Extending My Professional Development

Moving from Oral to Written Skills Flipgrid is a useful inclusive application that can be used with students in personal, positive, and profound way. Users may narrow down their topic search by selecting the subject and community as well as key words. Using Language Arts, High School and expository I selected, 'Danger of a Single Story' . The activity offers students a TedTalk with transcript to view and then uses Flipgrid for students to record responses to two questions. It offers viewing tips for instructors as well. I could use this Flipgrid activity in my 10th grade English class as an engaging warm-up activity before beginning a dystopian novel.   To view the video . To view the Padlet for this and other great resources and/or activities shared by others.

  Okay, shoot me. I couldn't resist an opportunity for a little NKOTB. And now that you have your ear worm for the day, let's talk about student mastery.  Step-by Step! 🎶🎵 I recently had a great conversation with a respected colleague and unofficial mentor on how mandated learning objectives should be replaced with performance objectives. He asserted that the key concepts are supported by the performance outcomes which encompasses learning, resources, and guidelines. He is on a Nick Shackleton-Jones kick. But shouldn't our mandated learning objectives reflect the very same? After some reflection on our conversations, it dawned on me that this is where curriculum mapping and lesson plans come into play. That the performance objectives are the highways that lead to the learning objectives.  Consider the learning objectives a destination. Humor me. The highways the performance objectives the highways and the vehicle itself is formed by the very components of learning. Allow