The Perfect Marriage: Instructional Strategies & TechnologyA Blended Course for K-12 Educators – Nov. 8th, 2011

Facilitators: Carol Mayer & Ginni Winters

Today’s Outcomes

Review the three strategies studied last month.

Explore different Web Tools for using the strategies.

Examine three new strategies. Reflect on your online learning as a learning community.

Our Working Agreements

Cell phones and beepers on silent cue.

Cease electronic conversations.

Take care of your needs.

Take responsibility for your learning.

Nine Categories of Strategies11 Strategies

Objectives & Feedback Effort & Recognition Similarities & Differences

Cues, Questions, Organizers

Summarizing & Note Taking Cooperative Learning

Homework & Practice Nonlinguistic Representation

Generating & Testing Hypothesis

Our Structure for Learning…Part I: Review, Reflection, New Technology Application

Triads: Review, & Reflection (Triads)

Triads: Another Web Tool Application (Triads)

In Class Reflection (Individually)

Where: Computer Lab (Room 203)

Part II: New Marzano Instructional Strategies

Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

Non Linguistic Representation

Summarizing & Note Taking.

Where: Room 223 (Classrooom)

Our Work Groups… Group 1:

Kelly Behm, Leslie VanHauter, Lynn Wietecha

Group 2:

Karen Dalstrom, Megan Whitmore, Amy Begnene

Group 3:

Vanessa Hamilton, Celia Sharbo, Roshin Vinod

Group 4:

Wendy Nowak, Melissa Baker, Lisa Stack

Group 5:

Theresa Sevrence, Rosalyn Pollard

Review, Share, New Tool, & Reflect … Review, share, new application, reflect

Step 1: Share your wiki responses with your triad members

Step 2: Share your web tool application.

Carol will share new applications.

Step 3: As a triad, apply a tool to your strategy and place it on one of the wiki pages.

In class reflection: Each person will log into their wiki and respond to the reflection questions.

Break – 15 minutes

Cues, Questions & Advance Organizers

Non-Linguistic Representations

Summarizing & Note Taking

NON-LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS

Instructional Strategies in Action…

Each group will:

Construct meaning around a short article using:

K-T-W strategy (Cues, questions, advance organizers)

Processing Strategy (Summarizing & Note Taking)

Summarize their learning (Non-linguistic representation)

Know - Think I Know - Want to Know

Know Think I know

Want to know

Task Group:Compare and share in a round-robin pattern

On your own: Complete each column on your recording sheet

TOPIC:

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Strategies we will use…

K-T-W (ALL GROUPS)

Key Concepts/Key Ideas

Read and Example

Words, Phrases, Sentences.

Read-Share-Inquire

Matchbook Summary

Synectics—Four Box

Invent an App!

Inter-VENN-TION!

Questions… As you think about the strategy you used, in what ways does it support the student’s thinking and learning? What are some of the cognitive operations required?

What connections are you making between the technology tools available and the strategies?

As you do your online study of the strategies, think about making connections between the tools you use and how the strategy supports learning. Have fun!

One Word Summary

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Table Groups:

• Develop a one-word summary that captures this session

• Be prepared to share the word and why you chose it

• Select a spokesperson to share with the full group