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15 ideas for digital end-of-semester final projects

Matt Miller — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:54:43 +0000

Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!After months and months of learning, it all comes down to this. The end of the semester project. How can your students encapsulate the most important parts of the semester to demonstrate learning? At […]

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Worksheet to WOW: 10 ways to upgrade your worksheet

Matt Miller — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:21:47 +0000

Worksheets have been embedded in classrooms for years. For decades. FOREVER. The reasons we use them are pretty clear ... 1. We want students to get repetitions with new content. Repetitions make permanent, right? And we hope that the more stuff that students do with new content, the more likely it'll stick in our brains. 2. They're ready […]

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Fun formative assessment: 12 easy, no-tech ideas you can use tomorrow

DitchThatTxtbk — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:39:14 +0000

Formative assessment means providing students with opportunities to show you what they are learning while you are teaching it. These assessments inform your instruction and help you make those little tweaks to your lessons that meet the needs of your students. If it sounds tricky that’s because it is. But that’s what we as teachers shine […]

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Love Zoom chat? 5 ways to keep it in face-to-face classes

Matt Miller — Thu, 06 May 2021 14:13:16 +0000

Back in face-to-face classes, we can keep the engagement of the Zoom chat. Here are five options you can use. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, teachers found lots of things they HATED about remote teaching. They also found new teaching practices they LOVED. You may have hated teaching via Zoom or other videoconferencing platforms. But lots of […]

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20 ideas for exit tickets in the classroom

Matt Miller — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:38:00 +0000

Class is done. How can we end it effectively? Using digital exit tickets can bring closure to your day.Class is done. We’ve learned a lot. We’ve tried some new things. We’ve had some great discussions.So … now what?How can we make the most of the end of class? How can we tie a bow on […]

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A social media reply Google Slides template for digital citizenship

Matt Miller — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:00:20 +0000

Have you ever been on social media -- or in some online space -- and thought ... "Wow. I can't believe how these adults are acting! They need a lesson in how to interact online." The next generation of social media users is in your classroom. You can be part of the solution -- AND help students […]

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20 ways to use Go Formative for awesome assessment

Matt Miller — Sat, 02 May 2020 13:35:00 +0000

Go Formative is your digital home for creating questions, delivering them to students and watching results in real time. Here are 20 great ways to use it.When I return graded homework to students, I sort of cringe on the inside. I’m never sure where all that hard work and meaningful feedback is going to end up. Sometimes […]

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Use Explore Explain Apply to plan remote learning lessons

Matt Miller — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:21:10 +0000

Put learning in the hands of your students. Use the Explore Explain Apply method to guide your remote learning lesson planning. Here's how.Post by Karly Moura (@KarlyMoura) and Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) Have you ever had someone tell you, "I'm going to teach you a lesson"? Teaching a lesson implies control -- as in, someone else has […]

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