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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

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Use a Google Form to create a survey you can send to parents. Create ePortfolios. Whether you already practice student-led conferences or are interested in getting started, Edutopia has a great list with examples and tips. Assign some pre-work. Leave some space for them to ask their own questions.

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.