For many teachers, one of the staple components of the elearning experience is the video lesson. Whether you are a seasoned video creator or recording your very first video lesson, following these tips from REALity Check season 1 episode 18 will help you create videos that will maximize student engagement. Tip 1: Make a planContinue reading “S1 E18: 10 Tips for Creating Effective Flipped Lessons”
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S1 E16 Recap: Personalized Learning Part II – Strategies & Tools for Personalized Learning
Season 1 Episode 16 is a (kind of messy) follow-up to our discussion about the three Ps of personalized learning. In this episode, we highlight some strategies and tools for actually making personalized learning experiences work for your students. Links have been provided for additional study. Strategy #1 – Use assessment data to customize theContinue reading “S1 E16 Recap: Personalized Learning Part II – Strategies & Tools for Personalized Learning”
S1 E 14 Recap: Students as Individuals
In Season 1, Episode 14, I sat down with Rachel Lesinski to discuss the importance of differentiation and personalized learning for our students. She shared stories from her conversations with students about what they wanted to engage in and the variety of answers they provided. Our students are so unique so it is not aContinue reading “S1 E 14 Recap: Students as Individuals”
S1 E15 Recap: The Three Ps of Personalized Learning
Although we were first introduced to the Three Ps from our work supporting BlendEd teachers, we believe that the concept of student choice in PATH, PACE, & PLACE can apply to any type of course interested in providing personalized learning opportunities for their students. In Season 1, Episode 15, hosts Shanna Piggott and Victoria LobbContinue reading “S1 E15 Recap: The Three Ps of Personalized Learning”
S1 E11 Recap: Five Other Ways to Create in the Classroom
We have spent the last few episodes discussing how teachers and students can be using and creating videos and podcasts as learning tools. In Season 1 Episode 11 of the REALity Check podcast, we run through five other ways students and teachers can create and some questions to consider when planning. Use tools like Canva,Continue reading “S1 E11 Recap: Five Other Ways to Create in the Classroom”
S1 E10 Recap: Podcasts Part 3: Podcasts as a Product
In part III of our podcast series about podcasts as a learning tool, we explore having students create podcasts to share their voice and demonstrate their learning. Here is a quick recap of what was discussed in REALity Check Season 1 Episode 10. Getting Started Students need to listen to other podcasts. It is importantContinue reading “S1 E10 Recap: Podcasts Part 3: Podcasts as a Product”
REALity Check Tech #1
Join us for our first REALity Check Tech Session on January 23rd. During this hands-on session we will be learning how to use many of the features in WeVideo so that we can not only assist students with their projects but become better content creators ourselves. We welcome everyone from first-timers to regular users; presentersContinue reading “REALity Check Tech #1”
REALity Check S1E4 RECAP
The concept of Relevant, Engaging, Authentic Learning experiences has become an integral part of our district mission and strategic plan. In addition, the district 127 portrait of a graduate is full of characteristics that can only be developed through experiential learning. In an effort to reach these goals, District 127 has invested a great dealContinue reading “REALity Check S1E4 RECAP”
REALity Check Podcast S1E3 Recap
In this third episode of REALity Check, we highlight 5 ways to get creative with the inevitable e-learning days. Create opportunities for students to interact. Consider incorporating online discussion tools like flipgrid or using collaborative creation tools like Google Slides to encourage collaboration and interaction between students that aren’t in the same room together. AllowContinue reading “REALity Check Podcast S1E3 Recap”
REALity Check Podcast S1E1: “The Evolution of Creating”
In this first episode of REALity Check, we (Jen, Rachel, Vic and I) started things off with a reflective discussion about how students are asked to “create” has evolved over the past 20+ years. The things we are asking our students to create now is so much different from what we were asked to doContinue reading “REALity Check Podcast S1E1: “The Evolution of Creating””
