Extractions: By Craig Stuve , Massey Street P.S., May 2002 How can the provisions of alternate recording methods (voice recognition software) assist students with learning disabilities to communicate and demonstrate scientific knowledge clearly and accurately? I teach in a K-5 school in Brampton, Ontario. I work mostly with learning disabled students in Grade 4 and 5. I also have some time in my schedule set aside to assist the school with the integration of computers into the curriculum. I have always had an interest in new technologies and for the past 8 to 10 years have been actively exploring the use of computer technology in the school system and at home. This is my third year in the STAR project (Science and Technology Action Research) offered through the Peel District School Board in which I teach. While attending a computer conference ( ECOO Conference ) in April 1999, I had an opportunity to attend a short workshop on Speech recognition or Voice recognition software. I was very impressed by technology and looked forward to exploring the software for the learning disabled students in my school. In the fall of 2001 the opportunity to work with the software became available as our special education resource teacher arranged for our school to get a copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking5 (Preferred Version).
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Extractions: According to some psychologists and researchers, praising everything children do does not build self-esteem eventually the praise becomes meaningless. Instead of continually praising students, teachers should substitute descriptive comments or cite specific improvements in work. Included: Experts debate the question "To praise or not to praise?" plus praise pointers! Reward Systems That Work: What to Give and When to Give It! All teachers prefer to rely on their students' intrinsic motivation to encourage them to come to school, do their homework, and focus on classroom activities, but many supplement the internal drive to succeed with external rewards. The teachers say rewards free time, school supplies, or tasty treats can help kids master the expectations of acceptable classroom behavior and scholastic achievement. Included: Ten tips for using rewards in the classroom! Carrots or Sticks? Alfie Kohn on Rewards and Punishment
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Extractions: Waikato Home TLDU Home Search Contact author ... Page 3 Please contact Dorothy Spiller for any queries regarding these holdings. Assessing English Johnston, Brian Open University Press Writing Without Teachers Elbow, Peter OUP How to get a first class degree Arksey, Hilary Ed Unit for Innovation in Higher Education, Lancaster University Making the Grade Thinking and Writing Jones, Bill and Johnson, Roy Manchester University Press Academic Writing: Process and Product Robinson, Pauline ed Modern English Publications New Ways in Teaching Writing White, Ronald V TESOL Education for the Environment Plant, Malcolm SEDA A Directory of Innovations Education Development Group SCED Changes of Course Rust, Chris (Ed) SCED Induction and Initial Training Gibbs, Graham (Ed) SCED Making the Grade Vol 1 Jones, B and Johnson, R Manchester University Press Writing by Degrees Rountree, K and Laing T Longman Speak for yourself Cambell, John BBC Books Innovations in Education and Training International Vol 33 Number 3 SEDA Kogan Page Understanding Staff Development Webb, Graham SRHE
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Extractions: I am currently Coordinator for Information Technology for three small primary schools in the Adelaide Hills. Based at Bridgewater Primarty I teach a Year 6/7 class, whilst also working in Information Technology with all staff and students (R-7) at all three school sites. Prior to my arrival in South Australia three years ago I worked in the interantional sector of education, working in middle school management as well as managing the computer department in an R-16 school. 3 school support staff The school culture is collaborative in nature with a committed staff and an active school council working within a supportive school community. A major focus is associated with Futures Education, with particular emphasis on developing real student voice. This year the school is seeking to integrate the Key Competencies into planning, programming and teaching. Information Technology: Two and a half years ago following a long consultation process, a decision was made by the school community to embark on a significant commitment to information technology. An innovative solution to the difficulty that small schools have in accessing expertise in the IT area was implemented by the appointment of a coordinator shared among three schools.
