May's Snow and Rain
Three poems written in the verse of vortex of a frozen May of Covid Quarintine #clmooc #poemsofpresence
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History of CLMOOC in Verse
A collection of poems butchering the #clmooc history as bad as the #poetry
Greg McVerryNotes From My Last Live Lecture @scsu Spring 2020
I provided students as a cognitive wrapper (haven't used a ppt in >365. Try it! So freeing). https://edu106.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/hey-edu106-here-are-photos-of-our-lecture-lastdiscussion-at This graphic organizer was a cognitive stop in a collaborative writing project. Students were going to analyze a space from connected learning lens. This shifted to an
Greg McVerryHistory of CLMOOC in Verse
A collection of poems butchering the #clmooc history as bad as the #poetry
Greg McVerryFive Universal Lessons for Writing Poetry and Living Life #clmooc #edu307
Observe your world. Write, live it. Embody meaning. Write and live through your senses. Embrace emotion. Channel joy through pain in word and life. Listen to sounds words paint across the sky. Practice. Then Practice.
Greg McVerryHey #edu506 This module you need to make a lesson on a multimodal text here are a few examples
My advice is to first make a multimodal text.....See the Write task where I ask you to respond to a text with a multmodal text...you could use that..... Make a text and design a lesson around it. This is what I did with https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/howtowriteasciencepoem.mp4 I first did this planning on the Google Doc I can now turn this into a lesson
Greg McVerryDigital Storytelling after school
John and his friend hanging during lunch and after school engaging in the craziest collaborative creating writing.They don't realize it but they are engaging in activities that far better align to academic standards than I ever seen.Kids would be living sports 24.7...his choice, not mine. Getting a chance to explore other avenues of making and creativity. #e
Greg McVerryReflections on #credweb Community Group 2020-04-08 Meeting
Yesterday the credible web group got together to do some though excercises as we get closer to building a credibility rating engine. We began, and I did not have time to participate by rating credibility of public figures. You can see an example on the Google Doc using this framework. I would rather link the credibility rating to a person canonical website t
Greg McVerryLo-Fi Learning in a Time of Global Pandemic
Help combat the growing global inequities in online learning during this global lock down. Access to education, on a healthy and accessible Internet, is a human right denied to many during the COVID-19 crisis. Please endorse this proposal.
Greg McVerryCreating the #IndieWeb CourseWare with @ReviewTalentFS and @withknown thanks to @scsu and @uconn start-up grant
Anyone who has followed my meandering path into the #IndieWeb knows much of what I do gets driven by teaching. Our company ReVIEW Talent Feedback System brings this vision to teacher coaching, evaluation and feedback. Reflection and learning should drive classroom improvement. To that end, we partnered with the Known Open Collective to add learning and refle
Greg McVerry@goifoundation Needing to go synchronous lo-fi during our @wikipedia and #IndieWeb remote meetings
Accra, under lockdown. East Haddam, same. The global Covid-19 pandemic has lead to the cancellation of events across the globe. This Saturday we tried to hold a @wikipedia and @wikidata edit-a-thon as a remote event. We failed....I mean learned. We gave Hangotus a try and Zoom. Even without video, just using audio, network congestion ground us to a screechin
Greg McVerryExample of a most effective and effiicient way to ensure all students succeed in #k12 #highered online. metacognitive checklist, an example from #edu106 @scsu
Want to know the most effective and efficient way to help students succeed in your online class? Just provide a metacognitive checklist. Here is an example from my Southern Connecticut State University class an intro to #edtech https://edu106.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/learn-something-module-checklist Did you read the Maisha Winn article? Did you make a concep
Greg McVerryWeek One Module for #edu506 @scsu studentd building up their skills in teachign online literacies in k12 classrooms
Goals: Explore methods to make our online classes a caring place where every student know what it takes to succeed. Objectives: Analyze how you applied elements of Community of Inquiry to your first week Explain why intentional hospitality matters in online learning. Read Skim the readings for the salient points. Try to survive this week. I debated just givi
Greg McVerryHey #edu106 here is your "Learn Something Module" Checklist
Did you read the Maisha Winn article? Did you make a concept map, drawing the shape of Winn's piece? How would you visually represent the ideas, organizations, and connections? Did you publish a post describing what you will learn? Did you publish a blog post, meeting our new high standards, reflecting on the readings? Did you bookmark three sources you will
Greg McVerrySome recent #instructionaldesign videos
https://media.southernct.edu/media/Covid19+Online+Teaching+Tips/0_u44fz3yf Getting Started https://media.southernct.edu/media/COVID-19+Online+Guide+II/1_4hkmqlx0 (synchronous sessions ) https://media.southernct.edu/media/How+To+Use+Kaltura/1_2exvroex How to use Kaltura and microlecture https://media.southernct.edu/media/Teaching+in+a+Time+of+CrisisA+Instruct
Greg McVerryHow Will You Move Your Educator Field Work Online? #edchat #teacheredchat #highered
Your students now take classes 100% online. Our k12 schools have shuttered their doors to promote social distance. What should a teacher candidate do? They came into the semester so excited to do field work or student teach. How can we recreate this learning? Patrick and I want to help. We will waive the $2,000 annual site fee and reduce our per site license
Greg McVerryHey @scsu I wanted to share some insights we have had as we build and facilitate trainings to get ready for the 100% move online #edchat #literacies #edtechchat #highered
As our students will return to campus without setting a foot on campus we need to ensure we approach the week with care and compassion and then build out a space for learning using four better practices: Use Asynchronous Communication Use Simple Predictable Design Focus On Teacher Presence Provide Timely Feedback Make Your Class Asynchronous We have been pro
Greg McVerryMicrolecture and Kaltura Training
Lesson Plan For Today's @SCSU Session On Microlectures and Kaltura.
Greg McVerryHow I Did My Last Group Work
Reflecting as a Group Assignment in an Online Class
Greg McVerryStuck With Kids for Weeks with No School? Have them attend my Critcal Inquiry Camp, 2hours a day just $100 a week #edtechchat #ctedu #easthaddam
I am creating a 3rd and 6th grade inquiry curriculum where students can choose science or social studies topics. I will make a 2 hour day program with one hour being contact with me and other students on video. The curriculum will align to the Common Core State Standard and will involve building a website to make an argument. The cost is $100 per week. Limit
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