Wolf Den Library
The Flipped Classroom Edition
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection
To increase student achievement, we must decide who owns the learning? Is it the teacher or the student? Students can influence other students to produce better quality assignments than teachers. The following are ways to help students become better learners:
- Teach students how to self grade
- Quality of teacher feedback to students (Inspire not Punish)
- Teach students how to ask questions
- Teach students how to fail
$1,000 Pencil
- Does it build capacity for critical thinking?
- Does the technology develop new lines of inquiry?
- Does it create opportunities to make student thinking visible?
- Doe it create authentic conversations?
- Does contribute or create purposeful work?
- Does it include the best examples in the world?
Need help answering yes to these questions? Check out some of these "1:to the World" Apps and websites.
EDX
Covering subjects ranging from mathematics to science, English and history, edX courses let students around the world prepare for AP coursework. Teachers can also use the new high school course materials to augment their classroom curriculum.
Wayback Machine
Prism
Verso
Using Verso to manage the workflow for Google Docs provides opportunities for students to think deeper. Verso’s peer anonymity and research-based workflows foster original thought from all students and nurture true collaboration, while leaving you in control.
WolframAlpha
Mathtrain.TV
Kaizena
Scratch.MIT.EDU
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.
JING
Google Search Operators
- Search for Specific File - "filtetype: pdf"
- Use quotations to search for an exact word - "romeo and juliet"
- Add a dash to exclude a word - "baseball -pitching"
- Specify alternative forms with OR - "literacy OR learning"
- Search within particular site - "site:www.loc.gov"
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