…how those PLPs address Vermont’s Transferable Skills. A great tool especially for younger students to create voiced-over slideshows showcasing their PLPs. Adobe Spark also provides a library of in-app…
Read more…and quickly assess their needs for the next day. The responses are really easy to share with other facilitators or participants! The beauty of this tool is…
Read more…you can do a quick exit ticket to see if they understood the information. See this post for why this is such a powerful tool and their uses. Drafts If…
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…100% recommend that someone look into that but, and Josh sort of alluded to this earlier, Twitter’s not the only space for this. Twitter is a wonderful tool for it,…
Read more…their school community as part of their curriculum. It is also a learning tool to empower students to solve problems in their own communities, or even globally. Explore the differences…
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…I was doing because now, I’ve learned so much more, that I have an even bigger tool chest to work with. That’s my goal. My goal is that I continue…
Read more…progression outlined above served as a self-assessment tool for these pre-service teachers. They clarified their current needs and future progression, and used it to provide me with formative feedback. Let…
Read more…storytelling, you basically need a way to record whichever game your students are playing, from their screens. It’s just basic screencasting, done with whichever tool fits your platform. You can…
Read more…by Liz Kolb: Interested in the framework outlined in this book for evaluating the use of technology in schools. The Triple E Measurement Tool asks teachers to consider if technology…
Read more…everyone’s favorite tool as they constantly redesigned their wiring to solve emergent problems. I’m not saying it was seamless! There were times when the students had to regroup to look…
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…more likely they are to retain what they learn. Personalized projects have always been a great tool for ensuring that students care about what they learn; and a growing number…
Read more…your students get comfortable with the tool, invite everyone to take a quick trip to Alaska. Google Earth Alaskan Tour (a model) Step 3: Students fly solo! (with a…
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…and guidance of educators Maggie O’Toole and Diana Rich, the students worked in groups to learn Google Sketch-Up. This tool allowed them to create actual scale models of what the…
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…met LaunchPad, it’s project-based learning planning tool created by two Cabot educators. Launchpad is an easy to use, organized, scaffolded and visually appealing way to develop project based learning units….
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…in measuring and calculating, power tool usage, assembly, and finishing. His finished unit was designed to be stacked or hung on the wall in multiple configurations. While presenting he was…
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…a proficiency system demands of them. What’s Pear Deck? One tool I recommend trying when pressed for time, because of its ease of use, and its effectiveness in providing actionable…
Read more…documentary. Roll tape! 1. Update Google Maps for your town Google Maps’ Street View is an amazing tool for learning about the world, but the Google Street View car is……
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…for Ted-Ed The TED organization saw the obvious potential for using TEDtalks as an incredible teaching, learning, and creation tool. They launched TED-Ed to foster learning and created TED-Ed clubs,…
Read more…the loop and add to the conversation. It functioned like a “super-easy digital guestbook”. Could you see using this tool as an exit ticket for school visits or exhibitions? 3….
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…students’ lives that they hear other people? Is a powerful tool for this book. Then as we talk about microaggressions, I think you could use this book really concretely to…
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…tool that can do repetitive action indefinitely or quickly parse large data sets — shows no sign of going away. It’s a coding exercise that shows no sign of wanting…
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…troubling indeed: The most destructive tool of the culture of classism is deficit theory. In education, we often talk about the deficit perspective—defining students by their weaknesses rather than their…
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…built-in screen reader tool. So if you include a photo or image, you can write a quick description of it for screen readers. Here’s how to turn that feature on….
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…assessment tool for the energy projects. Plan the student exhibition night It’s kind of like backward design for agenda building, y’all! We need to know where we’re going. Once we…
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…Projects or 20% time.) This is an incredible tool for personalization… BUT…. How do we create personalization that is truly equitable? It’s important to consider our students’ lived realities,…
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…paragraph. I’m sure that that’s not something that I’m sure that’s something you’ve heard before as well. “Let’s Recap”: A tool for reflection Mr Willis: I did go back to…
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…weekend negotiations suggests that they saw this as a legitimate communication tool for the stuff they care about. 5. Student learn life skills Lizzie was amazed at how little her…
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…you know I ‘m very fond of questions. A question that I often… that sits in my tool kit for equity is this question of… especially around policy is, is…
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…help we can get. Protocols are a powerful tool for fostering the conversations that will help us get there. But, just like anything worth doing, they require practice! When we…
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…It was great. Ever since then he’s more than happy to pick up a tool and help his dad on projects too.” Yes, they built a sugar house. Edge students…
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…then you can go back and then not be confused about something because if you’re confused about something, you just add tool in the system. You’re not going to be…
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…grade team asked students to use a tool for this called Videonot.es but discovered this time round the app is no longer available. Luckily they are a flexible bunch and…
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…a tool to “counter” deficit storytelling” (Solórzano and Yosso 2002, 131). These researchers focus on telling stories that challenge the dominant narratives and seek to fight racism, sexism, and classism….
