4: Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers

What are Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers?

Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers are found in the Orange Zone of the Framework for Instructional Planning. The Orange Zone is also known as Helping Students Develop Understanding.

View the video for an introduction to this category of instructional strategies.

To continue to the Instructional Resources for Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers, click on the arrow in the lower right corner or navigate using the Table of Contents on the left hand side of your screen.

Instructional Resources

1. Click on the image below to view the Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers presentation. (Note: The presentation will open in a new window or new tab depending on your browser settings. The course will remain open in the other window or tab.)

Suggested Text Reading: Chapter 4, pages 91-104, in “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, 2nd ed.”

For this strategy, consider how you will use technology to help cue the learning for students. You may wish to locate an online video (from Discovery Streaming, Teacher Tube, or any of the other resources listed) you will use. Add the information to your copy of the Lesson Plan template and be prepared to post the link to the resource in the Orange Zone Discussion Forum at the end of this set of strategies from the Instructional Framework. You should also be prepared to share the kinds of questions you will use to help students get the most out of the video clip.

Another option would be to create an advance organizer. You might look for templates you can modify in Exploratree, create one using bubbl.us, or create a poll in Poll Everywhere to get students to assess their prior knowledge. Be prepared to post the example you create in the Orange Zone Discussion Forum. This could be a link or a screenshot of your “artifact”.

2. The Tech Best Practice website contains resources that support Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers. Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology when Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers. Use the links on the Tech Best Practice website to help you select the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on the image below to go to the Tech Best Practice website.

3. Visit the 21 Things 4 Teachers website and use the tutorials to learn how to use the technology resources that support this category of instructional strategies.

Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology when Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers. Use the tutorials on the 21 Things 4 Teachers website to learn to use the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on the links below to access the tutorials.

• Thing 8 – Visual Organizers (Exploratree, Bubbl.us, Gliffy)
• Thing 10 – Digital Images (PhotoPeach)
• Thing 12 – Evaluation & Assessment (Poll Everywhere, Socrative, Google Forms)
• Thing 13 – Interactive Learning (Quizlet)
• Thing 14 – Productivity Tools (Google Calendar)
• Thing 16 – Research & Reference (MEL, Google Scholar)
• Thing 20 – Online Video & Audio (SchoolTube, Teacher Tube, Learn 360, Discovery Education Streaming)

Check for Understanding

Your next task will be to complete a short, ten question quiz to check your understanding of this category of strategies. You will only have one attempt to complete the quiz, but you may use notes and resources to help you respond. Your  coaches and administrators may choose to review the quiz data for tech readiness and professional development planning.

Click here to take the Quiz: Cues, Questions & Advance Organizers.
Note: You can also access the quiz directly from the front page of this module.

You are now ready to move on to the next activity: 5: Nonlinguistic Representations