compass

=Taming the Compass Monster=

Does Compass seem to appear in your nightmares? With the current changes in education, most teachers aren't in the party mood, but this monster is much easier to tame than you might think. Let's build a student-driven classroom with fun easy tools that anyone can use! This presentation includes tools and ideas which support Compass and CCSS.
 * Presenters: Lisa Dick** pencilbo@websterpsb.org **and Diane Spurlock** dspurlock@websterpsb.org

Presentation PowerPoint
==== The below files and links are additional resources to the PowerPoint and do NOT include all the resources found in the above presentation file:) These will be added to based on participants responses. Please also feel free to email additional resources to add! (Lisa Dick pencilbo@websterpsb.org) You are of course free to share our resources but let them know how you found it. Let's expand our PLN together! ====

1c - Instructional Outcome

 * **Curriculum Framing Questions**
 * Latel []
 * Sample Unit Plan
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="density_unit_plan.pdf" link="file:etechie/density_unit_plan.pdf"]]
 * Curriculum Framing Questions
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 * **Student Goal Sheet**
 * Example 1
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 * Example 2
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2c Classroom Procedures

 * **Collaborative Learning**
 * ABCD Worksheet (Mrs. Flynn - Minden High School)
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 * **Classroom Procedures**
 * Elementary Example (Ms. Noble -[])
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="Procedural Handbook.pdf" link="file:etechie/Procedural Handbook.pdf"]]
 * **Class Dojo**
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 * Handout
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 * Presentation
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 * **Student Resource Cards** (Example coming February 2013)

3b Questions and Discussion Techniques

 * **Questions in a Hat**
 * Students create their own questions on a particular topic/skill or as an Entrance/Exit strategy. All questions are placed in a hat along with a couple "teacher created ones". If you end up without any student questions you can always use the teacher created ones and the students never know the difference. This is a great way to model proper questioning.
 * **Roll Point**
 * Display the 12 Power Words and give MHS Roll Points for students asking each other questions with those words.

3c Engaging Students

 * **Students Taking Charge**

Another awesome book for your bookshelf!


 * **Phone a Friend**
 * [[file:PhoneaFriendStudentPartneringManagementToolFREEBIE.pdf]]

3d Assessment
>> Similar to Poll Everywhere (instant no accounts needed) and Socrative (accounts and more response options such as exit slip), but includes even more options such as drawing. This is a new one, so we haven't fully checked it out...but looks great!! Of course, it is FREE just like the two mentioned/demo'd in the presentation. >> UPDATE: Infuse Learning has been very proactive in contacting me to make sure I know they are open to suggestions, etc. Love that so far!
 * **Rubrics**
 * Elementary []
 * Secondary []
 * **LiveBinder** Beyond Multiple Guess: Rubrics and Assessment Options for PBL []
 * **Interactive Notebook** Links
 * http://interactive-notebooks.wikispaces.com/
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 * **Another "Take a Pulse Tool"**
 * Infuse Learning [] LOVING THIS TOOL!!!

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