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Battle Questions
This formative assessment strategy from BetterLesson enables students to demonstrate mastery in a fun and authentic way.
Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Virtual scavenger hunts are a way for students to engage and move around while learning remotely.
Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Process
When designing change, teams regularly pause and reflect on how equity is embedded in their change processes.
Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Solution
When designing change, teams should regularly pause to reflect on whether equity has been embedded in their process and whether their planned change will lead to more equitable outcomes.
Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Pilot
When designing change, teams regularly step back to reflect on whether equity has been embedded in their process and to validate whether the planned change leads to more equitable results, especially before scaling any planned change.
Using Jamboard to Bucket Ideas
One way to use Jamboard to take collaborative conversations deeper after brainstorming ideas is to take those ideas and bucket them based on topic, commonalities, themes, or other relevant categories. The act of “bucketing” can be done virtually by...
Video Pairing
When students are watching a video, adding activities like interactive handouts, reflection questions, and checks for understanding makes the learning more active.
Digital Demonstrations
Students can demonstrate their learning by sharing work products remotely, like videos, documents, and pictures, where they illustrate or apply what they have learned easily – regardless of their physical location.
Actively Engaging
Choice and agency Self-directed learning Authentic inquiry and application Knowledge activation and reflection
Quarterly, Cross-Subject "Big Idea" Inquiry Projects
Colorado Springs School District 11 developed a teacher-led planning process for quarterly, cross-subject "big idea" arcs where students worked through six phases of learning with built-in reflection, culminating in a performance assessment.
3rd - 5th Grade Weekly Virtual Learning Plan Template
Template for a weekly virtual learning plan, which includes weekly goals, reflections, and a list of activities to be completed.