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Cooperative learning: building a democratic community

Annotations June 24, 2010 at 1:22 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Holly Waterman There are six benefits as to why cooperative learning can be an effective teaching strategy: Students who are able to […]

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Learning with wikis

Annotations June 23, 2010 at 3:44 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Orech goes all out in clearly defining a wiki, providing how a teacher can make and use one, and how […]

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Best practice: new standards for teaching and learning in America’s schools.

Annotations June 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The chapter is a fabulously detailed and thoughtful discussion of six methods to create a student-centered classroom: integrative units, small-group […]

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Whose interpretations matter most – teacher’s or students?

Annotations June 22, 2010 at 1:35 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The article begins with a comparison and contrast of two classrooms, each discussing the character of Queen Gertrude in Hamlet.  […]

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Research on writing conventions: U R what U write.

Annotations June 21, 2010 at 1:16 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Nelson and Feinstein focus on “Netspeak,” which they define as “a blend of speech and writing” (1).  Their greatest point, […]

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Worksheets don’t grow dendrites

Annotations June 19, 2010 at 11:10 am 1 comment

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh People need to talk because we’re highly social organisms! Students should not be expected to sit silently and do their […]

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The next wave now: web 2.0.

Annotations June 18, 2010 at 11:29 am Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer This article, geared mostly for administrators and superintendents, makes a great argument for using Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom […]

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The Case for Collaborative Learning.

Annotations June 18, 2010 at 10:10 am Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Holly Waterman Collaborative and cooperative learning are labeled as “co-lts” in this chapter.  They are both learning techniques that incorporate students working […]

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Socratic seminars: engaging students in intellectual discourse

Annotations June 17, 2010 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The author begins with a quote on brain research and education by Robert Sylwester, schools need to, “. . .focus […]

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Wikis and literacy development.

Annotations June 16, 2010 at 12:16 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer McPherson focuses one the differences between wikis and blogs, the different types of wikis available (as of 2006), how reading […]

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