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Extractions: U of S Communications OCN May 22 ~ John Conway ~ Council considered a draft of a new Academic Code of Conduct at its May 14 meeting. This was a second draft of the Code, whose revisions were based on consultations that were held across campus in recent weeks. An ad hoc Council committee with broad representation from faculty, sessionals, and students, has been working on the Code since last September. The process of consulting widely with stakeholders will continue over the coming few months. A final version of the Code will be considered for approval by Council in the fall. The Code is meant to serve as a guide for faculty and students alike. It's not intended as a disciplinary code. Rather, it presents the ideals and values of an ethical learning environment and is intended to serve as an educational, even inspirational, statement of what constitutes ethical behavior in the teacher-student learning environment. Its structure is based on a model offered in "Ethical Principles in University Teaching," published by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and authored by a group of 3M Master Teacher award recipients. The Code offers 10 ethical principles, each of which elaborates the role of the teacher, the student, and the collective responsibilities of the institution.
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Extractions: Contact: teach@flinders.edu.au These Supervision Management Strategies are as used and recommended by Dr Robert Boeckmann, Psychology Department, Flinders during a recent Research Education Workshop facilitated by the Staff Development and Training Unit covering the following areas: Managing' your student Managing the supervisor's role and the supervisory relationship Managing Time Managing Potential Problems ... Managing Meetings Establish goals. Ask "Why are you here?", "What do you want to achieve?". Your students can be reminded of their goals at low points in the year to refresh their motivation. Help your students to manage their emotions, especially stress and anxiety. The honours project is often the first, large independent project the student will do. This will challenge good students who are used to getting regular feedback from well completed assignments. Also at first there can seem to be are large amount of time that then rapidly disappears. To assist students in maintaining their motivation and direction:
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Extractions: Irene C. Fountas , Lesley University, Gay Su Pinnell , The Ohio State University $129.00: Self Paced Student Also available from Irene C. Fountas Also available from Gay Su Pinnell People who bought this also bought... EMAIL this page to a friend Availability: Available When: Anytime Where: Online at HeinemannU.com This course focuses on helping teachers implement routines for spelling study-the Buddy Study system-that over time will support children to become independent in their spelling work. The first phase of the course is a close study of all of the elements of this system. During the second phase, participants will implement the system in their classrooms while sharing their plans and experiences with colleagues in the course. The final phase includes the development of a plan for sustaining the system over time, advice on helping children become independent with the system, and time for reflecting on the course as a whole. Participants will leave the course able to articulate why this system helps children learn to spell, having begun to teach themselves and their students the routines of the system, and with a plan for continuing the system after the completion of the course.
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Extractions: This page highlights a number of purposeful literacy activities that may be appropriate for your classroom. Intermediate Grades Teach routines to the students by modeling tasks to the class several times, for example: When managing large blocks of uninterrupted time, set up an easy-to-follow rotation system that allows the teacher to work with one or two groups and monitor independent activities. When not interacting with the teacher, students should be involved in purposeful literacy activities that will engage them for a sustained period of time. These activities may include:
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Extractions: Teaching and Learning Issues and Managing Educational Change in Geography Lecturing in Geography Small-group Teaching in Geography Practicals and Laboratory Work in Geography ... Top of the page Why on Earth should anyone want to be bothered with improving their teaching, when there are so many other things to do in higher education institutions? Doing research, making applications for research funding, reading the recent literature, doing consultancy, writing papers and books, sitting on important committees, administering conferences, organising undergraduate and postgraduate courses, preparing submissions to assessment exercises... the list is almost endless, without teaching getting in the way of the real job! And after all, we can all teach - we've had it done to us many times in the past! Many academic staff believe that promotion is too dependent on published work, and that there is too little on devotion to teaching. Teaching is sometimes regarded as the poor relation to research, something which everyone can do - yet it is something for which few University academics have received more than token training. This Guide gives an overview of the issues relating to the teaching and learning of Geography in UK higher education, and provides an overview of the other nine Guides in the series. It also looks at implementing change via educational development, drawing on specialist expertise to demonstrate how to initiate the good practices identified in the other Guides.
