| MODEL what you want your students to do. | - respect for others by listening when someone speaks and referring to them with positive vocabulary
- computer usage by using your laptop during clas to present a portion of a lesson
- timeliness by posting HW on eamil on a regular schedule and returning assignments within the week
- humility and risk taking by not always knowing the answer, acknowledging it's okay, and then taking steps to find out
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PROMOTE discussion, communication and attention.
| - make notes availabe online as emails or web pages or in a wiki (especially helpful for absent students, slow note takers, and those who process information better when not taking notes)
- use various formats such as email chats, round table chats, debates...
- email
- collaborative projects such as wikis
- promote writer for a wider audience (wikis, blogs...)
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| FOSTER internalization of ideas, and visualization and manipulation of those ideas. | - use the laptop to animate ideas (Flash, SketchUp, Geometer's Sketchpad, Inspiration...)
- tactile projects
- debates
- compare and contrast
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EMPOWER students to demonstrate understanding.
| - create learning tools for each other (animations, wiki page, slide shows...)
- teach a concept or topic to the rest of the class
- use jigsaw groups
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Provide timely FEEDBACK.
| - roam the classroom and make comments to students
- use email
- place comments on wikis
- online practice with programs wuch as Conjugamos for languages...
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Provide VARIETY in how students can access content.
| - alter room layout
- provide multiple materials
- give choices for topics
- emphasize risk taking and the importance of making mistakes
- remove unnecessary obstacles while providing sufficient challenge
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