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Alternative ideas based on content on how to implement rigorous instruction.

i.e.  Students create a video tutorial using a real world example to share on a class website.

i.e. Students work collaboratively to create examples for their classmates to solve. They are shared for commenting and feedback.

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Screencastify is a Google extension recording device that teachers can use to film videos.

1. You have options to video the computer screen and film a voice over.
2. You can also film a video of yourself talking.

The link for the extension is below:  https://www.screencastify.com

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Interact with your audience using real-time voting. No installations or downloads required - and it's free!

Sign in with Google. Great for instant quantitative feedback.

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Socrative
Socrative
An all in one test, quiz, response, multiple choice, short answer APP.  
Students as Researchers
Students as Researchers
Resource for teaching students how to research
Google Keeps
Google Keeps

A note taking  app.

www.draw.io
www.draw.io 
This app allows students to easily produce a mapping of  topic. This website is linked to Google Drive. 
Questioning Technique by Discovery Education
Questioning Technique by Discovery Education
Tricider.com
Tricider.com
Blogging website without a login  for students. Teachers can post questions without collecting student information. 
Google My Maps: Farewell to Manzanar Kim Townsend
Google My Maps:  Farewell to Manzanar Kim Townsend
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1MDlY5zgznWx_6qa9_eGdb2-sbRY&ll=29.66627761420686%2C-138.00785099999996&z=4
Filling the Silence(SOS Strategy
Filling the Silence(SOS Strategy
Kim Townsend
Filling the Silence is a teaching strategy that requires students to draw conclusions about a video's message. Students watch a video without sound and are challenged to create a script to accompany all or part of it.

Grade(s) E
Quick Writes (SOS Strategy)
Quick Writes (SOS Strategy)
Kim Townsend
Quick Writes is a teaching strategy that allows students to quickly formulate thoughts and ideas without worrying about the element of structure within the writing piece. After writing for a short time about their own learning, students can share, add to their information, and edit and compose a final piece.
PowToon / Storyboardthat.com
PowToon / Storyboardthat.com

Both websites allow kids to create a story board or cartoon and pick and choose the characters and background.

Go to google and search for them. Great for vocabulary and allows kids to be in control.
Activating Strategy - Multiple Perspective
Activating Strategy - Multiple Perspective
B. Simonetti
The strategy used helped students start up an unconventional conversation about how others see the world. In this activity, students were asked to look at a picture and to describe how the person might feel. Here is a snipping of the lesson:
"
During our South American unit, which includes the Amazon Rainforest, students were introduced to a group of indigenous people who are unaccustomed to the luxuries and technology of “civilized” society.  Students were asked to consider the viewpoint of the tribespeople in the picture above.  By examining the facial features of each tribesperson, students offered the following input in terms of emotions:

Surprise

Curiosity

Wonder 

Fear

Uncertainty

Ultimately, classes agreed that the tribespeople, who were being filmed and photographed by a drone, were either unfamiliar with the technology hovering above them, or if they had seen it before, did not understand its purpose or origin.  
"
DOK Questioning Stategies
DOK Questioning Stategies
K. Townsend
This strategy is used to guide students towards asking higher level questions. During class student grab a stick from a jar of pre-made DOK 1,2, 3, and 4 level questions. As student progress through the lesson, student can use the prompts on the sticks to help guide their questioning. This technique is good for all ability levels.
Padlet Jigsaw
Padlet Jigsaw
D. Young
Students were given a topic to research and wrote a 20 second (5-7 sentence) summary script. After writing the script and practicing it, they then shared it with their partners, who had the same topic. 
The students then collaborated to write a new script which included both of their ideas and input.  The script was then loaded onto Padlet were all of the students could view their summary.
 
Each group of two had their own topics which  related to an overall topic.  The picture below shows student generated work relating to  this strategy.
Connect the Dots (SOS Strategy)
Connect the Dots (SOS Strategy)
K. Townsend
 Connect the Dots is a teaching strategy that provides a structure for students as they make text-to-self connections. Students use dots and lines to identify points that connect them to the topic of study. 
https://google.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/658496fb-008f-40c2-b53b-63679b982620 
EdPuzzle
EdPuzzle
J. Burdette
EdPuzzle is a great flipped classroom, virtual learning resources. This resource has direct links to Youtube, Khan Academy and other educational video sources. 

