"The authors offer a wealth of ways to engage children in expressing meaning and documenting experiences through photographs. They provide all the practical help teachers need to use this exciting medium to expand children's ways of perceiving, representing, and thinking about their world." -Carol Copple, Director of Publications and Initiatives in Educational Practice National Association for the Education of Young Children Give children new ways to express their thoughts and ideas! When children create photo essays, they are encouraged to share their thoughts in an authentic and personal way. This creative new resource offers teachers ready-to-use tools and strategies for involving children in creating photo essays as a way to communicate ideas, experiences, and emotions. Teachers will discover how to inspire children to capture the aesthetics of their environment, document historical events and personal stories, keep a record of what they learn, and become advocates for causes as they explore responsible citizenship. The book offers ideas and examples that illustrate how photo essays can be used: As part of portfolios to record what children have learned To help boost the confidence of struggling writers, including English language learners and children with special needs As an alternate assessment format to engage challenged students To meet state and national standards Photo essay activities are ideal for any teacher looking for new ways to nurture student expression, excitement, and creativity in the classroom.
"The authors offer a wealth of ways to engage children in expressing meaning and documenting experiences through photographs. They provide all the practical help teachers need to use this exciting medium to expand children's ways of perceiving, representing, and thinking about their world." -Carol Copple, Director of Publications and Initiatives in Educational Practice National Association for the Education of Young Children Give children new ways to express their thoughts and ideas! When children create photo essays, they are encouraged to share their thoughts in an authentic and personal way. This creative new resource offers teachers ready-to-use tools and strategies for involving children in creating photo essays as a way to communicate ideas, experiences, and emotions. Teachers will discover how to inspire children to capture the aesthetics of their environment, document historical events and personal stories, keep a record of what they learn, and become advocates for causes as they explore responsible citizenship. The book offers ideas and examples that illustrate how photo essays can be used: As part of portfolios to record what children have learned To help boost the confidence of struggling writers, including English language learners and children with special needs As an alternate assessment format to engage challenged students To meet state and national standards Photo essay activities are ideal for any teacher looking for new ways to nurture student expression, excitement, and creativity in the classroom.
Adapting Schools to Meet the Needs of Students With Disabilities
Technology, Curriculum and Professional Development highlights some important considerations for making technology implementation meaningful and enduring for students with disabilities. Implementing technologies or new curricula creates intricate complexities that educators in both general and special education have seldom anticipated, much less managed well. John Woodward and Larry Cuban examine what researchers have learned about instructional interventions for students with disabilities. While the majority of the chapters focus on innovative uses of technology, there is also careful consideration of pedagogical, curricular, and classroom organizational approaches. The authors: provide a critical examination of the efforts made; detail the successes, failures, and enduring dilemmas that have been faced in validating research-based strategies for students with disabilities; suggest important design considerations for researchers and developers; provide ideas for giving research a more powerful voice by expanding its vocabulary of real world implementation
Adapting Schools to Meet the Needs of Students With Disabilities
Technology, Curriculum and Professional Development highlights some important considerations for making technology implementation meaningful and enduring for students with disabilities. Implementing technologies or new curricula creates intricate complexities that educators in both general and special education have seldom anticipated, much less managed well. John Woodward and Larry Cuban examine what researchers have learned about instructional interventions for students with disabilities. While the majority of the chapters focus on innovative uses of technology, there is also careful consideration of pedagogical, curricular, and classroom organizational approaches. The authors: provide a critical examination of the efforts made; detail the successes, failures, and enduring dilemmas that have been faced in validating research-based strategies for students with disabilities; suggest important design considerations for researchers and developers; provide ideas for giving research a more powerful voice by expanding its vocabulary of real world implementation
This volume focuses on the power of technology to improve education and to create global educational environments. The contributors present exciting new programs for training administrators and teachers, and makes clear the possibilities that technology brings to the lives of researchers and policymakers.
Technology and the Diverse Learner is a practical guide for K-12 teachers to use the latest technology to assist them in meeting the needs of the diverse population of learners in their classrooms. This book is designed specifically for the inclusive K-12 classroom teacher. It addresses inclusion from a very broad perspective that covers special ......
Technology and the Diverse Learner is a practical guide for K-12 teachers to use the latest technology to assist them in meeting the needs of the diverse population of learners in their classrooms. This book is designed specifically for the inclusive K-12 classroom teacher. It addresses inclusion from a very broad perspective that covers special ......
A Practical Guide to Preparing Students for High-Tech, High-Skill, High-Wage Opportunities, Revised
This is a practical guide on how to plan, develop and implement a `tech prep' programme. The book illustrates how schools can work collaboratively with business and industry to organize a programme that provides students with the core technical and specialty proficiencies necessary to successfully compete in a changing economy. Topics covered include: creating a tech prep consortium; funding; setting goals; building action teams; and designing a promotion campaign.
A Practical Guide to Preparing Students for High-Tech, High-Skill, High-Wage Opportunities, Revised
This is a practical guide on how to plan, develop and implement a `tech prep' programme. The book illustrates how schools can work collaboratively with business and industry to organize a programme that provides students with the core technical and specialty proficiencies necessary to successfully compete in a changing economy. Topics covered include: creating a tech prep consortium; funding; setting goals; building action teams; and designing a promotion campaign.
