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Let Students Show You new ways to Teach 

3/25/2015

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You work really hard on creating great lessons. But are you open to student suggestions? That's how Ms. Callahan found out about Desmos.
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Her lesson, designed by her and adapted by students is a great  example of interdisciplinary project based learning and authentic assessment that integrates student choice and technology?

Check out this video of Ms. Callahan's class today:  Students were able to draw or use Desmos for their culminating quarterly Math 2 project.  Desmos can be useful tool for 1:1 with Chromebooks or as an iPad app.  Notice how engaged students are when the project is theirs. Ms. Callahan allowed students choice in what to create with their math and even in whether or not they used tech at all. 

She also was open, as we 21st century teachers must be, to students introducing a tech tool to the class and then helping each other master it. She became the guide on the side providing instructions, advice, helping research, and guiding and encouraging learning as needed.

Thank you Mrs. Callahan and students for letting me show off your great work.

No time for the three and a half minute video below? Check out this one minute trailer:
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