Vocabulary Self- Collection Strategy Plus Technology Thomas DeVere Wolsey Institute to Advance International Education [email protected]https://app.box.com/FIID2015-VSSPlus
1. Vocabulary Self- Collection Strategy Plus Technology Thomas
DeVere Wolsey Institute to Advance International Education
[email protected] https://app.box.com/FIID2015-VSSPlus
2. WordLearning 0 Provide a description, explanation, or
example of the new term. 0 Ask students to restate the description,
explanation, or example in their own words. 0 Ask students to
construct a picture, pictograph, or symbolic representation of the
term. 0 Engage students periodically in activities that help them
add to their knowledge of the terms in their vocabulary notebooks.
0 Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another.
0 Involve students periodically in games that enable them to play
with terms. (Marzano, 2009)
3. Academic Vocabulary 0 Specific to a discipline 0 Used in
schools across disciplines
4. Vocabulary and The Eye
5. Vocabulary and The Ears and Mouth
6. Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy Plus Technology
7. What is VSS?
8. What is VSS Plus? Students engage with important
content-area vocabulary through: 0 Definitions students construct
and find online 0 Images they identify that demonstrate
understanding of the term. 0 Discussion and a co-constructed
rationale explaining why the term was selected 0 Graphic organizers
showing relationships to concepts and synonyms
9. The VSS+ Project
10. The VSS+ Project 0 Students create an online dictionary. 0
Each team creates an entry using PowerPoint or Thinglink. 0 Each
entry must include: 0 The word and a definition relevant to the
reading 0 Image 0 Rationale recorded as an audio podcast 0 Semantic
web
11. Continents 0 The Americas are made up of two continents,
North America and South America (p 99). Definition One of the
principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and
South America.
12. Watch a short video with VSS+ Examples
http://youtu.be/wq9ZdBnMGos
13. Independent and Engaged Source:
http://mimiandeunice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ME_500_Independent.png
14. Data & Analysis 0 Case study one intact class of 5th
grade students 0 Observations as students worked 0 Interviews 0
Teacher 0 Students 0 Parent 0 Student work products 0 Analysis
15. Findings 0 5th-grade students in the VSS+ project 0 Worked
with precision to find images that represented their words 0
Collaboration matters 0 Engagement with word learning 0 Digital
technologies increase learning opportunities 0 Being conversant
with the vocabulary
16. Implications & Discussion 0 Add videos (a student
request) 0 Familiarity with the technology is a variable (for
teacher and students) 0 Feedback and sharing opportunities 0
Vocabulary learning and generative technology
17. Image Sources Words by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/annethelibrarian/
https://flic.kr/p/mdpE52 Camera by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonscameravideodigital/
https://flic.kr/p/qCX9F2 Megaphones by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbrigham/ https://flic.kr/p/e9VpA1
Microphone by https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidchief/
https://flic.kr/p/6ZWBUS Keyboard by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/microsiervos/
https://flic.kr/p/pJwuRs Pith Helmet by
https://openclipart.org/user-detail/gnokii
https://openclipart.org/detail/171173/safari-scene Computer Class:
http://pixshark.com/computer-class-clipart.htm Independent Cartoon:
http://mimiandeunice.com/wp-
content/uploads/2012/07/ME_500_Independent.png Other images and
screen captures by TDWolsey
18. https://app.box.com/FIID2015-VSSPlus Resources: 0Thomas
DeVere Wolsey 0The Institute to Advance International Education
[email protected]