Cues,+Questions,+and+Advanced+Organizers

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 * Name of the Resource
 * Identify the resource as an educational website, software program (external to the Internet), or app.
 * Rate the resource on a scale of 1 to 10 and explanation of the rating (2-3 sentences).
 * Brief description of the resource and how it can is used with classroom instruction or professional development (3 - 5 sentences).
 * How does the resource align with instructional strategy examined for the week (2 - 3 sentences).


 * Lovie Marshall**


 * Brain Pop
 * Education Website
 * URL: https://www.brainpop.com/science/
 * Rating: 10. Brain Pop is an educational website that targets elementary, middle and high schools students. The website is divided into different subjects including mathematics, science, health, English and Social Studies. A student chooses his or her particular subject choice which leads to access to various topics. Furthermore, the student chooses the topics of interest where he or she accesses several resources to help him understand the topic. These resources include videos, a game up and activities. The resources help the student to prepare the quiz at the end of the lesson. Brain Pop is an interactive website that contains comprehensive resources on many topics that help a student to prepare for assessment.
 * Description: The website is highly colored which is likely to attract the attention of elementary and middle school students. However, the large number of colors might appeal high school students most of whom are in the adolescence stage. Another point of difference that might elicit varies reactions from different categories of students is the use of two-dimensional animations. The animations might appeal to elementary and middle school student but not the high school students. Therefore, a teacher using Brain Pop as part of his classroom instruction should consider the category of students and address their needs differently. In particular, when dealing with high school student, the teacher can focus on activities, reading resources and quizzes. High school students possess more information on current presentation formats and mediums and can be critical of the two-dimensional videos. The development a negative attitude towards the videos affects their attention and comprehension of the lesson content.

Heather Fortner Discovery Education Educational Website
 * 7- I rated this site lower than some would because I found that the quality of the videos wasn't always the best. What I mean by this is sometimes they were hard to project as well as sometimes they were not really appealing to the students. I do however like that I can show the students educational videos that apply directly to whatever topic I am teaching and they are super easy to locate.
 * Discovery Ed is a website with access to a vast collection of educational videos, worksheets and even lesson plans. I also like that you can sometimes find the transcripts of the videos for students who may have disabilities. You can also create your own organizer to hold all the content you may want to reuse every year.
 * Align-Discover Ed is a great way to introduce a topic and most of the time get students engaged or thinking about a topic. You can use the assessments that may come with each video as well. Also you could show a few videos and get different perspectives before really diving into a bigger lesson.

Samantha Garrett
 * [|Creately]
 * Educational Website, also available as an app, and as software program
 * 9- This resource deserves a 9 just because of the all platforms that it is available on. Nothing is worse than finding a valuable resource and learning you can not utilize it on a specific device.
 * Creately has thousands of subject specific templates that can be used to make graphic organizers. When this resource is used on the online interface it can used used in real time and can facilitate collaboration among students and peers. Graphic organizers could be used when new content is presented to gather and sort information. Graphic organizers could also be used as a tool to review.
 * Creately aligns with cues, questions, and advanced organizers because it is a program that takes graphic organizers to the next level. Students can take cues and organize his or her thoughts. Graphic organizers could also be used to ask or answer questions.

Stephanie Fletcher


 * [|Storyboard]
 * Educational Website
 * Rating: I give this website a 8 because it is an excellent way for students to be creative when showing what they know. It also seems very engaging. The main reason I rated it so low is it is very expensive to actually purchase it for your students. For 50 students, it costs $59.95 per year. I feel that price is just too high for school.
 * Description of website: Storyboard is a website where students can express what they have learned as a very organized story. I actually had some of my students use it in the past when they had to create a story of a water molecule traveling through the water cycle. Teachers can also create these as graphic organizer at the beginning of the lesson and students can take notes on them.
 * Aligns with Instructional Strategy: This website makes a great tool for Cues, Questioning, and Advanced Organizers because teachers can also create these as graphic organizer at the beginning of the lesson and students can take notes on them. Students can also organize what they know and have learned in an advanced organizer as a story.

Nathan Schwartz
 * Discovery Education
 * Educational website
 * 10. I gave Discovery Education this rating for a couple of different reasons. The website offers videos that the regular teacher can't describe in their teaching. It gives the students some background knowledge on the topic/content you're going to teach.
 * Discovery Education has a plethora of educational videos to engage students. Every core subject has videos on the website, from K-12. One of my favorite things about Discovery Education is that most of the videos come with assessment, some even come with unit plans. The website also offers digital textbooks.
 * Discovery Education aligns with the instructional strategy because it is a way to engage students and get them excited about the new learning topic. You can also use the assessments that go along with most of the videos they supply.