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…remain relevant and truly embrace education as a tool for empowerment, then we must focus on researching and sharing middle level practices that work to disrupt the status quo. This…
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…students; Using a reflection tool like Flipgrid, so that students can reflect or respond to prompts, assignments, or conversations. Middle/High Schools: Students in these grades often have multiple teachers. For…
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…to connect us, but also to introduce a new (to some) digital tool. We’ve also opened a ‘Virtual Helpline’. It’s a Google Meet “room” (accessed by a static shared link)….
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…tool removes the physical distance and connects learners with mentors and experts in the field. Or, if they’re working on a Joy Project a quick connection could bring the project…
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…background. And it’s helped me much more so that I thought it would. This slideshow requires JavaScript. It doesn’t even have to be your space Videoconferencing tool Zoom has a…
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…email or social media. Other ideas include online maps, blog posts, or online magazines and websites. E-book creation. Book Creator is a great tool for this! Students can work on…
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…pandemic of white supremacy. Paul Gorksi’s Equity Literacy Framework (.pdf) is an excellent tool for this work. What can this look like in action? Honor student identities Scan the curriculum:…
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…don’t give up on creating authentic audiences for student work. It may take some creativity and innovation and learning a new tool, but the technology and resources are out there….
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…learning? There are possibilities. And PLPs. One way we could do this is with PLPs- personalized learning plans. PLPs. Their blend of learning tool-meets-portfolio might be just the thing to…
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…tips to help you sustain the joy of a successful student-led conference during These Times. 1. Use a Pre-Conference Tool Conferences usually happen twice a year. They take between 15…
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…can bring in an outside polling tool such as Mentimeter, throw together a quick Google Form, or just have students respond to a current events poll in the chat. Don’t…
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…might not know is that they do have access to a wonderful tool and resource that you probably know about called The Center for Cartoon Studies. And if you actually…
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…part in here where the main characters Zélie is talking about how she hasn’t heard Yoruba in such a while. And then understanding that that is a tool of colonization:…
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…that culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogies are an important tool for furthering equity in these schools. But we want to keep a few things in mind: Our Black, Indigenous, and…
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…to designing instruction that is accessible and engaging for all learners. It specifically asks educators to identify and remove barriers to learning. This UDL tool (.pdf) for example, pairs barriers…
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…if politeness is wielded as a tool of white supremacy culture in two very different ways. In Marla’s case, it is kind of used for control. And in Can I…
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…be a simple but powerful way to monitor the emotional pulse and open space for students to be real. This 60 second tool is worth checking out. As are these…
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…every child. In these challenging times, we need every tool available if we are to make that difference. We need many ways into the hearts and minds of young adolescents….
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…See also our tool kit on advisory for more ideas on how to build culture through advisory. Start the year with building the culture 8 tips for creating classroom…
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…while in a proficiency-based environment. Video evidence & reflection for student-led conference A story from a school that used screencasting as a tool for using video evidence and reflection in…
Read more…Then, we ask you to consider a few questions related to the topic. And finally, we’ve provided an interactive tech tool challenge for you to take action on your learning….
Read moreWhat is a Personalized Learning Plan (PLP)? Ultimately, a PLP is a tool. It can help us get to know our students better and teach us how to support each…
Read more…collaboratively construct a solution over an extended period of time. They wrap it up by presenting it to real-world stakeholders. We’ve got a PBL tool kit for you about this…
Read more…host webinars with in-classroom practitioners and scholars, on a variety of topics with immediate relevance for educators. Attendees should expect to participate in interactive reflection and tool-based activities at each…
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…See also our tool kit on advisory for more ideas on how to build culture through advisory. Start the year with building the culture 8 tips for creating classroom…
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