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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

” Peer Instruction This strategy turns a simple multiple-choice question into a quick collaborative activity. “Present students with a multiple choice question.” “Multiple choice is great because you can assess students’ knowledge quickly and equitably. .”

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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. This goes further than the saying “some kids are good testers and some aren’t.”

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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. There are a variety of ways to do this.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Engagement Strategy #1 Pair the Video with Questions. You can use Screencastify (a new feature ) or Edpuzzle to insert questions into the video itself. Screencastify allows you to insert multiple-choice questions to check for understanding and collective formative assessment.

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Increase Engagement in Video Conferencing Sessions with Mentimeter

Catlin Tucker

This made the responses easier to see and discuss. The scales question feature allows participants to toggle between two different extremes. However, as we discussed, “risk-taking” is a critical aspect of experimenting and innovating on a school campus.

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

Catlin Tucker

Each time I return to an assignment, I add strategies, like polling, discussion boards, and partner work to make the experience more engaging. Students Warm-up Poll Create a poll or multiple choice question in Mentimeter or Google Classroom to get students thinking about the topic or theme of the video.

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Flipped Classroom 101: Challenges, Benefits & Design Tips

Catlin Tucker

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. Pair the video content with an activity that encourages students to think about, analyze, or evaluate the information.