For those of you starting a new semester or with a new group of students, this blog post on "First Day Jitters" is a great read.
Plus, my lovely friend, Dawn, wrote it on her well-titled blog, Courage to Pause.
Courageously yours,
Jen
Helping with the jitters
For those of you starting a new semester or with a new group of students, this blog post on "First Day Jitters" is a great read.
Plus, my lovely friend, Dawn, wrote it on her well-titled blog, Courage to Pause.
Courageously yours,
Jen
Wunderlist for Tech Tuesday
I love a good list. Yep, I do. This app seems to be the perfect one for creating and managing to-do lists - especially from one device to another. I've tried other to-do list apps, but nothing holds a candle to Wunderlist.
Now, I can check off "Sharing Wunderlist" from my blog to-do list :)
Jen
Ideas to pair up students
Just to entertain myself (and my students, sometimes), I pair up partners (or small groups) in the following ways.
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| (Photo by Sporkist; Picniked by Jen) |
- Decide if you are peanut butter or jelly. Then, go find a partner who is the other.
- Put 0-5 fingers in the air. Find a partner that gives you an odd (or even) total.
- Find someone who has the same (or close) thumb size as you. Have you seen my thumbs before? My friends say they look like toes. Proof below.
- Find someone who has a different number of siblings than you.
- Decide if you are a dog person or a cat person. Then, go find a partner who is the other.
- Stand on your left or right foot. Then, go find a partner who is standing on the opposite foot.
- Think of your favorite number. Find a partner so that when you add your numbers together you get an even (or odd) number.
- Of course, paint swatch partnerships are jazzy and colorful.
Next time I will Picnik in a manicure. Geez! Can I get some help here? From a partner?
Jen
Think Pair Share: An oldie, but a goodie
There are certain activities in the classroom I completely take for granted. Think Pair Share probably tops the list along with K-W-Ls. Who knew the Think Pair Share strategy (although, some of the literature calls the trio a "routine") was developed by Frank Lyman in 1981 in Maryland. Yep, proud to be a Marylander.
With that said, if you are just getting into teaching/education or perhaps you came to Upcycled Education from another professional field, then the Think Pair Share strategy might be fresh and new to you. Thus, let's review....
Think: This first step in the trio encourages students to think independently about a question posed, a situation, an upcoming topic, etc. Generally this step is done individually and often times, students write down their ideas.
Pair: For this second step of the trio, students get together in pairs with another classmate. Sometimes, I use ranges instead of pairs like "Alright....please get together with 1-2 other people." That way no one feels left out or is scurrying for a partner.
By the way, if you check back this coming week, I promise to have nifty ideas how to pair up students.....
Share: In this final step of the trio, students share their thoughts with their partner(s). This is an important part of the trio as students have a chance to broaden their perspective and obtain feedback from their peers.
If you think your students need training with sharing ideas and partner work, consider this post on SSLANT - a communication strategy - or T-charts. I am an uber fan of both.
Now that I've blogged about Think Pair Share, I'm excited to use it again next week with my college students. It's our first week of spring semester!
Did I tell you I dislike the first week of school? I'll blog about that another day.
Jen
With that said, if you are just getting into teaching/education or perhaps you came to Upcycled Education from another professional field, then the Think Pair Share strategy might be fresh and new to you. Thus, let's review....
Think: This first step in the trio encourages students to think independently about a question posed, a situation, an upcoming topic, etc. Generally this step is done individually and often times, students write down their ideas.
Pair: For this second step of the trio, students get together in pairs with another classmate. Sometimes, I use ranges instead of pairs like "Alright....please get together with 1-2 other people." That way no one feels left out or is scurrying for a partner.
By the way, if you check back this coming week, I promise to have nifty ideas how to pair up students.....
Share: In this final step of the trio, students share their thoughts with their partner(s). This is an important part of the trio as students have a chance to broaden their perspective and obtain feedback from their peers.
If you think your students need training with sharing ideas and partner work, consider this post on SSLANT - a communication strategy - or T-charts. I am an uber fan of both.
Now that I've blogged about Think Pair Share, I'm excited to use it again next week with my college students. It's our first week of spring semester!
Did I tell you I dislike the first week of school? I'll blog about that another day.
Jen
Happy 2012 with an infographic to boot!
This infographic just made my 2012 a little brighter. Yay, for teachers!
How are you, Upcyclists? What have you been doing?
Jen
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