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Episode 6: Teching up Math

5/31/2019

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How often do classroom teachers hear the sighs from some students as soon as math is mentioned? It is not uncommon for students to disengage from math instruction and the reasons are many: they just don’t get it, they do not understand the why for their learning, or maybe they are inundated with worksheets. Whatever the case, it is important we change strategies often to engage students and promote their learning of math. This is where technology opens up many possibilities.

Today’s episode will focus on technology resources for use in the math classroom - Extensions/Add-ons and Websites, the question feature in Google Classroom, and Google Forms.


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Episode 5: tempting templates

5/24/2019

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​We know how difficult it can be carving out time to create and develop digital lessons - that is why we are offering three low prep activities in the form of templates that you can copy from our Show Notes page and integrate into your lessons immediately. In today's episode we discuss three templates to get your students practicing their writing skills and composing at the keyboard. 
   Let's Talk
   Partner Talk/Write
   Hook the Reader


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Episode 4  Empowering Student Choice

5/17/2019

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When students choose how they show mastery of a standard or even choose how they direct their learning, the level of engagement and interest soars!  A carefully crafted learning experience ensures that no matter what decision students make, they will encounter rich content and interact with it at a greater depth of knowledge. In this episode, we talk about  three ways to package student learning experiences with Learning Menus, Choice boards, and  Hyperdocs. 
There are so many reasons to shift to a learning environment that provides students with the opportunity for greater choice.  John Spencer, author of Launch, blogged about  7 Things that Happen when Students Own their Learning. The number one reason?  Bring back the Love of Learning! 


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Episode 3: Amplifying Student Voice

5/10/2019

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Every student has a voice and now with the help of technology, all students have the chance to be heard.
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roviding opportunities for students to have a voice in how they will learn and how they will show what they have learned,  students' voices will be amplified and their learning will take on a whole new meaning.  In episode 3, we discuss three tools educators and students can integrate into learning to amplify student voice, Flipgrid, Screencastify, and Anchor.  


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Episode 2: Providing Digital Feedback

5/3/2019

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One of the most challenging aspects of teaching students to communicate and write well is in providing timely and effective feedback.  In our last episode, we discussed some easy ways to integrate Google Docs with regular writing practice. What good is that without sharing helpful ideas for feedback?  
This episode shares ways to use the built in features of Google Docs as well as two Google Docs Add-ons: Orange Slice Teacher Rubric and SAS Student Writing Reviser.

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