4,496,308 students took NWEA-MAP assessments Fall and Spring in the United States during the 2012-13 school year.
The first person in the WGSD learning community who can find out how many students in Wisconsin during the 2012-13 school year took the NWEA MAP test wins a dozen Hoppe homemade chocolate chunk cookies!
Friday, January 17, 2014
CPM curriculum and technical support available
If you teach a CPM course, please keep these mentor teachers in mind for your questions. They will respond to emails from teachers, students and parents to provide assistance for users via technical answers, tutorial webinars and mathcasts, and finding resources for more complicated answers. You can access these mentors at: http://www.cpm.org/support:
There is also a "homework helpline" at: http://www.cpm.org/students/homework
- middle grades: Susan Hoffmier, Auburn, CA
- high school: Melissa Thomley, Madison, WI
There is also a "homework helpline" at: http://www.cpm.org/students/homework
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Research with Strategy Tutor ---------- perhaps!
STUDENT/TEACHER RESOURCE: Strategy Tutor for Online Research
What is Strategy Tutor?
Strategy Tutor is a FREE web-based tool available through the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) designed to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the internet. Strategy Tutor helps students read, research, collect and understand information better and more efficiently. For teachers, Strategy Tutor provides a way to easily create web-based lessons embedded with research-based, highly effective learning strategy and vocabulary supports.Students can use Strategy Tutor to collect information, get help with websites, information, vocabulary and store notes in a personal, sortable electronic worklog that can be viewed from any computer.
Teachers can use Strategy Tutor to access professional development resources and teacher-created lessons that can be used as is or customized to suit learning needs. Educators can also create their own strategy-supported lessons while getting help from embedded coaches, as well as watch students grow in research skills by checking their worklogs at any time, from any computer.
Check it out today!
Take the Student Research Project Tour
Watch the Feature Demos
Explore Teacher Resources in the Guest Teacher Preview (note: use Firefox as your internet browser to see correct formatting of the site)
The packet-driven classroom
Jeff Bliss got our attention when he shared his frustration with his
teacher, classmates, and the world about his learning environment.
The now viral video captures a room of passionless students, some
with their heads down, , some staring into space, all silently sitting at
their empty desks seemingly disconnected not only from each other,
but also from their behind-a-desk-fortress teacher.
Read more here. Lisa Nielsen's blog is worth following.
A penny for your thoughts...........
The now viral video captures a room of passionless students, some
with their heads down, , some staring into space, all silently sitting at
their empty desks seemingly disconnected not only from each other,
but also from their behind-a-desk-fortress teacher.
Read more here. Lisa Nielsen's blog is worth following.
A penny for your thoughts...........
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Are you following any blogs.............besides mine? Keep updated that way.
Our Favorite Digital Citizenship Bloggers to Follow in 2014
in Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenship | 12/23/2013
Connecting with other educators online is an integral part of being a 21st century educator. Sharing tips, tools, and ideas can help you organize your thoughts as well as your classroom! Here are 10 of our favorite digital citizenship bloggers to follow in 2014.
Online Discussion Dos & Don'ts - The Role of the Teacher in a Blended Learning Classroom by Edgenuity
Online Discussion Dos
Online Discussion Don’ts
- Do be flexible. Students in any blended learning environment are diverse and have unique needs.
- Do care for the students. Student focus and student-centered work is essential to reach students and ensure they succeed in a blended learning environment.
Online Discussion Don’ts
- Don’t be afraid to reach out to students. If a student isn’t replying to e-mails or doesn’t seem to be giving his all to the program,it’s the teacher’s job to check in and encourage. Complacency can be the enemy of a great blended learning environment.
- Don’t stop learning. We’re all professional learners. An online environment allows us to continue to learn and experience and pass that information on to students.
The Role of the Teacher in a Blended Learning Classroom by Edgenuity
e-Resources + CCSS...Free!
Michigan Online Resources for Educators has lesson plans and other resources tagged to specific content standards: http://more.mel.org/ Check it out!
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