Student teacher feedback

For those that host student teachers, here's a tip that has worked really well for us:

Have your student teacher create all lesson plans in a Google doc that is shared with the cooperating teacher and also with the supervising university professor.  During the lesson, the GBN teacher can make notes in the Google doc as the lesson is happening. Not only is this a great way to provide feedback to your student teacher, but the university can also see what types of opportunities your student teacher is getting, how it is going, and what type of feedback you are providing.   This really helps to facilitate the cooperation between GBN and the colleges/universities that send us student teachers. And, at the end of the student teaching assignment, the student will have a comprehensive list of all of the lessons that they taught, with your feedback to help them tweak their lessons in the future.

contributed by Mr. Davidson

Kahoot - quizzes on your screen and their phones

I like Kahoot to review for a test or quiz.   It is class activity where everyone signs in that they compete against each other.  The most right answers in the shortest time wins.  https://getkahoot.com/

contributed by Ms. Reed

Instant feedback in class via phone or computer

Great for getting quick feedback on presentations, etc.

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Instant feedback on presentations

Present something in a computer lab.  Have your audience ask questions or post comments as you go.  Remind them to keep it clean.

http://todaysmeet.com/

Simple voice recording - on the web

On this site, you can record your voice.  It saves it and you can email it to others.  Perhaps explaining to your students specifically want you want them to do on a project.

http://www.vocaroo.com

Using a student document as the answer key

When we do worksheets on the computer, I like to tell the students that we will use one of theirs as the answer key. They tend to really try to be that first person to get it done and all correct.   When all are done, we go over it as a class and project it on the screen.  If the "key" person makes a mistake, I fix it as a teacher and make it sound like it was no big deal to make that mistake.  Everyone else has to fix theirs as we go over it, but the key person does not have to, since I am doing it on the screen for them.  Works well in Accounting and other classes.

Prezi - a much better way to make a presentation

A prezi is a way to make a presentation like PowerPoint, but the images and words fly in and out of the screen.

Here is an example my daughter made.
http://prezi.com/xwzgcs9zurzk/mary-rose-favs/

http://www.prezi.com

Do a screencast for free

If you want to record how to do something on your computer, you can record it to show it to others at www.screenr.com

It allows up to five minutes of recording.  It works great.  Here is an example.
http://www.screenr.com/R5O8

Good to use if someone is absent, too.