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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Just remember, there are effective ways to not only assess but provide automated and rapid feedback to students so that assessment becomes a teaching tool in itself. For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms.

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4 Amazing Google Tools to Help You Engage Your Students

EdTechTeam

One of my favorite uses of Google Drawings is to use them for manipulatives – and if you’re a middle or high school teacher and think manipulatives are mainly for elementary students, please hang with me. . Google Drawings is hands-down the reason I am able to successfully have my students complete our school-wide required word sorts.

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Authentic Assessments to Support Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

Students who were able to agree with the statements, “my school strongly is committed to building the strengths of each student,” and, “I have at least one teacher who makes me excited about the future,” were 30 times more likely to be engaged at school when compared with students who strongly disagreed with the same items.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Digital tools can be used to engage students, enhance learning and allow creativity and collaboration. Promote student engagement and creativity using digital storytelling, animations and audio/video projects. See examples of virtual field trips around STEM concepts. Join the Classroom 2.0

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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