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Author: Mathew Needleman
Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator has been pioneering the use of instructional technology for over two decades. He has been a classroom teacher, literacy coach, conference keynoter, and he currently serves as an elementary school principal in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of the independent education studio, Needleworks Pictures.
More on Copyrights, Fair Use, and the Classroom
Since my presentation, “Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom” I’m on the lookout for classroom copyright resources to share with you. I found these blog posts interesting: 1. Mr. Mayo has a skype visit from professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, who talks about remixing and the classroom. 2. …
Literature Circle Table Tents
Using literature circles is another way to increase student comprehension. Even teachers of prescribed reading series should incorporate additional authentic literature in their teaching. This literature may be related to curricular units and must be high interest and at an appropriate reading level of students. I adapted my reading comprehension posters into Literature Circle Table Tents …
Spanish Reading Comprehension Resources
Thanks to web site visitors, Luz Arriaga and Dora Antillon, my Reading Comprehension Posters and Bookmarks arenow also available in Spanish. Reading Comprehension Posters (English) Reading Comprehension Poster (Spanish) Reading Comprehension Bookmark (English) Reading Comprehension Bookmark (Spanish) Larger versions of the Reading Comprehension Bookmarks (not yet translated) are also available here.
How to Improve Comprehension Scores
Our district requires us to administer comprehension assessments at six weeks intervals to all grades K-5. Here are my ideas on what to do to improve students’ performance on these assessments. Students will need both Test Taking Strategies as well as Real World Comprehension Skills. Test Taking Strategies Review the assessment. This need not be …
Independent Work Time: My Students Refuse to Work Independently
I enjoy fielding questions about Independent Work Time. This one comes from a teacher whose students “refuse to work” (cue scary music): …I still haven’t been able to have an effective IWT time. The children just refuse to work independently. I can’t work small group with children in need of extra support. I have 24 …
Video in the Classroom: FERPA CONCERNS
I received the following question by e-mail: Can you point me in the right direction or have you encountered issues regarding the sharing of classroom video with parents. A school district lawyer is arguing that sharing video with a parent of her child interacting in the classroom constitutes a violation of the FERPA rights of …
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RTI (Response to Intervention) A Complete Apple Workflow
Thank you to those of you who attended my workshop, “RTI: A Complete Apple Workflow” at the CUE conference this weekend. I spoke about using Apple Software to address your Response to Intervention program. This post contains the links, resources, and ideas that I shared. Rather than simply posting the keynote file (which is …
Down and Dirty Data Analysis
Green is good. Red is bad. Here’s what they taught me in “coaching college” about how to read data. Reading vertically indicates the teacher’s problem. Reading horizontally indicates a student’s problem. So, Harpo needs some additional help in all language arts areas. However, in the vocabulary category, it appears that the teacher needs to examine …
The iPad…Why Teachers Should Care
OK, I don’t like the name (iTablet or iSlate are much cooler sounding) but I think the iPad bashers have got it wrong and that this new device has the potential to change education. While many journalists are complaining about the $499 price tag, I keep thinking wow, only $499, that’s half the price of …