Archive for March, 2012
Posted by Laurie Lenz on March 29, 2012 Category: Teaching Online .
Just last night, I had dinner with a couple of teachers who teach at our local Lutheran high school and the topic of online classes came up. One of the teachers posed the question: How can an online teacher do a better job than me who is in the classroom? This is a question that [...]
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Posted by Laurie Lenz on March 23, 2012 Category: Digital Generation .
Teens have always been social beings whether it be hanging out at the mall or talking on the phone. Recently, however, the means in which teens socialize have changed. They still spend quite a bit of time together, but when not socializing in person, they are communicating through texting or chatting on the internet rather [...]
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Posted by Laurie Lenz on March 11, 2012 Category: Essential Questions .
Here are my essential questions developed according to Bloom’s Taxonomy for my unit about the Civil War: (1) topic (2) grade level (3) remembering question (4) understanding question (5) applying question (6) analyzing question (7) evaluating question (8) creating question 1) Life during the American Civil War 2) 8th grade 3) Describe what life was [...]
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Posted by Laurie Lenz on March 2, 2012 Category: Learning with Google .
Does the web facilitate deeper reading, learning, and thinking? As an educator, our constant goal is to present new information to our students, get them to make connections, and then get them to ask why. Our entire educational system is centered around higher, deeper learning. We are not satisfied with an 8th grade education anymore. [...]
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