Blog #6

Asking questions: What is the right questions and when do you ask them?

In Questioning Styles and Strategies Dr. Harvey Silver broke down his questioning into a block system called a Comprehension Menu. It has four main topics Mastery, Understanding, Interpersonal, and Self-Expressive. I enjoyed watching the students answer his questions it was good to see that Dr. Silver allowed them to be themselves. He asked the class questions about a book called Bridge to Terabithia.

His first question he asked was he asked the class to describe Terabithia. Under each question he had teaching techniques come across the screen. The first technique he used is called Provisional writing and cueing which allows the children time to answer the question. Then he uses the Think Pair Share which is where he lets the students speak with their fellow classmates about how they would describe Terabithia and if they had something in common they had to check it. After doing that he uses the Random Calling technique just to start off the answering process after the first student answers. He then Surveys the class by asking the class if anyone else has the same thing. Then he uses the Student Calling technique, and instructs her to call on another student so they can tell what they wrote. Again he Surveys the class, then uses the Random Calling technique once again. He gives good feedback to all the students who described what they saw. He then asks the class does anyone else have something that hasn't been mentioned.

The next question Dr. Silver asked was and understanding question and it was. What effect did Terabithia have on Jesse and Leslie’s relationship? He waited a good ten seconds using the technique called Wait Time. He called on a student whom answered the question and because her answer was a bland one. He then used the Probing technique by asking her (in what way?) causing her to explain her answer more. After surveying the class about how well they know another person after spending time with them. He calls on another student, and the student uses a technique called Notice how the student echoes the question.

During the Self-Expressive questioning he asked the class to draw a picture of Terabithia. He gives the class several minutes to draw their pictures. Afterwards he has some students tell what they drew. Listening to them as they tell Dr. Silver what they put on their papers is really cool and fun to listen too I had my children do this after we read the book and I enjoyed their responses got different results but enjoyed it none the less.

While doing the Interpersonal questioning Dr. Silver asked the class what they like best about Terabithia. Using the technique called Learning Log he tells them to write it down in their notebooks. During this he asked if anyone knew what it was like to act different around other people because the student named Jason mentioned that people could be themselves. Using the Clarifying technique. Then he has a student use the Physical Representation technique to show what a creature would look like if they came from Terabithia.

Listening to this was really fun and interesting not just for me but for my children as well. I learned a lot about this strategy and technique when it comes to asking the right questions

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This is My Sentence/Passion

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C4T #1 and #2

http://peoplegogy.blogspot.com/2013/07/peoplegogy-tv-your-one-sentence.html?showComment=1379324832632#c4026894045350583447
http://peoplegogy.blogspot.com/2013/08/peoplegogy-tv-interview-with-tracy.html?showComment=1379317636950#c4594827430071221963

You two discussed having a knish I believe is what you called it. I agree with that because it would help you stand out much like using a different colored paper if you was handing it in to the person. But, wouldn’t it really depend on your explanation of it on the resume, or is that something you would have explain in person? What about maybe doing an audio resume if that makes since? How would that look to a recruiter or a principal? I mean I like doing things different and by putting my own spin on things would that help me stand out. I think it would be interesting if when you opened up the email instead of seeing a cover page and then have to read everything you get a song that makes sense and you can understand the words. I think it would definitely be more energetic than the rest.

After listening to you and Mr. Blumegarten and Mrs. Vandergrift’s discussion. I have really become excited to find out what my knish and my sentence might be. I’ve always been energetic and outspoken no matter the topic but I wonder if that could also be my downfall as to what people might think of my approach on things. I’ve never really done the twitter or blog stuff so it is all new to me I have a Facebook. My husband uses it strictly to talk to his family since he lives so far away from them. So the whole social media stuff is new to me and very hard to understand. How can using this stuff become easier and useful to help me in my career and in life?

After watching both of these I agree with everything they are saying. I especially found it interesting that they all has their own knish as they call it. Dr. Will in the interview with Tracy Brisson was told that finding a knish is like having your own way a kind of a stand out thing on the resume is a good thing. He even states after reading her book he did some changes to his own resume. He was also told that there is a huge supply of teachers now a days, so it is good to really sell yourself not only on the resume but even as you continue the process of the interview or whatever.

She also tells you that there are several ways to make your resume easier to understand. She also states that you should put whatever you have more of whether it be education or experience near the top. She also explains how it will help the flow of the resume. My question is this when explaining what your knish might be should you just say what it is on the resume and then explain later when they ask, or should you try to explain it, and let them try to make sense of it?

