Hi , 🎒I had Back to School night and it was amazing. ❤️ This year I am teaching 7th grade math... remotely. I have a co-teacher who is with the students every day. I do the lesson plans, feedback, grading. Also I coach my co-teacher. 😊 We had a great turnout for Back to School night. 👩🏼🏫 I was there in person. "This class is not online, not remote, we do not do homework and we do not do worksheets. Math should be about critical thinking. We will be teaching the standards." 🙌 Parents were giving me a high five and I felt it was a great success! 💡I try my best to start the year off creating a "student-centered" learning environment. What does that mean to you?🤔 🔥When you sign-in, let me know some of your ideas for starting the year off? What support could help you have the best year ever?
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🦩I added some emojis to the "topics" and "assignments" to bring attention to the assignments I want to highlight. 👍Also, great for littles to "look for the thumbs up emoji".
 4 Technologies 💻for Back to School
1. Goal: Students Are More CreativeCreativity is that NOT all students are doing the same thing. One way to encourage creativity is to allow students to decide how they will present their understanding of the learning objective. Book Creator is a digital tool that allows you to create interactive books. You can add text, images, videos, and audio to your books. Book Creator is a great tool for students who want to create their own stories, textbooks, or even comic books. Since students can utilize multi-media they have many options for how they can creativity demonstrate their learning. Book Creator
2. Goal: Students Reflect on Their LearningReflection is an essential part of the learning process. Capturing the reflection in a meaningful way can be challenging. Microsoft Flip is a video discussion and sharing app. Teachers can create grids, which act as communities for students to work in. Within each grid, teachers can create prompts called topics, and students post video responses to the prompts and replies to each other’s videos. Flip is a great tool for students to practice their speaking skills, collaborate with each other, and share their learning. Microsoft FLIP
3. Goal: Give Every Students a VoiceWho gets to participate? The one or two students confident enough to raise their hand? The student who is voluntold with a popsicle stick? Padlet is a collaborative online whiteboard. Teachers can create Padlets to share information, collaborate with students, or collect feedback. Padlet is a great tool for students who learn best by doing or who need a space to share their ideas. Padlet
4. Goal: Fostering Student EngagementEngagement matters. How to engage students is a tricky question. There is no magic bullet that works for everyone. Too many digital tools are plain boring. Consider if the tool allows for increased engagement. Quizizz is a great tool for engaging students and helping them learn. The gamified format makes quizzes more fun and motivating, and the interactive features help students to retain information. Quizzes can also be used to assess student learning and to track progress over time. Quizizz
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