Comments on: Students Teaching Students

By: U Tech Tips » Podcasting Power

U Tech Tips » Podcasting Power — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:08:11 +0000

[...] We started the year (and the project) by sharing student writing and reading and commenting on each other’s blog posts. However, one of our major goals for the project was to develop a weekly, entirely student-produced, podcast focused on reading strategies called Students Teaching Students. [...]

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Podcasting Power | always learning — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:38:29 +0000

By: Making Meaningful Connections | always learning

Making Meaningful Connections | always learning — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:53:58 +0000

[...] of these projects is our fifth grade Students Teaching Students podcasting and blogging collaboration around the Lucy Caulkin’s Readers and Writer’s [...]

By: mscofino

mscofino — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:18:45 +0000

@Jenn,

I love the idea of having older students teach their younger peers – they internalize so much more when they have the opportunity to teach. Plus, I love the idea of making connections within the school building – there are networks of support to be built right within our campus!

@Melanie,

Excellent! This is so perfect, I am going to share it with all of our teachers! We are new to Lucy Calkins and we have been talking about taping model lessons here to help build support structures – it will be great to have an experienced school as a resource! Maybe we can build a collaborative project with your school around Lucy? Interested?

@Abby,

Ideally, what I would love to do (and it’s not always an option) is complete the same project without technology and see if understanding is deeper when technology is used to enhance and support the curriculum. Other than that, I usually do student surveys, add the technology that’s being assessed on the rubric and ensure that technology is not an add-on, but used explicitly to deepen student understanding.

By: Abby Kelton

Abby Kelton — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:40:03 +0000

Kim,

This sounds like an excellent plan. I’d like to hear more about how you’re planning to assess student mastery of the strategies.

In general, when you design technology-infused curriculum, how do you assess the impact that technology integration has on meeting those curriculum goals? I ask because I’m working with teachers next year to integrate technology into instruction, and I’m looking for ways to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of our work. I’d love your input on this.

Thanks!

Abby

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What is a bookmark? « Digital Learning 2.0 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:06:03 +0000

[...] story about students teaching students is not a resource in the same manner that the College Degrees article is. The article tells a story [...]

By: Melanie Holtsman

Melanie Holtsman — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:09:40 +0000

Hi Kim,
I teach at an elementary school in the US that is a National Model School for America’s Choice. We have been models for Readers’ Workshop, Writers’ Workshop and Math Workshop for nine years. Many of our teachers have attended the summer sessions with Lucy Calkins. You might be interested in joining our ning we set up this year. I have been videotaping model lessons in these areas to post there. http://settingthestandard.ning.com

This is the first year we have had teachers blogging and using voicethread. One teacher recently taught her mini lesson with a voicethread so she could post the lesson on her blog to share with parents. In this area, we are just beginning…. We would love to network with your school and teachers. By the way, you can also find me on twitter: Holtsman

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:17:06 +0000

Kim,

I also teach 5th grade, and I’m really excited to read of this new venture for you and your colleagues! We implement the Gretchen Courtney Reading Program, which focuses upon 6 reading strategies (Preview/Predict, Connect, Summarize, Infer, Question, Imaging) and I could really see this as a useful way to not only have your 5th graders reflect upon their own reading skills, but also have the younger grades learn more about the reading process. You are exposing the younger students to both new technology and further reading reflection at the same time, which I think are both vital in today’s classroom.

By: mscofino

mscofino — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:38:09 +0000

@Ines

Glad to see your continuing to comment I just loved the feeling of community that the Challenge created (eventually I’ll blog about that too).

Once we get our podcasting project off the ground, I’m sure we’d love to have some of your Portuguese students collaborate with us as well!

By: inpi

inpi — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:09:43 +0000

Hi Kim,
The Comment Challenge is just over, so we must now try to put into practice what we have learned. That’s why I’m commenting tonight, and also to thank you for all the work you had along with the other organizers!
I loved the podcast project and I will follow your posts on this subject. Perhaps even my Portuguese students could share something with yours… As for the third part of the project I remembered one activity that was successful in my school last year: we have adopt the “book crossing” strategy – as it’s explained at http://bookcrossing.com/ – and made up a book club called: “Books on the Wild”; during certain periods of the year we would be “loosing” books on purpose, all over the school. The kids had great fun and they read and shared their readings more than usual.
This could also be done with students around the world; I myself have sent books – through friends that went on holidays – to Vietnam, for instance; so, I thought that perhaps we could sent some kid’s books to be lost in your school too.
Ines Pinto