Tools and tips for the Secondary Inclusive Educator.

1. Tighten, Dazzle, Flow: What every secondary inclusive educator should know! Kelly J. Grillo, PhD

2. The Lesson Organizer

4. Examine Technology Tools for use at home, school and for collaboration.

5. Identify collaborative project-based assessments that could be used in your curriculum

6. Can you provide rationale for student self monitoring of grades/language growth/new ideas generated in your content?

8. Time Manager!

10. Managing the CLOCK?

11. Daily routines = Success

13. Word investigation of the day

14. 1/3/5 minute drills

15. Brain benders (Content Driven)

16. Collaboration Central (team problem solving with charted success)When the instructional level is high the inappropriate behavior level is low.

18. Discuss ways organize materials/data

19. Let students complete brainstorming solutionsSupport should be minimal

21. Ask questions that requires a defense if written

22. Low tech-Use a note card/sticky bars voting system

23. High tech-Try PollEverywhereThese assessments are formative and drive the next’s day of instruction. Catch students before they fall!!!!

25. Vocabulary Enhancer!

26. Why Teach Content Vocab? In binomial nomenclature we find the… “Telifit” AP Biology, Pinelands, NJ. Nov 12, 1993 Kelly J. Grillo

27. “Withouta clear understanding of the language of science, students will certainly experience difficulty and a lack of interest with the science content. Providing students with strategicvocabulary strategies can significantlysupport their understanding and interest concerning the language of science.” Miller, 2005

28. Think-Pair-Share Kelly J. Grillo

29. “THINK FREE” Analyze Plan Collaborate Kelly J. Grillo

30. Horizon Report Major Tech Trends (2010-2015) means for student empowerment, technology dramatically impacts work, innovation is gaining acclaim, in-time engagement and mentoring online is increasing, And technology is transforming learning space to include the virtual world.

31. Let’s look at free tools! Kelly J. Grillo

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40. The Majority of Graduates Would Have Taken Harder Courses, Particularly in Mathematics Knowing what you know today about the expectations of college/work … Would have taken more challenging courses in at least one area Math Science English Source: Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies. (2005) Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? Washington, DC: Achieve.

41. Grade Coach!

43. Effective Note-Taking

44. Creating a Study Plan

45. Reading/Comprehension Strategies

46. Motivation

47. Time Management

48. Reducing Test Anxiety

50. National Education Technology Plan “Professional educators will be supported individually and in teams by technologythat connects them to data, content, resources, expertise, and learning experiences that enable and inspiremore effective teaching for all learners.” NETP, 2010

54. Inquiry Learning Misconception Borrow (2006) attempts to clarify the misconception teachers have regarding inquiry learning: “In Dewey’s model, the student is actively involved, and the teacher has a role as facilitator and guide “(p. 266).

55. Sites to try out… Interactive Teaching Tools

56. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org K-8Access Center http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/math.asp WebMath http://www.webmath.com IntelliMathics http://www.intellitools.com Create a Graph http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics http://www.matti.usus.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibraray.html Martindale’s Calculators On-line Center http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html Mathematics Resources

57. Science Resources http://cse.edc.org/ http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/ http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/index_forprof.html http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/ http://www.cse.emory.edu/sciencenet/index.cfm http://www.netc.org/focus/strategies/coop.php http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/science/

58. More Resources http://brainpop.com http://thinkfinity.org http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/wildcam/ http://www.sparktop.org http://www.teachertube.com http://www.digitalnative.org/#home http://clubpenguins.com http://millsville.com http://webkins.com http://secondlife.com http://rezed.org http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ http://www.cast.org/ http://www.literacycenter.net/ http://4teachers.org/ http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

59. Even More Resources http://babelfish.altavista.com/ http://www.readplease.com/ http://www.inspiration.com/ http://www.sparknotes.com/ http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ http://www.voycabulary.com/ http://www.aboutlearning.com/ http://tenbyten.org/ http://ldonline.org http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm http://www.newseum.org/ http://nextup.com/ http://www.brainpop.com/ http://readwritethink.org/

61. Vocabulary Enhancer

64. Examine Technology Tools for use at home, school and for collaboration.

65. Identify collaborative project-based assessments that could be used in your curriculum

66. Can you provide rationale for student self monitoring of grades/language growth/new ideas generated in your content?

68. Questions?

69. Thank you!

70. Contact Information Kelly J. Grillo University of Central Florida Kelly.Grillo@ucf.edu Follow me on Stumble Upon: Kgrillo