Presented by Patti Duncan- Discovery Education
Today's student learns best when exposed to multiple modes of text. Helping them get all of the information they need from videos, images, reading passages, songs and interactive experiences can be a daunting task. Interactive notebooks, graphic organizers and reflective journals help them make the connections necessary to succeed. This session will explore the use of these tools and more.
We need to change the way students take notes - Make it more creative and visual!
Hold students accountable for info in video, not just worksheet to follow up video
Notebooks - text, diagrams, reflection, interpreting concept
All student notebooks should look differently
Visual learners need space to process information
One type of journal
left side - student processing, "output"
right side - teacher-directed, "input"
Examples of student output
- summary
- word splat
- flow chars
- bullet info, take concept and put it in concise statement, if you can explain concept in writing then proves understanding
outcome sentences….
- I learned
- I am surprised
- I wonder
- I now understand
- I rediscovered
- I like
- I don't like
- The one important thing
Drawings and diagrams can fit input and output
Input - copied from book, lots of labels
Output - student has analyzed content
Foldables - great for stages, sequence
ex. phases of moon
instead of glue and cutting, can use post its
venn diagram foldable - turns from two dimensional to three
Show video and tell students you will want them to record what they remember, no notes during video
recall, listening
Agree/disagree reading strategy
prior to reading - agree/disagree, what is there reason for your answer
after reading - agree/disagree, what is the evidence for your answer
**Strategy can help science teachers build reading into curriculum
5E - students explore before teachers explain, letting students figure it out on their own first
Recognizing a mistake shows understanding
Problems with worksheets - students do minimum to answer worksheet
