October+8+In-Service

October 8, 2010 In-Service  [|www.wallwisher.com]

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** [|Best Practice] ** ** [|Best Practice 2] ** [|Good Resources] GOOD Flipcharts: > (teacher, but MOSTLY students)
 * Establish lesson/activity objectives
 * Define expected outcomes
 * Identify attainment targets being addressed
 * Write a description of specific material to be covered during the lesson.
 * Curriculum alignment
 * Engagement and interactivity
 * Assessment
 * Good media rules (color, graphics, text size and color, organization)
 * Links to pertinent information/video/audio
 * Higher level thinking

IDEA #1

Create a storyboard with a background and a few animal characters (objects) placed on it. Make this storyboard interactive, by allowing students to “create” their own story.Allow them to manipulative the objects.
 * Why is the bear in the forest?
 * What would happen if the parrot flew around the bear?
 * Would the bear try to eat it?
 * What would happen if the penguins crossed the bear’s path?
 * Is that even possible?
 * Lessons on habitat, food chain, fantasy/fiction vs. reality, etc.
 * Let students manipulate the story by adding, deleting and changing variables.
 * What if the lion and the bear meet? What if it is a baby bear? What if the lion is an old lion?
 * Ask questions, such as I wonder… What if… How about… let students come up with their own answers.
 * Let them evaluate and decide what happens next.