Rita Pak's teachnology blog
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What a fantastic little experiment in Personalized learning. My idea: Why I did it: Tired of boring test style summatives (although IB demands it) Want to bring real-world connections to Ecology unit Trying to find ways to get students to read Science journal/news articles What I did: Students select from a list of >100 articles … Continue reading “Reflecting on my action plan”
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After finishing the Biology Roundtables & sharing some very positive feedback with the class. I decided we need to document our achievement in some way. Our group decided to create a photo essay to summarize our top suggestions on creating a better tomorrow. I am hoping to post this essay in our hallway so students … Continue reading “Next steps”
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This week I conducted the Bio Roundtable discussions in place of a traditional Ecology test. So far I’ve sat in on 4 hours of discussion and it has been a great experience. Students are engaged and I’ve heard talk of bio topics spill out into the hall, which is always a great sign. For this … Continue reading “Update – Biology Roundtable success”
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During our F2F I wanted to learn more about personalizing my lessons, and felt really conflicted. How do I personalize the educational experience for my students in a completely impersonal program! The IB Diploma program requires students to write a final exam worth 74% of the student’s final grade, hence traditionally in my Bio class, all final … Continue reading “Personalized Learning: Round table discussions in Biology, a new summative project”
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One thing I never thought too much about was my own Digital Footprint. After reading about Amanda Todd and the tragic consequence of teens not understanding the power of their online presence, it has really been on my mind. I think it is imperative that we bring these topics to the forefront of our lessons … Continue reading “2nd F2F meeting – Digital Footprint”
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This week has been crazy. Actually this school year has been crazy. I was looking through my plans and realized I did not have anything planned today for my review class. Instead of looking for review questions, I simply Googled “Genetics Jeopardy” thinking I would get a few templates to work on. I stumbled upon … Continue reading “On the go… last minute lesson idea”
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I was trying to think of a good first post, and instead of researching something else that I can do in my class, I thought, why not share something I already do? In a word, Linkwad This little add-on for Firefox (I have contacted the creator and they may be working on a Chrome version … Continue reading “Favorite Add-on in Firefox – Linkwad”
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Just starting this blog with some musings on ways to improve my teaching. Looking forward to this new project with Cohort21 Learned a lot of fun practical tool that I’ll try next week –> Understoodit