Don't have time to read Daniel Pink's DRIVE right now? Watch this 18 minute TED talk!
Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Big Thinkers: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games
An Arizona State University professor sees a bright future for video games in the learning process -- in and out of school.
Link to Gee's video
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Testing Text Readability
If you use the Flesch-Kincaid reading check on Microsoft Word and need a refresher on interpreting the results, see this site for details.
http://www.readabilityformulas.com/flesch-reading-ease-readability-formula.php
http://www.readabilityformulas.com/flesch-reading-ease-readability-formula.php
Thursday, January 27, 2011
There's no "I" in BLT.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I started the school year with the best intentions to keep a literacy blog and then, suddenly, it's January! Ah well... Let's just chalk it up to the fact that I've been very busy getting to know my new colleagues, stretching myself as a coach, and leaving no stone unturned in an effort to discover exactly how DOES one go about leading a school-wide literacy campaign?
Admittedly, over the last few months, I have found myself in a tug o' war at times between literacy and... well, lots of other demands of the job. However, after spending a couple of days at a literacy training with my principal, I realized that my time spent "getting my feet wet" and immersing myself in a new school culture was coming to an end. In reflecting on the many books and articles I've read lately, conversations with veteran teachers, and information I've gathered from observations, I found an answer to my question.
The answer is ONE does not lead a school-wide literacy campaign--MANY lead it. Now, I'm anxiously awaiting the first meeting of the North View Building Literacy Team. When I sent out an email asking for a response from those interested in being on the team, I did not know how many responses I'd receive. In just a few days, about 1/3 of the staff at NVJH expressed an interest in joining the BLT! My goal is to keep posting about our progress here on the blog, so here's to hoping I can get back here before June!
Admittedly, over the last few months, I have found myself in a tug o' war at times between literacy and... well, lots of other demands of the job. However, after spending a couple of days at a literacy training with my principal, I realized that my time spent "getting my feet wet" and immersing myself in a new school culture was coming to an end. In reflecting on the many books and articles I've read lately, conversations with veteran teachers, and information I've gathered from observations, I found an answer to my question.
The answer is ONE does not lead a school-wide literacy campaign--MANY lead it. Now, I'm anxiously awaiting the first meeting of the North View Building Literacy Team. When I sent out an email asking for a response from those interested in being on the team, I did not know how many responses I'd receive. In just a few days, about 1/3 of the staff at NVJH expressed an interest in joining the BLT! My goal is to keep posting about our progress here on the blog, so here's to hoping I can get back here before June!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
More Write to Learn Ideas
To learn more about Writing to Learn and for more activity ideas, visit the Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) Clearinghouse. Here is a list of Write to Learn activities you'll find at the site. Click the main site or specific strategy to be linked directly!
Main site link:
WAC Clearinghouse
Main site link:
WAC Clearinghouse
- The reading journal
- Generic and focused summaries
- Annotations
- Response papers
- Synthesis papers
- The discussion starter
- Focusing a discussion
- The learning log
- Analyzing the process
- Problem statement
- Solving real problems
- Pre-test warm-ups
- Using Cases
- Letters
- What counts as a fact?
- Believing and doubting game
- Analysis of events
- Project notebooks
- The writing journal
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