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Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

Teachers will want to use pre-assessments, diagnostics, and/or assess prior knowledge to identify where each student is in relation to the content at the heart of the playlist. In addition to using data to design the playlist, it is essential to build mechanisms into the playlist to collect formative assessment data.

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Khan Academy’s New ‘Teacher Aid’ Tool Goes for a Test Drive in Southern California

Edsurge

Most people associate Khan Academy with online videos, and that’s largely what it has been since 2005 when founder and CEO Sal Khan began recording instructional clips from his closet to help his cousin better understand math. Teachers will be able to use the Khan Academy classroom tool without Google, too.)

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. ” (p. Sources Brouwer, N., & Korthagen, F.

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Project Based Learning Tips that Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS015

Shake Up Learning

With Pear Deck, you can take any Google Slides presentation, add interactive questions or embed websites directly into your lesson, and send it to student devices so they can participate in real time while you present. 14:18] Technology can be used for learning, assessment, and feedback. [15:41] Online Google Boot Camps–BUT BETTER!

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

2005 – In Shanghai I helped to set up, run and train teachers to go Virtual School-though we didn’t end up closing due to SARS. You can’t just take what you were going to do on Monday and do it anyway by just putting it in Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology or whatever LMS you use. Every assignment must be rethought.

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Students at the Forefront: Blended Learning & Math

EdTechTeam

I took the students data and created a Google Sheet with each of the individual classroom’s data. This information was sent to all the students through Google Classroom for the students to view. Ann-Marie Skaggs has been teaching elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005.

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Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement

Fractus Learning

Instructors should incorporate engagement techniques such as brief, live streamed online lectures using Google Hangouts , Zoom , Adobe Connect to name a few. Encourage Reflection through Student Self-Assessment : Self-assessment rubrics and discussion boards allow for reflective thinking of assignment content.