Site Resources: 
1. Unlimited Plays
2. No fast forward option
3. Shorten videos
4. Insert audio tracks 
5. Insert questions (multiple choice, short answer) for formative assessments during the video

Teacher Features: 
1. Class period profile pages 
2. Can share videos through email, Google Classroom 
3. Add due dates for videos 
4. Monitors the percentage of students who have completed assignment in each class period. 
FlipGrid
FlipGrid
D. Young
This app allows students to easily record a 1:30 second video. This tool can be used to help students summarize a concept or can be used as a culminating assessment. 
Commonlit.org
Commonlit.org
J. Allison
Resource for online articles by topics, grade level, lexile level, audio, and Spanish version.  Questions can be printed oranswered online.  Multiple choice, short answer, and discussion questions are used. there is also a scaffolding feature which requires students to read and correctly answer a comprehension question before moving forward.  Practice questions are completed before taking the graded quiz.  When taken online, data can be tracked by class and individual student.
Meme Generator
Meme Generator
C. Forrester
Meme Generator to show understanding of vocabular

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An all in one test, quiz, response, multiple choice, short answer APP.

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Resource for teaching students how to research

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A note taking  app.

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This app allows students to easily produce a mapping of  topic. This website is linked to Google Drive.

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Questioning Technique by Discovery Education

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Questioning Technique by Discovery Education

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Questions Formulation Technique Discovery Ed

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Blogging website without a login for students. Teachers can post questions without collecting student information.

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Google My Maps:  Farewell to Manzanar Kim Townsend

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Google My Maps:  Farewell to Manzanar Kim Townsend

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https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1MDlY5zgznWx_6qa9_eGdb2-sbRY&ll=29.66627761420686%2C-138.00785099999996&z=4

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Kim Townsend
Filling the Silence is a teaching strategy that requires students to draw conclusions about a video's message. Students watch a video without sound and are challenged to create a script to accompany all or part of it.

Grade(s) E

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Kim Townsend
Quick Writes is a teaching strategy that allows students to quickly formulate thoughts and ideas without worrying about the element of structure within the writing piece. After writing for a short time about their own learning, students can share, add to their information, and edit and compose a final piece.

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Both websites allow kids to create a story board or cartoon and pick and choose the characters and background.

Go to google and search for them. Great for vocabulary and allows kids to be in control.

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Make videos in minutes with Powtoon. Use our library of styles, characters, backgrounds and video, or upload your own! Free. Easy. Awesome. Sign up today!

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Activating Strategy - Multiple Perspective

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Activating Strategy - Multiple Perspective

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B. Simonetti
The strategy used helped students start up an unconventional conversation about how others see the world. In this activity, students were asked to look at a picture and to describe how the person might feel. Here is a snipping of the lesson:
"
During our South American unit, which includes the Amazon Rainforest, students were introduced to a group of indigenous people who are unaccustomed to the luxuries and technology of “civilized” society.  Students were asked to consider the viewpoint of the tribespeople in the picture above.  By examining the facial features of each tribesperson, students offered the following input in terms of emotions:

Surprise

Curiosity

Wonder

Fear

Uncertainty

Ultimately, classes agreed that the tribespeople, who were being filmed and photographed by a drone, were either unfamiliar with the technology hovering above them, or if they had seen it before, did not understand its purpose or origin.
"

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K. Townsend
This strategy is used to guide students towards asking higher level questions. During class student grab a stick from a jar of pre-made DOK 1,2, 3, and 4 level questions. As student progress through the lesson, student can use the prompts on the sticks to help guide their questioning. This technique is good for all ability levels.

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D. Young
Students were given a topic to research and wrote a 20 second (5-7 sentence) summary script. After writing the script and practicing it, they then shared it with their partners, who had the same topic.
The students then collaborated to write a new script which included both of their ideas and input.  The script was then loaded onto Padlet were all of the students could view their summary.

Each group of two had their own topics which related to an overall topic.  The picture below shows student generated work relating to this strategy.

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K. Townsend
Connect the Dots is a teaching strategy that provides a structure for students as they make text-to-self connections. Students use dots and lines to identify points that connect them to the topic of study.
https://google.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/658496fb-008f-40c2-b53b-63679b982620

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J. Burdette
EdPuzzle is a great flipped classroom, virtual learning resources. This resource has direct links to Youtube, Khan Academy and other educational video sources.

Site Resources:
1. Unlimited Plays
2. No fast forward option
3. Shorten videos
4. Insert audio tracks
5. Insert questions (multiple choice, short answer) for formative assessments during the video

Teacher Features:
1. Class period profile pages
2. Can share videos through email, Google Classroom
3. Add due dates for videos
4. Monitors the percentage of students who have completed assignment in each class period.

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D. Young
This app allows students to easily record a 1:30 second video. This tool can be used to help students summarize a concept or can be used as a culminating assessment.

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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J. Allison
Resource for online articles by topics, grade level, lexile level, audio, and Spanish version.  Questions can be printed oranswered online.  Multiple choice, short answer, and discussion questions are used. there is also a scaffolding feature which requires students to read and correctly answer a comprehension question before moving forward.  Practice questions are completed before taking the graded quiz.  When taken online, data can be tracked by class and individual student.

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