Classroom 2.0 12/04/2012

• Scaffolding for Deeper Understanding

  "Posted by Peter Skillen on Nov 30, 2012 in The How of 21st Century Teaching, Peter Skillen writes, How CAN we help our students be the kind of thinkers we want?Several years ago, my friend and colleague, @brendasherry, wrote a thoughtful post called "What is Deep Understanding?" She asked several excellent questions:what kind of thinkers do we want our students to be?what is deep understanding?can schools really provide the learning environment to nurture and develop it?In thinking about these questions, I would like to also ask: “How can we help novice learners become more expert learners?”

  Tags: deep understanding, visual literacy, learning, reflection, scaffolding, visual, multimedia

  • - By Duane Sharrock
  • - By Duane Sharrock
  • Schoenfeld has said that, ‘Groups are not just a convenient way to accumulate the individual knowledge of their members. They give rise synergistically to insights and solutions that would not come about without them.’
  • Encourage the philosophy in the classroom that “deep thinking is a highly valued activity.”
  • collaborative journal writing environments
  • have found that (in addition to the familiar strategies associated with student-driven, authentic inquiry-based projects) scaffolded, collaborative journal writing is helpful to move kids beyond the social comments.

  • The elaboration triggers are connecting words or phrases that can be used to help kids extend their thinking beyond what they might otherwise attempt. So once they write something, they are encouraged to check the list of ‘elaboration triggers’ to think more deeply.

• New social educational game SMILEY!!

  Tags: education, teaching, learning, game, bulling, schools, technology

  • - By jo group

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