Twitter Lists: Curate the Awesome in One Categorized Place!

Twitter lists are a way for you to bring hashtags and twitter users that you follow together in one place. For example, you could create a list for all of the people that you follow that tweet about the topic of Educational Technology is one list, give it a name and revisit it each and every day, instead of searching out individual users day in and day out! Sounds amazing, right? Here's how:

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Quizalize your next Assessment

Quizalize combines two critical components to a learning experience: Formative Assessment and Collaboration.

Quizalize assessment games can be used to assess learning of any topic, spiral review topics, or create differentiated games that assess learning.

(Thanks to Richard Byrne from http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ for creating the above video!)
Each Quizalize game offers you individual learner feedback as well as collaborative team results. You can even play a collaborative game of basketball! It can be a reward alternative for your next formative assessment!

Rotational Model of Hybrid Learning

In my local IU there has been a lot of discussion about the Rotational Model of Hybrid Instruction. I like the model! In this model the class is split within three groups, helping to differentiate for individual needs, where there are 3 stations within the classroom: Teacher Led, Collaboration station, and Independent Work station. Here is a fantastic EdSurge article on the model. It's also outlined in the video below.

I came across an article on the model that I liked which provides additional options for the the rotational model on top of the Teacher Led/Collaboration/Independent. You can find the article at this link.

I like that the additional models discussed in the article, such as the “Lab Rotation” may be able to meet additional needs that some learners have such as need for repeated exposure or hearing topics in more than one way, as well as possibility for assessment within the rotation.

Let’s say you use the Lab Rotation model for a day, a learner that requires multiple…

Classroom Benefits to Screencasting

Screencasting is the effort of recording your device's screen while narrating the actions taking place on the screen, similar to a think aloud while reading a book. Screencasting is a great way for you to transform your learning environment regardless of subject!
Benefits of Screencast: Frees you as the facilitator to guide learners that may need additional support or enhance content for those that need pushed!Could be used to flip the learning environment. Screencast the lesson ahead of time, post the video to the LMS, and have learners watch it the night before to come to class prepared for a project or class discussion. It can be used as a formative/summative assessment tool!It supports to the Rotational Model, mentioned in this post, as a portion of the Independent stations. You could have your learners create screencasts demonstrating their learning of a process, making their learning visible to you and the other learners within the class!We can also reach that Redefinition l…

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