Dr. Meredith Resnick

Clinical Assistant Professor of Education (EC and Childhood Literacy) Mom (of three), Wife (of one), Dog Lover (have two). Meredith Resnick, Ed.D, M.Ed, & M.A.

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@aliciaandrz Might be time for an air track soon! Also available on Amazon.

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@SoLInTheWild I’ve reduced significantly. I know I am happier with the attention piece. This semester in Ed Psych students will be reading the research on taking notes by hand versus typing. Then I’ll suggest they make the best decision for themselves!

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@SoLInTheWild Yes concept maps with notes is already one of my favorite activities- although I still opt for the old fashioned maps (on dry erase boards or paper)

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@SoLInTheWild Picturing use in small groups and with graphic organizers (and accurate notes!)

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@SoLInTheWild Great use of AI! I think students creating these with their class notes might make for a great assignment.

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@NateJoseph19 What I also always explain is that too much phonemic awareness work “in the dark” only makes you better at phonemic awareness… and this is not the point, of course! Nobody wins an award for best at PA! Keep your eye on the real prize!

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@NateJoseph19 I find that my undergrads struggle, initially, with how this makes sense given the way phonological awareness and phonics are defined and depicted in infographics created after NRP report.

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@NateJoseph19 Yes, here and there, like during transitions, for example or a quick warm up, but otherwise the research seems to indicate we need to be linking those phonemes with graphemes!

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@NateJoseph19 This is what I’ve taught my pre-service students for years! Include graphemes! I think we need to think about how this might impact how we define phonemic awareness versus phonics with teachers for clarity.

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@marcportermagee Got it. Thank you!!!

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@DanWuori Perfect video- teaching Piaget today in Ed Psych!

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@amy_nusbaum I’m also thinking about a few big questions or at least question stems that encompass the whole course or large sections of the course… (ed psych e.g.: How does an intentional teacher ____?)

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@amy_nusbaum Take it and tell me if you come up with something better! I hope posing the questions and then the enduring understanding gained by answering/addressing them could be an exciting element to the course and makes planning more fun too!

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@amy_nusbaum Sort of aligned with Wiggins & McTighe Backward Design model, which is something we explore in the course so, now that I’m typing this, I may actually start with BD and look at how the course is designed using it (that could work!).

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@NateJoseph19 Yes, once you say it should no longer be “in the dark” I think the leap is unfortunately that it is phonics instruction and no longer phonemic awareness. However, I’d argue that the emphasis is different and it is still PA.

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@heymrsbond You have reminded me of the discussion we had on this quote in class (re: standardized tests) after reading Ayers’ essay in Teaching When the World is on Fire: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” A pretty powerful discussion ensued!