Whether we want to admit it or not, grading is a powerful influencer on emotional wellness. The letter or number on top of an assignment communicates more than performance; to many students, the grade on an assignment communicates value. Standards based grading is a system which allows us to proactively change our grading to promote positive academic and emotional mindsets in students.
Canvas is full of tools you can use to provide rich, timely feedback to students. In this post, we want to break down the three most impactful methods of giving… Continue reading "Three Powerful Feedback Tools in Canvas"
After completing Module 18 in SIOP, I’ve been thinking a lot about student engagement. Obviously, we all do our very best to engage students, but sometimes it is very difficult… Continue reading "Keep Early Finishers Engaged with Anchor Activities"
By now everyone has more than likely either used Kahoot in their classrooms or been a part of one in a PD. Did you know there is a new feature… Continue reading "Using the New Kahoot Single Player Mode"
Meaningful small group instruction time is a precious commodity in our classrooms. We turned sight word practice into an independent activity to reclaim some back. Using Seesaw, you can create… Continue reading "Sight Word Independent Practice with the iPad"
This month, we’re posting ideas and tips on using video in the classroom. This week’s post is kind of an extension of one we wrote about using templates in Pages… Continue reading "Add Videos to Learning Journals"
We spent last Thursday and Friday in Noblesville at the Indiana Connected Educators Conference. Nearly 500 teachers from around the state got together to talk about technology uses in education… Continue reading "Updates from ICE 2017"
You could consider this part 2 of using Outcomes in Canvas. Missed part 1? Go back and look at how to find them. Learning Outcomes can help students understand why… Continue reading "Using Learning Outcomes in Canvas"
As many elementary teachers would agree, ReadWorks.org is an awesome resource. I never thought that it could get much better, but it has! ReadWorks has now gone digital! Using the… Continue reading "Going paperless with ReadWorks!"