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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms. 7 – ePortfolios Electronic portfolios are becoming a viable alternative to showcase a student’s work.

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Paul Solarz and His Student Centered Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

An example math lesson in Paul’s classroom. Paul Solarz has been teaching fifth grade at Westgate Elementary School in Arlington Heights, since 1999. Genius Hour) and maintain personal ePortfolios of their work in class. How a student-centered classroom flows. A different philosophy of teaching.

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4 Powerful Ways to Implement Class Blogs – From Jennifer Carey

EdTechTeacher

There are a myriad of platforms to choose from: edublogs , Kidblog (especially good for elementary age children), Blogger , wordpress , and most LMS systems have a blogging platform built in. Blogs as ePortfolio. This makes them a great platform for students to build their own ePortfolio. Blogs as a Showcase for Student Work.

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4 Amazing Google Tools to Help You Engage Your Students

EdTechTeam

One of my favorite uses of Google Drawings is to use them for manipulatives – and if you’re a middle or high school teacher and think manipulatives are mainly for elementary students, please hang with me. . See this example to see how to set up a word sort using Google Drawings, and feel free to make a copy for yourself!

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Adobe Spark: Easily create and share videos, images, and newsletters

iLearn Technology

The example above took under 2min to create and share! Students can use these tools to create book reviews, to document science experiments, for storytelling, to explain their inquiry process, as an eportfolio, to illustrate math concepts, and so much more! What it is: Adobe Spark is a collection of fantastic (free!)

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Authentic Assessments to Support Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

For example, students can use a blogging tool to post summer book reviews for students, and the librarian can mediate a conversation around their reading and writing. He now serves as an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. About the Presenter.

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Strategies for Becoming an Effective, Present Teacher

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For example, when students leave at the end of the day, she says goodbye to each one, asking them a question and acknowledging their presence for that day. When Wilson assigns a project, for example, she outlines the steps with due dates for each and adds in time for students to get individual consultations. About the Presenter.