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What Makes Learning Better?
FEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK
Grades Are Crappy Feedback
Butler, Ruth, & Nisan, Mordecai. (1986). Effects of No Feedback, Task-Related Comments, and Grades on Intrinsic Motivation and Performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 78(3), 210-16.
Clearly Communicate Ideas
DiscussionTab - http://alicekeeler.com/discussiontab
Show 3 Ways
Creative Thinking
Avoid collecting 30 of the same thing - Add a picture
Give Less Directions
So you want to eat a brownie: http://alicekeeler.com/eatabrownie
Collaboration
Slides Slides Slides Slides Slides Slides Slides
Add a slide to the blank Google Slides
Add your name to the speaker notes
Add a picture of a fidget spinner
Provide an idea of how you can TEACH with fidget spinners
slides.google.com/create
Critical Thinking
Which C Does This Have?
DOK
Dr. Norman Webb Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels for four content areas.
Pull the Paragraph: alicekeeler.com/pulltheparagraph
Strategic Thinking
Analyze and Synthesize Information Across MULTIPLE SOURCES
- Do a Google Search
- Copy the link to the search
- Share link with students
- Create a BLANK Google Sheets spreadsheet.
- Share spreadsheet with students
- Each student adds a tab at the bottom. Double clicks to change to their name.
- Assign each student a page of results
- Student will analyze each result on the page.
- They will clearly communicate and organize the information.
- WITHOUT CLICKING... list the site titles and URL's
- Determine if you should click on the link, why or why not?
- If yes, click on it and hold down the Control key.
- Use Control F to find keywords on the page and skim the page.
- Is this resource credible? Why or why not?
- If it is credible, summarize in your own words pieces of information. Put each piece of information into a separate column.
- Now students have a crowdsourced resource of 30 pages of search results.
- Write a paper using the resources on the spreadsheet.
Expect this to not go "awesome" the first time you do it. It is unfamiliar to kids and requires thinking skills and analysis. Provide feedback and use this activity type repeatedly.
When you give students a template, you do the thinking for them. It is an ESSENTIAL 21st century skill that students can design digital documents from scratch.
Alice Keeler Books
Go Slow Workshops
6 week online workshops (in Google Classroom) where we go slow! Instead of 6 hours with a firehose, how about one thing a week and try it out with your students!