Chat Questions 07/27/13

Q1: Are you following World Youth Day? How are you following? Q2: In what ways is expanded reach via today's tech providing benefit to those not in attendance? #wyd #catholicedchat #notatwyd Q3: In what ways is the story of #WYD being told in images? What are some favorites you have seen or can share? Q4: How can #wyd events, stories best be shared by teachers and school leaders and used w/students in coming school year?

Chat Archive Copyright 07/20/13

Great Discussion on Copyright with resources too! Thanks to JD Ferries Rowe and Jen La Master

Chat Questions 7/20/13

Copyright

What is the one question you want answered during this chat?

Scenarios:

Teacher copies 3 chapters of a book. “It is so expensive and we don't use that much of it, really. Just trying to help the kids” #catholicedchat

Teacher wants students to explore themes in multimedia. Grabs aboutt 15 youtube clips piecing together 80% of an entire movie #catholicedchat

Students in film production class want to use network news clips to create Public Service Announcements as part of assignment #catholicedchat

Questions to Think About:

• What Professional Development does you school/diocese do regarding Copyright?
• How are students taught about concepts such as intellectual property, public domain, copyright?
• Have any of your faculty/students received cease and desist or takedown notices?
• Favorite resources for teaching copyright?

Chat Questions 07/13/13

This week's topic for Saturday's chat is English as a Second Language. This chat is being moderated by Megan Adzima.
Megan works with the Catholic School Admissions Collaborative in Boston. She is a graduate of the Notre Dame ENL Program and a former ACE Teacher. http://ace.nd.edu/enl/
ELL Chat Questions:
 Q1: What resources are available for ELLs in your Catholic schools? How are your teachers/admin prepared to serve ELLs? #CatholicEdChat
Q2: How can we capitalize on our ELL students' cultural backgrounds to enrich academic learning? #CatholicEdChat
Q3: How does your Catholic school bridge the gap between students' home/school lives, especially for ELL/immigrant students? #CatholicEdChat Q4: Do you do home visits with your students’ families? What are the benefits and drawbacks to this approach? #CatholicEdChat
Q5: Do your students code switch? What do you learn from these examples? How do they inform our teaching/edu practices? #CatholicEdChat
Q6: What is the most rewarding challenge you have had working with students who are English language learners? #CatholicEdChat

Resources

Resources to Share In Advance, During:

ELL Resources by Grade: http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/ell_resources/

The Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching English Language Learners: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/esl-ell-tips-ferlazzo-sypnieski

10 Tips for Teaching English Language Learners: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-english-language-learners-ayanna-cooper

8 Ways to Use Videos with English Language Learners:

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ell-engagement-using-video-larry-ferlazzo-katie-hull-sypnieski

5 Reasons Why People Codeswitch: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=0

Capitalizing on Similarities and Differences between Spanish and English

http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/background/capitalizing/

Using Cognates to Develop Comprehension in English

http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/background/cognates/

Chat Archive - Digital Balance 07/06/13

Balance - Work Life in the Digital Age

Q1: Why do you think it is important to have balance between work and life? Is technology a help or hindrance? Q2: Q2: What about students/teachers in our schools? How can we model and foster balance in terms of digital tools/technology? Q3: What do you recommend for busy teachers? school leaders? Favorite ways to spend down time? Books, Movies Q4: How will you spend today?

Chat Archive 06/27/13 Summer Professional Development

What a great session. Teachers and School leaders loved to learn in the summer. Full archive here or view slideshow below: