I always take those first few minutes to engage my students in casual conversation. I ask them about their day and if they have anything exciting going on the rest of the week. We'll talk about gaming, music, television shows, sports, movies, and anything else they want to discuss. Sometimes it's only a couple of minutes with a handful of students or a larger class discussion on something in the news, but this is something I always do in class.
Teaching Strategy: Passing Notes To Exchange Ideas - 3 views
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Which technology tool might be used to facilitate (creating, sharing) the 'note pass' activity?
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If you're not worried about the students not knowing who is going to get their note, Google Docs would work. Thinking about how we've done note pass in PLN, usually students just pass their note around the table. In Google Docs, the teacher could have each student start a document (if he/she wanted a quote or prompt at the top, the teacher could start the doc and share it with the kids and have them make their own copy). Students could write their own ideas and then share their document with the student next to them, who then adds the next part. This would require some management and instruction the first time, but so does the traditional note pass activity.
3 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections With Your Students | Edutopia - 0 views
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Which apps could help teachers facilitate the "First Five Minutes" in their classrooms with students?
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10 timeless tips for teaching with technology | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views
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Love these tips! I think they connect well with what we're doing with curriculum and assessment. Are there any tips you'd add?
7 Ways to Use Technology With Purpose - 0 views
Clearing the Confusion between Technology Rich and Innovative Poor: Six Questions - 0 views
Don't Argue For Your Limitations | My Island View - 1 views
Digital Leadership? Or Leadership in a Digital World? - 1 views
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From a business perspective, but applies to education as well.
Rethinking SAMR, TPACK and using technology well | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views
Uncomfortable Questions for the Ed-Tech Community | K-12 Blueprint - 2 views
8 Examples of Transforming Lessons Through the SAMR Cycle - Emerging Education Technolo... - 3 views
8 Top Tips for Highly Effective PD | Edutopia - 1 views
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lessons
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If a method of teaching works, that method should be used for teaching the teachers in your PD sessions
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Model best practices
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teachers create lesson plans that we could use within two weeks of completing that class
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Immediately relevant
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Google URL Shortener - 0 views
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Neat tool.
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Love this! Use it all the time.
Our Digital Portfolio Project | The Principal of Change - 0 views
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What is the value in having our students create their own digital portfolios?
School technology struggles to make an impact - BBC News - 1 views
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This article has been all over Twitter the past few days. Curious about your thoughts.
Digital Natives, Yet Strangers to the Web - The Atlantic - 0 views
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This is a long article, but raises some important questions. Are we really preparing our kids to live their lives "online"? What can we do better?
