Week
29: Online Projects and Student Learning
Homework
for the Teacher
Evaluating
the Impact of Project Activities on Student Learning
When students know exactly what is expected throughout the
course of your project, while understanding and believing in the
goals of the project, you can expect to see dramatic growth in
many areas. Over 70 major studies by a variety of research centers
clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of cooperative and collaborative
learning on a wide range of outcomes when teachers construct a
classroom framework that keeps students moving along with purposeful
and productive learning. Print
and use this checklist ("Construct a Classroom
Framework Conducive to Learning") as a way to ensure ongoing
and periodic assessment of student learning.
Making
your expectations clear for project-based learning activities
is no longer a frustrating chore, thanks to online tools that
help you generate a checklist or rubric at the touch of a button! Let’s
try a few.
If
you’re experiencing discipline problems related to collaborative
activities, The Master Teacher’s "You Can Handle
Them All" online resource is a gift just waiting to be
opened by you. Visit
this site, and then select Misbehaviors at School.
Reading
Strategy Spotlight
Retelling
or synthesizing requires the putting together of ideas in
a new way. It pulls together the processes of recalling, ordering
and recreating of information into a coherent whole. It invites
students to collect an array of facts and connect them to a central
theme or idea. Giving students the opportunity to synthesize
generates a deeper understanding of what they read.
Student
Activity Sheet
Printable pages designed to complement the current week's
Reading Strategy Spotlight and to help students organize their
thoughts, reflect upon reading material, and look for organizational
patterns in online text.
BBs: Weekly
Nuggets of "Best Practices" and "Brain Research"
Amazing
Illusions to Use with Your Students!
TechKnow
Disaster Preparedness Page
Printable Computer Skills Mini-Posters & activity sheets
for those times when the network crashes or equipment is unavailable.
You can print a different page each week.
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