Terry's Tech Tips

Storms the past two weeks have really impacted our schedule!  This blog post should interest you if you want to gain more time in class for important student learning! Buy Back Class Time: Do you have a process that indirectly impacts student learning but takes precious class time to show students?   (Installing an app, extension, or using a website specific to your class?)  Do you have a particularly difficult topic requiring extra support or explanation?    Consider recording your screen while modeling the process or explaining the topic using a Chrome extension called Screencastify !  (Note that QuickTime Player also has screen recording options.) Once you have created your video, you can assign it as homework, saving class time you would have spent modeling the process or clarifying the difficult concept to your students. Using my laptop, I made the screen recording below demonstrating how to add the Screencastify extension to Chrome.   T...

In my last post, I shared research about the importance of Retrieval Practice (recalling facts, concepts or events from memory) in learning.  Many of us use digital tools like Kahoot! and Quizlet, which provide students this important Retrieval Practice.  Quizizz offers the same Retrieval Practice opportunities, but with some substantial extra benefits! (New tools are introduced at an unprecedented pace.  I could write a blog post every day about a new tool!  Please know that when I recommend a new tool, I feel the tool offers enough additional features and functionality to justify your time to think about using it!) What features does Quizizz offer? Like Kahoot! and Quizlet, Quizizz can be used in the classroom and provides a 'game' competition experience for students.  The 'game' experience has proved very popular with students and can help increase student engagement with your content. Student Paced In class, students can wo...