21st Century Technology and Marzano's Effective Teaching Strategies

 

Shannon McNeice

Library Media Specialist

Sedgwick Middle School

 

Adapted by Lisa Garofalo

Library Media Specialist

Ellington Middle School

 

1. Identifying similarities and differences

PBS  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2104_kilimanj.html

            analogies

Skrbl  http://www.skrbl.com/

            charts

Read Write Think http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=38

            ven diagram, charts, mapping

bubbl.us  http://bubbl.us/

            charts, mapping

Mindmeister http://www.mindmeister.com/

            mapping

 

2. Summarizing and note taking

Read Write Think http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=38

            Bio-cube

Twitter http://twitter.com/

            While we wouldn’t use actual twitter – activities around the twitter concept could be used.

            Examples:

  • Assignment: your friend sends you a text right before class starts she didn’t read last night’s chapter and needs a summary – can you twitter it to her? 140 characters

 

  • 6th graders – twitter to your parents what you learned in school today

 

  • Exit slip: twitter your librarian why Wikipedia is NOT a great source

 

  • You best bud is home sick but hates to miss school – twitter the notes from class as your teacher delivers them and you will both have copies. That way he can do tonight’s homework and you won’t have to let him recopy your notes tomorrow.

SmithTeens  http://www.smithteens.com/ (inappropriate language alert)

            “Can you tell the story of your life in just 6 words?”

Flickr http://www.flickr.com  (if using flickr – monitor for inappropriate photos)

            6 word story to caption a photo

Read Write Think http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=38

            Outline form

Notely  http://www.notely.net/

Evernote http://www.evernote.com/

Noodletools   http://www.noodletools.com/

            Notes, Outline, Works Cited

A.nnotate http://a.nnotate.com/

 

3. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition

Blog / Website

            Have students create book trailers and post best examples on your blog/website.

                        http://fhmsmedia.edublogs.org/students/student-creations/

                        http://ridgeviewms.org/podcasts/2008/04/13/first-annual-book-trailers-the-winners/

            Give students their own blogs. Ask them to post their work for real-world recognition

                        http://areallydifferentplace.org/

            Let students publish articles on your blog!

                        http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2009/10/06/teach-a-goldfish-new-tricks/

                        http://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/larkin/

                        http://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/donovan/

            Student of the Week

                        http://mrflanders.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

            Reinforce effort, provide recognition, and check for understanding with comments onstudent postings

                        http://blog.whps.org/mack/2009/10/20/fact-vs-opinion-i-cant-figure-this-out/#comments

Podomatic http://books4all.podomatic.com/entry/2008-11-12T21_02_00-08_00

            Create a classroom podcast for the best booktalks

Certificate Creator  http://www.certificatecreator.com/

ChartGo http://www.chartgo.com/

CreateaGraph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/

            Students or teachers can create graphs or charts to keep track of progress

Big Huge Labs http://bighugelabs.com/

            Create posters from photos

File2 http://file2.ws 

            Converts any file into a webpage

 

4. Homework and practice

Blogs

            Assign homework and practice.

Quia http://www.quia.com

Homework Hub  http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/

            Flash card maker

            General Practice and activities

Flashcard Makers:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/  

http://www.funnelbrain.com    

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Quizlet http://quizlet.com/

Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com

PollDaddy http://www.polldaddy.com/

AudioPal http://www.audiopal.com/

            Create audio files without downloading Audacity

Audacity  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

            Download to create & edit audio files

 

5. Nonlinguistic representations

Bubbl.us http://bubbl.us

Mindmaps

http://mind42.com

http://www.mindmeister.com

ToonDoo http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon

            Create your own characters & comic strips

Lovely Charts  http://www.lovelycharts.com/

Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/

            Charts, floorplans, maps

Flickr http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons

            Photo tags

Voicethread http://ed.voicethread.com/#home

Photo Story 3 for Windows

Scratch  http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/30723

DoInk http://www.doink.com

ReadWriteThink Doodlesplash http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/doodle/

Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

The Object of History http://objectofhistory.org/

Animoto http://animoto.com/

 

6. Cooperative learning

Wiki  http://hiphop.whpswiki.com//

            Students can contribute work, collaborate, look at other student work, reflect on the process.

The Amanda Project  http://www.theamandaproject.com/

Snipi http://www.snipi.com

            http://www.snipi.com/streams/greek-mythology

Creatly http://creately.com/

Storybird http://storybird.com/

Dabbleboard  http://www.dabbleboard.com

 

7. Setting objectives and providing feedback

Student Response Card Systems (Clickers)

Quia http://www.quia.com

Matnificent   http://blog.whps.org/mack/

Google Docs http://docs.google.com/

Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com

Handipoints http://handipoints.com/

 

8. Generating and testing hypotheses

Invention at Play http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_main.html

Amusement Park Physics http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/

You Be the Historian http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/

SimCityClassic  http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php

Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html 

Nobel Prize Ed. Games http://nobelprize.org/educational_games

PBS Building Big http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.html

FlyBy Math http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/smart_skies/flyby/index.html

 

9. Cues, questions, and advance organizers

Webspiration http://www.mywebspiration.com/

Draw Anywhere http://www.drawanywhere.com/

Exploratree http://www.exploratree.org.uk/

Text2Mindmap http://www.text2mindmap.com/

WiseMapping http://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm

 

 

Additional Resources

 

•         Must visit: Several of these, especially File2.ws have really amazing implications for student learning across all curricula. Be sure to check it out!

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/the-best-web-20-applications-for-education-2009/

 

•         Amazing and very professional wiki http://technologythatworks.wikispaces.com/

 

•         The CASL May 2.0 workshop which has some very handy user-friendly handouts on each type of 2.0  application.

https://web20mayworkshop.wikispaces.com/

 

•         The wiki from Shannon McNeice’s 2007 CASL Web 2.0 presentation. http://mcneice.wikispaces.com/