INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #10 (23 mins)
Develop a literacy identity that promotes lifelong learning.
• Provide opportunities for students to view themselves as lifelong learners who take an active role in their literacy development, understanding they impact and are impacted by their interactions with text
• Carole Mullins, NBCT and Reb…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #9 (31 mins)
Apply high level cognitive processes to think deeply and critically about text.
• Help students must move beyond basic comprehension and interact more deeply with the text
• By applying synthesis, analysis, reflection and other higher order thinking skills, students are equipped to examine text cri…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #6-7 (37 mins)
#6: Collaborate with others to create meaning. #7: Utilize digital resources to learn and share with others.
• Help students learn to interact with others in order to confirm, challenge or shape their views and ideas
• Know how to effectively produce and critically consume digital information
•…Read More

INTRODUCTION TO THE 10 INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICES (18 mins)
• Understanding the purpose and function of the practices
• Carole Mullins, NBCT

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #1 (32 mins)
Recognize that text is anything that communicates a message.
• Expand traditional knowledge about text to include visual, auditory & digital sources
• Use sources across disciplines to provide increasingly rigorous opportunities for students to interpret messages communicated through different med…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #2 (29 mins)
Employ, develop, and refine schema to understand create text.
• Through the use of multiple texts and interdisciplinary content, activate students’ schema. Provide opportunities for developing new connections, applying specialized vocabulary and reflecting on new understandings
• Appropriate for K…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #3 (30 mins)
View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• When students’ literacy experiences cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, their knowledge is expanded and relevant
• Students’ interactions with text become transformational when they are motivated to purs…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #4 (30 mins)
Utilize receptive and expressive language arts to better understand self, others and the world. View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• Experiencing both receptive (i.e., listening, reading and viewing) and expressive (i.e., speaking, writing and v…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #5 (38 mins)
Apply strategic practices, with scaffolding and then independently, to approach new literacy tasks.
• Help students to strategically approach literacy tasks in order to make intentional decisions about when, where and how to apply thinking and learning processes
• Independence and tra…Read More

Composition Video Resources Link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vIg6dkOjgATOSbQCosjIiKQFMGGIqzs1?usp=sharing

KAS for Reading and Writing Video Series: EPISODES 1-5 RESOURCES LINK:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XaizNuJf-tWqMK0CLJU86EZ08xzOabfI

Planning for Effective Questions http://www.ssgt.nsw.edu.au/documents/1planning_effective_qu.pdf

Real Northeast Micro-credentials Presentation
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2438871ff7b9c6930c63ceec2/files/2b554958-3ffa-495f-bddc-eb2fb59970de/REL_NEI_BE_10_17_18_508c.pdf

Link to recording of August Network Meeting on KY Framework for Teaching https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B6a0AzWNhi208uAyfqH6ESJSVSf7ko9x/view?usp=sharing

http://www.fusionyearbooks.com/blog/advice-for-new-teachers/

Planning Tips for New Teachers http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/jun13/vol70/num09/Before-the-Deluge@-Planning-Tips-for-New-Teachers.aspx

https://drive.google.com/open?id=16ZI5FcGZazkHLzXSZeXu_B5rmzHOwnFP

Matt Dunleavy’s presentation

One of the best apps I have found this year is Teach Your Monster to Read. My FMD students LOVE it! It is a game-based reading program. The website is always free and the app is $4.99, BUT is offered free every few months. If you sign up on the website, you’ll get an email when the app is on a discount or free offer. Even if you pay the $4.99,…Read More

A Roadmap for implementing Micro-credentials

Implementation Roadmap

Micro-credentials aligned to Deeper Learning. Now is a great time to begin thinking our your professional learning needs for next year.

http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/02/mc_deeperlearning.pdf?nocdn=1

http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Microcredentials_Driving_teacher_learning_leadership.pdf

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/11/micro-credentials-transforming-professional-learning/

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Nation-wide attention and conversation on micro-credentials hosted by Digital Promise and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). http://digitalpromise.org/2017/09/19/recognition-mcs-symposium-currency-micro-credentials/

http://pbskids.org/apps/

A great overview of research behind and reasons for micro-credentials:
http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Microcredentials_Driving_teacher_learning_leadership.pdf

The major momentum behind micro-credentials

Micro-credentials Guide Assessment for Learning in Rhode Island
http://cce.org/thought-leadership/blog/post/micro-credentials-guide-assessment-for-learning-in-rhode-island By Justin Paley and Gary Chapin July 28, 2016

Digital Promise: Micro-credentials-Driving Teacher Learning and Leadership
http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Microcredentials_Driving_teacher_learning_leadership.pdf

Hewlett Foundation: Developing a System of Micro-Credentials
http://www.hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mc_deeperlearning.pdf

Knott central, i like the activity you all done.

