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 E17: “6 Reasons Why Grading in Schoology Can Make your Life Easier”
JOIN us on March 10 during lunch periods or after school where we discuss and begin to actually link our Schoology and PowerSchool gradebooks. Or listen to our podcast here! *A brief recap * Why should you use the Schoology Gradebook Reason 1: Consistency between gradebooks Reason 2: Keep the work in the hands ofContinue reading “S1 E17: “6 Reasons Why Grading in Schoology Can Make your Life Easier””
REALity Check S1 E13: Differentiation, Part II
Welcome back! In the most recent episode of REALity Check, I talked about differentiation more philosophically. Here, I’d like to quickly address five specific, research-based strategies to addressing differentiation in the secondary regular education classroom. I think we all know that differentiation is key in providing quality, Tier 1 interventions for students, but it’s difficultContinue reading “REALity Check S1 E13: Differentiation, Part II”
REALity Check S1E6 RECAP
Welcome to the recap of Upping Your Twitter Game, Part I. About five or six years ago, my goal was to get myself on Twitter and meet students where they were at. I tweeted homework every day at 3:00pm, shared articles I found, and narrated funny events that happened in class. And then students stoppedContinue reading “REALity Check S1E6 RECAP”
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 S1E5 RECAP
Shanna had so much fun sitting down with our previous guests, Chris Ellingsen, Joey Philipp, and Colin Plach, for joining us to talk about PBL. After listening to it, I remarked that she really didn’t have to do much work in that interview: those three really had a lot to say and had so muchContinue reading “REALity Check S1E5 RECAP”
REALity Check S1E2 Recap
In our second episode of REALity Check, we sat down to talk about one of the tools our district has invested in, WeVideo. Many of us know just how great WeVideo is. It’s unique in that it can do ALL of the following: Create videos Create podcasts Allow students to collaborate Use audio and visualContinue reading “REALity Check S1E2 Recap”