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Extractions: The Editors believe that creative schools and teachers hold the key to true educational innovation in contrast to the current centrally imposed solutions. We believe that if we can create schools and classrooms as creative learning communities where both teachers and students feel trusted and respected, they will be empowered to act for the common good. We feel this approach is an alternative to the mechanistic mindset that is a product of the current 'new right' ideology. Creative teachers and schools can enliven the deadening conformity of thought imposed by the current compliance culture by challenging current assumptions and in the process develop their own set of beliefs to act as a unifying guide for their shared actions. Paradoxically in the process many of the compliance requirements will be covered. The new millennium will demand not an 'either/or' mentality but the creative genius of an 'and' minset - the best of both worlds. Single minded compliance comes with a high price. Our vision is to help schools develop as creative learning communities dedicated to constant reinvention and experiment. These ideas are symbolised in our Logo The lower left represents the childcentred approach felt by critics from the 'new right' as too permissive and lacking rigour. The bottom right represents the traditional disciplined transmission style of teaching - criticised by liberal critics. The top of the triangle represents a creative fusion of the best of both. The logo can be interpreted as child centred, teacher centred and learning centred, or early childhood, secondary and for all ages.
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Extractions: GUIDING PRINCIPLES: Home MONTESSORI Is Montessori For You? Links What is Montessori? ASM About Our School Board of Directors Contact ASM Faculty/Staff ... Virtual Tour CURRICULUM Curriculum Overview Guiding Principles Middle School Handbook PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT Parent Association Parent Handbook Children's House Lower Elementary ... Middle School The mission of Andover School of Montessori is to prepare students to be life-long learners and responsible citizens of the world community. In order for the Andover School of Montessori to uphold the mission statement currently in place, administrators, teachers, families, and board members must collaborate to maintain the key principles to a Montessori education: the child, the prepared adult, and the environment. The specific goals for the children at Andover School of Montessori are: to encourage respect for one another, staff, and parents to develop respect for the materials and environment to foster inner discipline and sense of order to collaborate with their peers in a multi-age environment to establish a positive attitude toward school and learning It is our belief that children at Andover School of Montessori will thrive and develop to their full potential. Through guided instruction, all children will be encouraged to develop:
Extractions: 6 Ready-to-Use Basic Math Workbooks Watch math skills soar as students work through acivities that involve everyday activities such as comparison shopping, using ads and coupons, buying in quantity, learning about budgets, withholding tax and more. With over 192 pages of reproducible activities, students cover: math in the mall, math at home, career math, best buys, money sense and everyday math.
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Extractions: Learning at Home Through Homework An Opportunity for Partnership Between Home and School In the Interests of Student Learning A Background Document to Stimulate Discussion and the Development of an Updated Approach to Homework for Individual Elementary Schools October 1999 Updated: November 2000 Solving Homework Problems Homework is a source of frustration in many schools, and in many households. Yet research suggests that learning at home is one of the most effective methods for parents to assist their children in doing better at school. (Dr. Joyce Epstein, 1995) If the subject of homework has not been reviewed within a particular school for some time, perhaps opportunity exists for a joint committee of teachers and parents to review the current situation within a school and provide recommendations to the administration, staff, parents and school community. A review of the current situation involves honestly asking and answering several key questions as follows: 1. What are the current perceptions of teachers, parents and students regarding homework? 2. Is the schools homework policy clear, and is it being followed by all teachers, students and parents?
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Extractions: Goal 7 - providing a flexible, innovative and challenging environment in which to teach learn , research and work.. Student Services Student Services continued to expand the Study Link program in 2000. Study Link offers a variety of learning environments, giving students an option of online, face-to-face or distance education packages and offers alternative pathways for entry to some courses. The tripling in numbers of students enrolled in Study Link shows the success of this program. A new non-award subject, Career Management, was introduced through Study Link. Its objective is to develop in students the attitudes and skills necessary for a successful career in a changing world. Continuing and Professional Education Centre (CPEC) CPEC continues to expand its range of options through the Associate Student Program that provides an alternative pathway to higher education. In the year 2000, over 1000 students took advantage of this opportunity.
