Reading and writing for understanding

Posted on October 29th, 2007 in Best Practices, Pedagogical Practice, Reading, Writing by laurencemarks

Here is an interesting article in how to effectively teach reading and writing

Reading and writing for understanding
HGSE Lecturer Vicki Jacobs

Secondary school students can benefit enormously when teachers of all subjects integrate reading and writing strategies into their instruction – so argues Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Vicki A. Jacobs. These strategies, typical of “reading and writing to learn” and “reading and writing across the curriculum,” are problem-solving activities designed to help students move from simply knowing a fact to understanding a fact’s significance. Helping students make that leap – from knowing to understanding – represents the very heart of the educational enterprise.

Reading and writing for understanding

Usable Knowledge

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Shift Happens

Posted on October 14th, 2007 in 21st Century Learning, Beginnings by laurencemarks

This video started small, and the target audience was about 150 teaching staff. It has now reached over five million downloads. What is this video saying to us? Why should we not only watch it, but take it’s messages as something bigger … than … well, you decide. Enjoy (or not)!

Teacher Leaders Network

Posted on October 7th, 2007 in 21st Century Learning, Best Practices, Pedagogical Practice, Teacher Leaders by laurencemarks

Teacher Leaders Network

Technology and 21st Century Learning: A List of Resources

“Initiatives for change that don’t involve teachers as partners in rethinking educational practices and how technology might provide radically better tools are going to have a big problem.” – Roy Pea

Here is an impressive list of articles, tools, strategies, and instructional methods to enhance teaching and learning with technology. This is a great place to start your thinking around teaching and learning in the 21st Century. As the quote above suggests, this is about all teachers becoming leaders in teaching and learning. On may argue that the 21st Century learner requires such leadership.