Tag: Teaching
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Keeping up with the conversation: Affinity mapping
The second strategy of a five-part post about discussion strategies. These five strategies will help students to improve small-group communication while also allowing them to synthesize important course content in large-group discussions. It is appropriate and fair to see setting up discussions as one of the most difficult instructional strategies in our lessons. The easiest…
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Keeping up with the conversation: The jigsaw
The first strategy of a five-part post about discussion strategies. These five strategies will help students to improve small-group communication while also allowing them to synthesize important course content in large-group discussions. It is appropriate and fair to see setting up discussions as one of the most difficult instructional strategies in our lessons. The easiest…
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How to elevate connections between students and their terms
Utilizing the Frayer Model provides unique chances to engage students with important vocabulary while formatively assessing their comprehension of reading and course concepts. One of the most common assumptions many of us make in our teaching is that students are on the same page as us when it comes to the terms we are using.…
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Using formative assessment to think in stairs, spirals, and scaffolds
Setting a foundation for thinking is essential for helping students build toward success. One of my favorite frameworks I learned in teaching school as an undergrad was the Zone of Proximal Development. It comes from educational theorist Lev Vygotsky’s (one of my most beloved thinkers) work in learning development, particularly his theory of sociocultural cognitive…
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How to shift point-focused reading assessments to engagement
Utilizing trivia and incentives provides a mix of enjoyment and encouragement for student learning. To begin, I am firmly against the way in which we frame grading and scoring currently. I think it is entirely unfair and unprofessional to tell students that nearly 60% of all of the potential graded outcome is labeled as “fail.”…
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Planning for reader success
Three strategies to improve student preparation for class you can use right now. Planning out readings for my courses is relatively easy. It takes time, but it isn’t a cumbersome process. I’ve learned that the why of what I assigned is reliant on me being explicit about the purpose of what I need students to…
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HTML code for LMS customization
Being able to provide students with a one-stop, organized page for daily lessons will increase their ability to perform successfully. It is about removing barriers and hidden curriculum that is often embedded in our course design and LMS functions. It also helps us as teachers to think about our thinking in a way that puts…
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SYLLABUS: Social Media for Social Change
What role do social media and social movements play in the pursuit of more just and equitable futures? UniversityThe University of Iowa | School of Journalism and Mass Communication Course Duration1 semester | 16 weeks Course Overview Individuals and groups use social media to organize, collaborate, and spread their messages to local and global audiences.…
Patrick R. Johnson, MJE 