Marzano's+Instructional+Strategies



= Marzano Resources = Listed below each strategy are web 2.0 tools, online resources, or ideas to use technology as you implement the nine essential instructional strategies in your classroom. There are great explanations and examples at the [|Focus on Effectiveness] site.

Identifying Similarities and Differences
Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Analogies http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.htm Hotlist of Metaphors http://knowgramming.com/metaphors/metaphor_chapters/examples.htm Teacher Printables http://www.teacherprintables.net/index.html Use Pages to create a Venn diagram http://buhlerpages.wikispaces.com/Shapes Interactivate: Venn Diagrams - great site for students to practice using Venn Diagrams http://tinyurl.com/4ulmj9 Use spreadsheets to create charts - Excel or Numbers (located in your iWork ’09 folder) Use the table feature in Pages or Keynote to create comparison matrices.

http://buhlerpages.wikispaces.com/Adding+Tables

Summarizing and Notetaking
Cornell Notes http://cssdesigns.com/learningtoolbox/cornell.html NoteStar http://notestar.4teachers.org/ The Trash-N-Treasure Method of Note-Taking http://tinyurl.com/3k7dty Kidspiration/Inspiration Software Citing and Crediting with Young Ones (K-5) @http://big6.com/pages/lessons/articles/citing---for-the-very-young-super3-style.php Bubbl.us - Simple effective idea organization http://www.bubbl.us/ Watch a video on bubbl.us - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AllXU_3nktU&feature=related MyNoteIt - students can add their classes on this site and take notes in each class. These notes can be shared with others. Includes a calendar and bookmarks. http://www.mynoteit.com/ iPod with Voice Recorder - ask students to generate verbal summaries

Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
Reinforce effort by using rubrics.


 * Rubrics**

[| *Intel's Assessment Tool] - you must have a username and password to use this tool. It is worth the time though. There are many assessments created. These include assessments on group work, creativity, management skills, and many other topics. These can also be tweaked if you want to make changes.

[|RubiStar] - this is a great place to find rubrics for a variety of projects: speeches, multimedia presentations, brochures, and many other projects. If you want to tweak a rubric you'll find it very easy to do! Change almost anything on the rubrics to make it work for you.

Certificate of the Month Club - http://www.microsoft.com/education/MonthCertArchive.mspx Create cards for Teacher’s annotations noting students’ progress Big Huge Labs - create a magazine cover or poster with students picture to recognize their achievement. http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/

Homework and Practice
Homework Review & Policy http://www.education.umn.edu/CAREI/Reports/Rpractice/Summer94/homework.html Assign-A-Day http://assignaday.4teachers.org/

Nonlinguistic Representations
@http://www.howtoons.com/ http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/General_graphic_organizers.htm http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm http://buhlerpages.wikispaces.com/posters http://www.classtools.net/main_area/fishbone.ht**m** ** Burger Diagram ** http://www.classtools.net/main_area/burger.htm **Gizmos** from [|Explore Learning] - simulations for Math and Science **Time Toast** - an online timeline creator http://www.timetoast.com/ **Test Toob** - a community for everyday scientists! Upload student-created science videos here. http://www.testtoob.com/ To Tell the Truth Plays from Gail Hennessey http://gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?plays.html Skitch - a downloadable tool for drawing, taking snapshots, and more. http://skitch.com/ Data Driven Dialogue activities
 * Howtoons** - engaging content that teaches kids how to build things, combining instructions with storytelling. Howtoons has a foundation of science and engineering education, inspiring creativity through art and imagination.
 * Graphic Organizers **
 * Graphic Organizers **
 * Create Posters using Pages **
 * Fishbone Diagram **

Cooperative Learning
Technology Resources: Webquests - Many webquests utilize cooperative learning. Most are integrated units that require individual responsiblities as well as team/group responsibilities. Tom Snyder Software ([|www.tomsnyder.com]) - Inspirer Geography Series; Decisions, Decisions; Group & Cooperative Learning [|http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/group.html#Strategies] Intel’s Visual Ranking Tool - students brainstorm topics or issues then work together to rank them. Students should comment on why they ranked items at the very top of the list and why they ranked them at the bottom of the list. http://educate.intel.com/en/thinkingtools/Visualranking/ Data Driven Dialogue activities Random Name Picker - use this tool to choose teams http://classtools.net/

Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
Rubistar - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Rubricator http://www.rubrics.com Quia http://www.quia.com QuizStar http://quizstar.4teachers.org Clickers Create KWL Charts in Pages or Keynote

KWL Charts
[|Teacher Vision] - this is a subscription site but you can view and print about 6 printables.

[|Education World: Teacher Tools and Templates]

Scroll down to find the graphic organizers. KWL from [|Teacher Printables]



Generating and Testing Hypothesis
Gizmos - http://www.explorelearning.com Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/ Library of Congress - lots of primary source document here http://www.loc.gov/index.html Tom Snyder Software - Decisions, Decisions series Project-Based Learning http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Cues, Questions and Advanced Organizers
Keynote or Power Point Presentations Using Tables in Word or Pages - KWL Charts http://buhlerpages.wikispaces.com/Adding+Tables Highlighter tool in Microsoft Word NoteStar [|http://notestar.4teachers.org/] Anticipation Guides http://www.indiana.edu/%7El517/anticipation_guides.htm Thesis Building and Online Outliner http://ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html Making an Outline http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/14_Making_An_Outline.asp Skimming and Scanning http://42explore.com/skim.htm Templates for Advance Organizers http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/templates/advanceorganizers.htm