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Cultivating Community & Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy: A Project-based Approach to ENL1W
Presenters Alexandra (Xan) Woods [email protected] Blog: https://medium.com/the-reciprocal-teacher X handle: @xanwoods Amanda Potts [email protected] Blog: https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/ X handle: @ahpotts Summary The OTF Connects webinar entitled “Cultivating Community and Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy” was presented by Zan Woods and Amanda Potts. The session focused on integrating digital media literacy into the curriculum to enhance student …
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Getting GIPHY
GIFs: Perhaps you’ve seen them on your social media feeds. Or maybe they’ve popped up in your text messages. Let’s explore the many ways we can capitalize on a strategic use of GIFs in our classrooms and programs. From reading to “writing” our own, we will explore quick and easy tools to have you creating …
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Head First into HyperDocs!
This workshop offers teachers an innovative way to deliver content, elicit student creations, and organize student work using a multitude of tech tools. In this session, teachers will explore HyperDocs at various grade levels, creating a MultiMedia Text Set, then designing meaningful learning activities for students. HyperDocs offer diverse learning activities aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy, …
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An Idea Worth Spreading: TED-Ed talks
TED Talks are recognized for ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. TED-Ed resources support students (8-18 yrs) creating their own TED like talk. These resources encourage idea creation, exploration and sharing through sequenced discussions and activities. Creating a TED-Ed talk engages students by giving them a purpose and authentic audiences for sharing their knowledge/passion about a topic of …
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Student Websites Using Google Sites
Google Sites is a simple, versatile, accessible and collaborative website creation tool which is accessible to anyone with a Google (gmail) account, as well as to students of all ages through Google Apps for Education. In this webinar, we will discuss the purposes and advantages of student created websites, look at examples, then walk you …