There's a lot of emphasis these days on going high-tech in the classroom but I'm curious about the low-tech options that still produce great results. What "old school" teaching strategies or activities do you employ that still produce great results?
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Erin Cunningham I use the whiteboard to draw semantic maps and other graphic organizers to help visualize concepts and their connections.
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Do you generally have students create their own versions of these maps and graphic organizers?
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Erin Cunningham sometimes, it's faster if I write on the board while we talk and debrief the reading together. Other times, I ask them to do it. Teaching them takes time, and that’s the challenge when time is an issue.
Graphic organizers help visualize how students conceptualize ideas. As I write this, I’m considering adding this activity when I assign reading homework.
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Erin Cunningham sometimes, it's faster if I write on the board while we talk and debrief the reading together. Other times, I ask them to do it. Teaching them takes time, and that’s the challenge when time is an issue.
Graphic organizers help visualize how students conceptualize ideas. As I write this, I’m considering adding this activity when I assign reading homework.
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Teaching them takes time, and that’s the challenge when time is an issue.
That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw your comment! I love the idea of a mind map or a causal map, but they're hard to do if you're unfamiliar with their design and even harder when you're new to the content that goes into one. I think your modeling strategy is great so they can see and contribute to the connections without the added stress/mental load of having to also create.