My Final Post on this Blog
This school year is a year of transition for me. With this final blog post, I want to say thank you for five years of blogging comments, support and readership. I have enjoyed this journey with Marshall Public School staff.
Nancy will take over with blogging in January. I look forward to following her and will continue to share "copyright morsels" with her to post on her blog as this is part of my personal goals.
As this is my final blog post on this blog, I encourage you to consider blogging with your students. The following article: 19 Ways to Use Blogs with Students offers ideas that are only a start. As mentioned in the referenced article, blogging can start now with students as young as kindergarten. In addition to the blogging tool available to students through their Office 365 Microsoft (email) accounts, some other blogging sites to consider for students older than thirteen are: Blogger and WordPress. For younger students, their Office 365 Microsoft (email) accounts or Kidblog are great to keep student safe and secure in the blogging environment. To get started, begin with a simple concept that will be manageable for you and your students. Make it a daily or weekly way to reflect, converse, or share what students are learning in your class.
Copyright Morsel
As I mentioned above, I will continue to share ideas about copyright through Nancy's blog. This week I am sharing an article that is one to read and share with staff and students. Students search for pictures to enhance and illustrate projects, but do they or teachers consider copyright? Check out the following article to learn more about copyright and pictures: 12 Most Picture Perfect Ways to Ensure You're Legally Using Online Photos,
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
District Wide Information
11 Alternatives to "Round Robin" (and "Popcorn") Reading
I am not sure how many teachers still incorporate Round Robin Reading, Popcorn Reading or others listed in this article. The alternatives not only improve comprehension and fluency, but also improve the self-esteem and confidence of students of struggling and English Language Learners as they grow as readers. Some of my favorites as an elementary teacher were choral reading, partner reading, and teacher read aloud. Teacher read aloud is a great way to model reading to students at all ages. Next time you are planning to have students read aloud in class, consider some of these alternate ideas.
Copyright Morsel
Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell, by Carrie Russell, is an article that helps to clarify the concept of "work for hire." "Work for hire" is where you have created a lesson or teaching unit to be used as a part of your job as a teacher. The ownership of this work is owned by the school district that employs you. For more information, read the article.
I am not sure how many teachers still incorporate Round Robin Reading, Popcorn Reading or others listed in this article. The alternatives not only improve comprehension and fluency, but also improve the self-esteem and confidence of students of struggling and English Language Learners as they grow as readers. Some of my favorites as an elementary teacher were choral reading, partner reading, and teacher read aloud. Teacher read aloud is a great way to model reading to students at all ages. Next time you are planning to have students read aloud in class, consider some of these alternate ideas.
Copyright Morsel
Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell, by Carrie Russell, is an article that helps to clarify the concept of "work for hire." "Work for hire" is where you have created a lesson or teaching unit to be used as a part of your job as a teacher. The ownership of this work is owned by the school district that employs you. For more information, read the article.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
District Wide Information
A Love of Reading?
Seven ways schools kill the love of reading in kids - and 4 principles to help restore it continues the concern we as educators should change. As much as we focus on trying to teach students to read by 3rd grade, how do we counteract students as readers by killing the love of reading in students? I continue to read articles such as this one and others that I have posted this fall. I continue to share these articles to help change the focus of reading most prevalent in our schools. Let's try to help students maintain or regain a love of reading through supporting their autonomy in choosing books they want to read. Let students realize when book isn't what they thought it was going to be and allow them to choose again. The part where reading for enjoyment improves student achievement will occur after the culture and climate of the love of reading is developed.
Copyright Morsel
The attached video is another resource to provide clarity for copyright. This video is approximately six minutes long, but provides a excellent explanation of what copyright is and how it can be used. Check it out to review copyright.
Seven ways schools kill the love of reading in kids - and 4 principles to help restore it continues the concern we as educators should change. As much as we focus on trying to teach students to read by 3rd grade, how do we counteract students as readers by killing the love of reading in students? I continue to read articles such as this one and others that I have posted this fall. I continue to share these articles to help change the focus of reading most prevalent in our schools. Let's try to help students maintain or regain a love of reading through supporting their autonomy in choosing books they want to read. Let students realize when book isn't what they thought it was going to be and allow them to choose again. The part where reading for enjoyment improves student achievement will occur after the culture and climate of the love of reading is developed.
Copyright Morsel
The attached video is another resource to provide clarity for copyright. This video is approximately six minutes long, but provides a excellent explanation of what copyright is and how it can be used. Check it out to review copyright.
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