I attended a few interesting sessions (Race in the classroom / A 6th Grade Transition Class) and a few not so interesting sessions (geocaching). But, the highlight for me was an opportunity to sit and talk with other educators from around the country. I found myself in a discussion group with teachers from all sorts of backgrounds - from across the country - and vastly different socioeconomic schools...and we talked about what's best for kids in the middle school. I got a sense of pride in that many of items other teachers "wished" their schools would do, Patton is already doing.
I attended a few technology sessions rich in ideas that can be implemented very easily into most content areas. I’d like to share some of those here, in case you’d like to check them out. Hacking Google for Educators (by Brad Currie) Poll Everwhere: Add-on; Can be embedded into Google Slides Flip Grid: Post video clips (like asking students questions) and use in lieu of or in addition to a live classroom discussion; can be accessed through Google Classroom Mind Meister : Google Doc Add-On; takes bulleted lists and turns into a more dynamic mind map Screencastify: Google extension; use to create tutorials or how to’s; students can create these to demonstrate a skill; teachers can use to create tutorials which can be uploaded to Canvas ReadWrite for Google Classroom: Google extension; use to differentiate reading content for students at various reading levels Google Classroom: now has the ability to give different assignments to each student And a few good ...
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