Do you know why rubrics work so well? It presents a clear outline of what work needs to be done for both teachers and students. It is a map that sets the expectations for what needs to be done. Just as a rubric does for your assignments, the SAMR model helps teachers come up with …
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Google Hangouts was the primary option for video chats in education for the past couple of years and now it is going away. Google has said that in the near future, it was going to split up Google Hangouts into two services, Meet and Google Hangouts Chat. For those of us in education, the central …
This week’s challenge is meant to help you focus your next lesson. Last week’s challenge was for you to choose your learning management system (LMS) for the year. If your LMS is your class’s online home base, the learning objectives are the missions. This week’s challenge is to help you focus your next learning objective so …
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I remember blocking out a lot of the “edu-speak” as an undergraduate training to be a teacher. “Learning Objectives” was one phrase that I ignored. Now, 10 years later, I see how much learning objectives can actually unlock student potential and actually learning fun. Every single teacher can have a freer class that is more …
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A good learning management system (LMS) can make a teacher’s life insanely easy. Google Classroom is popular but that doesn’t mean it is the best tool for you to post assignments and collect student work. I have been searching for the best LMS for a long time and have tried dozens of different websites. NEO …
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