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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. To make the tents more useful, students are then asked to answer a retrieval question on the back of the paper and turn it in at the end of class. “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

Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? Martin began explaining a concept to the class when I raised my hand and questioned, “Why do we have to learn this?

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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. Step 4: Add Questions to Get Students Thinking Critically. Open-ended Questions.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

” I get this question a lot, so I want to start by highlighting a few of the benefits of flipped instruction and flipped modeling. Engagement Strategy #1 Pair the Video with Questions. You can use Screencastify (a new feature ) or Edpuzzle to insert questions into the video itself.

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Increase Engagement in Video Conferencing Sessions with Mentimeter

Catlin Tucker

Mentimeter is an interactive online presentation software that has a variety of question types to increase engagement during a presentation (in person or online). Presenters can choose from the following question types: Word cloud Multiple choice Open-ended Scales Image choice Ranking Q&A.

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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

Begin with a collaborative offline activity designed to pique student interest or get them generating questions about a topic. Teachers can: Use a tool like Edpuzzle to create a lesson around the video with short answer and multiple choice questions. First, teachers need to create context. Second, flip and engage.