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This standard established by Florida's Department of Education requires teachers and students to use online sources (mostly online dictionaries and thesaurus software such as Wordsmyth, Snappy Words, and Word Hippo) to clarify new vocabulary or words with multiple meanings. Terms can be from in-class reading materials and other outside content. To determine the meaning of each word, students can identify it using the context within a sentence, patterns of word choice, and print/online glossaries. It is good to know the secondary meaning of words with commonly known definitions. If I implement this standard into my teaching, I think my current skill of searching for definitions from dictionaries and thesaurus, whether offline or online, will help me satisfy this criterion. However, I will need to check out the software mentioned above since I have not ever used them before. I believe that I can easily master this word-defining skill, though.
A resource that I found is called "It's Not Magic: Distinguishing Between Passive and Active Voice." This is a great introduction to the concept of Passive and Active voice in sentences. The source provides clear definitions for each voice, formatted in bullet points. It also gives easy examples to illustrate each grammatical idea. Students can easily study a lesson about Passive and Active through this resource since it functions as an interactive PowerPoint, allowing students to directly practice and listening again to the audio. Besides, students cannot skip or fasten the speed of the PowerPoint (and the slideshow itself will stop if students switch to another tab) but to focus all time to complete the lesson.
Online users browse through Google, Safari, or other platforms almost every day, and teachers are no exception. We search for things on the internet to get the information we want. Teachers should be proficient at searching the internet to keep them updated on daily news and educational research that may help them build lessons. Of the 10 Google search tips and tricks, I will probably use reverse image search to find photos and pictures that I may accidentally see somewhere else. I will also practice adding prefixes (such as site, cached, related, etc.) in front of keywords or phrases to minimize the results. I have not done these before so I was amazed to learn some cool web-searching tricks.
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ELA technology standard — LAFS.1112.L.3.4This standard established by Florida's Department of Education requires teachers and students to use online sources (mostly online dictionaries and thesaurus software such as Wordsmyth, Snappy Words, and Word Hippo) to clarify new vocabulary or words with multiple meanings. Terms can be from in-class reading materials and other outside content. To determine the meaning of each word, students can identify it using the context within a sentence, patterns of word choice, and print/online glossaries. It is good to know the secondary meaning of words with commonly known definitions. If I implement this standard into my teaching, I think my current skill of searching for definitions from dictionaries and thesaurus, whether offline or online, will help me satisfy this criterion. However, I will need to check out the software mentioned above since I have not ever used them before. I believe that I can easily master this word-defining skill, though.
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Educator ToolkitA resource that I found is called "It's Not Magic: Distinguishing Between Passive and Active Voice." This is a great introduction to the concept of Passive and Active voice in sentences. The source provides clear definitions for each voice, formatted in bullet points. It also gives easy examples to illustrate each grammatical idea. Students can easily study a lesson about Passive and Active through this resource since it functions as an interactive PowerPoint, allowing students to directly practice and listening again to the audio. Besides, students cannot skip or fasten the speed of the PowerPoint (and the slideshow itself will stop if students switch to another tab) but to focus all time to complete the lesson.
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Internet SearchingOnline users browse through Google, Safari, or other platforms almost every day, and teachers are no exception. We search for things on the internet to get the information we want. Teachers should be proficient at searching the internet to keep them updated on daily news and educational research that may help them build lessons. Of the 10 Google search tips and tricks, I will probably use reverse image search to find photos and pictures that I may accidentally see somewhere else. I will also practice adding prefixes (such as site, cached, related, etc.) in front of keywords or phrases to minimize the results. I have not done these before so I was amazed to learn some cool web-searching tricks.
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Hey Linnie! We both used the same ELA technology standard. I agree, I think it is fairly simple to master this skill. You're not alone though, I will definitely have to the correct software for it too:)
ReplyDeleteHey Linnie! I think reverse image search is a great tip/trick we learned this past week. There have been so many times were I see a photo of something and wonder where it came from. Now there is a way to locate just that! I think this is an important tip to share to all students because we have all been in the same boat and it can enhance their google searching skills.
ReplyDeleteHi again Linnie! Once again, I absolutely love your blog design!
ReplyDeleteYou provided an excellent description of that ELA Standard, which is one that I really like and consider to be exceptionally valuable. While I really like learning new words and what they mean and why they mean what they mean; I would also need a thesaurus to effectively exercise this skill.
I really like the tool you picked! An understanding of passive and active voice is very important. Yet, I find that this understanding is a rare one. I myself still use passive voice way more than I should for the work I do!
I think we are all going to agree on why being good at the google is important. We provide information from students and the internet is one of those tools we use.
I do find reverse image search to be a bit weird. I know what it is and how to use it but I always feel like I am using it wrong for some reason, even though I know I am not!
Hi Linnie! I love how you format your blog posts, it really makes it easy to read and looks very organized! I think the first standard you talked about is super important. Obviously, we all sometimes read a word and need to look it up for further clarification so I think it is super important for teachers to be required to allow students access to online dictionary resources. Your next example is also extremely important and well thought out. I still to this day mess up passive and active voice so I think this is great to talk about. Great work!
ReplyDeleteHi Linnie! I like how you explained how these types of softwares can help students learn vocabulary. The resouce you found in the Educator toolkit sounds super interesting and like it would be a fun idea to incorporate in the classroom!
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