https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h Helping Students Process New Information en-us 2018-05-25 20:26:45 UTC 2026-03-19 21:02:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/289475342/fd0bbe7ca056cab2a406b9e39e654724/1f0775582f06c455e26f78465bb50140__business_ideas_the_long.jpg lmccaig https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263734451 This is just a brief introduction about myself. I help students process new information. According to your text, Enhancing the Art & Science of Teaching, I focus on "how teachers can stimulate processing by asking students to summarize and clarify their understanding of the content each time a new chunk has been presented".  But, I like the way the Marzano Center defines it as, "Students use macro-strategies to analyze and synthesize each chunk of information so it will connect with previous knowledge and be stored in long term memory."

In other words, after the chunk of information has been presented, I step in and use things like group processing and the collaborative process to not only help a teacher discover a students level of understanding but to help the student remember the knowledge.]]> 2018-05-25 20:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263734451 lmccaig https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263735920 The collaborative process is the strategy associated with me and it's pretty cool, just saying.  I mean, it is based on the engineer and design process that NASA themselves designed to help teachers. In other words, it's kind of a big deal.   According to the Marzano Center, again, in this process, the students:

• Identify a problem in the form of a question
• Consider design requirements and limitations
• Brainstorm possible solutions
• Generate ideas and explore possibilities
• Select a design approach
• Build the system or product as a prototype
• Refine the design as needed.

]]> 2018-05-25 20:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263735920 lmccaig https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263736810 Chill, It's not as complicated as the name sounds.  Macro-strategies are just combinations of thinking skills like questioning, clarifying, predicting, sequencing, and summarizing. They are skills teachers and students use everyday, sometimes without even thinking about them. However, teachers can guide students through these strategies to help enhance their learning.]]> 2018-05-25 20:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263736810 lmccaig https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263739700 Technology can enhance so many things and I am no exception.  Just a few ideas are:

• Teachers can use polling technology to increase the number of students that can respond and to make the responses visible.
• Students can summarize understanding by capturing and narrating screen-casts.

]]> 2018-05-25 21:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263739700 lmccaig https://padlet.com/lmccaig/tgw8ugsdu78h/wish/263742284 If this is all going to come together, there are a few things you need to keep in mind.

• Put thought into how groups are to be put together, like: homogeneous vs heterogeneous, teacher chosen vs student chose, random vs systematic.
• Make sure the technology and/or app used is an enhancement and not a distraction by making for sure students are comfortable with its "ins and outs" before hand.
• Discuss ahead of time the "rules of the game" like, acceptable and productive discussion, debate, listening and helping skills.

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