I wanted to share a series of video tutorials that I am working on in case they might be helpful to you, personally, or useful to share out with colleagues at your school. I am creating these tutorials using Zaption. Why use Zaption? I can add elements to the videos to focus and engage the … Continue reading
One tool that I absolutely love using in my classroom is Pear Deck. I have found myself using the timer feature a lot this year. I typically use Pear Deck to do a quick warmup with my class. Using the timer feature is a great way for me to make sure that the warmup stays … Continue reading
How many students have the opportunity to take a variety of entrepreneurship courses in high school, culminating in a capstone project where students actually showcase their work in a Shark Tank-like competition with the hopes of winning the ultimate $10,000 prize to make their product a reality? I am super fortunate to work at a … Continue reading
I wanted to share a project that I recently posted on my school’s Technology Blog. I had the opportunity to work with one of our English teachers as her classes discussed the principle of existentialism. Pear Deck was introduced to allow students to begin rating the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement “I am … Continue reading
This was such a powerful session, particularly Buddy Berry’s talk. I could not capture the impact of some of these speakers in words. But for those of you who could not attend… Keynote notes storified here
I snatched up the opportunity to hear from Katrina Stevens in this session. Always awesome to have the chance to see her talk about the important, meaningful change she’s working to make happen! As we prepare our schools to be Future Ready, we need effective tools in our schools to support this work. Currently, many school leaders make decisions … Continue reading
This session was a panel discussion including speakers from: MyBlend (Michigan), Fuse RI (Rhode Island), Idaho Digital Learning Academy (Idaho) They described their program missions & visions, shared successes & next steps, and discussed things that are working & growing. Panel notes storified here…
A quick recap of the student panel from this morning is below… though obviously it’s impossible to capture these sorts of messages through notes! My format for the notes is the question asked by the moderator, followed by a #stuvoice tag and then their response. Enjoy! Each year, it is our great pleasure to provide … Continue reading
I’m very excited to be presenting at iNACOL with my colleague Maureen Martin, who teaches Health at our school. Maureen and I have been working together for the past year to incorporate tech tools into the online Health course that she teachers at our school to best enable her to personalize student learning and foster virtual … Continue reading
Einstein said: “It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with the problem longer” ~Briceño #growthmindset #inacol15 — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) November 9, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js #FixedMindset Feedback feels like attack (threat) -> defensive; #GrowthMindset Feedback feels conversational & an opp -> inspired #inacol15 — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) November 9, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “A … Continue reading
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