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Charles Kelly's Quiz Generator / Quiz Maker / Quiz Creator / Quiz Builder / Quiz Writer / Quiz Producer. What does this page do?

Charles Kelly's Quiz Generator / Quiz Maker / Quiz Creator / Quiz Builder / Quiz Writer / Quiz Producer

From this page you can generate a quiz that can be printed to paper or put online in various formats. How do I generate a quiz? For best results, read all of the steps below before trying to generate a quiz. Step 1: Type the quiz data in your word processor or text editor. Read the the "about" page to find out how to format the data. Step 2: Put your data in the box below. - - NOTE There should be NO RETURNS before the first line of data. NOTE There should be one and only one RETURN after the last line. Quizizz: Fun Multiplayer Classroom Quizzes.

Engage. Imagination - Play with beautiful wavy lines. Tic-Tac-Toe - Play retro Tic-Tac-Toe online for free. Bouncy Balls - Bounce balls with your microphone! How To Translate Web Page. Free text to speech with Naturally Sounding Voices. Dictation - Online Speech Recognition. Collaborative Learning: Teaching Strategy To Prepare Students For The Future. Educational Leadership:What Students Need to Learn:How Can We Promote Teacher Collaboration? Q: I'm interested in ways to encourage teachers to analyze their own instructional practices.

Educational Leadership:What Students Need to Learn:How Can We Promote Teacher Collaboration?

What strategies does your school use to invite teachers to collaborate with one another through classroom observations and feedback outside of performance appraisal or review? —Andre Potvin, PrincipalLester B. Pearson Catholic High SchoolGloucester, Ontario, Canada Videotape and Discuss Lessons A: At Price Lab School, we spent more than two years participating in training through the Center for Authentic Intellectual Work ( Each teacher in our school videotaped himself or herself teaching a lesson, and teachers shared these videos in small focus groups. —Amy Lockhart, TeacherMalcolm Price Laboratory SchoolCedar Falls, Iowa Start with the Staff Room A good place to begin spontaneous interaction and sharing is the staff room.

—Patsy Pouiller, Deputy Head, PrimarySt. Offer a Choice of PLCs Schedule Regular Collaboration. Parent-Teacher Collaboration Strategies that Work. As teachers, we all know that a child’s education is greatly enhanced by a parent’s involvement.

Parent-Teacher Collaboration Strategies that Work

Despite this, many of us find it difficult to actually put words into practice—how can we feasibly maintain an authority position in the classroom when we’re bringing in other adults to weigh in on the tasks at hand? It’s a tough pill to swallow, I know, but getting parents involved doesn’t have to be a tug-of-war. Building a collaborative parent-teacher relationship is paramount, but in order to foster success, it’s just as important to ensure that both ends understand each other’s perspectives. Here are a few parent-teacher collaboration strategies to get parents positively involved in their child’s education. Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent-teacher conferences give you the opportunity to boost communication about their child’s progress. Because there are so many vital opportunities here, a successful conference may take a bit of planning on your part. Host an Open House. 20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers. 20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers by Miriam Clifford This post has been updated from a 2011 post.

20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers

There is an age old adage that says “two heads are better than one”. Consider collaboration in recent history: Watson and Crick or Page and Brin (Founders of Google). But did you know it was a collaborative Computer Club about basic programming at a middle school that brought together two minds that would change the future of computing? Yes, those two were of course Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the founders of Microsoft. Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer times than students working individually.

Groups tend to learn through “discussion, clarification of ideas, and evaluation of other’s ideas.” Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer times than students working individually. Many consider Vygotsky the father of “social learning”. 1. 2. Education Week. Interactive JavaScript charts for your webpage.

Vidcode. Educational Web Tools to Start Your New Year. Let's start 2014 off with a set of tools to help you and your students make stuff.

Educational Web Tools to Start Your New Year

Create animations, record messages, assemble videos, construct presentations, collect links, and build inventions. This is a great way to make something engaging for your students and to assess their comprehension of a subject. Check out the selection we have compiled for you below: Pivot Animator A free Windows program to create stick figure animations. A free online whiteboard where you can record your voice - or yourself (in a video) - while you draw. Put together an online lesson by adding images, text, quizzes, and discussions to your own videos or any from YouTube and Vimeo.

Combine live tweets, blog feeds, interactive maps, audio notes, and streaming video into a real-time presentation for free. Using this free browser extension, collect and organize your favorite websites. Creating A collection of digital tools to create using images, audio and video. A collection of useful apps for creating comics. Make Your Message Stand Out. Blendspace - Create lessons with digital content in 5 minutes.