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2007 International Conference

Treasures of SIM Conference:

July 18-20, 2007
Preconference: July 16-17, 2007

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Kaleidoscope Presentations



Kaleidoscope options

We need your participation to ensure the continued success of the popular Kaleidoscope session!

Last year's Kaleidoscope featuring reports on several books that have application for education and professional development brought rave reviews, and we'd like to build on that success this year.

At the same time, we know that many of you have other excellent ideas that lend themselves to the Kaleidoscope format. We want to hear from you, too!

So this year's Kaleidoscope will combine the best of both. We plan to present an equal mix of book reports and other brief presentations.

If you have an idea--a classroom or professional development activity that works exceptionally well, for example--or if you would like to volunteer to read and report on a book, please complete the Call for Kaleidoscope, Posters form.


Kaleidoscopes

Integrating Differentiated Instruction & Understanding by Design (Connecting Content and Kids)

Kristin Weyman, Independent Consultant/Professional Developer, Midland, Va.

Author: Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe
Paperback edition published May 2006 by ASCD
ISBN: 978-1416602842

Is Literacy Enough? Pathways to Academic Success for Adolescents

Odessa Wood, Irvin High School, El Paso, Texas

Author: Catherine E. Snow, Michelle V. Porche, Patton O. Tabors, and Stephanie R. Harris
Paperback edition published March 2007 by Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN: 978-1557669148

Keys to Success Checklist

Gail Cheever, Learning Specialist, Trophy Club, Texas

The checklist can be used in several ways--as a coaching tool, a tool for teacher self-evaluation, and a tool for administrators. The presenter created the checklist based on Keith Lenz's work in the late 1990s and has found it very useful when conducting follow-up in classrooms.

The Knowledge Deficit

Janet Atallah, School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Author: E.D. Hirsch
Hard cover edition published April 2006 by Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 978-0618657315

Launching Course Organizer, Explicit Direct Instruction, and Rigor and Relevance Framework

Karen Koskovich, Grant Wood AEA, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

During this session, the presenter will share information about how the Course Organizer was used as a framework for teachers during a summer workshop. Workshop participants were to integrate their knowledge of explicit direct instruction, curriculum mapping, and Dagget's Rigor and Relevance Framework during their summer curriculum work. A basketball theme inspired by one of the books shared at last year's Kaleidoscope (You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned) added the opportunity to use the LINCing Routine, Concept Anchoring, and FRAME as well as the Course Organizer.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Denise Seguine, Wichita Public Schools, Wichita, Kan.

Author: Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Hard cover published January 2007 by Random House
ISBN: 978-1400064281

Using Rubrics to Evaluate Preservice Teachers' Content Enhancement Devices

Dee Berlinghoff, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, N.Y.

This session will present a series of rubrics that have been developed for use in evaluating Content Enhancement devices developed by preservice educators. The rationale and process used to develop the rubrics will be discussed. In addition, prior and current versions of the rubric will be presented. This session is intended for preservice educators responsible for assigning grades in a Content Enhancement course.

Word Identification Strategy Revisions

Jerri Neduchal, Learning Resource Specialist, Orlando, Fla.

This session will review and explain changes made to the Word Identification Strategy as the result of recent research.


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