July 2009 Blog Posts (8)

Merit-based scholarships

I am interested in criteria used by other independent schools for merit-based scholarships as well as the qualifying comparison process used to determine the recipient of the awards.

Sue Canter

Added by Sue Canter on July 26, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

NECC- Day 2 Reflection (Finally Posted)

It took me a while but I finally got this up with more to come. Travel and writing has taken up most of my time. Travel is good but I am learning about the paper chase for getting published.

NECC- Day 2 Reflection (Finally Posted)

Added by Chris Bigenho on July 23, 2009 at 4:04pm — 1 Comment

Goals oriented assessment tool technique

Co-construct criteria for learning goals and expectations with my students by brainstorming; and design a rubric to help create, self assess and adjust learning goals for optimum understanding and success within my discipline.

“People who do the talking are the ones whose brains are growing.”
~ Pam Robbins June 2009

Added by Jane D. Smith on July 17, 2009 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Assessment for learning techniques

Clarifying learning intentions and sharing criteria for success

• Have students generate standards

• Have students co-construct criteria and present rubrics

• Post and deconstruct learning targets and use exemplars/models/samples

Providing feedback that moves learners forward:

• Comparative evaluation chart

• Have students reflect upon feedback and respond to it before I issue a grade

Engineering effective classroom discussion,… Continue

Added by Eric Salehi on July 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

assessment for learning TECHNIQUES for 2009/10

ASSSESSMENT FOR LEARNING TEQUNIQUES
Mini critique- think pair share
Two stars and a wish—two things you did well, and one wish index card ticket to leave with uestions/ reflections ala Desi!
Know understand do
Co construct criteria / present rubric
Use student exemplars
Restate learning and state a goal

Added by Alex Gordon on July 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

NECC Reflections

I posted a reflection here on my blog. Great to meet so many ISENET-ers there, and to attend my first SIG, too. I am still trying to unpack all the ideas that floated in and out of my brain.
Putting all of that into practice is the next step. Lots to think about as I use social media even more to connect with my students and their families.

Added by Susan Carter Morgan on July 5, 2009 at 5:41am — No Comments

Teaching with Netbooks - Resources

From recent listserve and Twitter discussions, it sounds like many of us are going to be using some sort of netbooks this year. My school did a pilot of the Intel Classmate Convertible this spring which has lead us to adopt them as our primary machine for our middle school 1-1. (Details of the pilot can be found on my blog.)

I'm spending much of my summer looking for… Continue

Added by Tami Brass on July 2, 2009 at 6:18pm — 3 Comments

Cours Secondaire Catholique de Yopougon

Le Cours Secondaire Catholique / Moyen Séminaire st Joseph Mukasa de Yopougon est un Lycée qui accueille des étudiants aspirant à devenir prêtres. Cependant, pour des raisons budgétaires, l'établissement a ouvert ses portes aux autres individus qui ne souhaiteraient pas forcément être prêtres de profession.

Le lycée avait seulement six classes lorsque j'y étais. Nous avons :

La seconde A

La seconde C

La première A

La première D

La terminale A

La… Continue

Added by Brice Armel on July 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments