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Incorporate choice
Incorporate choice
Create class projects that use a “menu,” by allowing students to pick activities that cover the same material and have equal difficulty but use different talents or specialty areas to complete.
- Here are 3 different learning menus.
- Interactive Learning Menus (Choice Boards) Using Google Docs by Kasey
- Diner Menu created in Google Docs
- You can make your own Tic-Tac-Toe from this Google Doc Template.
- Pinterest is also a great resource for finding learning menus and choice boards.
Provide a variety of ways for students to learn
Provide a variety of ways for students to learn
Provide a variety of ways for students to learn material initially, whether that be through reading or watching a video on Khan Academy or doing independent research.
Teacher Tube (K-12)
A safe educational video community for students, teachers and parents
PBS Learning Media (K-12)
There are thousands of digital resources to choose from here. (Videos, games, audio, photos, lesson plans and more)
YouTube (K-12)
Check out the YouTube for Education page. You can create your own channel and download videos to use in your classroom. Be sure to follow the copyright and fair use rules covered earlier in Be Legal and Fair.
iTunes U (K-12)
iTunesU is a portal of educational content in both audio and video formats available for play using the iTunes media player. Content includes lessons, course materials and more. Over 600 universities have active iTunesU sites, and distribute their content publicly at the iTunes Store. To access iTunesU, launch and search through iTunes.
50 Educational Podcasts (K-12)
This is a listing of 50 educational podcasts from NPR to Grammar Girl.
Implement open-ended tasks
Implement open-ended tasks
Researchers suggest that teachers can be more adaptive when implementing open-ended tasks. Provide open-ended tasks that elicit discussion, brainstorm solutions, or create opportunities for thinking outside the box.
The prompts offered on this site are starting points for creating open-ended learning experiences of any size in any subject.
Open Ended Tasks - What and Why?
Practical ideas for getting started with open ended tasks.
allow for flexible grouping
allow for flexible grouping
Effective instruction includes the practice that all students have the opportunity to move among learning groups that best correspond to the instructional purpose and students’ instructional needs
Maximize Student Learning with Flexible Grouping
An outline of flexible grouping best practices.
Grouping Students for Instruction
Understand the research behind why grouping students is important.
allow for student self-monitoring
allow for student self-monitoring
Recognize that not all students instinctively know their own strengths, weaknesses, and best learning environment. Help them to discover this about themselves and monitor their own learning.
More Activities and Strategies - https://goo.gl/9XC9kZ
More Activities and Strategies - https://goo.gl/9XC9kZ
Start slowly. Your classroom doesn’t have to change overnight and even a little bit of adaptation will go a long way.
Start slowly. Your classroom doesn’t have to change overnight and even a little bit of adaptation will go a long way.
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