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EED 601
Curriculum, Instruction
and the Reflective Practitioner
EED 697 Comprehensive
Examination (L & L; C & I)
EED
Student Teaching
Recent Courses
EED 681 Classroom Management
and Communication
EED 651 Curriculum
Assessment (portfolio assessment)
Ways to Become a
Child Advocate
Supporting the Whole Child:
Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching and Leadership
The
Children's Defense Fund Needs Us!
Become
A Child Advocate:
2011
Budget Watchlist
Children in California
. . .
First 5 California
Knowing about the importance of the
first five years of children's lives
Some
Interesting Links for
Educators and Parents
What Educators Need to Know about
Brain Development
Do You Know Why You Are
Teaching and Learning in an Era of
Disruptive Innovation??
Scott
Mcleod
A Vision of K-12 Education Today
How
Technology Has
Transformed
How Students Learn
What
Teachers Make
The Best
Dentist--Absolutely
Do
Americans
Really Like Children?
NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND ACT
WEB-BASED TOOLS
for Teachers
Animoto
(Example)
Creative
Commons -licenses to
share and collaboratively build textbooks, lectures, and lesson plans.
Doodle
Scheduling made easy
Elluminate -
virtual classroom
JING
Free screenshot saver
Polleverywhere
-Gather
live responses in any classroom
ProProfs
Quiz
maker
Screencast
Upload screenshots with info to the
cloud
Weebly -
Create a free website or blog in
minutes
Zoomerang
(Tutorial)
GREAT TOOLS FOR THE
LEARNING-CENTERED CLASSROOM
ENERGIZERS AND SILENT CHEERS FOR THE
CLASSROOM
The Craft of the Effective Teacher
Portfolio
ASSESSMENT
PROFESSIONAL
PORTFOLIOS
PORTFOLIOS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Play as a Medium for Learning
Habits of Mind
Tools for Authentic Assessment
the cooperative classroom
Tools of Cooperative Learning
WEB-BASED TOOLS
PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
Multiple Intelligences THEORY
~Article
~Presentation
~Survey
Recommended Links
National Board for
Professional
Teaching
Standards
Early
Childhood Generalist Certificate--Understanding the Role of Play in Student Learning
National Board Certified
Teachers
Found to Make a Difference!!
SONNY
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In the News.....
2012 VEX World Robotics Championships April 19-21; Anaheim
Enhancing the E in STEM
School Workshop
CNN Special
Report
Education in America: Don't Fail Me
In "Education in America: Don't Fail Me",
we learn that at this very moment, America's future is at stake. "If we
don't generate the next group of innovators, scientists, engineers, and
problem solvers," inventor Dean Kamen warns, "our standard of living, our
quality of life, our security, will plummet!"
View it now on YouTube
*Packed with educators, parents, authors and
articulate youngsters, “Race
to Nowhere” reaches
out to children hounded by a confluence of circumstances: parental fears
of a disappearing middle class.... Educators and parents aspiring
for their children's success need to see this.
Race to Nowhere
Review
*Sign up for FREE course on
Neuroscience in
the Classroom: Making Connections (offered by the
Annenberg Learner Foundation - Current research in
neuroscience is fostering a vibrant dialogue between classroom
professionals and scientists who study the brain. In this course, teachers
discover advances in brain imaging and laboratory science that inform
teaching, and neuroscientists reveal how teachers’ challenges and
expertise are the impetus for new avenues of research.
*School teaches
by ability, not grade level
Changing Education Paradigms
Sir Ken Robinson
Economic Drivers for
Paradigms of Education
Waiting for Superman:
Are Teacher Unions to Blame for the Failures in
Public Education?
Teaching 2030:
A vision for what our students need and the
teaching profession they deserve.
Pay Teachers More -- NYT
Teaching with Poverty in Mind
by Eric Jensen
Click here to read
“Held Captive”:
Child Poverty in
America
Do schools kill creativity? with Sir Ken
Robinson
Ernest
Morrell: "Youth Re-Writing the World: Literacy,
Learning, and Civic Engagement in 21st Century Urban Schools"
Education Week regarding the
President’s State of the Union Speech
California's Teaching Force 2010
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning
Professional Development Presentations
NEW:
Managing the Media-Rich Classroom
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Dr. Belgrad
is a lead author of
The Portfolio Connection: Student Work Linked to
Standards
and offers training and workshops on performance assessment
and
Creating Student Portfolios to
Monitor Student Achievement
as a Consultant with
Kay
Burke and Associates
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Susan
provides professional development and school-based workshops on a
variety of topics including authentic learning and assessment,
differentiated instruction,
professional portfolios and digital student portfolios.
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She also leads workshops on
the
brain-compatible
classroom
and conducts training on
promoting student thinking in the media-rich classroom through
cooperative and web-based learning. |
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Recent
Presentations by Dr. Belgrad
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Class size increasing?
Put cooperative
learning to work in your classroom and school.
Creating student portfolios and
e-portfolios of authentic assessment
Innovations Grant Writing
Student Engagement
Connecting Student
Achievement and Voice
through Portfolios
PROMOTING A LEARNER-CENTERED COMMUNITY
IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM
WORKING WITH NOT DOING TO STUDENTS
TEN THINGS
NEW TEACHERS
NEED FOR SUCCESS
IN
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Ten
Strategies that Reach and Teach Diverse Learners
Making the Case for
the
Brain-
compatible Classroom
Engaged Learning Lesson Planning
THE YOUNG CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO
FINE ART
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