ProDTalk2011
Think/Pair/Share
What did you expect when you heard the title of this session?
What responsibilities does teaching academic language entail?
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Must be part of the class objectives, a new definition of learning; instead of skills-based objectives, a classroom built around learning
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/standards-and-benchmarks-are-crap
http://www.isb.ac.th/Our_Definition_of_Learning/default.aspx
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how this fits into the context at SMIC (do our students read? do they come from a reading culture? BICS vs CALP)
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classroom practices
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from books
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from my personal experience
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intensive vs extensive reading
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using tech to teach literacy
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subject specific ideas