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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

assigning points : Blunt strongly discourages assigning points to whiteboard retrieval activities. You can do completion or participation, but I would avoid assigning points you don’t want to create anxiety around making mistakes.” “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do

Edsurge

The rules in my room — raise your hand before you speak, stay in your seat, respect others’ opinions and values — are there to make my class environment safe and open for all of my students to discuss and debate freely. They are for everyone. I have control over their actions and learning.

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Flipped Classroom: Engaging Students with EdPuzzle

Catlin Tucker

This requires that I design flipped lessons that encourage students to ask questions, analyze the information, and discuss concepts with peers asynchronously online to begin making sense of the information they are receiving at home. Multiple Choice Questions. Step 5: See How Your Students Did On This Assignment!

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Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. Each time I return to an assignment, I add strategies, like polling, discussion boards, and partner work to make the experience more engaging. Explain what happened here.

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Flipped Classroom 101: Challenges, Benefits & Design Tips

Catlin Tucker

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Teachers can: Use a tool like Edpuzzle to create a lesson around the video with short answer and multiple choice questions. Pair the video in an online discussion using Google Classroom or Schoology.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

eSchool News

Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. It allows you to create or search pre-made question sets and host a variety of games that students can join. Students answer multiple-choice questions on their devices while seeing fun memes, leaderboards, and progress bars.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

Edsurge

Many of my students who are already successfully applying their extensive knowledge and skills on class assignments and extracurricular activities are told that because they cannot demonstrate mastery of academic content through a specific set of conditions, they have failed.