Topics for Teachers
Rowan County Gifted Program Consultation Monthly Email
Welcome to October!
Deeper Thinking and Learning
Experiment. Fail. Learn. Repeat. "Each of our Curriculum Connectors is organized by the seven computational thinking strategies (collecting data, analyzing data, finding patterns, decomposing problems, abstraction, building models and developing algorithms)."
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Authentic Work
"The more we make learning the reward for learning, the more likely we are to create conditions where intrinsic motivation flourishes. This type of work with feedback will result in deeper learning, less shallow coverage of content, and more meaningful growth for teachers and students."
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Student Agency and Personalization
Resource: Encouraging Growth Mindset through Sentence Stems
"...sentence stems ... model the language, tone, and cognitive patterns native to certain activities."
Technology Infusion
From a National Geographic education blog: "I use videos every day in my classroom. Most of these videos I access via YouTube. This can be a scary proposition for most teachers, as you never know what type of ads, comments, or suggested videos will show up. Viewpure takes the fear out of opening up YouTube in your class. All you need to do is copy the video URL and paste it into the box at the top and then click the purify button. The site then generates a new URL with all the clutter removed. Like SMMRY, Viewpure also has a toolbar widget. Just drag the purify button up to your toolbar. Then the next time you are on YouTube and want to use a video, just click the Purify button and it will remove all the page clutter without you having to go to the Viewpure homepage."
To check it out, CLICK HERE
Additional Resources you might enjoy:
Classroom Discussion Guidelines
From 100 Words of Wisdom: Felice Kaufmann
8 Strategies for Creating a Genius Mindset
Rowan County Gifted Program
GT Coordinator and Instructor
Email: genny.jenkins@rowan.kyschools.us
Website: tinyurl.com/mrsjenkinspage
Location: 551 Viking Drive, Morehead, KY, USA
Phone: 606-784-8928