This session was presented by teachers who allow re-dos, retesting, and re-quizzing. I found this to be very interesting and tried to decide if I agreed with this philosophy or not. On one hand I feel mastery learning is definitely a good thing. However, How do you motivate students to do they're best on the first try? Does this create a lot of extra work for the teacher? Maybe a system where the students get two grades would work? One grade for what they earned on the first try and another grade for whether or not they mastered the material. All in all, this was an interesting session that could be interesting to talk about in the future.
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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