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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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Let’s Solve this Problem! Shifting our International Languages Classes from Spoken Production to Interaction
The revised (2016) curriculum for International Languages finally has a focus on interaction, which represents the vast majority of real-life language use that our students will continue to use in their personal and professional lives. Whether our students learn Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin, or any of the other 72 International Languages offered in our …
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Financial Fun: Real-Life Learning in the Integrated Classroom Economy
Financial literacy is a valuable life skill for young people and students from a young age can be exposed to sound habits by interweaving them in many aspects of the elementary classroom. However, this is a topic that often gets put on the back-burner. This webinar will provide participants with basic tools, strategies, and an …
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Engagement and Assessment
In this session participants clarify their understanding of engagement and explore how engaging learning experiences inspire students to learn how to learn. Participants discuss making student thinking visible, feedback, activating students as learning resources for one another and strategies for student self-assessment. Participants leave with ideas, strategies and digital tools for empowering students to take control …
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Deep Assessment Without Testing
When it comes to assessment and evaluation, there’s always the question of tests. What should they look like? When should we give them? How many do students need? Maybe tests aren’t the only answer. This session explores assessing and evaluating students through alternatives to tests. Topics discussed in this session include: Assessment options beyond tests. …