Learning Experiences Quick Check.pdfModule 8: Learning Experiences
". . .it's one thing to gather information (we're good at that); it's another thing to respond in meaningful ways and then plan for subsequent instruction." - Teacher Clarity Playbook, page 70
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Learning Expereiences Overview
This module focuses on creating learning experiences that provide students with scaffolded learning. Intentional instruction using the Gradual Release of Responsibility Phases provides scaffolded learning to students:
Teacher Modeling & Thinking Aloud
Guided Instruction
Collaborative Learning
Independent Learning
These learning experiences should be based on the learning intentions and success criteria.
Planning Resources
After you have worked through the Teacher Clarity Planning document, you are ready to design your Learning Experiences for your students. Use the document on the left to help guide your lesson planning for learning experiences in the classroom based on the Teacher Clarity Playbook.
Start with your standard(s) and include your learning intentions, success criteria, talking points on relevance, and assessment opportunities from the Teacher Clarity Planning document. Then continue building your learning experience for your students with opportunities for the following:
Modeling
Guiding & Scaffolding
Collaborative Learning
Independent Learning
Model
Click on the link above to watch a video on the differences between modeling for your students and doing a think aloud. Discover how you can go deeper with a think aloud for your students to help them start thinking like expert learners.
The above links include examples of modeling using Explicit Instruction from Anita Archer. The menu to open the videos will be on the left side of the website. Choose from a variety of grade levels and subjects and see how modeling and guided instruction can help make learning clearer for your students.
Click on the link above to access a video playlist on modeling from Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey. The videos include sharing the purpose of the lesson with students and explicit modeling at the secondary level.
Guide & Scaffold
Click on the link above to access a playlist of videos demonstrating scaffolding and guided learning in the classroom at various grade levels and in different subjects from Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey.
Click on the link above to access the Newsela Educator Center to learn more about the platform and how to use it with students. Newsela allows you to assign self-differentiated articles on a wide variety of topics and subjects so they are at the right reading level for each of your students.
Click on the link above to learn more about how you can use the features and tools in Pear Deck to scaffold your lessons and make engaging interactive activities where all students can participate.
Collaborative Learning
Click the link above to access our resource for using student dialogue as an assessment tool in the classroom. Get students discussing your content using different strategies like Think-Pair-Share and then use that as a formative assessment tool to capture student thinking. Students can discuss verbally as well as through technology like with Flipgrid or the options below.
Click the link above to access resources from Google to support the use of Jamboard in the classroom. These include lesson ideas and video tutorials. Jamboard is a digital collaborative whiteboard where students can add ideas, share links, and post images or drawings/diagrams. There are also many teacher-created templates available and Jamboard can be assigned via Google Classroom like any Google program.
Click the link above to access resources from Google to support using Google Slides in the classroom. These resources include video tutorials and lesson ideas like creating interactive slideshows for your students. Google Slides are a great way to allow students to collaborate in the classroom. An example would be students each contribute to one slide and then give classmates feedback on their slides either using comments or a designated textbox.
Independent Learning
Click on the link above to access our Going Online resource page for Pear Deck. This webpage includes video tutorials and Pear Deck resources to support its use in the classroom. Pear Deck activities in student-paced mode are a great way to assign engaging independent work.
Click on the link above to access our Going Online resource page for EdPuzzle. This webpage includes video tutorials and EdPuzzle resources to support using it in the classroom. EdPuzzle video lessons are a great way to assign engaging independent work to "level-up" your videos to include interactive elements and formative assessment.
Click on the link above to access the Hyperdocs website. This site includes training videos and many free templates for teachers to use and/or adapt for their classes. Hyperdocs are a great way to create self-paced and student-driven learning experiences for your students.