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Single Point Rubric for setting clear expectations and quick formative feedback.

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One idea to consolidate assessments is to use a portfolio (similar to learning conference) to collect evidence of learning. This could be collated in seesaw/OneNote/ppt etc. which helps ease stress of deadlines and students can receive regular in time feedback.

1. Set up a portfolio for your class in the chosen platform. Create folders for each of the criteria so students can populate them with evidence.

2. Students take ownership of what is being assessed and how they present their learning by choosing what they put in each of the criteria folders.

3. There are check points scheduled throughout the semester/unit/project etc. in the form of written feedback based on what is in their portfolio at that time. (This would be put into Managebac and based on the criteria)

4. Teachers design/facilitate learning experiences for students and then use class time to check in directly with. each student to give formative feedback. (this also helps to ensure students are keeping their portfolio up to date) if you have a co-teacher they could also check in with students.

5. By the end of the unit, students should have enough evidence in their portfolio to meet each of the criteria. E.g. Criteria D has evidence of use of interpersonal skills to satisfy Di that can then be assessed and entered into Managebac with a grade if needed.

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Sara G. Quizlet LIVE (we are all language teachers) 

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Sara G. Quizlet LIVE (we are all language teachers) 

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Begin each unit with the vital new words/terms/vocab. Make it engaging and enhance with a dash of competition!

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Breakout rooms in Teams- Dina

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How to use Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms

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Great free screencast video feedback tool: https://www.loom.com/

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PK

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Powerpoint slide to start class with specific instructions and supplies needed for class, including brain teaser to activate.
-Cindy

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Use peer feedback for assessments and project proposals. Students have to justify their grades by grading themselves, then peers will grade as well.

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Agenda: Make plans and goals for the online class clear from the start (on a powerpoint slide, for example)

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Quick Writes

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Many procedures and very few rules - rehearse the routines often as kids tend to forget

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Build portfolio through seesaw activities throughout unit - not a 'new' summative

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Build portfolio through seesaw activities throughout unit - not a 'new' summative

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Using student assessments to inform future lessons and celebrate learning, for practical sessions. E.g. students creating workout fitness videos for a summative assessment. Gives more meaning to an authentic assessment as a purposeful doer.

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Allow a student or a group of students to model how to complete an activity

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Erin Garcia

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Crafting a collaborative learning environment with Class Teams

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Microsoft Class Teams enables teachers to collaborate with students while seamlessly integrating assignments, assessments, and applications directly into the Team

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Have students assess each others work using the criteria and link with the impacts of learning

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Written with assistance from Andrea
Getting Teams up and running for the first time for Home-based Learning can be rather daunting so this is a quick guide to get the essential functions setup:

1. Installation and launch

2. Creating a team

3. [Prior to lesson] Useful tools to setup (Invision Whiteboard, Onenote)

4. [Prior to lesson] Priming your students

5. Starting a video call

6. Checklist during the call (Muting students, sharing screen)

7. Taking attendance

8. [Post lesson] Feedback, checks for understanding

1 Installation

Please refer to the following video to install and launch Microsoft Teams:

Video to demonstrate download and launch of Microsoft Teams (for Mac users)

For windows users, the process is similar - download, install and launch the app from your applications menu (you can also type "Microsoft Teams" in your search bar and pin it to your taskbar for quick access thereafter).

2 Creating a team

To create a team for your class, click on "Teams" in the left sidebar followed by "Create a team"

3 [Prior to Lesson] Other useful tools to setup

I personally found the following useful:

Creating a class notebook (OneNote) - this creates a digital notebook for every student that you can customize, useful as a check for understanding

Creating assignments - students can submit assignments to you online and MS Teams gives you an overview of who has submitted and who has not (deadlines can be set to limit submissions)

How to create assignments in MS Teams

If you have a tablet, InVision whiteboard will be a useful companion:

How to setup and use freehand by Invision (whiteboard equivalent)

Confirming that your students were added to the respective class groups

Reminding students that they should keep their distance learning environment free of distractions

Muting themselves during the call

Whilst the MS Whiteboard is prone to crashing, Freehand by Invision is relatively stable in comparison (tested with 20 users on 2 occasions). You can also use the screen share function to have a whiteboard open while displaying your slides on the side.

4 [Prior to Lesson] Priming your students

Apart from the technical aspects of setting up, it may also be worthwhile to prime the students to adapt to the virtual environment.

This includes but is not limited to:

Connect a headset with microphone - the one bundled with your handphone should suffice, this will help to make your voice clearer

"Mic test/ can you hear me" - check that audio is transmitted from your end

Use a wired internet connection/LAN cable as far as possible - this should increase internet speed and make it more stable so there is less disruption from an unstable network

If your network is slow/you suspect your students have slow internet, recommend your students to turn off video.

Mute your students to minimize background noise. It gets exponentially noisier with ambient sound from every user

Check the chat function occasionally to note student queries (this is our only way to 'see' and respond to them if they are muted)

Ensure that you are sharing the right screen - reducing open windows typically helps; using split-screen functions can help achieve a classroom-like effect

The full list and a guide for students can be found here

5 Starting a "meeting" (video call)

At the bottom of your screen, click on the video camera icon to start a video call:

Video by Kevin Stratvert that I came across on YouTube.

