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Troy Patterson

Annotating PDF's is a Bad Lesson Plan | Teacher Tech - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 31 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • I am constantly asked how to annotate PDF’s. This is flat out a question I refuse to answer. Annotating PDF’s is not an engaging lesson plan. Trying to fill out a PDF on a computer is WORSE than just filling it out on paper. We should not be using tech for the sake of using tech.
Troy Patterson

8 Ways to Level Up Game Based Learning in the Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 21 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • 1. Make Your Whole Class a Game Experience
  • 2. Engage with Minecraft: Let Kids Build in the Sandbox
  • 4. Play Games for Social Good: Have a Point, Don’t Just Earn Them
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  • 3. Build a Game Experience into Learning: Live It and Learn It
  • 5. Game Based Platforms for Learning
  • 6. Experience Learning: Immerse Yourself in the Experience
  • 7. Go Offline or Outside: You Don’t Need Tech to Teach
  • 8. Create Solutions as You Learn: Gifts from the Hour of Code
Troy Patterson

20 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Learners | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

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msm324 studentinvolvement

shared by Troy Patterson on 03 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Perez says when students are engaged, predicting answers, talking with one another and sharing with the class in ways that follow safe routines and practices, they not only achieve more but they also act out less. And everyone, including the teacher, has more fun.
  • PEREZ’ BRAIN-BASED STRATEGIES
  • 1. Don’t Be Boring
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  • 2. Vote
  • 3. Set Goals
  • 4. Form Groups
  • 5. Quick Writes
  • 6. Focus on the ABCs: Acceptance, Belonging and Community
  • 7. Continually change the “state” of the classroom
  • 8. Empathize
  • 9.  Do a BRAIN checklist
  • 10. Simplify
  • 11. Chunk Information
  • 12. Props
  • 13. Breaks
  • 14. Post-Its
  • 15. Make Snowballs
  • 16. Guessing Games
  • 17. Balanced Inquiry
  • 18. Mind-streaming
  • 19. Be Interactive
  • 20. HOPE
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