Tenth grade ESL literature class, and how the teacher changed his mind about flipping a classroom. I wonder how he deals with access to technology- if that is an issue students face.
I recently started exploring this app myself after finding it on the app store. It is helpful to see someone else's use and get ideas! I think the most difficult part is going to be the part sharing students' work with the teacher.
For the “Introduction to Skitch” 2-day lesson, I gave the students a choice board of activities. The students had fun creating treasure maps, Skitch selfies, classroom maps.
I think this is an important metacognitive moment that gets students to think about themselves as learners. It also goes along with teaching media literacy.
Show curricular movies at the beginning of units and not at the end. This gives students background information that they need to understand a unit before teaching that unit.
Interestingly, I haven't shown really any movies in my class. I think I could definitely start to use them effectively by incorporating them into a preview activity as we begin a unit. This provides context for all the vocabulary words my ESL students are going to be learning.
My essential idea after many rounds of brainstorming was that students would self-select their station work after analyzing their individual data and creating their own personalized weekly learning plan.
We use iPads for games and other online learning apps on a regular basis. Students have tracked their progress on apps only as far as getting so far = stickers/rewards. Goal setting wasn't involved, nor were specific goals related to skills students needed to learn. This could be a simple addition to our stations to make classroom learning with iPad apps more effective.
A STEM integration group based in MN. Haven't looked into it much but it was recommended by another teacher Melinda in my CARLA course about Style and Strategies.