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Minds On
Minds On
A Book Extra with Jess Keating..
A Book Extra with Jess Keating..
Let's Read, Practise and Plan!
Let's Read, Practise and Plan!
Learning Goals:
Learning Goals:
- I am learning how to express personal thoughts and feelings about what has been read
- I am learning how to sort ideas and information to express my thinking
- I am learning how to describe structural adaptations that allow animals to survive in specific habitats
- I am learning how to create multi-media texts to communicate and share my thinking
Where else might we look for additional information and resources?
Where else might we look for additional information and resources?
Let's Make, Tinker and Modify
Let's Make, Tinker and Modify
1. How might we create trading cards using these animals as inspiration? What others might we add?
1. How might we create trading cards using these animals as inspiration? What others might we add?
2. How might we use the tools in Adobe Spark to create our own multi-media text about one of these animals? Photo essay, short movie, or meme? What others might you create?
2. How might we use the tools in Adobe Spark to create our own multi-media text about one of these animals? Photo essay, short movie, or meme? What others might you create?
3. How might you create a short 30 second infomercial about one of the animals in this book using a green screen application? What other animals might we highlight? Where might we share our learning?
3. How might you create a short 30 second infomercial about one of the animals in this book using a green screen application? What other animals might we highlight? Where might we share our learning?
4. How might we create a short video where an animal speaks and tells us facts about itself?
4. How might we create a short video where an animal speaks and tells us facts about itself?
Let's Document, Reflect and Share!
Let's Document, Reflect and Share!
Think about it!
Think about it!
What skills and competencies are students developing while learning?
How might we document, share, reflect and connect with our learning communities in order to drive thinking forward?
How might we encourage our students to document and share?
An idea presented by my friend and colleague, @angelastockman that could be explored in order to document this year's journey.
An idea presented by my friend and colleague, @angelastockman that could be explored in order to document this year's journey.
What would happen if you documented one minute a day? What if you documented one minute of each exploration? How might this help you continue to teach with intention? What would you notice? What could you learn? What additional tools might you use to amplify and share the learning?
What would happen if you documented one minute a day? What if you documented one minute of each exploration? How might this help you continue to teach with intention? What would you notice? What could you learn? What additional tools might you use to amplify and share the learning?
How might we scaffold student reflection and metacognition?
How might we scaffold student reflection and metacognition?
What if students imagined themselves as stars on a walk of fame? How might they document their learning journeys as they are happening? How might we collect reflections of learning in order to assemble pathways of success? What technologies might we use?
What if students imagined themselves as stars on a walk of fame? How might they document their learning journeys as they are happening? How might we collect reflections of learning in order to assemble pathways of success? What technologies might we use?
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