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Extractions: HOME ABOUT DSEA TEACHING TIPS TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ... Writing Essays And Compositions Strategic Program Planning Strategic program planning may be your next logical step, especially if you are planning an effort that extends beyond a single classroom. This kind of planning involves inventorying your liabilities and assets. Every new undertaking has obstacles or challenges. List issues or problems which you feel might come up, or which need to be addressed. A sample list of thorny issues follows. Look over the list and try to identify 3 to 5 of the most important challenges or issues which must be addressed. After you review the three groups shown next (a to c) underline the three to five most pressing challenges you will face. Put then in order of difficulty. Starting with the least difficult challenge, get input from others or brainstorm alternatives for each problem. This does not mean you have to solve the issue, only that you need to be able to pose the problem and begin investigating your creative options or work-arounds. The program needs to have a leader or coordinator who is given some time off from classroom duties to get our portfolio project off the ground?.
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Extractions: PHILOSOPHY OVERVIEW OF THE GOALS FOR THE CCI We seek to help New Hampton School students develop an understanding of their own strengths and differences so they may have a better understanding of the unique contribution they can make to the school community, their home community, and the world at large. Students will learn which environments and experiences allow them to make positive, satisfying choices. While students build on their strengths, they will improve their realms of weakness or difference, enabling them to achieve excellence and solidify a foundation for future goals. Table of contents PROGRAMS Full Support Program The Full Support Program includes Center for Character and CreativeIntelligence (CCI) classes in English and history as well as one-on-one tutorial support. The classes have a 1:6 teacher to student ratio. Communication and coordination between the English teacher, history teacher and tutor are important aspects of this program. Students enrolled in this program typically have a history of significant difficulty in reading or writing and may have been identified with a language-based learning disability and/or attentional issues. Current psychological testing (within 3 years) is needed to best evaluate the needed level of support and to receive accommodations on standardized college placement exams. It should include an intelligence test and academic battery given in a one to one setting. Because of the intensive nature of this level of support, an additional fee is required.
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Extractions: One of the greatest benefits of using the Internet in the classroom is to provide educational opportunities for students based on their abilities and interests. For example, I can teach a basic lesson on a writing strategy and allow a student who is interested in and motivated by baseball to find examples of the writing strategy on a baseball-focused Web site. This lesson suddenly becomes more motivating, exciting, and memorable to this student. Brain research shows that individuals remember events and facts in more detail for a longer period of time if there are emotions involved in the initial learning experience. This concept of emotional memory is highly useful as we use the Internet in our classrooms. Due to the timeliness and currency of the Internet and the fact that students can find information that naturally interests them, the Internet can increase the emotional impact of lessons, and making learning interesting, fun, and meaningful to students. This seminar discusses the use of individual and class projects using the Internet to help students experience the joy of learning for themselves. As students gain experience learning for the pure joy of learning, their emotional interest, intrinsic motivation, and hunger for knowledge also increase.
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Extractions: Increasing Teaching Time You may have less time to teach than you think. Lunch, recess, breaks, down-time between lessons and activities, moving from one classroom to another, interruptions, and other periods of non-instructional time account for at least 27 percent of an elementary school day. In many classrooms, that figure climbs beyond 40 percent. Incredible as those statistics may sound, they have been confirmed by separate studies at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, and the former Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University. Sure, lunch, recess, and restroom breaks are important. But too much teaching time is lost. Add to that the time that slips away when students stare out the window or are otherwise disengaged during instruction, and you get the point. Here are some ways beginners and veterans alike can substantially increase teaching time: Decrease the time allotted for breaks and social activities.
