For all you visual/audio learners, I (Phyllis) have been lurking aroung the Net in search of short clips that show all this stuff in action. You might enjoy the following. I sure did! I've done a bit of annotating so you will know what you're in for. I'm still on the hunt for short clips on the Inquiry Method. Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/wested/review/48334648/44bad6452b NOTE: THIS FIRST ONE DIDN'T ACTUALLY APPEAR AS A VIDEO. YOU MAY NEED TO RIGHT CLICK ON THE URL.

“RA Methods: Personal Reading History.” An instructor has her students conduct a “Personal Reading History.” 11 minutes. (Useful for students to identify what hinders their reading process. Perhaps a good introductory activity?)

“Reading Apprenticeship, MP4.” Instructor demonstrates “talking to the text” using an interactive white board for annotating. Demonstrations include a cartoon and a poem. About 5 minutes. (Looks mostly like an ad for the interactive white board, nevertheless, useful to see the RA process.)

“Reading Apprenticeship.” A group of students uses RA to discuss their reading. 9.5 minutes. They have obviously already silently read and annotated the passage.

“RA Methods-Reader’s Strategy List.” Instructor models RA re: word puzzles and assigns a few for GED students to read. About 12 minutes. (Good for “visual presentations.” Love this. Think of applications for any kind of graphics/visuals in any discipline. Instructor also has students fill in a “Personal Reading Strategies” list while they are discovering what skills they need to discern/discern the visuals.)

“Reading Apprenticeship Student Inquiry.” Students ask other students to read and think out loud about what they are reading. About 7 minutes. (Interesting example of a student inquiry focusing on how students engage in their own reading process: how and why they read the way they do. Some graphics involved in the reading, too)

 

 

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