June 16

The SAN Script – Tuesday, June 16

Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. 
– Isaiah 1:17

People do not choose rebellion; it is forced upon them. Revolution is an act of self-defense.
-C.T. Vivian


prayer of the day

O God, give us the courage to seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, and plead for the widow. May we always be willing to learn to do good. May we always be willing to rebel against the unjust structures of our world. Amen.

 

Students at Alan Shepard Elementary School in Bourbonnais, Illinois wait patiently to have their yearbook signed by Steve “Mr. Steve” Weidner, the school’s long-time custodian. “He pays attention to the kids… he knows who they are,” Principal Shirley Padera said about Weidner. “The kids know if anything happens, Mr. Steve is going to take care of it.” According to Yahoo, Mr. Steve signed all 104 of the second graders’ yearbooks in addition to 200 more from other classes. “He [Mr. Steve] has good relationships with the students,” Principal Padera adds. “Many of our children remain in the building for 5 years because our grade levels are kindergarten through 4th grade. They have many opportunities to interact with Mr. Steve.”

Students at Alan Shepard Elementary School in Bourbonnais, Illinois wait patiently to have their yearbook signed by Steve “Mr. Steve” Weidner, the school’s long-time custodian.
“He pays attention to the kids… he knows who they are,” Principal Shirley Padera said about Weidner. “The kids know if anything happens, Mr. Steve is going to take care of it.”
According to Yahoo, Mr. Steve signed all 104 of the second graders’ yearbooks in addition to 200 more from other classes.
“He [Mr. Steve] has good relationships with the students,” Principal Padera adds. “Many of our children remain in the building for 5 years because our grade levels are kindergarten through 4th grade. They have many opportunities to interact with Mr. Steve.”

St. Anthony Today

Bob away Barry in

Chicken Little Play- Primary Language Class- AM and PM performances

#OCSB East End Track Meet @Terry Fox facility CANCELLED due to rain, today Tuesday June 16, no rain date set.

student profile meeting -10:00 am

Table Tennis – last session

Asphalt cutting starting today at 4:30 PM

44 Diverse Tools To Publish Student Work

From Teachthought

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44 Diverse Tools To Publish Student Work 

by TeachThought Staff

Educators are often admonished to design work that “leaves the classroom.”

This is partly a push for authenticity. Work that is “real world” will naturally be more engaging to students because it has more chance to have credibility in their eyes, and usefulness in their daily lives. This kind of work has value beyond the current grading period and culminating report card.

But work that is made public has other benefits as well. If someone besides the teacher is actually going to read it, students may be more willing to engage their hearts and minds in their work. This kind of work is also often iterative–done in stages, with drafts, revisions, collaboration, and rethinking. It’s design work, and as design work, it gives students a chance to show what they know. This is one of the gifts of digital and social media, and an idea we’ve approached before with 7 Creative Apps That Allow Students To Show What They Know.

Tony Vincent from learninginhand.com revisited that idea with the following graphic that clarifies another talent of education technology–shared thinking.

Publishing Student Work vs Assessment

In lieu of its perceived art and science, assessment is a murky practice.

Anything a student “does” can be used as a kind of assessment. What the say, write, draw, diagram, create, or otherwise manifest that is then shared with someone else is evidence of thinking. This can be taken as a snapshot–create a video that clarifies the cause-effect relationship of pollution and the water cycle–or something more project-based and done over time, such as a storyboarding, creating, drawing, and publishing a comic book character over a 8 part series that explores the issue of bullying over social media. Either way, because the work is mobile and digital and easily shared, its ripe for both assessment and sharing with authentic audiences in the real world.

When students publish their thinking with their right audience or collaborators at the right time, the tone and purpose of the work are able to shift dramatically. The following tools either allow you to publish student work online (e.g., YouTube, Prezi, wevideo), or create something digital that can then be published in relevant contexts (e.g., Story Me, Book Creator, Puppet Pals HD).

The tools to publish student work are separated into 11 varied categories that run the spectrum of digital publishing, a list that’s nearly as useful as the graphic itself. You can find the list, graphic, and tools below.

11 Categories Of Digital Tools To Publish Student Work

  1. Audio Recordings
  2. Collages
  3. Comic Books
  4. Posters
  5. Slide Presentations
  6. Digital Books
  7. Narrated Slideshows
  8. Movies
  9. Animations
  10. Screencasts
  11. Study Aids

44 Diverse Tools To Publish Student Work – see full article here – 

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Posted June 16, 2015 by mcguirp in category SAN Today

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