I’m new to the whole social media stuff I’ve never really used it. Right now I’m kind of struggling to figure it out. In both of these blogs they all speak very highly of the social networking. I still don’t understand it all, but I can agree with them when they say it can help communicate with one another not just as individuals, but as class room to class room so if one class is doing an experiment or something other classes can see it as well.

In the video blog Peoplegogy TV your one sentence they speak of what inspired them. They all agreed that it was the wanting of change and trying to give more help that inspired them to do the things they do and how they do it Jerry “Cybraryman” Blumegarten said “ Everyone should have a mission statement not just the teachers, and the parents, but the students as well.” He goes on to say that at each holiday such as Halloween and Thanksgiving he has the students reevaluate their mission statements to see if things have changed.” They all speak of connection, and how using social tools such as twitter and other means of technology really benefits the teachers now a days because they can communicate with classes and do presentations and things whenever they can’t make it to actual school. It also helps teachers and consultants communicate with each other to find out how certain situations or circumstances can be handled. It lets the teachers talk with one another, and get to know each other before a presentation or something.

Everyone’s sentence is different. Everyone is trying to find their own. Once it is found they discover that as they age it grows and expands with them. When asked if it is better to be focused on one either ADE or google or is it better to be focused on both? Mrs. Vandergrift says” It’s good to have them both in the classroom but as far as out of the classroom the job listing is limited so you should be focused on one or the other she goes on to state her sentence is people she places them first and tablets and apps second she believes in her sentence even though it’s probably backed her into a corner she would rather put people first than anything else. She don’t know it all about either but she does know who to tweet about google or ADE.

Mr. Blumegarten says” have as many skills and abilities as possible knowledge is everything know as much as you can because you never know where it can apply its great to be an expert, but you have to have knowledge in all areas you can’t know everything or be an expert on everything.

Blog Post #4

After reading and listening to the After reading and listening to the Flat Stanley podcast and hearing the excitement coming from the children as they read their story aloud as Flat Stanley but with their names in the place of Stanley’s. It is clear that the children really enjoyed making them. You could really tell the children tried to and did rather well with their grammar and annunciations of the bigger words. I had a lot of fun listening to this not just because of the kids but because of the sound effects. I think it does matter to a six year old who their audience is because they know their parents and their teachers are going to give encouragement enjoy it. they will also be nice as well making sure not to hurt the students feelings but if you ask other students their opinions they will be a little bit more honest not to mention there are students out there who don’t get the positive reinforcement that most do so hearing it from a student is a huge pat on the back. As far as what I got from Long distance story telling is it’s a great way to teach foreign language to younger children and it speaks volumes on the connections that can be made between adults and children in the understanding process of the languages in this story an aunt read with her five yr. old niece over Skype. They had a blast reading the stories together and everything. Now it’s up to the child’s parent to figure out the new things he can do as far as downloading mp3 for his child from her aunt. My children use Skype to speak with their family that live in another state but of course it is supervised by their dad but they can answer calls and type a few words and everything its good for kids to take an initiative as to what they are going to learn but is there such a thing as learning the wrong thing at the wrong time. It’s not about the tools. It’s all about the skills. I understand how it is not about the tools but think of this. Some students don’t have access to the same or similar tools they would at school for example maybe the student has an older computer which has an older operating system on it or it don’t have the memory storage for the program maybe it don’t have the right RAM to run the program I think we need to be focused on the skills first then introduce the tools later.

blog post #3

I am like most people when it comes to peer editing I don’t like upsetting people. But, I believe that if I try to do what they suggested in What is Peer Editing, Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial, and Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes. I have learned that when you are editing someone’s paper the first step you do is give them a compliment on their paper. As in, I liked the way you worded your title to your paper. Then for the second step you just give suggestions to their paper. For example, maybe instead of using the word good you should use the word excellent. Now for the third step you give corrections to the spelling and grammar of the paper. I have also learned that if you edit a paper wrong it will not help the student at all. Instead, it hinders the student in learning how to write a paper. When editing a paper you can edit it very well but, there is a chance your point might not come across the way you meant for it too. Such as the way you word your explanation in why what they are saying will not work. That can confuse a person and it can chop at their ego if they believe they are a good writer. It is like building a knife you have to have a perfect balance of the blade and the hilt otherwise it can throw off the balance of the whole knife. I guess what I’m trying to say is that it is like everything else is all in how you perceive the paper you are editing.