World History
Just the other day I was at an in-service where the presenter suggested one technique where students could write one question on a wall and others could answer it. Then he said that during a test students could look at the wall for a minute or so. Obviously the point was that kids who are less reticent to ask a question would feel more inclined to do so. Well, while Wallwisher has been around for a few years, it allows students to put stickies on a wall and others can edit (i.e. answer it). So in the case of my kids who often take e-tests, this would be one way to get a lifeline.
- Cel.ly's Improvements For Texting Students
Cel.ly is an alternative to Remind to texting your students. You can choose between a restricted environment where only you see the texts or one where all students respond. Either way it is an improvement since you can individually text your...
- Tweeting Your Class Warmup
As our students leave Facebook, more and more are using Twitter, among other social media. One of our new hires, Doug Zywiol, is using Twitter as a warm-up for his students. Most of our students have phones that can text, but for those who do not,...
- Three Great Informal Assessment Tools: Socrative, Wallwisher, Today'smeet
Here are excellent step-by-step directions from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) on how to use three great informal assessment tools--Socrative--Today's Meet and Wallwisher. Socrative looks especially cool. It's a little like Poll...
- Beyond The Hole In The Wall
Oddly enough I have found that kids are exactly LESS inclined to move off task than if they were a digitized class than a traditional paper and pen one. To that end I just finished Beyond the Hole in the Wall (only $2.99) which looks at kids...
- Instant Reponse
Two years ago fellow blogger Frank Franz turned me onto Polleverywhere.com where students can answer multiple choice questions using their phones. For those who do are not allowed to have their students text, they can use gopollgo.com. The...
World History
Stickies on a Virtual Wall
Just the other day I was at an in-service where the presenter suggested one technique where students could write one question on a wall and others could answer it. Then he said that during a test students could look at the wall for a minute or so. Obviously the point was that kids who are less reticent to ask a question would feel more inclined to do so. Well, while Wallwisher has been around for a few years, it allows students to put stickies on a wall and others can edit (i.e. answer it). So in the case of my kids who often take e-tests, this would be one way to get a lifeline.
- Cel.ly's Improvements For Texting Students
Cel.ly is an alternative to Remind to texting your students. You can choose between a restricted environment where only you see the texts or one where all students respond. Either way it is an improvement since you can individually text your...
- Tweeting Your Class Warmup
As our students leave Facebook, more and more are using Twitter, among other social media. One of our new hires, Doug Zywiol, is using Twitter as a warm-up for his students. Most of our students have phones that can text, but for those who do not,...
- Three Great Informal Assessment Tools: Socrative, Wallwisher, Today'smeet
Here are excellent step-by-step directions from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) on how to use three great informal assessment tools--Socrative--Today's Meet and Wallwisher. Socrative looks especially cool. It's a little like Poll...
- Beyond The Hole In The Wall
Oddly enough I have found that kids are exactly LESS inclined to move off task than if they were a digitized class than a traditional paper and pen one. To that end I just finished Beyond the Hole in the Wall (only $2.99) which looks at kids...
- Instant Reponse
Two years ago fellow blogger Frank Franz turned me onto Polleverywhere.com where students can answer multiple choice questions using their phones. For those who do are not allowed to have their students text, they can use gopollgo.com. The...