Art of Tek

  Classkick is completely free and is a great way to be interactive with your students and for students to be interactive with each other. I have outlined how it works with visuals and videos for those that are interested. You make your own assessments, content, upload drawings, fill in the blank, etc. into the program. How does it work https://classkick.com/                                                               

Since this is our final blog of the semester, I thought I would give my thoughts on how following this page has gone for me as an educator. I like that there is a page for educators that is not afraid to dip their toes into politics. I think education is political, and too many are afraid to broach the subject as such. Scott Mcleod has found a way to not only be political but thought-provoking, relevant, bring technology and leadership to the forefront of this blog. He started a podcast this past year called  Silver Lining for Learning  that chronicles issues globally and how they intersect here with the United States Education system. If you have time, I would check out the podcasts, they are enlightening and relevant to what we have learned this semester. I will continue to follow this blog, it has captured my attention! http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

  The Learning Management System(LMS) our District uses is Schoology. We have used Schoology since we became a 1:1 District in 2012. This LMS has come a long way in the almost 10 years we have been implementing this tool. When we first started using Schoology it was really just a replacement tool to put documents and maybe incorporate an assessment or discussion board. Today, Schoology is so much more and offers opportunities for individualized learning and has a great potential to be a tool for Blended Learning.  The first thing that I think is important to do when setting up your personal Schoology page is to add pictures to your courses. This helps your students, especially middle and high school students who have multiple classes. This gives them a visual for your class and can find it easily without having to read every tile.  The next feature that is great is for working on a team or setting up groups for clubs or homeschool students. This is where individualization...

I found this week's post to be very interesting. It was written about how Mcleod was asked to be the keynote speaker. However, rather than speak the whole time, he broke the group up and had them to do a scavenger hunt and collaborate.  " At each destination, there was an envelope with their team logo on it. Inside each team’s envelope was a Mission Document that explained the conversation station at that location (i.e., their ‘mission;’ an example is below), a sticker for their Mission Checklist, and a clue to their next destination. As you can see if you follow the link on the Mission Document below, the goals were to spark rich discussion and for each team to complete all six conversations." (Mcleod, 2021). I think we all get very exhausted going to conferences and PD and just sitting there. This Scavenger Hunt seems like such a great way to break up groups and a fun way to explore and collaborate for the day. This was held at a small school, but maybe once we are out ...