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Formative Assessments Are Easier Than You Think!

The Web20Classroom

Backchannels-Hugely popular at conferences and other educational gathering the backchannel provides a way for participants to share in conversation while participating in learning. Poll Everywhere - Another one of my favorites, simply because of the variety of uses and methods of submitting responses.

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Ideas and Tools to Give Everyone a Voice

A Principal's Reflections

Never could I have imagined giving twenty different educators a voice during a presentation let alone thousands. You can even integrate a Twitter hash tag. Mentimeter – Move over Poll Everywhere. Mentimeter is a great tool that allows you to poll your audience in a variety of ways.

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

I was also adamant that social media had no place in an educational setting, but most of you who read this blog know about my radical change of mind in regards to this. To put it bluntly, no educational organizations in NJ would have even thought of approaching me to talk about the innovative use of technology at my school.

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The Blended and eLearning PBL Classroom… A Journey from Analog to Digital Project Based Learning

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I have received questions from many educators asking how they can make Project Based Learning work in their classroom in a time of school closures and eLearning due to the virus. Thanks so much. Let us take a closer look!

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Embracing Formative Assessments This School Year

The Web20Classroom

Backchannels- Hugely popular at conferences and other educational gatherings the backchannel provides a way for participants to share in conversation while participating in learning. Poll Everywhere - This is another one of my favorites, simply because of the variety of uses and methods of submitting responses.

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Teaching Gen Text authors explain why cell phones should go to school

The Innovative Educator

Once considered a distraction, smartphones are now being used by teachers to expand teaching options Lisa Nielsen, who blogs at The Innovative Educator and co-authored “ Teaching Generation Text ,” advocates for cellphone use in classrooms. BYOD / BYOT Cell phones in Education' It was a homework assignment I didn’t have to assign.

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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Deeper Learning With Personal Devices

Edsurge

To ensure educators maintain a professional demeanor while communicating with students, it's possible to use apps such as Google docs or Evernote rather than basic email/texting on mobile devices. Pieratt, PhD, is an educator and founder of CraftED Curriculum. We can fight it or leverage it. Jennifer R.