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❓Why
❓Why
Learning Styles: VARK
Learning Styles: VARK
Take the Learning Styles Inventory here (appropriate for older students and adults)
https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
Visual
Process information using charts & graphs
Need images to explain concepts & ideas
Prefer graphic elements over words
Auditory
Learn best when information is spoken
Prefer lectures & discussions
Process information by talking through things
Reading & Writing
Prefer to receive written words
Enjoy reading and writing assignments
Process information by writing notes
Kinesthetic
Learn best through tactile processes
Prefer to create concrete personal experiences
Process information by recreating & practicing
The 4Cs
The 4Cs
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Information & Discovery
Interpretation & Analysis
Reasoning
Constructing Arguments
Problem Solving
Systems Thinking
Communication
Communication
Effective listening
Delivering Oral Presentations
Communicate Using Digital Media
Engaging in Conversations & Discussions
Communicating in Diverse Environments
Writing to inform, support arguments and claims, and to engage & entertain
Collaboration
Collaboration
Leadership & Initiative
Cooperation
Flexibility
Responsibility & Productivity
Collaborate using digital media
Responsiveness & constructive feedback
Creativity
Creativity
Idea Generation
Idea Design & Refinement
Openness & Courage to Explore
Work Creatively with Others
Creative Production & Innovation
📝Planning the activity
📝Planning the activity
💡Content
💡Content
💡Start with your Essential Standard(s) and always the end in mind- What will students learn?
💡Be careful your choice board isn’t driven by technology! Have non-tech options too!
💡Rubrics make everything easier! Have rubrics/ directions typed up and clearly posted.
💡Allow collaboration and group work when possible!
💡Make sure to consider time when creating your board. How much time will it take:
to create?
for students to complete task(s)?
for you to grade?
🪜Process
🪜Process
🪜Make sure to explain clearly each option. This might take an entire class period. Have options typed up for students to refer to later.
🪜It’s good to have students talk about the choices in a small group before they make their selection(s). Do they understand what each option means?
🪜Some students may look for an easy way out… Make sure they don’t have one!
🏆Product
🏆Product
🏆Celebrate all student work
🏆Make time for students to present and share their work (if it is a project or something where applicable)
🏆Try to accumulate high-quality work samples for next year!
🏆Post-conferences or reflection questionnaires can be helpful for teachers to adapt, update, and change for the next year.
👷🏽♀️Building your Board
👷🏽♀️Building your Board
Things to think of:
Things to think of:
Use as a final project or even short checkpoints along the way!
Allow students who finish early to choose an option from the choice board.
Give choices for homework. Students can pick a number of problems from each section or different ways to show what they have learned
Use choices for students during free play or for extra credit!
Creative and want to make your own?
Use Google Apps like Docs, Slides, Drawings, or even Sites!
Not feeling creative or need a platform to start with? Check out all these pre-made resources!
Not feeling creative or need a platform to start with? Check out all these pre-made resources!
Canva Choice Boards
SlidesMania Choice Board Templates
Shake Up Learning Pinterest Page Learning Menus and Choice Boards
Shake Up Learning The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards
Lancy’s Homer Share Folder (search in your subject area or in “Teacher Resources” or “Adaptable at any level”)
Meaningful Menus for Creating Choice in Your Classroom by Laurie Westphal
Or search online for “Free Choice Board Templates!”
🪣Filling your Board
🪣Filling your Board
Things to think of:
Things to think of:
“Strategies for Multiple Intelligences” from Instruction for All Students by Paula Rutherford
Pinterest: Lancy’s Pinterest boards:
Remember, use NON-TECH OPTIONS! Remember B.C.? (Before computers??) We were able to show our learning in fun, creative ways!
🎁Sharing your Board
🎁Sharing your Board
Digital & Non-Digital
Digital & Non-Digital
Google Classroom
Email
Project on Promethean Panel
Print out copies
Please remember:
🏆Celebrate all student work
🏆Make time for students to present and share their work (if it is a project or something where applicable)
🏆Try to accumulate high-quality work samples for next year!
🏆Post-conferences or reflection questionnaires can be helpful for teachers to adapt, update, and change for the next year.
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