6 Checklist during the call

7 Taking Attendance

Taking attendance is always one of those tedious tasks that every teacher faces. It may seem especially tedious to do online since students may come late or enter midway and it becomes difficult to track.

Consider using class notebooks and the "assignments" tab as a way to check if students managed to follow the lesson

Administer polls using bots like Polly or just the General chat function to get feedback from students on the conduct of the lesson

Explore other integrated apps on MS teams that you can include to facilitate the conduct of your classes! Among which I enjoy Polly (creating polls), Lucidchart (creating flowcharts, user journeys), Trello (task management)

However, the following tutorial how it can be done with relative ease:

You can skip to 1:27 to understand how it is done.

Essentially, you need to create a calendar event in order to get this tracking feature:

8 [Post Lesson] Feedback, Checks for Understanding

All the best with preparation for home-based learning!

If you enjoyed this article, you may also like to read my personal take on educational technology

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3-2-1 Activity
2 wishes and a star
Reflection tasks to wrap up the lesson

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Visible Thinking...I think I see I wonder

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Especially useful in project based learning. Have a place / time for students to share something they tried that didn't work. Classmates can offer suggestions and feedback, similar struggles, etc.

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Everything is a SeeSaw Activity. So easy to quickly visually assess who has missing work or who may be needing re-engagment

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Jane - Checking for understanding -Take the pulse...how are we feeling?

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Jane - Checking for understanding -Take the pulse...how are we feeling?

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Warm-up, Motive Questions, Icebreakers etc. to start the lesson

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I set up students' names in 5x5 grid, add colours and symbols etc and then display it visually. Then when I need groupings for the day or for discussions, I just say, get into your row groups, column groups, colour groups, symbol groups etc.

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Wakelet.com is a fantastic resource for creating student portfolios for PBL or research.

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Gamesters handbook
Games for devising
Contact me for resources that I can email or are in school.

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Erin Garcia

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Begin class with an image, and have students conduct a See,Think, Wonder thinking routine about the image to engage their thinking before you begin teaching. Here are details for See, Think, Wonder. https://pz.harvard.edu/resources/see-think-wonder

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Screen recording now in Microsoft Stream - new feature (Katie Petch) 

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Screen recording now in Microsoft Stream - new feature (Katie Petch) 

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How to screen record in Microsoft Stream

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Spoken feedback quicker than written  - use seesaw for this 

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Spoken feedback quicker than written  - use seesaw for this 

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Movement with some classes but not all classes- after lunch and early morning movement helps so mix it up and do not do one size fits all

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If you have a co-teacher or TA with you, collaborate and use each other's strengths: divide and conquer! (Karl)

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Quizlet Live fosters collaboration. Malcolm McQueen

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Modeling and showing explicit examples of what is expected for them to do
Using thinking routines consistently
Allowing students to think, talk and discuss in their native language first without the limitation of the second language
Encouraging multiple questions from students and modeling how to formulate high order questions.

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Polls and Questions within Stream Videos

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Polls and Questions within Stream Videos

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Starting lesson ....bring focus and attention. Calming breath...Being Present and ready to process new information. Jane

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Students survey or self-introduction poster to know and understand each other better

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Online Jeopardy Game - great for reviewing material https://jeopardylabs.com/

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Get students involved in showing parents their work on Seesaw, interviewing family members around course content topics 

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Get students involved in showing parents their work on Seesaw, interviewing family members around course content topics 

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Garrett Kids create Videos of the process with periodic check ins for feedback that culminate in a final model/video/presentation/"thing"

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Student self assessment

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Showbie allows teachers to give spoken feedback on assessments on all platforms. This is a great tool for giving feedback on specific strengths and areas of improvement for an essay. Watch this video for more information.

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Flipgrid can be used for students to present their video and other presentations. Their peers can also comment on it if the setting is visible to other people.

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Phil
http://improvencyclopedia.org/
Massive compendium of games for all purposes.

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When starting a new topic. Put students in groups and give them a specific area to research. As that group gains knowledge they will get opportunities to teach others what they have learned. Like creating student experts who share their knowledge

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Live written or oral feedback where and when possible

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Following up on tasks/activities/formative assessment, using a group zoom generic feedback to save time on writing feedback but so the students feel they have had meaningful feedback to pick up on key themes - works well with portfolio work towards a project. Any more worrying 'off task' responses can be picked up with individuals - one to one sessions with students to steer them in the right direction.

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Making a direct connection between the class topic and real life, through lots of examples (homemade stuff, hands-on daily activities) right at the start of the unit - Placide

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Picture Prompts for conversation (concept cartoons)

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Picture Prompts for conversation (concept cartoons)

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Create interactive videos for your students! A good tool for flipped classrooms.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Creat routines for both the start of the class and the end of the class.

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Creat routines for both the start of the class and the end of the class.

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Relationship- Building confidence, connection and trust!

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Relationship- Building confidence, connection and trust!

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Jane

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Fiona

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I am trying to make assessment in art more transparent, and this year more observational leaving more time for making art. This bookmark will be tied in the spiral of their sketchbooks and can be placed on each page so that students can self check if they think they have covered everything.

Barbara