Harlan county, nice talking

Where I am From: Bryan
I am from the mountains, from dirtbikes and bottles water.
I am from the double wide.
I am from the trees, the roses.
I am from basketball and tall, from Ricky and Jennifer and Adams.
I am from the food and plates.
From sit down and stand standing.
I am from Pikeville, cornbread and chicken.
From the coal, the war, and the…Read More

Where I am From: Bryan
I am from the mountains, from dirtbikes and bottles water.
I am from the double wide.
I am from the trees, the roses.
I am from basketball and tall, from Ricky and Jennifer and Adams.
I am from the food and plates.
From sit down and stand standing.
I am from Pikeville, cornbread and chicken.
From the coal, the war, and the…Read More

Where I From By: Bailey Addington
I am from board games, from monopoly and yatzee.
I am from the wooden house, fun and exciting with the sounds of children’s laughter all around.
I am from the rose bushes in the yard, the apple tree on the hill.
I am from sunday family dinners and busy bodies.
from slones and huffs and mamaw edith.
I am from…Read More

Where I From By: Bailey Addington
I am from board games, from monopoly and yatzee.
I am from the wooden house, fun and exciting with the sounds of children’s laughter all around.
I am from the rose bushes in the yard, the apple tree on the hill.
I am from sunday family dinners and busy bodies.
from slones and huffs and mamaw edith.
I am from…Read More

I am from games, from call of duty and gta. I am from the hi hat.
I am from the tree plant, flower, natural item, the flower plant, flower.
I am from hunting and fixing food, from Liz and scoot.
I’m from KY 04242001, pizza and candy.
I am from hi-hat.

I am from chicken nugget, from pizza roll and cheese stick
I am from the white house
I am from roses and daisies
I am from brown hair and blue eyes from Candi and John
I am from the crazy and loud
From shut up and stop going over your data
I am from Jesus
I’m from Highlands, chicken and coke
From the I want my big toe and the cow named blue…Read More

I am from the bluegrass state, from Chevy and Ford.
I am from the front porch
I am from the Red Roses and Tall pine trees
I am from having singing get-togethers around the house, and the loving comfort of my family
From Douglass, and Rebecca, and siblings
I am from the arguments and stubborn people
From being the best i can be and standing up…Read More

i am from summer nights from playing cards and telling jokes
i am from small city
i am from trees and gardens
i am from waking up and eating breakfast, from Gregory, Betty, and Ellis
i am from the thoughtful and outgoing
from no cussing and come home at 9
i am from Little rock
i’m from Highlands hospital from cereal and ham
from the movie nights…Read More

I am from the woods, from febreze and tide.
I am from the bed. I am from the pink flower, the tall trees.
I am from spending time with my family on Christmas and the funny moments we share, from Terry and dustin and Nicole .
I am from arguments and know it all’s.
From eating healthy and brushing teeth.
I’m from Pikeville and Floyd county,…Read More

I am from a basketball court, where I’ve played countless hours with a basketball in my hand.
I am from a trailer with 3 bed rooms and 2 bathrooms.
I am from the hills, and all the living things in it are wild.
I am from long drives to the beach where my dad, tony and my mom, Liz, are always yelling at each other.
I am from the living room w…Read More

I am from cards, from goldfish and rummy.
I am from “the white house.”
I am from the honeysuckles, the daisies.
I am from Sunday breakfast and dark hair, from Renee and Jenett and Halbert.
I am from the head strong and vocal.
From “you don’t need anyone but me” and “I love you.”
I am from no religion because we do not need one.
I’m from the hills…Read More

I am from games, from memory cards and the triangle pegboard game.
I am from the redolent home.
I am from the lilies, the snapdragons.
I am from early breakfasts at grandmas and freckles, from Wilson’s and Brenda and Rex.
I am from stubbornness and bluntness.
From I’m sorry and I love you.
I’m from Dalton, Georgia, pecan pie and sweet tea.
From…Read More

I am from Disney movies from monster inc and finding nemo.
I am from the house on the side of the road small and white with the sound of cars passing by.
I am from the Daisy’s and the pines.
I am from lazy sundays and brown eyes from Jessica and Judy and Minerva.
I am from the kind hearts and open minds.
From don’t touch that and put that…Read More

I am from snow days, from four wheeler, and double wide
I am from small houses
i am the honeysuckles, the trees
i am from brown eyes and brown hair, from Kathy, Alberta, and Belinda
I am from the sharing and loving
from no bad words and stop crying about it
i am from Drift Pentecostal Church
I am from highlands of Prestonburg, coke and…Read More

I am from the pouring rain, from the beat up chucks and star gazing in all weather.
I am from the warm home where the light in the hallway window is always on.
I am from pine trees and the Christmases we planted them.
I am from family breakfast and loud fights. The strong but understanding from David, from Dwight, and Edith.
I am from the short…Read More