Robin Kennedy (Elder)
 * [|Lino]
 * Cloud Software and mobile app
 * 8
 * Lino is a virtual cork board, similar to the bulletin board you would have in your kitchen. Users can setup boards and share photos, videos, or create sticky notes and “tack” them to the board. It has many features, such as the ability to author notes with any device, the ability to assign due dates to the sticky notes, and the ability to share boards and notes with a group. The boards can also be setup in quadrants to facilitate team assignments or tasks. Lino provides a familiar interface that allows users to capture ideas, move and share notes, and organize notes.
 * Lino allows the sticky notes to be color coded and dated. This allows the user to organize ideas using the visual representation of the bulletin board. Users could work as a team using Lino, to create ideas or tasks and them organize them according to the project. The software uses the visual cues of familiar items, such as cork boards and sticky notes, combined with the ability to organize the board and share it with others electronically.

Greg Hodges
 * Microsoft Word
 * Computer Program
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">10. Microsoft Word is hands down the best word processor on PC and Mac.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Microsoft Word can be used in classrooms as a replacement for a traditional notebook. Students are able to type their notes just as if they would write them, but can also insert drawings and images as well. They can create charts and user other graphics organizers inside of a Word document along with other visual toolsIn the newest versions of Word, users can also insert videos that they have downloaded to their computer or from a link from the web.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Microsoft Words aligns with Questions and Advanced organizers because of its robust tools. It is truly a blank slate that allows students to create on it what they wish and what best suits their learning and note taking needs. With group notes, students can track changes and see how their works has developed over time.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rachel Schwartz


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Venn Diagram
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">App
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8- I gave the Venn Diagram app an 8 because it is a great way to keep the attention of the students just because it’s using technology. If a student is not a great note taker or have writing skills, they are able to draw on this app instead of just writing. The Venn Diagram app I chose is free!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Venn Diagram is an app through iTunes. The app allows students to use 2 and/or 3 circles when comparing and contrasting. They can be colorful or plain. Once finished the student is able to save the Venn Diagram in the photo album or email it. Students are able to write and draw in the diagram. There are other more complex Venn Diagrams through iTunes but they cost between $0.99-
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Venn Diagram aligns with Cues, Questions and Advanced Organizers because it is an organizer. This organizer allows the student to create their own organizer in their own way. The diagram can be completed during a lesson or as a review.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Richard Bruce
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Pinterest]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Website, mobile app
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9 - Pinterest is great for organizing bookmarks, pictures, videos, recipes, ideas and even questions. These items are called "pins" and kept in folders called "boards," giving a feel to the website that's a bit like a bulletin board in your office. Pins and boards are shareable, collaborative and interactive. I gave the website a 9 because of how easily I created and shared a board called, [| "Products I Love" here] but it gets a 9 because it may not be appropriate for all ages in my opinion.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinterest is designed to be an alternative to traditional social media and it's mostly used by people to share recipes, craft ideas, home decor, photographs, etc. Pinterest is great for social bookmarking and it allows students to save things that identify themselves and share them with their friends. The website is designed to be a personalized media platform that encourages collaboration.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pinterest aligns with cues, questions, and advanced organizers because it's an organizer that can be used to share cues and questions. The pinboards allow students to make connections between information about a topic, look for information on their own and draw attention to important topics or points.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Michael Perez

> Educational Website
 * [|Google Arts and Culture]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9- I really enjoy this website, their are so many things you can research, look at and focus on a topic of your choice. The site allows you to search anything and It is like having an online encyclopedia at your fingertips. The students love it because they can immersed into anything they enjoy.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This site can be used in a numerous classroom settings especially if you want your students to find out more indepth information about a topic. You can click on Dinosaurs and it will take you for example, to Tendaguru in Africa where they said it is one of the richest fossil sites in the world. Students can retrieve information, organize the information and like I said earlier get in depth about the information. Students will be motivated to use this site and do research because their is something that interests everyone on it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Google Arts and Culture aligns with Cues, Questions and Advanced Organizers because you are collecting data, analyzing it and then learning new information all the time. Some of the information students will know but because of the interaction with the website you are getting the students to think outside the box and this will bring up questions about new topics and ideas. It will also help you to apply what you have learned.

Victoria Putvin
 * Graphic Organizer by Mobile and Database Solutions
 * iPad app
 * 7 – While the basic app is free, if you want access to all of the templates you have to pay. While students will likely enjoy using technology in class, the app may seem a little simple for older students.
 * There are about 8 free templates available for students to use. Students can type in the information or there is the option to use dictation by hitting the microphone on the keyboard. Once the chart is completed is can be shared through Air Share, printed, e-mailed as a PDF, or uploaded to Dropbox as a PDF. While the other templates are locked, students would have access to them. They just wouldn’t have the save, print, or share capabilities.
 * Graphic Organizer aligns with this strategy because it lets students as well as teacher create a variety of organizers. These can be used at the begging of a lesson by the teacher or by the students as part of an assignment.


