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Question: What creative strategies do you use to implement the NGPF Lessons & Student Activity Packets?
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Add to Canvas/LMS to provide feedback
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I chunk the lessons up. We watch videos together and then they will answer. Or we look at charts/graphs and discuss.
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I like to take the activities and let the students pick 2 of 3. They feel empowered with the choice
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I will jigsaw activities so that each group does something different and then they share out the learning points
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Pull the objectives and they become my DLTs and then I use the lesson guide to pace myself. Nearpods used weekly but I pull the external activities and then we do them after we complete the Nearpods
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Nearpod! I ditched the packets and only use nearpod
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I look over the student activity guide and add or delete based on what we have already covered. I post it in Google Classroom and then I always have an "activity" that we do either together or in groups like FINE PRINT OR MOVE OR COMPARE.
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I have students watch videos the night before for homework on edpuzzle and we dive in from there.
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I picked the essential and highlights of each lesson plan and use choice board or stations for groups of kids to do different
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I used the lesson plan to figure out how I want to present and what activities I would like to do in class.
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I create a student interest survey and create individual packets to meet their needs.
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Activity Packet Questions translate to Google Slides (PearDeck or NearPod) interactive polling to increase engagement and decrease paper.
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I try to mix things up-sometimes using Nearpod lessons, sometimes whole group watching and discussing videos/articles, sometimes putting the kids into groups.
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Never give them a packet! I pull out one piece at most to complete on paper. Work on the rest of the lesson in more interactive ways...
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I like to just take the lesson and decide what part works best with how I teach. I like to start with a hook and them us the parts of the leson that fotmy style and timefrme
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I reorganize as a student notes sheet or I use the lesson plan as my guide to guide students
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I pull the lesson plans into parts and then put it back together is a way that works best for my class. I can better manage what the kids are doing this way.
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Amanda inspired the stations activities that I did and its a big hit!!!
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I would recommend to newbies to participate in the PD because the presenters do such a great job modeling everything from zoom to Nearpod to the activities
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I recreate the packets/nearpods/forms. Often I copy the articles onto documents from sites so that the ads/or firewalls on our network don't interfere. I usually don't do the videos on YouTube because the answers are in the comments.
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I go through the lesson plans and pick and choose which things I think the students will engage with and understand. I often don't use the whole lesson plan, but parts of it that fit with the ciriculum I already have established.
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I design my own Nearpods using the SAP as the slide deck, but make them interactive with videos and all of the tools that Nearpod has.
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Use the lessons as a framework then use interactive strategies to engage students
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Embed the student activity packets within my LMS and work on them a little at a time over the course of a few days.
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Preload all the resources (videos, infographics, etc.) into a slideshow so it is a seamless transition and we can go farther if needed for the day.
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Use variety! At times have the individual students complete a lesson, other times complete it as a small group. Students love stations (Amanda's PD is great!). I find that the resources NGPF provides serve as a starting point for GREAT discussions!
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I break up the Student Activity Packet and break it up into separate Google Classroom activities.
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Read, edit, and modify it to my class needs. Take the parts I like and disregard those that are not applicable.
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Choice Boards - alongside creative projects - as a way for students to do "research" on a topic (formative grade for the NGPF activity) before creating something as a summative.
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Use lessons as whole-group instruction (initially) then transition over to group work (for students with exceptionalities), finally, have students complete a portion independently (checking for understanding)
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Align a CTSO event to the lesson.
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google sites using modern classroom approach for each unit with must do, should do, and aspire to do
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Google Forms, put resources into Wakelet collections
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Instead of using a printed activity packet, I usually use it as a structural blue print for my Nearpod and then mix up the questions to be some discussion, some written response on either a collab board, poll, or open response questions.
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To help get the lessons out --- I use the nearpods as self-paced items so that it is kind of the flipped classroom. We usually start with the first one in the series and do them together and then I have suggested due dates.
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Vary with Nearpods and the activity packets. Cut them downs and don’t do too many days the same way.
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The unit plan is my starting point for unit planning. I select the most relevant items from that plan, add at least one "activity" (usually MOVE or an interactive of some sort), select relevant QoDs for the unit, modify the NearPods, and start.
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