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Designing a STEAM project: Link to Sample Project Website

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Game-Based Learning: Sample High School Board Game Design

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  Design an Educational Game Template: Moreland University TEACH NOW Report template: Olivia Kapell Overview This is HOTEL CHELSEA. This game is for high school students to broaden and practice reading and writing skills, specifically within the area of 19th and 20th C American poetry. Each space has a poet’s name and is matched with a picture card. Follow the poet’s name to the Google Doc to see what comes next. First one to Hotel Chelsea wins.  Instructional Objective Bold words refer to IB curriculum goals  S (specific): Students develop individual and collaborative inquiry and research skills through guided historical research of 19th and 20th century American poetry. Students make connections between the interconnectedness of the reading and writing process.  M (Measurable): There is a clear beginning and ending point for the game. Students have flexibility with their reading and writing time depending on their curiosity and initiative . The teacher can monito...

Bilingual (Spanish/English) Sample Survey for Students: Getting to Know You

  Please tell me your name and age. Your answer What are your favorite things to do in and outside of school? * Your answer What is a typical day like for you after school? What are your responsibilities? * Your answer What devices do you have access to at home to get your work done? (examples: computer/iPad/cell phone, etc.) Does anyone else help you with your work? Your answer Tell me about any culture or religion that you identify with and that is important to you. Your answer What most excites you about your life? What frustrates or bothers you more than anything? Try to give one example of each. Your answer What do you need to have a positive experience with your teachers and classes? How would you describe your participation and interest in school? Your answer How confident do you feel about your reading and writing skills? List a few examples of books that you have read recently.

Bilingual (Spanish/English) Sample Survey for Teachers: Technology in the Classroom

What is your name and what age level do you teach? Where do you teach? / ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿En cuál(es) grado(s) van tus alumnos? ¿Dónde das clase? Your answer What type of technology do you use on a regular basis with your students? / ¿Qué tipo de tecnología usas con tus alumnos de manera regular?   Your answer How do you feel your students benefit from the use of technology? / En tu perspectiva, ¿cuál es el beneficio de la tecnología para tus alumnos? Your answer How does technology provide opportunities for connection in your classroom? Or, in what ways does it distance people? / ¿Cómo la tecnología crea oportunidades de conexión en tu salón? O, ¿en qué manera crea distancia entre las personas? Your answer How do you learn to use technological resources for your students? / ¿Cómo aprendes a usar recursos tecnológicos para tus alumnos? Your answer How does the institution you work for encourage the use of technology? / ¿En qué manera la institución en donde trabajas fomenta la tec...

Learning Environment Plan: Classroom Climate, Transitions, Communication & More

  Plan for Managing the Learning Environment Template: TEACH NOW Moreland University Olivia Kapell  Classroom Culture and Climate:  Write a reflection on what you think constitutes a positive classroom climate. List 3-5 strategies that you would like to try in your own classroom. The strategies should rely on professional learning communities and address the physical, social, and emotional needs of the whole child.  Classroom Culture and Climate Reflection: A collaborative vision created between students and teacher that establishes the norms that will create for a joyful, respectful and collaborative learning environment. Students have a clear path of knowing how to create a positive classroom culture through norms to know how to be and feel successful in the classroom. This is reinforced through giving students agency to decide what norms are part of their classroom climate, through positive reinforcement from the teacher, and through giving students choices and op...