Monday, February 16, 2015

Ideas Buffet

I don't particularly like buffet restaurants as the cost typically entices me to eat what I feel is at least the equivalent of the price, and I leave feeling horrible, physically and financially.

A buffet of ideas, however, comes with much less implied pressure, and the only cost is time to read, observe, or think. With that, here are a few ideas that have generated higher interest through the year, a few that are gaining momentum, and a few that are fresh:

1. Physical Movement to Aid Learning, as opposed to this first-hand experience
    • "Brain research confirms that physical activity--moving, stretching, walking-- can actually enhance the learning process"
    • "Movement gives learners a new spatial reference on the room."
    • learning is "longer lasting, better remembered, more fun, age appropriate, and intelligence independent" and "reaches more kinds of learners"
2. Beginnings and Endings; the most memorable impressions

3. The Value Formative Assessments and How they Aid Differntiation
    • How do we know when students understand?
    • How do we know when to change instruction?
                * High School Video Examples of Formative Assessment from The Teaching Channel




8. Resource: OpenEd, Common Core videos, assessments, games, tasks, and plans
    • free service that can invite students into the fold of sources as well

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