--Joe
Special thanks to Gina--this whole thing is her fault for being so darn inspirational! After a short discussion on a Friday, by Saturday morning she had already signed up for Jon Bergmann's course and worked through almost half of it with her amazing artistic notes below...the journey has begun!
Real stories from real teachers
Some special education students struggle to follow the pace of lessons and are scared to ask questions and draw attention to themselves. This was a problem encountered by Cristin, who teaches middle school Social Studies.
Cristin tried to give her students voice using technology, but she quickly discovered that special education students get easily frustrated with technology, especially when it doesn’t work well.
However, when Cristin introduced her students to Edpuzzle, she got great feedback and noticed a positive impact. This was driven by 2 factors:
Her students could set their own pace, rewatching a segment as many times as needed before moving on. For her shy students, this was a lifesaver.
Edpuzzle allowed Cristin to provide more support to her students by embedding comments, voice clips, and questions in the video. This helped students better understand the content and gave them the possibility to take ownership of their learning.