1. Means giving students rewards or praise for accomplishments related to the attainment of a goal. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Personalize recognition 2. Use pause/prompt/praise strategy 3. Use concrete symbols of recognition

2. Resources to Provide Recognition DATA COLLECTION Use web-based surveys and classroom response systems to provide recognition. -The teacher sets up a clear standard of performance as to recognize the work and not the popularity of the student. -Use an online survey or a verbal classroom response.

3. Resources to Provide Recognition MULTIMEDIA Handing a student a personalized certificate to celebrate high-quality work. -Download software programs such as free templates from Microsoft Word and Power-Point to design a certificate. -Print Shop Deluxe can help create certificates or card with student’s name and photo on it.

4. Resources to Provide Recognition WEB RESOURCES Recognizing specific or individualized performances as a motivator using the web. -Web Showcases and Picture Galleries allow teachers to put student work on the school website or create an online portfolio. -Online Certificates allow teachers to send a certificate or greeting card to a deserving student. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/

5. Resources to Provide Recognition COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE In the modern classroom e-mail and video conferencing can be used by teachers as well. -Audio Email: Recording an oral phrase and sending it to a student does wonders. -Video Conferencing: Can be a more personable, meaningful and relevant way to recognize a student.

6. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Focus – retrieve, use and organize info about a topic. Generalizations: 1. Focus on the important. 2. High level questions. 3. Different strokes for different folks. Recommendations: 1. Teach skimming. 2. Show students how to use organizers. 3. Ask good questions.

7. WORD PROCESSING APPLICATIONS Advanced organizer tools: -Expository: Brochures -Narrative: Stories -Graphic: Tables, ex: note taking table

8. SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE 1. Can be used to create rubrics -Ex: Create a rubric so students know what the expectations are. 2. Can be used to show statistics -Ex: Show students different stats backing up a point. 3. Can be used to create graphs/tables/charts -Ex: Create a graph to show data.

9. ORGANIZING AND BRAINSTORMING SOFTWARE These can provide students a preview of what is to come. Use tools like Kidspiration and Inspiration to create… -Cueing and Questioning. -Completed Advance Organizer. -Brainstorming using RapidFire tool.

10. MULTIMEDIA Tool used to extend a graphic organizer. Video Clips, Online Graphic Organizers, Music, News Articles, etc… TOOLS: www.unitedstreaming.comwww.unitedstreaming.com – video clip http://a9.comhttp://a9.com – images, blogs and movies http://creativecommons.orghttp://creativecommons.org – graphics, sounds and publications