I just typed an entry and lost it! How? I am not sure, maybe I published before saving. This one will be shorter.
Today I was beginning to feel overwhelmed with the number of resources and sites available. I think my goal should be to find 5-7 really good websites and use them consistently. So far Hippocampus, WEbspiration, Mindstreams are all winners.
From the breakout group I thought of a great technique for teaching in the hybrid class. When teaching essay writing skills (compare and contrast questions, always big in AP), have students in a group of four fill out the Venn diagram in class. (The planning so to speak). Next, when they go home, using a discussion board, live editing program, the would write the essay in the following manner:
Person 1- THesis Paragrpah
Person 2- Body Paragraph 1
Person 3- Body Paragrpah 2
Person 4- Body Paragrpah 3
Person 1 conlusion.
The essay would be posted the next day, and the first activity in class would be fore each group to review and critique another groups essay.
Or somethng like this......
Hope this post works ....see you all tomorrow.
Interesting idea, Pat. I assume that person #1 would be the strongest member of the group. Perhaps the group could write the thesis paragraph first, and then the participants could write the body paragraphs (group size may need to be adjusted). Let's talk more about this in class.
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Looks like you are coming up with some very concrete ideas about applying some of the concepts from the class. I think you are right to take small steps, whatever you are comfortable with, see how that works then refine and move on as appropriate. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteI had problems with my blog too. I didn't type the link correctly the first time so it was wrong on the blog site sheet only figured out yesterday night that I made a mistake. I feel your pain! Thanks to Kris for fixing the link this morning. I think you have the right idea trying a few ideas rather than many and not have them work. Will you be tweaking the few that you use,if there are problems or will you try something else?
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