Cues,+Questions,+and+Advanced+Organizers

= Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers = Giving students a preview of what they are about to learn or experience helps them activate prior knowledge. This strategy gives students the opportunity to connect what they already know to what they need to know. Questions should focus on what is central and most important. Advance organizers are most useful for information that is not easily presented in a well-organized manner.

Cues should be explicit. The best questions elicit inferences and are analytic. Advanced organizers to use include expository, narrative or graphic. Skimming (SQ3R) is another form of advance organizers.

**Cues**

 * Production Scaffolds: @http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/patterns2000/production.html
 * Reception Scaffolds: @http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/patterns2000/reception.html

**Questions**

 * FNO - From Now On - Questioning Toolkit: @http://www.questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html
 * Google Forms: @http://docs.google.com

**Advanced Organizers**
Creating and Using Advanced Organizers: @http://www.netnet.org/instructors/design/goalsobjectives/advance.htm
 * Big6 - (graphic organizers for research): @http://www.big6.com/category/big6-resources/graphic-organizers/
 * Create A Graph: @http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
 * Bubbl.us: @https://bubbl.us/
 * EdHelper Graphic Organizers: @http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm
 * Enchanted Learning Graphic Organizers: @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
 * Exploratree: @http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
 * Flowchart.com: @http://flowchart.com/mindmap/
 * FolderBoy (recording, sharing & organizing ideas): @http://www.folderboy.com/welcome.htm
 * Graphic.org - Graphic Organizers: @http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
 * Grapholite: @http://grapholite.com/
 * Knowcase (collaborative lists & outlines): @http://knowcase.com/
 * Mind42 (mind mapping): @http://www.mind42.com/
 * Mindmeister (brainstorming & mapping): @http://www.mindmeister.com/
 * Mindmodo (mindmapping): @http://www.mindomo.com/
 * NCREL Graphic Organizers: @http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
 * Popplet: @http://popplet.com/
 * Quicklyst (notes & outlines): @http://www.quicklyst.com/
 * SimpleMind (desktop & mobile): @http://www.simpleapps.eu/simplemind/
 * Slatebox (maind mapping): @http://www.slatebox.com/Index
 * SpiderScribe.net: @http://www.spiderscribe.net/
 * Squareleaf (virtual sticky notes): @http://www.squareleaf.net/
 * Webspiration (Inspiration and Kidspiration): @http://www.mywebspiration.com/
 * WiseMapping (collaborative mind mapping): @http://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm
 * WriteSite Graphic Organizers: @http://www.writesite.org/html/organize.html