Ideas: For Tech & Learning Online
Engaging Learners in Online Productive Group Work
Engaging Students in Online Productive Group Work In our urgency to put content in front of our students, it's easy to slip into assigning a lot of independent work, which can be a shock for students who are used to guided instruction and collaborative work. Here are...
Using Shared Slide Decks for Reflection & Discussion
Using Shared Slide Decks for Reflection and Discussion This strategy isn't about the tool as much as it as about the possibilities. I'll share how I'm using it in this particular example, but also offer several iterations to jump start your own thinking. Determining...
Student Well-Being Survey
Student Well-Being Survey If you want to check in, at any time, on your students' well-being, here's a quick way to use a GoogleForm and a few questions to help. Although I created this at the start of the Covid-19 school closing, it could be useful throughout the...
Facetime Teaching
the ASK: I often wonder how to minimize the effects of being gone from class when I travel to work with teachers in other places. Here’s an experiment! the TRY: Using FaceTime and some devices, I’ve found a way to still teach from the road. Ahead of time, I arrange...
Extended Definitions Go Digital
the ASK: After a week of thinking about and exploring the concept of hubris, I wondered how students could continue to construct their learning in a digital way. the TRY: Each student used a storyboard (blank PowerPoint slides printed with the notes) to plot out his...
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