David Loertcher

 

Quotes by David

We are a duo or we don't do at all   You either get on top of the pile or you get out   buy one book a year to keep the collection going, buy two books a year to improve the collection.   On iGoogle:  right now kids know how to build their own personal space, but they don't know how to build their own intellectual space.   Krashenize   Client driven

 

Intro with flavors of ice cream.  Vanilla the library, vanilla with toppings, chocolate IL, mint chocolate chip (technology), spumoni  (learning)

 

 

Two ways to move to students to improvement

 

NCLB has brought kids to minimums instead of excellence. 

1.  Focus on excellence...

 

2.  Multiple assessments

 

Activity

 

1.  review one of the 18 units in small groups. 

2. jigsaw with another group to share the unit your reviewed.

3.

 

content knowledge -  what you know about topic

process knowledge -  how to learn topic =  info lit

process skills help us to learn how to learn-- if you turn kids loose with a bunch of info the kids will drown.  teach to use skills to be more efficient learner.

 

Units all move beyond the summary and mix the students to combine found info into big ideas...  the "so what?"=

 

 

Big Idea activity

    content knowledge - what we learned

    process knowlege - how we learned it and  how can we do it better the next time.  what did we learn about the process or finding information.

 

Think Model #3 Read, View, Listen

 

read widely  - read beyond the textbook- differentiate

 

 

Activity jigsaw model

 

STate of alaska report

 

Three groups: Food, what do you have what do you need?;  natural resources and manufacturing

 

jigsaw share info - pick another state or country that will provide you with all of goods and resources that you do not have.

 

Activity  Create People Project

Essential Question:  What makes successful people successful?

 

info lit lessons:  how to find quality sources- primary - secondary...

 

Big Think activity content knowledge: what characteristics do successfull people, who were at-risk youth, have that made their lives change....

 

Big Think activity process knowledge:  what was the best source you found?  accuracy, reliable, current,

 

Share on country project

1.  students create imovie on why the would leave their country and document what they would bring with them and where they would go.

2.  jigsaw students to watch each other's movies and take notes on similarities and differences between why people move

3.  create new movie on why people move.

 

Activity for homework and Tuesday

 

Decision Matrix Model:  help kids make an informed decision -- should I drink, what car should I buy,

--- Group 1 = decide what equipment to put in a playground.  See blackboard wiki page for matrix to add data from research

 

 

 

Google Docs Spreadsheet activity

---created spreadsheet on google docs all people took one row and completed the data in each column.  Can make document open to all and post a link to access on wiki or web page.  When a column or cell is being edited it becomes greyed out and locked to other users.  Easy buttons to do averages etc. 

--- analyze data and summarize

 

iGoogle

Build your own information space

have kids construct their own information space

igoogle has

    personal space : things you need quick access to

    group space   :  a place to keep things to share or work with others

    outer space : global community