 * DAWN PAINE**

[] [] web resource / free use
 * NOVA**


 * Rating 10 of 10**
 * NOVA is simply inspiring. Designed for knowledge and education, the caliber of the videos are incredible, and cover a huge range of topics. The main NOVA site (listed first) has contains multiple sections such as: NovaNext (news and big ideas in science and technology), NovaLabs (real science and data), NovaEducation (STEM teaching resources and educator community), GrossScience (The grossest stories from the world of science…. could be very popular with adolescents), The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers (video profiles), The Nature of Reality (the physics of nothing and everything), and NovaScienceNow (adventures in science).
 * Brief description of the Resource and how it can be** **used with classroom instruction** (3 - 5 sentence)


 * For this evaluation, I’m going to concentrate on NOVA LABS as a resource for educators. This is a new digital platform that Nova has created for “citizen scientists” to actively be engaged in the visualization and analysis of scientific data. I entered the ENERGY LAB, and there’s a Video introduction about energy, about the lab, and a “Design a Renewable Future” game you can play where you make choices about energy and the carbon footprint it leaves. There’s a leaderboard where the scores are posted. There’s also an Educator Guide button that takes you to an entire collection on Learning Media for homework enrichment, to week-long session modules for your classroom.

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 * How does the resource align with instructional strategy examined** (2 - 3 sentence).
 * The Nova videos and games do a beautiful job setting the stage for learning, especially in the sciences. Some of the lesson modules, have worksheets that accompany the longer videos, where they’re broken down by segments. You can pause the video and reinforce the learning with the question and answer exercises before viewing the next segments.


 * Matthew Novak**__
 * Capzles- Website
 * http://www.capzles.com/
 * 10 - This timeline website that allows you to link to blogs, pictures, audio, and video. As it is a free resource the price is right. The only hang up is that you have to sign up for an account, which depending on how old your students are would require more time and patients.
 * Capzles is a website that allows you to create timelines based on pictures, blog links, audio, and video. Perfect for social studies units when tracking and organizing events that happen. I can see myself using this at a way for students to interact with the information and bring history alive. Having them bring in pictures, or videos from youtube, or blogs where they write posts as a historical figure would help to shape their understanding.
 * It aligns with the instructional strategy of cues, questions, and advanced organizers as Capzles is an advanced organizer for events. Like I said in the explanation I see myself using this to organize historical events. Instead of creating a timeline on a piece of paper the information is organized in a digital format that will last forever. It can be shared, and can help all students grow in their understanding.


 * Leighton Nelson**

Daniel McElheny
 * <span style="display: inline !important;">[|Piazza]
 * Website/Mobile App
 * 10 - I gave Piazza a rating of 9 because it’s free and works on any platform, including mobile. Any instructor, TA or student can use Piazza.
 * Piazza is a question and answer platform that allows students and instructors to interact with each other. Instructors can use Piazza to post notes and assignments. Students can ask questions and collaborate on answers.
 * It aligns with Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers as it supports all three strategies. Instructors can provide cues for assignments and projects by posting in Piazza. Instructors can also post questions where students can collaborate on answers. Finally, its support for [|LaTex] and syntax highlighting makes it suitable both as an expository and graphic advance organizer by creating equations, definitions and code.
 * [|The Differentiator]
 * Website
 * 8 - The differentiator is a bit limited in what it can be used for. Teachers can answer a variety of questions about the task for the day and the differentiator will create a learning objective using student-friendly language that is also based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
 * According to the Marzano Instructional Framework (the instructional model our textbook is based on) students learn best and teachers teach best when their is a clear understanding of what is supposed to be learned during a given lesson or unit. Creating precise and clear learning objectives is important for maximizing student learning. The differentiator creates this for teachers based on Bloom's taxonomy - this website helps create top-notch, student-friendly learning objectives.
 * The differentiator aligns specifically with the "cues" portion of Chapter 4. It helps students and teachers focus on what is important in a given lesson and creates a specific learning objective that can be referenced throughout the lesson and new learning and knowledge can be related to.

Karen McDonald The Differentiator byrdseed.com/**differentiator** Rating: 6 This website creates a learning objective plan for individual students

This website seems to be a good way of developing learning objectives for each student or chosen students that are more advanced or struggling students. The site can help the teachers to plan lessons for children with different learning styles. The program is set up according to Bloom Taxonomy remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. The teacher can choose a topic and apply it to the different skills want the student to perform. The teacher will decide The website gives suggestions for different student abilities based on their learning styles like hands on, visual, etc. this site is very new to me so I can’t say how effective it would be when aligning with instructional learning. What the Differentiator is doing for sure is provide a narrative advance organizer for the teacher. It may also help the teacher develop inferential and analytic questions to ask their students.I believe it would take up a lot of time on the teacher’s part at first. I like the way it plans out individual students abilities for the teacher. I would like to try it on a small group of students first like maybe in a Title I program.
 * The level of thinking skills needed,
 * Content the student needs to know (subject)
 * Provide resources based on students abilities
 * What the student should produce
 * Assign to particular groups