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OTF Connects May 28 : Going Global In Your Classroom
In this session, teaches will discover free tools that enable collaboration on a global scale, explore online sites and spaces where educators can find others to connect with and gain an understanding of the power of collaborating globally with other educators/students. You will hear some specific examples of lessons and ideas and take away resources …
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OTF Connects May 24 : Creating, Making, Exploring: Using Digital Breakout Rooms to Encourage Global Competencies
This webinar will allow teachers the chance to see and create digital breakout rooms (think of the escape rooms that you’ve visited but online) that can be combined with a multitude of curriculum. These interactive and collaborative breakout rooms will empower students to be creators, deep thinkers, and to challenge their creative juices, while accessing …
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OTF Connects May 23 : And the Winner Is_Using Math Games in the Classroom
It is not very often we hear, “I love math” in school but that is the response educators are looking for. Math should be a place of wonder and excitement. Students should want to see connections, patterns and get excited about numbers. This session takes a look at how we, as teachers, can harness the …
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Using Online Tools To Capture Student Learning -May 22, 2018
Online tools offer educators an opportunity to engage students while capturing their learning, going beyond the traditional evaluation of products and enabling conversations and observations to provide a more complete vision regarding what individual students know and how they can demonstrate their learning. In this session teachers will be introduced to a variety of (free) …
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OTF Connects May 14 : Implications of Technology – Part 3: Finding Balance
NOTE: This session is one of a three-part series discussing technology and its implications for education and personal wellness. Drawn by ‘likes’, ‘faves’, and ‘follows’ from their online connections, it is all too common for modern learners to be distracted by the lure social media. For ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO), young people today are …