Edclicking Keyword Cloud
By Dr. Harry Tennant
Monday, October 17, 2011 Pass It On Education Tools: Character Ed Assignments Fill Missing Link For Schools Accomplished! Today I worked all day polishing up the 60 Character Education Assignments I wrote for EdClick over the past couple of months. They are now off my plate! These were designed with In-School Suspension use in mind, but really their utility can go beyond that to, for instance, a teen leadership course on character...other disciplinary uses...or even just as a software tool to produce electronic question sets of whatever sort a school or teacher may need. The 60 lessons I wrote are structured around thoughtful quotes and over 400 academic vocabulary words. The student must define 6-10 words per lesson (using a vocabulary list provided by EdClick) and then use the words either to interpret the quote or as part of their written answers to questions asked. The questions asked are designed to: 1) Encourage students to think about themselves in relation to the character concept the assignment is based on. 2) Build the student's academic vocabulary. 3) Provide meaningful academic work while assignments for In-School Suspension and other disciplinary settings are being collected from teachers......or once a student has finished all assigned work in said disciplinary setting! 4) Satisfy, or serve in conjunction with, a discipline consequence. 5) ****Get insights into the student's views and overall situation with probing questions that were written to elicit revealing responses. 6) Provide the student a forum to vent or otherwise express their feelings and thoughts. 7) More! These lessons are all web-based, submitted online, evaluated online, and either approved or not online, including automation to help with reassignment or escalation of consequences as necessary. Of course, the 20th century method of pen and paper can be used. These lessons are rich, but can be easily edited. The technology is super easy, web-based, and inexpensive. Let us know if you'd like an online DEMO! Check It Out! Pass It On!
Posted at 11:35 PM Keywords: Pass It On Education Tools , EdClick , Character Education , Teen Leadership , In-School Suspension , ISS , Discipline , Counselors 2 Comments |
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Davion said... Articles like this really grease the shafts of konlwedge. Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:01 PM |