- Good tips here – “7 Simple Ways You Can Help Students Pay Attention in A Traditional Classroom” – https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/simple-ways-help-students-pay-attention/
- “What I Wish I Knew When I Started Doing Active Learning” – https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2018/01/15/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-doing-active-learning h/t Bronwen
- “The Power of I Don’t Know” - https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-power-of-i-dont-know/
- An interesting way to think about questions and answers in the classroom – “Help Kids Learn by Focusing on the Wrong Answers” - https://offspring.lifehacker.com/help-kids-learn-by-focusing-on-the-wrong-answers-1821882417
And a big cluster of tech stuff this month for no particular reason other than it’s a new year so why not try something new?
- A lot of us do this – but if you are on the fence – “Tuning Your Pedagogical Practice: Incorporate Digital and Social Technology” - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/tuning-your-pedagogical-practice-incorporate-digital-and-social-technology
- Every popping fresh thing out there at the moment – “The Ultimate List – 65 Digital Tools and Apps to Support Formative Assessment Practices” - https://www.nwea.org/blog/2018/the-ultimate-list-65-digital-tools-and-apps-to-support-formative-assessment-practices/
- “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018” – https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-tech-tools-2018/ - #5 could be used in a way similar to one of our Journal Club+Instruction Exchange readings (Learning IL through Drawing - http://iu.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=31366187) and #6 looks cool just for our own presentations we create