Jared Ely

Budding chemistry teacher

[Jared Ely @JaredEelee]

@alm522 Agreed, I appreciated the concrete examples of differentiation. I especially like the "provide leveled anchor activities..." and alternative HW assignments bullets: pushing students further in class (plus managing time well) and giving them choice at home.

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Love the idea of differentiated content, both to appeal to diverse student interests and promote thinking broadly. Plus YouTube is a HUGE resource, why not use it? But I also think it's important to teach study skills that scale to college and life #tlt407 #backwardsplanning

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@bwelwelwel @lehighedu @strivetowinnie Nice, just watched that myself on Saturday. Thought it would feel longer for being 4 hours.

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Post-run vegan dinner with a side of Clutch. Thanks to @lehighedu and @strivetowinnie for the great wellness week idea! #tlt407

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@TracyTeng9 I think the same way: the more tricks up your sleeve, the better. At the same time, I've had students who prefer to find their method and stick to it; too many options (at once) frustrates them. Either way, the more we know as teachers the more flexible we'll be.

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@alm522 What really got me thinking in this section was simply the word "mystery." You're totally right, not everyone is going to be naturally interested in a single topic, but mysteries themselves demand to be solved. Seems like a good way to introduce a topic.

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@kos_will @saraheintzelman jeez. you really keep busy, Will

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This idea of hand signals for younger students to respond and pick classmates is super innovative and sounds brilliant. I wonder if it took a lot of work to function seamlessly tho. #tlt407 #backwardsplanning

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@emma_tlt407 Right! It'd be confusing for the students otherwise, and that's a recipe to lose their engagement.

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@alm522 This was very cool and insightful. I know personally it would be hard to stop myself from giving students walkthroughs in my comments since I'm jazzed about the topic and explaining, but the benefit of peer/personal review is obvious.

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Giving students a choice in assessments (and in general) can empower them. I know I dislike being told exactly what to do; I'm sure many students feel the same. Although, expectations should remain clear. #tlt407 #backwardsplanning

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@TracyTeng9 I feel the same way, Tracy. I was skeptical of using Twitter at first, but this has really worked for me as well. If we can bring the same effectiveness to our classrooms, I'm sure that we can foster engagement and some great discussions.

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@pintobeans1496 This was probably my favorite part from the chapter. Ideally, if we culture this environment, then the students will be better peers both in AND out of the classroom. Cooperation, inquiry and tolerance are universal skills.

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@UnDeadKitten90 It would definitely take some oversight to work as well as the right atmosphere for participation. I'm optimistic; similar to Tracy's earlier tweets, this twitter group is working wonderfully (then again, we're all trying to be teachers :) in general, we like to participate)

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@kos_will @saraheintzelman This idea really stuck out to me too. The fact that co-designed rubrics could get a student to genuinely reflect on the material, their goals, and most importantly their strengths makes this a valuable tool.

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@UnDeadKitten90 It's definitely a game of balance and realism. TOO hard on yourself isn't healthy, but neither is being too easy.
As far as school goes, I have a distinct memory of bad implementation. Our teacher simply gave us the grade we gave ourselves. The process became cheap.

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@bwelwelwel It's funny, I completely agree with you that those questions don't directly assess the skill being learned, but I usually appreciated them as a student. They made me cautious and circumspect with my work. I was prolly the only one in the class that liked them tho haha

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@TracyTeng9 Exactly what I was thinking. Also, Tracy, that image of a box is perfect. If I were a (younger) student, I would probably get a kick out of 'feeding' my questions to a face on the box.

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@pintobeans1496 Agreed, you often lose attention and respect if you only point out negatives. Side note: just googled 'compliment sandwich' and it looks like the internet has some strongly negative feelings about THAT, jeez.

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@alm522 Agreed. It strikes me that a multi-faceted approach would be more fun anyhow; 'variety is the spice of life' and all that.
Would show you individuals' strengths/preferences, and with reflection could teach the students about themselves as well.