October 12, 2012
Volume 3 Issue 3
In this Issue:
Grant Opportunities
Google in Education: Search Education
Professional Development Newsletter Archive
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Grant Opportunities
Google in Education: Search Education
Professional Development Newsletter Archive
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
How do you encourage critical thinking in the classroom?
When it comes to learning, nothing matters more than teaching students to think critically and independently. And one way to help your kids to become great thinkers is to lead them in classroom discussions that take them beyond the facts and into a world of deeper understanding. We want to know what strategies you use to take your classroom discussions to a more meaningful level.Web site: http://www.weareteachers.com/grants-contests/grants/how-do-you-encourage-critical-thinking-during-classroom-discussion-/
Five winners will receive:
- $100 cash grant
- iPod touch to capture your idea in action
- Plus, the top five vote getters will get to attend a Great Books professional learning course with two colleagues and each attendee will receive a classroom set of materials to help implement what they learn.
Deadline: October 30, 2012
How do you help struggling readers catch up?
One of the biggest challenges many teachers face is a wide range of reading abilities amongst their students. Some students read at above level, many at-level, and some are below-level readers. Wherever students are on the spectrum, there's an emphasis in the new Common Core standards that all students are able to read challenging, quality texts. We want to know how you address the performance gap in the classroom.
Five winners will receive:
- $100 cash grant to fund their project
- iPod touch with video to capture their idea in action
- PD library of resources to help overcome performance gaps in literacy
Deadline: October 31, 2012
What strategies do you use to help kids tackle challenging math problems?
When solving tough math problems, it’s important that students learn to never give up. When things get tricky, teach them to look for another way to look at it. If a problem seems too difficult, break it into steps. The Common Core State Standards calls this “making sense of problems and persevering in solving them.” We want to know how you develop problem-solving perseverance in your students.
Web site: http://www.weareteachers.com/grants-contests/grants/what-strategies-do-you-use-to-help-kids-tackle-challenging-math-problems-/
One grand prize winner ($1,000 value):
When solving tough math problems, it’s important that students learn to never give up. When things get tricky, teach them to look for another way to look at it. If a problem seems too difficult, break it into steps. The Common Core State Standards calls this “making sense of problems and persevering in solving them.” We want to know how you develop problem-solving perseverance in your students.
Web site: http://www.weareteachers.com/grants-contests/grants/what-strategies-do-you-use-to-help-kids-tackle-challenging-math-problems-/
One grand prize winner ($1,000 value):
- Hands-On Standards Common Core Edition Classroom Package of their choice ($499)
- Online subscription to Core PD Understanding the Mathematical Practices Course ($99)
- VersaTiles Starter Set of their choice ($62.95-$84.95)
- Home Team Advantage School Year Pack of their choice ($59.95)
All 5 winners:
- $100 cash grant to fund your project.
- $100 ETA hand2mind gift card
- iPod touch with video camera to capture your project idea.
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Rumi (1207–1273)Persian poet and philosopher
Google in Education
Search Education
Web site: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond.
On this page, you'll find Search Literacy lessons and A Google A Day classroom challenges. Our search literacy lessons help you meet the new Common Core State Standards and are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.
A Google A Day challenges help your students put their search skills to the test, and to get your classroom engaged and excited about using technology to discover the world around them.
These series of lessons reside within a larger comprehensive unit that you conduct around various Common Core or other state standards involving research, such as those that include reading informational text, conducting research, utilizing technology, and writing informational/explanatory works or opinions/arguments. Even if your state has not adopted the Common Core Standards, students will undoubtedly conduct research for specific assignments that are most likely aligned to the following K-12 College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards. Specific grade level content standards reside within these anchor standards, so refer to specific grades to access pertinent standards. In addition, standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, Grades 6-12, align with these CCR Standards. Therefore, teachers in any of these subject areas will likely find these lessons helpful if they assign research tasks.
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