Thu, Jan 05, 2012 8:25 PM in Social Media for science educators
One of my co-workers has a blog for her students but it does not seem like many students actually use or visit the site. I have considered using a blog or a website, but it seems like it would be a lot of additional work. Do alot of students use your edmodo site? Do you think it has a positive impact on student learning? Thanks
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Thu, Jan 05, 2012 7:24 PM in Pre and Post assessments
Susanne,
I have tried the red, yellow, green cards and have not had a lot of success. Students are asked to work with their lab groups on practice questions. I explain how to use the cards - red means you can't do anything else without my immediate help, etc... I try to stress that need to ask each other for help, before putting the red card up. What usually happens however is that I will hav...
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Thu, Jan 05, 2012 7:16 PM in Pre and Post assessments
I don't usually have much success when I give students an actual pretest. Often times, I can tell students aren't even reading the questions and are just guessing. I almost feel like its a waste of time. Instead of getting students to start thinking about the next unit and buy into it, I just get lots of groaning and whining.
I usually have more success when I start a new unit with some ki...
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