I’ll keep this short as the video explains most of you. Any new educational technology can be complicated to dig into from scratch as you attempt to align it to learning outcomes. Well, a new feature that Pear Deck has introduced has taken a giant leap forward to help educators do just that. Before we jump into the new features, if you are unfamiliar with Pear Deck and why my students and I consider it the #1 EdTech tool that helps their learning, check out the video in the previous blog post. But if you are more concerned with why you should even dive into Pear Deck or learn about this new AI generation of Pear Deck sessions to a learning target, check out the video below. Like I said, I’m keeping it short so you have time to watch the video. If you have questions, please contact me at mohammam@elmbrookschools.org or the Pear Deck Learning team at support@deck.peardeck.com . Also, check out the amazing Stacey Roshan's video on this update.
It's been a while since I've written a post. The transition to term 3 with new courses all around has delayed my ability to reflect. In addition, I just had LASIK surgery so, I've been trying to limit screen time a little bit. But, it's officially been 14 days. So, here we go! Well, the Oscars were last week and I've been thinking a bit about best picture winners and memorable quotes. When it comes to educational buzzwords that have been floating in my head, this is the one that keeps springing to my mind. One of the biggest pushes in education these days is personalization. There is a phrase that is constantly floating around the idea of what personalization entails and that is "student voice and choice". In this post, I intended to focus wrapping my head around what we mean when we say student voice. In my next post, hopefully it'll be soon, I'll try to tackle the idea of choice. Let's wait on defining what we mean by voic...