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lab rotation is what most of our elementary sites in Livermore use.
Positive- student engagement/excitement to dive in
Positive - preparing students to use equipment properly for future success
Lab rotation does not necessarily improve student/teacher contact time
Sometimes the kids teach you! Is that a positive? ;)
Challenges - lack of knowledge of technologies by teachers, which stems fear of using technology
positive: preparing students for the technical world
fyi for lab rotation--classrooms do not have sufficient computer/technology for access for all students.
Challenges: Making sure teachers are using it as a way to guide learning & to improve instruction not just for play
Students were engaged in many different types of activities
Would take awhile and some directed teaching to get the students to that point of independence.
Challenge - getting students to the independence level where the teacher is able to "work the room" or run a small group.
Rotation would necessitate good collaboration among the grade level or content area.
Criteria from Today’s Meet:
accessibility
Differentiates depending on student responses. No pop ups. Is the info accurate.
Are the results of the assessment easy for teacher to see. Feedback to students? Wide range of tools.
Criteria: Interest, meets your goals, has been vetted, teacher sets up their own evaluation, works within your infrastructure
Criteria: alignment with district priorities/ resources; individual learning needs/ modes of students; adaptation for student; cost; comfort
accesibility, easy to use/navigate, stability of program, references (people have used it and have had good results), affordibility,engaging
Opportunities for collaboration
can provide formative assessment information
Good for all grades
Tools shared via Today’s Meet:
AgentPiggy looks awesome to support developing financial literacy
chalkschools.com could work great for both parents and teachers to stay organized and not lose signed paperwork
https://www.forallrubrics.com/
Gradecam is a great app for quick and dirty data.
classdojo.com is an excellent free tool for classroom management.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/iread/ looks like a good product for foundational skills and provides of data-costs $
http://www.touchableearth.com/
Toontastic seems like a great app for students to organize their ideas for digital storytelling.
https://www.forallrubrics.com/ Create rubrics on iPads/tablets/phones - collect data offline - compute scores auto - print or save as PDF
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