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Another Look at Non-Traditional Assessments
If we want to truly see the students engage with the content of our courses (and remember those concepts well into the future), then we may want to take a second look a the power of non-traditional assessments. These creative assessments benefit the learning of the student and help us engage much more richly with the students, allowing us to mentor them (which I believe is another benchmark that this Institution is known for).
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COVID-19. Isolation. Work from home. But with the family. How?
I wrote that first part of the post a few weeks ago, while I was still working thongs out and excited and fresh – ready to tackle the situation. Now, our governor has announced another 2 weeks of lockdown. Our schools have announced that they will not reopen for the end of the semester. The new virtual semester starts again on Monday. And, we’re getting a bit stir crazy here … here are some of my tips for working with everyone at home.
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First Day Virtual Lesson Plan
To continue my helps for teachers while dealing with this situation (COVID-19 and having to race to turn F2F classes into online courses) I am sharing some helps for that first day with a Remote lesson on a platform like Zoom. So far, so good, the Zoom platform has held up, so we’ve been able […]
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An Example of a Robust At Home Lesson
Here are some principles and an example of an at-home lesson. It is meant to help a teacher to use for ideas, etc. while changing classes from F2F to online format because of the current situation with the COVID-19 virus. Please Enjoy, (as well as) like, subscribe, comment, and share!