Ourboox is a free digital publishing tool that lets students create picture or text-based books and publish them. Unlike some digital book creators, Ourboox allows users to upload any images, rather than using their limited library of images. Digital storytelling is a great practice in having students demonstrate their understanding of a concept!
Common Sense Education's Graphite website has provided a list of online museums that students virtually visit for free. Though not as immersive as the Google Expeditions that were highlighted in a previous Bulletin, these sites are great alternatives for experiential learning.
Professional Learning
In How to use video and Google Forms to encourage deeper learning, a high school social studies teacher describes how she elevated the use of video in her classroom by releasing control and responsibility to her students.
Learn these SAMR model essentials straight from its creator provides an overview of a useful framework for deciding when and how to use tech in your teaching.
A college student describes how student agency is fostered and developed in ‘Student Agency’ Is Not Something You Give or Take.
I really liked the link regarding Google Forms to encourage deeper learning. After initial experiences, the teacher flipped the onus of the teaching and learning on the students and they rose to the task. Never say our kids can't do something, when we are the ones unwilling to even let them try :-)
ReplyDeleteI really liked the link regarding Google Forms to encourage deeper learning. After initial experiences, the teacher flipped the onus of the teaching and learning on the students and they rose to the task. Never say our kids can't do something, when we are the ones unwilling to even let them try :-)
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