I Hope You Comprehend: LL Presentation #3

The Word Has Changed:

"What's unsurprising today would have seemed preposterous just fifteen years ago: an English-speaking thirteen-year-old in Zaire who's connected to the Internet can find the current temperature in Brussels or the closing price of IBM stock or the name of Winston Churchill's second finance minister as quickly and easily as the head librarian at Cambridge University. That's glorious. But it has enormous consequences for how we work and live. When facts become so widely available and instantly accessible, each one becomes less valuable. What begins to matter more is the ability to place these facts in context and to deliver them with emotional impact" Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

Comprehension is Key

Comprehension Strategies for Any Classroom

KWL - The Zebra Storyteller

Know

-Brainstorming with Wordle

- Previewing With Wordle

Wordle of Text

Want to Know

-Predictions

Learn

-Reenactments

-Predictions

-Review

Word Sift

The Teacher's Job

Conscious ->->->->Unconscious

Importance of Reading Aloud

Other Word Cloud Resources

Presidential Speeches

Other Web Resources

iTunes U

Curriki

Resources on Literacy Log

Alphabet Words

Contribute to Literacy Log

Emily's Book Tour

Stories in Math and Science

The Brain as a Storyteller

• Magnitude (Dictionary - Etymology)
  
• The Richter Scale (Traditional Way of Learning) (Wordle of Text)
  
• Subtraction Poem
  

Facts vs. Stories: A Changing Landscape

"What's unsurprising today would have seemed preposterous just fifteen years ago: an English-speaking thirteen-year-old in Zaire who's connected to the Internet can find the current tempeerature in Brussels or the closing price of IBM stock or the name of Winston Churchill's second finance minister as quickly and easily as the head librarian at Cambridge University. That's glorious. But it has enormous consequences for how we work and live. When facts become so widely available and instantly accessible, each one becomes less valuable. What begins to matter more is the ability to place these facts in context and to deliver them with emotional impact" Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

Every Test is a Reading Test

• Learn Me Good
  

Each Student's Story


Online Literacy Resources
Wordle

• Brainstorm (Ways to get 5)
• Difficult Text (High School Physics or Mary Cartwright)
  

Wikis - Finipedia.org
Curriki.org
Blogs
Twitter

A Small Favor

Graph

Credit Card Presentation 5.18.09

1. Intro -Amish Bank Blog w/ pictures.
2. Discussion - How things have changed.
3. Credit Cards (NYT Graphic ) (The American Way of Debt)

• a. don't get one MSNBC article
• b. know what you're signing (What's Your Credit Card Nightmare? - CNN)
  
• c. metrics! (Credit Card Payment Calculator)
• d. If you have one.
• e. Obama. Tries to help poor users. CC Industry's Response.
  

Extra Time? (manyeyes.com)