And that's what you want with a tool that's meant to help
students share notes, compare ideas and collectively work on projects, don't you think?
Not exact matches
Until alums Glynn LoPresti, Michael Rihani and Patrick Gartlan stepped in by founding Koofers Inc. in 2006,
students had to be friends with a classmate to
share notes — and had to be part of Virginia Tech.
Three entrepreneurs on the same mission to facilitate college
note -
sharing join forces — and 360,000
students follow.
Farrell
notes that colleges and universities tout the successes of their incoming
students — test scores, academic achievement, acceptance rates, and the like — but rarely spend the same amount of energy
sharing data about job placement and success rates of graduates.
NOTE: this advice only works if you genuinely love teaching and / or want to become a better communicator, and truly care about the
student enjoying and retaining the material you
share with them, as it could take a lot of effort and adjustments in the way you run your classroom.
The report contains some good news,
noting that the
share of African Americans and Latinos in the overall pool of college
students has grown over the past 3 decades to 26 % of all undergraduates, including those seeking a 2 - year degree.
The
share of graduate
students in computer science and engineering with temporary visas has risen by 66 % in the past half - dozen years,
notes the same report, with foreign - born
students now making up almost half the graduate population in those fields.
It's worth
noting that 1) Greider was Blackburn's grad
student but Blackburn
shared the glory (unlike several male recipients) and 2) Blackburn was the scientist who got fired from the Bush «bioethics panel» for daring to inject some reality into the stem cell debate.
As a side
note: I wanted to
share that after one of my
students read about my needing of a hearing aid, she felt so moved that she got me a hearing aids.
The story itself isn't much different than similar stories you may have read in recent years about female teachers who have affairs with their teenage male
students, but
Notes on a Scandal really isn't about the inappropriateness of the affair so much as the nature of lust, trust, and the bedfellows that are brought together through the
sharing of a secret that can shatter a life completely should it ever be revealed.
And there are sequences early on in the movie, such as her tentative confab with a fellow bewigged
student, a shy widower (Kôji Yakusho), that bring out the grace
notes in their
shared loneliness.
Finally,
students add their
notes to a
shared notebook so that she can review them.
There, not only
students can discuss and chat, but also
share documents and
notes.
Reed
notes that by
sharing personal experiences with your
students, you're giving them an opportunity to connect with you on a deeper, human level.
Files Included with this Lesson • Teacher
Notes and Resources • Quick Getting Started Tutorial for
Students • 3 Lessons for Projects with grading rubric including: o Create a Web Site o Create a Blog o Create an Online Portfolio • List of project ideas for each assignment
Students love authentic work and
sharing their knowledge with the world is a great way to teach creativity, pride in quality and the importance of copyright.
Francois
notes that the school emphasized independent reading as a community, where
students and teachers often engage in
shared practice of reading.
But after developing this
shared vision, one of the biggest challenges, she
noted, was helping teachers trust their
students.
Post-it
note critiques can be a great way for timid
students to build confidence around
sharing their opinion.
Although I might not get a verbal response from a
student, I always keep trying with the option of
sharing notes and letters.
The week or two before conferences, teachers meet and
share important
notes on
students with the advisor.
Showing presentations and information via an interactive projector gives you the ability to
share notes digitally at the end of the lesson — and when
students know you've got the broader
note - taking covered, they can focus more on listening, and only writing down things that are specifically useful to them.
«Background
student information
shared by parents helped teachers and DSTAs to recognise underlying concerns that were interfering with
student engagement,» the report
notes.
The question is whether we should be orienting our pedagogical practices primarily around these differences, as I think most personalized - learning supporters would urge, or instead take
note of the many ways in which
students are cognitively similar, and make these
shared characteristics the focus of our education policies and practices.
We see
shared notes, allowing
students to proofread each other's writing, and group projects taking connectivity to a new level that can only be achieved through the use of technology because of the immediate feedback Google drive allows.
As each
student gives a presentation, you might write a brief thank - you
note that mentions something specific about the presentation so that each
student can take home a special
note to
share with parents.
