Playlist: Bookmarks
When to Go Deeper? When to Just Move On?
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersWhen should teachers take the time to build an advanced version of something? And when should they just let students move along?
Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersI update an old question about conflict and character change in the story Hatchet.
Improving Evaluative Questions
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersHow to improve questions at the “evaluate” level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Differentiate with Low Floors and High Ceilings
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersStop starting at grade level and stretching up. Start high and scaffold down. It’s simpler, and it actually works.
Lesson Makeovers: 3 Big Ideas
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersAfter looking at dozens of lessons folks sent in, I came up with three big ideas to address.
Creating Sequences of Questions
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersHigh-level questions on their own simply aren’t enough. We must create sequences of questions!
Complex Task: Academic Tournaments
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersWho would win in the Tournament of Least Useful Geometric Shapes or Bravest Shakespearean Characters? Create an academic tournament and watch your students’ brains sweat!
Asynchrony: Developing At Different Rates (For Students)
For students! In some areas, a student may be shockingly advanced, while in others… surprisingly average. This is asynchrony in action.