Cues,+Questions,+&+Advance+Organizers




 * Cues, questions, and advance organizers ** are all techniques that teachers can use to help students activate their prior knowledge about a topic. Activating prior knowledge is an important step in the learning process as it prepares students to relate the new knowledge based on what they already know. The K-W-L chart is a good example as it helps students to list what they know, what they want to find out, and what they have learned. Graphic organizers provide students with a framework for organizing new information.


 * Application **

Glogster is a website that can be used for cues, questions and advance organizers. We recommend that the teacher plan to let students explore all of the color/background/text options before actually getting into developing content. There is a lot to play with on this site.

On the example below, hover over one of the strategies and then click. This demonstrates the interactivity of the "poster".

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Prezi and Wall Wisher are other types of presentation websites that can be used for cues, questions, and advance organizers. Megan Whitmore shares some examples on her site.