Reason #3: “Keep trying until you get it” is finally realistic
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Reason #3: “Keep trying until you get it” is finally realistic

With limited time and a (seemingly) unlimited number of standards to cover, the suggestion that teachers ought to encourage students to “keep trying until they get it” seems just a tad bit unrealistic.  Waiting for every student that begins at any one of a range of starting points to achieve mastery of every standard would take months…

Metacognitive Multiple Choice
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Metacognitive Multiple Choice

Dearborn High Science teacher and Dearborn Moodle Moot 2015 attendee Mrs. Heather Ferris has been working diligently this year to create powerful course materials on Moodle (iLearn) for her chemistry and forensic science students.  So far, Mrs. Ferris has provided resources and links, and had students participate in online discussion forums about topics in chemistry.  She has…

Mr. Apple’s iLearn Writing Workshop
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Mr. Apple’s iLearn Writing Workshop

This week, Woodworth Social Studies teacher Scott Apple and his students practiced their writing craft with an exercise on iLearn based on the Declaration of Independence. The iLearn workshop module used here incorporates several phases, through which students prepare their writing, submit their writing, provide and receive peer feedback and assessment based on the rubric,…

Using iLearn (Moodle) to Teach Writing in 7th Grade Language Arts
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Using iLearn (Moodle) to Teach Writing in 7th Grade Language Arts

Stout Middle School language arts teacher Marla Wiacek, together with co-teacher Nicole West and student teacher Ikram Alhassan, has begun using iLearn to help students learn writing skills in 7th grade language arts. Wiacek uses iLearn to make available an organized set of resources for students to use, including class notes, tutorials in video format,…

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