Suggest that
students take
notes; as you speak, they should record what they think are the most important facts you
share.
This Presentation Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Learning Objectives and Outcomes Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter — Spelling Bingo Overview of Vocabulary for a Spellings Lesson Flipped Lesson Part - Video - How to Learn Basic Spelling Rules Space for Peer Teaching - 10 Basic Spelling Rules Scaffolded
Notes to Support the Learners - Pronunciation Symbols Collaborative Group Tasks — Think - Write -
Share, Pair -
Share Mini-Plenary to Test
Student Understanding — 3 Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - 4 Tasks Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Online Exercises Plenary to Assesses Learning Outcomes - Find the Word Success Criteria for Self Evaluation - My Spelling Sketch Home Learning for Reinforcement - Spelling Bee Site Map Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.g/L.8.2/L.8.2.c Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Teachers can use this presentation to give a complete knowledge and understanding of Spelling Rules to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their spelling skills.
Teachers also can leverage free technologies to engage with
students on a platform they enjoy, and can use those tools to
share presentations,
notes, practice tests, and quizzes.
While she
shared some of Carlsson - Paige's concerns around implementation pressures (mine too), she was quick to
note that when she taught kindergarten eight years ago, «there was this same expectation around
students learning all of their letters, sounds, and sight words and beginning to read early emergent text.
I like that I can send
notes to help
students prepare for presentation day, to bring their food items to
share on holidays, or just to complement them for doing a good job.
I have to
note here that when you have two
students who do not enjoy
sharing and ask them to
share an iPad and a robot, you should be ready to support those
students with frequent intervention.
Teachers and
students can
share assignments and
notes through mobile apps that are free to download, such as Google Docs, Evernote, etc..
This was touched upon in the previous point around OneNote and Edge syncing together; the ability to
share notes across OneNote and Microsoft Classroom and viewing files on - demand allows
students and teachers to collaborate quickly, wherever they are.
«I hope others will apply to college and major in music,» Bernard
shares,
noting that she is often in awe of the
students with autism as they learn to play instruments.
[The Crossroads staff]
share an agenda of really getting to know the children and allowing
students to develop independence and develop their best abilities,»
notes Jane Maisel, whose child is a Crossroads sixth grader.
When
students have completed their reading and
note taking, provide time for them to
share their
notes with the entire class.
Then have
students use the charts and their own
notes to write a paragraph, in which they
share what they think are the two most interesting facts about each composer.
Once both
students have asked and answered questions they can
share their cards to check that the listener heard /
noted the correct information.
Teachers can make
notes and
share them with
students or
students can
share their
notes with others if they are working on a project in a group.
Today's
students require strategies that support their acquisition of knowledge, allow them to save their
notes across devices, permit them to search through vast quantities of information, and
share their learning with the rest of their community.
Creating time and opportunities for teachers to
share ideas has led to «a common language about
student learning and has accelerated our use of instructional technology,» Moore
notes.
When choosing a
note taking strategy and platform, a key component should be whether or not a
student's
notes can be
shared among peers as well as with teachers, tutors, or parents.
From the other side of theglobe, a
student has sent a
note of appreciation for their writingand
shared her views on the story.
Butcher paper and Post-it
notes can help
students understand the collaborative thinking that takes place on a
shared Google Doc.
However, as
noted above, the
share of traditional - age
students is similar (about 75 percent) at both public and private non-profit, four - year colleges.
Despite the tremendous diversity of the school educators, parents, and
students, and the inevitable conflicts that arose, Collins
noted that they all
shared one quality: commitment to the kids.
Finally, think about the
student who reads the printed copy, writes
notes in the margins, takes pictures of those
notes, and then curates them into Evernote so that they can be saved and
shared.
Going beyond the 4Ss of digital
note taking (support, save, search, and
share),
students should work toward curating, synthesizing, and reflecting on their learning.
Students can keep
notes and gather sources for their projects, all of which can be
shared with their teachers and classmates.
For example,
students can annotate the text and email their
notes to a teacher, or
share their reflections or plot summaries with peers in a Tweet or on Facebook.