1. Prompt and frequent feedback is an
important tool for learning. Knowing what
you know and don’t know focuses study
efforts. There are many educational
technology tools available to use in your
English classroom – and they're increasing at
a rapid rate.
2. There are numerous classroom assessment
methods, but common to all is that they ask
students to demonstrate or apply their
knowledge. Use a variety of assessment
methods to enable students to best demonstrate
their understanding. Selecting the assessments
you employ in your class is an important
consideration; research indicates that the types
of assessment instructors use impact.
3. A Kahoot is a collection of questions on specific topics.
Created by teachers, students, business-people and
social users, they are asked in real-time, to an
unlimited number of “players”, creating a social, fun
and game-like learning environment.
4. Kahoot is a free service that allows users to create and
deliver online quizzes, surveys and discussions in a
competitive game-based environment. As participants
answer questions, they earn points – either as
individuals or as members of learning teams – and
receive instant feedback about their own mastery of
individual concepts.
5. There are many advantages to using Kahoot in the
classroom that benefit both teacher and student.
Student engagement with this game is high. The
students enjoy playing this game because it is fast
paced, visual, and energetic. Because of this, teachers
can see if students truly understand the material that
was covered through the use of both Kahoot quizzes
and surveys.
6. A plan book is a container for everything you're
teaching for one term. So, if you're a high school
teacher on a semester system, you might make two
playbooks this year, one that you call something like
"Math -- Fall 2015" that has all of your fall classes in it,
and one called "Math -- Spring 2016" that has all your
spring classes in it.
7. One of the most beneficial aspect of planning is in
creating goals to accomplish. When you sit down and
write out what you want to accomplish you will be
surprised how this goal structure lends itself to
creating a plan for accomplishing them.
8. One of the great advantages of using an online
planbook, such as PlanbookEdu, is the ability to set up
your general schedule once and then add details for
each week.