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Objectives – tips4teaching
Why do people leave them till last? Objectives are a starting point. You start projects with objectives, you start a journey with a destination (objective!) So why why why do teachers so often plan lessons based on a topic and then at the end (usually after creating a beautiful PowerPoint) think about what the objectives for the lesson should be? I see this a lot in trainees, but often in class teachers who’ve been doing the job a long time. For trainees I understand why it happens, as a trainee you’re so focused on including so many things into their lessons you can over look the objectives because you perhaps don’t see the value in them. Value the Objectives They really are the most important things! After I observe teachers I always ask the same two important questions; What did you want them to learn? With someone who didn’t have clear objectives on which everything else was based this is where they come unstuck. Objectives throughout the lesson Like this: Like Loading...
Describing Words - Find Adjectives to Describe Things
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How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas
Whiteboards and chalkboards have been a fixture in classrooms for ages. They're great for gathering ideas and making thinking visible. But there are drawbacks ... Having to write "DON'T ERASE!" next to important stuffTaking pictures of the whiteboard with your cell phoneMarkers drying up or running out of inkHaving only so much whiteboard space in your classroom If you can sympathize, you've got to check out Google's Jamboard app. The Jamboard app is a fantastic tool for learning in face to face environments and for virtual/remote learning. What is Google Jamboard? You can find Jamboard by going to jamboard.google.com. Don't have touchscreens? When you open Jamboard, you'll see all of the recent jams you've opened. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Note: If you watch videos or read documentation about Jamboard, you might get excited about some features that you can't access by just using the free app. Student collaboration with Jamboard Jamboard is made for collaboration! 1.
Creating a Classroom Website using Weebly
Connecting families to the classroom and giving them the tools to work with students at home is a huge part of our jobs as teachers. Although I use many modes of parent communication (you can read about them in this blog post), I love having a ‘landing’ where families always have access to the information they need. Emails bounce back, texts are sometimes erased, and paper newsletters reside in a mystical land of lost home/school folders…do you feel me? My classroom Weebly site is always available and contains all of our must-know classroom information – dates, newsletters, photos, videos, and learning resources. Weebly is a free and SIMPLE blogging platform. Unlike Blogger, Snapfish, or WordPress, Weebly is all drag-and-drop. Using the blue menu at the top of the screen (seen below), you can also create and organize your web-site pages. When families go to our website, they arrive at our Home landing page. Now, for the individual pages on our class website. So friends, this is Weebly.
Free Technology for Teachers
25 Best Education Sites & Apps For 2020
It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps. This year's list includes a wide variety of educational tools, from student response systems to curation tools to multimedia resources. Many are new and some are free. Wakelet - Wakelet lets educators bookmark any item on the web (i.e. article, blog, tweet, etc.), curate them in stunning visual ways, and invite others to collaborate. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps. Wakelet - Wakelet lets educators bookmark any item on the web (i.e. article, blog, tweet, etc.), curate them in stunning visual ways, and invite others to collaborate. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment.
