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6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2016

…make your teaching more efficient and effective, and your students’ learning deeper and more engaging. Let’s take a look. 1. Write About Update: As of 2023, Write About is no longer available. One key to improving student writing is to have students write more often. But paperwork is hard to manage, you are limited in how much feedback you can provide, and students often have trouble thinking of ideas. Write About solves these problems, providing students with an online space to write on high-interest topics and get feedback from their peers. Students browse through a growing collection of writing ideas, each…

How to Approach Your Teaching Like a Master Chef

…from a textbook. The example of using whose hair is more mullet-y is a great way of teaching ratios, and it allows students to see something so silly being used in math. Also, a question regarding feedback: What are some of the ways you receive feedback from students after an assessment(s)? I’m curious because of the edTPA that I will be doing in the spring semester, and it would be great to know creative ideas for feedback. Jennifer Gonzalez Hey Andrew, Matt and John give students a questionnaire a few times a year, but you’re specifically mentioning after an assessment….

The Trouble with “Amazing”: Giving Praise that Matters

…scary; once the burst of good feeling is gone, the mind wants more. It just doesn’t know how to get it. As a teacher and a parent, I have probably said “Wow!” or “Cool!” or “Good job!” thousands of times. Honestly, it’s a lazy reflex, a way to give attention without putting in any effort. And sometimes it’s the best I can do. I just need to recognize these phrases for the fluff that they are. Effective feedback is specific; what Grant Wiggins called “actionable.” If I really want to motivate someone, to make feedback count, I have to tell…

How Dialogue Journals Build Teacher-Student Relationships

…highlight a portion of the student’s text and leave audio feedback which is a big time-saver. You also have the option of providing written feedback, so based on the content you’re responding to, your method of feedback can vary. You can even add a mini-lesson if you want. This is just a general overview – but it might be a good option and worth trying. Hope this helps! Casie Duvall I use reader’s notebooks, which I learned about in the book, The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller. The concept is kids write at the top of the letter a very…

How to Make a Quiz Work Harder for You

…and like all things, it gets easier with time. I can usually generate feedback/reports for all students in a class in less than a hour after I finish grading. That includes data entry, creating the custom feedback sheet and running/sharing the reports. Sounds like a lot, but it’s a good bang for your buck and if you have more than one class, it only takes a few more minutes for data entry but the other steps are the same. This is great for benchmark assessments for a grade level or final exams as it gives a great summary for the…