Week+6+-+Topic+2+-+Process

= Topic #2 - Process =

Discuss a different way of processing the information in your content area using technology.

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Michael Williams Belpre High School

I like to use Concept mapping tools from time to time just to give students a different way of looking at information. History is very linear, but some students are not. I used an online concept map creator to create a concept map the students could use as a template to answer questions about why the Industrial Revolution exploded in the United States. Students could either use the template or create their own concept maps that answer the questions in the dark green rectangles.

Chris Callihan Jackson High School

Another way of processing vocabulary words is creating a non-linguistic representation of the words' meanings. Using this method involves placing a vocabulary word on a slide and then having students find images, sounds, and video clips to demonstrate their understandings of vocabulary words. This assists all students regardless of their preferred learning style, visual, auditory, or kinesthetic, and creating non-linguistic representations is one of Marzano's researched-based strategies for increasing student achievement. This task could be completed in class or as homework using Google presentations or Voicethread. A group of students could collaborate on a word or part of the word list. Once published, their presentations would be a great review tool. For a little added fun, students could omit the word and have the other students guess the vocabulary word based on clips, sounds and videos.


 * Your name:** Matt Gillispie


 * Your school:** Lancaster High School

Students can create a Wordle to summarize a reading assignment from the night before. Then, they can switch with other students and from there, students will take one another's Wordles and write summaries using all of the words in the Wordle they have been given. From there, students can share and teach one another (especially high level) if some words should not be in the Wordle because they are not important or stress the main idea.
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