Dr. Justin Tarte recently published a piece called, It's Not Teaching If There's No Learning. (Click to read full article)
"We can have the most wonderfully planned lesson in the world with varying degrees of differentiation, plenty of opportunities for global collaboration, autonomy and flexibility in how to demonstrate student understanding, and a healthy dose of technology integration, but if the students aren't able to accomplish or demonstrate any level of learning or understanding, then our lesson frankly was not a success." - Justin Tarte
Our Piedmont Intermediate blog creates one place to share our knowledge and experiences so that we can all benefit as a personal learning community of teachers. Recently, Mrs. Dunn shared with me a video from The Teaching Channel called, Choosing Strategic Partners. I think we all agree that partner work is effective, but not all partners work well together. Click here to view the 2 minute clip and think about the following questions:
- What can you learn from Ms. Tse about choosing partners for your students?
- How does Ms. Tse consider the task when selecting partners?
- When might you allow students to pick their own partners?
