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3 Engaging Uses of Open Response Questioning

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

One of our favorite features is Quick Question – Short Answer. With a few quick clicks, you can use short answer to ask a question, then gather, visualize and discuss a whole class’ open responses. You could even have students vote on the responses! Here are some ideas to get started. 1. Gather Student Questions…

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4 Fun and Reflective Activities to End the School Year!

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

The end of the school year is filled with mixed emotions: excitement for the impending freedom of summer, and sadness about the culmination of a great class and a great year. Use these final school days to connect with your classroom in fresh ways, and reflect on the school year behind you in order to…

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Helping Students Explore Ideas and Make a Stance – Compass Points

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

Light Bulb Thinking Routines are a constant source of interest and excitement as I explore Socrative use cases. In this particular occasion, I was seeking a routine to help students evaluate current events, political decisions, and school policies. How could we structure a way to help students explore the topic and then eventually formulate arguments…

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Students as Teachers – Designers of Weekly Activities

| Instructional content | by Dan Rose

Start this month by discussing with students your ‘Do Now’ questions and make explicit your daily goals. Shift the responsibility to your students while supporting them as they create the check-in activity. Goals Help start class with an engaging activity. empower students to design, evaluate and reflect about a student check-in activity. foster a more…

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Making Thinking Visible – Headlines Routine

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

Project Zero, an educational research group at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, has been working to enhance student learning, thinking and creativity since the 1960s. Founded by the philosopher Nelson Goodman, it’s impacted global education and been guided by such education luminaries as Howard Gardner and David Perkins. Utilizing its core concepts and adding a…

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Evidential Reasoning: Visible Thinking Routine

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

As you know, Socrative is a tool that reports what your students know. However, did you know that Socrative can also provide information on how your students are thinking? For example, after a science lesson, a teacher may use a Socrative quiz to ask, “Will a penny, with a density of 2g/ml float in water?”…

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Play Guess Who – Building Relationships

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

A good classroom dynamic is key to a successful teaching environment. When students get to know each other in fun ways, it can help create an atmosphere where students engage and learn with each other based on deeper personal connections. During the first weeks of school, Ms. Washington uses “Guess Who?” quiz, using Socrative’s Short…

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Sharalike – Capture and Share Classroom Moments

| Instructional content | by Dan Rose

It’s nearly summer and now is the perfect time to capture those final moments of your school year: field trips, student presentations, field days, recitals, etc. Our friends at sharalike have built an awesome photo sharing app! They’re the next generation of online slideshow creation — designed as a free, fun and simple way to…

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Week 1 Activity – Help Students Learn About Their School

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

There are always lots of new things to remember at the start of a new school year – changes in classrooms, in rules, in school staff. Both teachers and students need to get familiar with these changes fast. To help students get familiar with what’s new, consider starting the year with a multiple choice Socrative…

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Just in Time! Thinking Routines Templates: Choose Your Own Adventure

| Ed-Tech | by Dan Rose

While putting the final touches on a lesson plan, I was struck with a decision about the class-ending activity. I know students will have questions and concerns about the readings and projects. I wanted the freedom and flexibility to choose the culminating activity in the moment. What could I do? I imported all 3 thinking…

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