OCCUE News
Happy New Year!
Hoping the year to come is filled with love, laughter, good health and happiness for you and your family! From the OCCUE Board
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Templates, Take Aways and Time Savers from the BEST of OC!
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Hands On Fun Activities! Interactive Lessons You Can Use Today!
For district purchase orders email Jorge Saucedo-Daniel at treasurer@occue.org
It's a Surprise! Do Not Open Until January 30!
Sparks are flying! It’s the excitement for a little OCCUE secret! With your registration for OCCUE's Magical Mystery TechFest you will receive a TOP SECRET delivery, only to be opened during the Magical Mystery TechFest opening celebration with Jon Corippo. Register by January 15, 2021 to receive your Mystery Box!
Has the Pandemic Ushered in New Norms in Education?
Less reliance on high-stakes testing and more emphasis on student choice could be here to stay.
Remember when you had growth spurts as a teenager and your joints hurt because you grew, like, four inches overnight? For schools, 2020 has been a bit like that. It hurts to grow sometimes, but it’s necessary. And, whether we’re ready or not, education is evolving.
Reflecting helps us process our growth. So as we wrap up this difficult year and look toward the next one... Click here to read more.
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How Simple Visual Cues Can Improve Your Teaching Materials
In a 2020 study, researchers demonstrated that annotating your instructional videos and slides can improve student retention.
File this study in your simple-but-effective strategies folder. When creating teaching materials like instructional videos or slides, a 2020 study concluded that adding annotations like arrows, text labels, or circles can provide "visual scaffolding" that clarifies your teaching priorities and guides student focus and attention. Students who were exposed to materials with visual cues outperformed students who saw the same materials without cues by about 9 percentage points. Click here to watch the video.