives. “…when students are allowed to set some of their own [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom We are familiar with Marzano’s research in Classroom Instruction that Works. In 2007, MCREL released a supporting book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. What is terrific about this book is that it puts technology in the proper place – as a tool [...] Content Tech Ideas for Technology Tools in the Classroom Our video streaming service, Discovery Education Streaming, has a wide array of media available to support every content area. One way to view available media is by browsing by New York State standard. After logging into your DE Streaming account, scroll down on the left [...] En 2007 el examen de idioma español tiene la siguiente pregunta (click para ampliar): The distractor for this type of question format is different in that the answers are pictures. Students have to translate/visualize the target language they hear, rather than seeing English answers which would provide clues. Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary comes into [...] Gone are the days of math problems where you just write your answer. Showing work and explaining your answer are key components in math, as the process of solving is as important as the product. Below is a question from Book 2 of the 2007 7th grade exam (click to enlarge): How technology [...] Science exams are full of diagrams and models, and terminology associated with them. Following are 2 examples from the 2008 8th grade science exam (click each image to enlarge): Marzano’s work in Building Academic Vocabulary certainly would be helpful in these examples, as the distractors are set up to trick students who might [...] |
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