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May- Summarization

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 * Notes from Rick Wormeli Presentation **

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 * 3-2-1 Strategy **
 * Somebody -Wanted-But-So **
 * Summarization with Fishbone Mapping **


 * Synthesis/Summary/Conclusion **

April- Formative Assessment

**Finding Balance: Assessment in the Middle School Classroom** []

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 * Digital Student Portfolios **

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">2-Minute Assessment **

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">My Favorite No **

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Teaching Channel: Videos, Lesson Plans, and Other Resources for Teachers **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">March- Instructional Technology <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Thinking Blocks for math manipulatives

[|75 Interesting Ways to Use the iPad in the Classroom]

[|Tagxedo] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Integrate Technology for Higher-Order Thinking: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">[|Turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard--FOR FREE!]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">[|Toontastic]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">[|Avid Studio]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Distilled the world's leading film-editing technology into an easy-to-use app that enables you to edit video, audio, and photos at the speed of your creativity.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">February- Engagement strategies Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement [|http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-teaching-strategies]

International Center for Leadership in Education article on strengthening student engagement [|http://www.leadered.com/pdf/strengthen%20student%20engagement%20white%20paper.pdf]

Technology as an Engagement Enhancement Tool [|http://www.kleinspiration.com/]

Some of my favorites [|http://mrscolfer.edublogs.org/]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">January- Questioning Strategies ASCD Articles about Questioning [|http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol4/418-toc.aspx]

Types of Questioning Strategies [|http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/question1.html]

Research on Classroom Questioning [|http://www.learner.org/workshops/socialstudies/pdf/session6/6.ClassroomQuestioning.pdf]

Thick vs. Thin Questions [|http://www.weac.org/news_and_publications/education_news/2005-2006/readingroomnov05.aspx]
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">December- Energizing Brain Breaks

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|http://brainbreaks.blogspot.com/]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Organized Breaks During Classroom Instruction Helps Kids Learn" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|http://j8108.maksl.com/?p=425]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Edublog on Energizing Brain Breaks Resource [|http://mrscolfer.edublogs.org/]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great idea for organizing your favorite brain breaks [|http://keepcalmandteachon.blogspot.com/2011/04/acitivity-sticks.html]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">November- Setting the purpose for learning <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">May- Summarization