Online Teaching Instructional Strategies
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Online Teaching Instructional Strategies
1. Discussion Boards: Discussion boards would be used as an ongoing form of formative assessment to check students learning on a weekly basis. The discussions also help students to build communication skills and creates more of a community feeling that is often lost in a non face-toface contact situation. Lastly, the discussion board also allows students to give peer feedback and expand one another's learning by posting relevant comments and providing research based resources to back up their feedback. I would use these in an online setting to introduce new concepts and resources and have the students discuss how they can use the provided resources to help with instructional concepts introduced that week. 2. Instructional/Tutorial Videos: Khan Academy is a great free resource that has been released in the last few years to offer online tutorials on several different math concepts. The videos are very well made and created by experts in the field of mathematics. Each topic is broken down and covered by step-by-step tutorials including examples and extra resources if needed. Tutorial videos allow students to go back and watch the resource and many times as needed until they understand the concept that is being taught. 3. Group Projects: Projects allow students to work in a collaborative setting and share their knowledge with one another in order to better themselves. They also help to push students to be creative and think abstractly so as to create a project that is interesting for other students to watch when they have to present to the class. Projects allow students to work at their own pace as well, though it is important to set intermittent due dates so that students do not wait until the last minute to try to complete a large assignment. Lastly, projects are a great summative assessment because it allows students to show what they have learned throughout the semester and to create their own resources that they can keep for their future educational endeavors.
Wish List
1. http://www.studyisland.com/ Is a great resource that is based on individual state curriculum. The product offers lessons, practice, quizzes, and the ability to build assessments. The product can be purchased on an individual basis or by a school or school district. The website requires you to request a quote for pricing but it says that on average the cost is $3.70 per child to participate. 2. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/university/ Microsoft Office 365 for students offers word, PowerPoint, Excel, Note, Outlook, Publisher, and Access for 4 years for $79.99. Students having access to the same, most up to date resources will help during collaboration efforts so when data is exchanged all information is in the same format. Most students are already familiar with Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint and feel comfortable creating projects in these programs. 3. http://www.scribblar.com/index.cfm Scribblar is a great online resource to help math teachers be able to communicate and write mathematical problems for students to see and complete in real time. This tool helps to support online collaboration and create a community of learners. There are several pricing options from a basic model of the program which cost $9/month up to the most advanced premium model of the program which costs $39/ month depending on what the teachers needs in terms of class size and numbers of students they need to accommodate.
Multimedia Resources
1. https://www.youtube.com/ Youtube offers millions of free resources to use in the classroom. There are instructional videos as well as songs to help enhance any lesson. It is also great to use as an activator to show students real life examples of the concepts they will be learning in class. 2. http://www.teachertube.com/ Teacher tube is a great resource filled with instructional videos. The videos also come with a lesson or suggestions as
to how to incorporate the resource in the classroom which is helpful. Teacher tube is also great because the resources are trustworthy and you don't have to worry about inappropriate content popping up. 3. http://pbskids.org/ This website offers videos, games, and other interactive tools for all grade levels and content areas. The videos can help to introduce a new topic or reinforce something that has already been taught. There are also series of videos like cyberchasers where the stories and lesson build upon one another and students get to know the characters from the videos. 4. http://www.brainpop.com/ Brainpop does have free components but most of the multimedia is a paid resource. The website offers videos for subject including math, social studies, science, ELA, health, art, and engineering. After the videos there are options for interactive quizzes to access initial understanding of the topic from the video as well which is a great formative assessment to use in the classroom. 5. http://www.jumpstart.com/aboutus/aboutus This is a great resource for all 4 academic subjects in grades k-12. Some resources are free but the upper grade level resources are paid. The website offers videos as well as interactive games to teach concepts that students often struggle with.
1. Discussion Boards: Discussion boards would be used as an ongoing form of formative assessment to check students learning on a weekly basis. The discussions also help students to build communication skills and creates more of a community feeling that is often lost in a non face-toface contact situation. Lastly, the discussion board also allows students to give peer feedback and expand one another's learning by posting relevant comments and providing research based resources to back up their feedback. I would use these in an online setting to introduce new concepts and resources and have the students discuss how they can use the provided resources to help with instructional concepts introduced that week. 2. Instructional/Tutorial Videos: Khan Academy is a great free resource that has been released in the last few years to offer online tutorials on several different math concepts. The videos are very well made and created by experts in the field of mathematics. Each topic is broken down and covered by step-by-step tutorials including examples and extra resources if needed. Tutorial videos allow students to go back and watch the resource and many times as needed until they understand the concept that is being taught. 3. Group Projects: Projects allow students to work in a collaborative setting and share their knowledge with one another in order to better themselves. They also help to push students to be creative and think abstractly so as to create a project that is interesting for other students to watch when they have to present to the class. Projects allow students to work at their own pace as well, though it is important to set intermittent due dates so that students do not wait until the last minute to try to complete a large assignment. Lastly, projects are a great summative assessment because it allows students to show what they have learned throughout the semester and to create their own resources that they can keep for their future educational endeavors.
Wish List
1. http://www.studyisland.com/ Is a great resource that is based on individual state curriculum. The product offers lessons, practice, quizzes, and the ability to build assessments. The product can be purchased on an individual basis or by a school or school district. The website requires you to request a quote for pricing but it says that on average the cost is $3.70 per child to participate. 2. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/university/ Microsoft Office 365 for students offers word, PowerPoint, Excel, Note, Outlook, Publisher, and Access for 4 years for $79.99. Students having access to the same, most up to date resources will help during collaboration efforts so when data is exchanged all information is in the same format. Most students are already familiar with Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint and feel comfortable creating projects in these programs. 3. http://www.scribblar.com/index.cfm Scribblar is a great online resource to help math teachers be able to communicate and write mathematical problems for students to see and complete in real time. This tool helps to support online collaboration and create a community of learners. There are several pricing options from a basic model of the program which cost $9/month up to the most advanced premium model of the program which costs $39/ month depending on what the teachers needs in terms of class size and numbers of students they need to accommodate.
Multimedia Resources
1. https://www.youtube.com/ Youtube offers millions of free resources to use in the classroom. There are instructional videos as well as songs to help enhance any lesson. It is also great to use as an activator to show students real life examples of the concepts they will be learning in class. 2. http://www.teachertube.com/ Teacher tube is a great resource filled with instructional videos. The videos also come with a lesson or suggestions as
to how to incorporate the resource in the classroom which is helpful. Teacher tube is also great because the resources are trustworthy and you don't have to worry about inappropriate content popping up. 3. http://pbskids.org/ This website offers videos, games, and other interactive tools for all grade levels and content areas. The videos can help to introduce a new topic or reinforce something that has already been taught. There are also series of videos like cyberchasers where the stories and lesson build upon one another and students get to know the characters from the videos. 4. http://www.brainpop.com/ Brainpop does have free components but most of the multimedia is a paid resource. The website offers videos for subject including math, social studies, science, ELA, health, art, and engineering. After the videos there are options for interactive quizzes to access initial understanding of the topic from the video as well which is a great formative assessment to use in the classroom. 5. http://www.jumpstart.com/aboutus/aboutus This is a great resource for all 4 academic subjects in grades k-12. Some resources are free but the upper grade level resources are paid. The website offers videos as well as interactive games to teach concepts that students often struggle with.
