Means giving students rewards or praise for accomplishments related to the attainment of a goal.

RECOMMENDATIONS1.Personalize recognition2.Use pause/prompt/praise strategy3.Use concrete symbols of recognition

Resources to Provide RecognitionDATA COLLECTION

Use web-based surveys and classroom response systems to provide recognition.-The teacher sets up a clear standard of performance as to recognize the work and not the popularity of the student.-Use an online survey or a verbal classroom response.

Resources to Provide RecognitionMULTIMEDIA

Handing a student a personalized certificate to celebrate high-quality work.-Download software programs such as free templates from Microsoft Word and Power-Point to design a certificate.-Print Shop Deluxe can help create certificates or card with student’s name and photo on it.

Resources to Provide RecognitionWEB RESOURCES

Recognizing specific or individualized performances as a motivator using the web.-Web Showcases and Picture Galleries allow teachers to put student work on the school website or create an online portfolio.-Online Certificates allow teachers to send a certificate or greeting card to a deserving student.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/

Resources to Provide RecognitionCOMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

In the modern classroom e-mail and video conferencing can be used by teachers as well.-Audio Email: Recording an oral phrase and sending it to a student does wonders.-Video Conferencing: Can be a more personable, meaningful and relevant way to recognize a student.

Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

Focus – retrieve, use and organize info about a topic.

Generalizations: 1.Focus on the important.2.High level questions.3.Different strokes for different folks.

Recommendations:1.Teach skimming.2.Show students how to use organizers.3.Ask good questions.

WORD PROCESSING APPLICATIONSAdvanced organizer tools:

-Expository: Brochures

-Narrative: Stories

-Graphic: Tables, ex: note taking table

SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE1. Can be used to create rubrics

-Ex: Create a rubric so students know what the expectations are.

2. Can be used to show statistics-Ex: Show students different stats backing up a point.

3. Can be used to create graphs/tables/charts-Ex: Create a graph to show data.

ORGANIZING AND BRAINSTORMING SOFTWARE

These can provide students a preview of what is to come.

Use tools like Kidspiration and Inspiration to create…-Cueing and Questioning.-Completed Advance Organizer.-Brainstorming using RapidFire tool.

MULTIMEDIATool used to extend a graphic organizer.

Video Clips, Online Graphic Organizers, Music, News

Articles, etc…

TOOLS:www.unitedstreaming.com – video cliphttp://a9.com – images, blogs and movieshttp://creativecommons.org – graphics, sounds andpublications