Posts Tagged ‘thinking skills’

QUICK LESSON: Improve the Student-Teacher Work Flow With Webspiration Classroom

Tweet For classrooms that engage in a back-and-forth student-teacher work flow for assignment distribution, draft review, revisions and grading, here’s an idea on how to streamline that process using Webspiration Classroom™ service. The web-based tools that Webspiration Classroom offers can help cut back on the amount of loose-leaf papers that students and teachers need to Read more »

Jumpstart Structured Thinking With Templates

Tweet Last week I talked about how we can shift the negative paradigm of blank page syndrome to being a positive one, with Inspiration® 9 and Webspiration Classroom™ service, that encourages critical thinking, creative development and organization while beginning the writing process, organizing class materials, studying or taking notes. Yet sometimes students need more support Read more »

QUICK LESSON: Create a Storyboard in Webspiration Classroom

Click to view a larger image of this storyboard assignment template example created in Webspiration Classroom™.

Tweet Whether it’s planning a multimedia video project, writing a play, envisioning a story, creating a comic or preparing for a presentation, storyboards are great educational tools to practice the planning of a formulaic story.1 This activity exercises students’ planning and visual thinking skills while they develop a comprehensive idea for a story’s main elements Read more »

Visual Learning Integration Made Easier

Tweet Educators are buzzing across social networks about the need to teach more reading, writing and thinking skills throughout the curriculum. Yet, this can be a daunting task when teachers need to primarily teach subject matter. Where do you find the time to create lessons and activities that further skill development and teach learning strategies Read more »

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