[ola] Re: Texting and driving lesson
- From: Clau M <clau1067@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 11:28:08 -0700
There is a great book on brain research focused on education, actually the
process of learning. It is called "The Art of Changing the Brain" by J.
Zull. it is a great eye opener for teachers, and it makes so much sense,
specially using the OWL method. Check it out.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Darcy Rogers <rogersdr25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is great! Another addition would be to have students look at a
> transcription of short parts of the video (or the whole thing if someone
> had that kind of time ;) for literacy. **For those of you at Bootcamp,
> the literacy activity would also be a neat way to incorporate movement and
> text. *
> *
> *
> I just attended a Conference on brain research where it talked about two
> very important things in learning: 1. aerobic movement and 2. information
> entering the brain in different ways. As many different ways as possible
> that we can expose our students to the information (seeing-visuals & text,
> hearing, manipulatives, kinesthetic, etc.) the better for their learning
> and understanding.
>
> I would love to hear what other ideas teachers have about incorporating
> authentic resources (texts, videos, etc.) at ALL levels in an organic way
> in class. It's great how your ideas are feeding off of each other as well!
>
> Awesome!
>
> *Darcy Rogers*
> Organic World Language (OWL)
> Phone: 541.601.4509
> Fax: 541.776.4099
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> *De:* Emily Gerstner <emilygerstner@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Para:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Enviado:* Lunes, 30 de septiembre, 2013 12:56 P.M.
> *Asunto:* [ola] Texting and driving lesson
>
> Happy Monday!
>
> I am always looking for ways to incorporate videos and authentic resources
> in my classroom, and I love this PSA about texting and driving from AT&T:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=oAH_mQVuLPo
>
> Tomorrow in Spanish III, we are going to watch the video 2 or 3 times
> through and discuss familiar and key vocab words, then I am going to have
> pairs come up with lists of "Actividades que no se debe hacer a la vez."
> This idea came from an idea that someone had posted on the listserv about
> listing things that do or don't go together, so a shout out to you, whoever
> you are! Then, I will have each student create a PSA poster that roughly
> follows the format of the video, using their favorite pair of activities
> that don't go together. For example, "Correr y usar tijeras a la vez es
> peligroso. Puede esperar."
>
> Something I'm working on in my planning is what kinds of activities work
> best to accompany videos and authentic resources... if folks have feedback
> on tomorrow's lesson plan or what you do in your classes when interacting
> with these kinds of resources, I would love to hear it!
>
> Cuidense,
> Emily
>
> --
> Emily Gerstner
> Teacher, Spanish II & III
> Parma Community High School
>
> (781) 258-4530
> emilygerstner@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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Claudia Marin
The Evergreen State College
MIT 1st year Tacoma Cohort
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