Today, I stumbled upon an awesome new tool on Schoology's public resource page...Quizizz! Quizizz, a gamified student response system, is fun to say and even more fun to play! Teachers simply access the Quizizz website, make a FREE account, and create their review game. Quizizz provides the teacher with a split screen during the creation process, which I find extremely helpful. I'm able ... Read More about How to Create Review Games with Quizizz
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Why I Use Remind to Connect with My Students
As I sit at my kitchen table, writing to you the night before yet another snow day, I feel like I need to gush about an amazing tool. Remind! I haven't written about Remind for quite some time, and that's because I honestly haven't needed to use it that much. When I need to communicate with my students, I typically just send them an email. If we are at school, most of my students have a ... Read More about Why I Use Remind to Connect with My Students
Awesome Supplemental Government Videos!
Finally! A Crash Course US Government and Politics channel! I am so excited!! I briefly introduced a video from this channel to my students last week as a background video for one of our Kahoot review games (if you haven't checked out Kahoot, seriously do that!). While this channel is new and not full of videos just yet, I think Crash Course US Government and Politics will be an ... Read More about Awesome Supplemental Government Videos!
6 Tech Based Review Activities to Try with Your Students
I'm beginning to wind down my first unit of second semester, and am looking for various ways to encourage students to review the material for their quiz. The first part of the Legislative Branch unit is very vocabulary intensive...vocabulary with which students are largely unfamiliar. I've been searching for different techy review games to play with my students. Review games that will ... Read More about 6 Tech Based Review Activities to Try with Your Students
Using Padlet to Teach the Filibuster in my Flipped Classroom
Every year, when I teach the Legislative Branch, I feel like I discuss the filibuster the same exact way. Yes, the filibuster is a stalling tactic. Yes, this option is only available in the Senate. Yes, you can end a filibuster with a vote for cloture, which requires 3/5 of the members present to agree its time to vote on the bill. Yes, Strom Thurmond forever carved his name into the history ... Read More about Using Padlet to Teach the Filibuster in my Flipped Classroom
