Dec. 7th-13th is the official Hour of Code week. Consider sponsoring an Hour of Code experience in your class. There are thousands of resources for you and your students to choose from, so the prep is very minimal and there is certainly something that can relate to the content you are covering.
Reminder that the following changes will take place:
Rubric based feedback is a proven way to clarify what is expected from students, however when work is produced digitally adding a rubric to a students work itself can be a multistep process. Three powerful tools connect and streamline this feedback loop.
Voice tools are expanding and transforming access to learning in the auditory realm like never before.
The speech to text tool within Google Drive has dramatically improved. Below are a few ways you might want to consider using it to enhance the ways you give students feedback, or student learning. Speech to text is also useful for students that are auditory learners.
*Screencastify is a solid screencast tool that saves straight to Google drive.
Google Tone is an extension (click here if you need a refresher in what extensions are) that allows you to send students urls, without the need for an email, to any student within earshot. The extension uses sound to transmit the info. It is experimental and does have some limitations, however it’s worth checking out. Below is a screencast on how to use it with your students.
Helping to guide students from good to great, a 5 to a 6, a 3 to a 5 etc. is tricky and resource intense. Below are three examples below that leverage the power to gamification worth checking out:
Vocab.com as I have previously shared is one way to gamify subject specific vocab. Ask your ELL or English colleagues if you would like insight into how it’s being used at ZIS.
Quizup goes beyond Quizlet in that it matches individuals up in real time to compete in their knowledge of a selected topic..need more convincing… check out an IB Bio teacher at ASB’s experience.
The sandbox (a copy of our current Moodle upgraded to the new version) is ready for testing. Now you will need to spot check your courses by doing what you would normally do… upload a file, link a website etc. None of the changes you make in the sandbox will effect your current courses. If you find any issues please communicate them to Liz ASAP.
As stated earlier this month, Moodle needs to be upgraded due to security concerns. Our timeline for migration to the upgraded version is as follows:
Do you have stickies all over your desktop? Do you see your students with stickies all over their desktops?
Google Keep is an much better alternative to using stickies because:
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