Design and Feedback – Final Project for Course 3

I chose option number 2 because I had already created a unit plan for my last project and I wanted something different.  I’ve been thinking more and more about presenting at conferences and thought this would be a great time to gain some experience in planning professional development.  Our group agreed we were very influenced…

Using Flipgrid as a Conduit for Deeper Thinking

This week we read Cycle of Socialization and collaborated with our peers with the text rendering protocol.  We created videos on Flipgrid with a word, phrase, and sentence from our readings and then we followed up by watching a few of our cohort’s video and gave our understanding of the text based on the words,…

Design a Powerpoint Upgrade

Before The parents association at my school asked if I could do a presentation on using Seesaw.  Seesaw is the online journal application that we’re using for student’s digital portfolios as well as way to communicate with parents. The association invited parents to come for a coffee morning where I could present in a smaller…

A Design with Parents in Mind

It took a long time for me to create this infographic because 1) I am a slight perfectionist and sometimes get lost in the black holes of details and 2) I really wanted it to be something that would be useful in my work.  I could easily have picked something like learner profiles that would…

Collaboration over Competition

My first lesson of the year is always a lesson on reviewing the “rules” of using an iPad to the K-2 students.  This year, I created a kahoots game to review the rules.  The kids loved playing the game but had a hard time signing in and were getting upset over getting the wrong answers…

Blog Design 2.0

Basic and Boring One Blogger’s Attempt at Reflecting and Redesigning I know, I know, you don’t have to tell me.  My first blog was an example of the two B’s: basic and boring.  I guess if I want to be kinder to myself, it could be seen as plain and simple. If I was a…