Technology Teacher - fivbert

(Not) "Retired" K-8 (Now K-5)Technology Teacher who isn't ready to (didn't) quit!

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Originally this poster said ART Class, but I think it is also true for Computer Class, Music Class, Most classrooms! What do you think?

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Use EDPuzzle to have students create or edit a video to show what they learned, what is the essential question and answer!

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Grammar and Writing

Planning ahead: 

Writing in the computer lab.

Write Reader (https://www.writereader.com/en/resources/storytelling-with-sesame-street) should be on all computers. It is younger student friendly, but older kids might want to use it as well.Free, except to print or download may need to pay. Original introduction a year or so ago had NO fees

Teach Grammar with a student's writing, not in isolation.Grammar taught in isolation, outside the context of meaningful writing, has been found to have no significant impact on the quality of student writing; in fact, excessive drills can have a detrimental impact on it. For more info listen to this podcast or read this blog post. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/grammar-spelling-errors/ Great ideas for writing projects that might spark your student's interest and gives them a variety of methods.https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-e-books/ "If you can't explain it to a 6-year-old, you don't understand it yourself."  Abert Einstein

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Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter... don't mind...And those that mind... don't matter.

Maxine