Description
Andi McNair firmly believes that if what we’re teaching isn’t meaningful to our students, it’s a waste of our time and theirs. In this lesson, Ms. McNair explores what matters most to our students, why it matters to them, and how we can change the way we teach in order to ensure we reach them before it’s too late.
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
- Allow your students to fail safely, level up, and receive instant feedback in your classroom
- Prepare your students for the test and for real life
- Take risks in the classroom
- Design classroom experiences that leave an impression on your students
- Distinguish truly meaningful technology from all other technology
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Tracy – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Many great resources
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting, I learned a lot.
Irene – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered great resources to use in the classroom for a more engaging experience.
ERICKA – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great Resources!
Juliene – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I really, REALLY liked the resourcces the speaker described and Demo’d in this ccourse, but it was additionaly rewarding to have access to the discussion responses and seeing also what other teachers were using or practicing with their students.
Susan – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
While this was good. Some of the material is out dated and there are better resources that can be used.
CHERYL – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Very good and thought provokes. Makes you aware of how you teach.
Theresa – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I like how this course provides online resources to use in the classroom to engage students in experiences that will empower them. I would like for the program to go in depth with some of the programs and actually show educators what to do and how classes respond.
Karen – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed finding out more about proven technology websites to use in the classroom.
Zelene – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
All these sites that were shared on this course are geared towards engaging our students. I will be using these in my classroom next year.
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
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Maritza – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Caitlin – Los Angeles Unified School District (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I would have rather seen some of these websites in action in depth as part of a PBL than to have so many websites thrown at me at once. Also some of the teacher’s experiences seemed to do with primary school. I am naturally less interested in those. That being said, the information about ways to find Experts was invaluable.
Shanna – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Contains some great ideas to engage all students.
Lynsie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
useful but lengthy
Cari – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course was very informational and helped me think about better ways to engage the gifted students in my classroom.
Estela – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome ideas to use in the classroom.
Andrew – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very informative, and gave me great ideas that I could use in my future classes. I loved some of the websites, and thinking about how to better and more effectively reach the learners of today and into the future.
Chelsea – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me so many tools and strategies to use in my classroom to help me to create meaningful experiences for my students that they can extend out into the world.
Eliza – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ideas she [resented and moto of being the best for the world and not just being the best in the world.
mary – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Some of the technology resources are out of date.
Laurie – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Provides a ton of website resources (many of which I’ve never even heard of) and ideas about how they can be used by students.
Melissa – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the explanations and the examples given. I’m truly motivated to give them a try.
James – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good training nut it doesn’t transfer very well to a middle school content course. The training itself has great ideas and resources but I really do think it is geared more for elementary.
Darian – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was packed full of great ideas and useful tools. The presenter did an amazing job explaining everything.
Darian – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
It was engaging and gave a lot of resources to use with your gifted students.
Kenny – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
The course was good but would really appreciate examples on how it could be used in a core content classroom.
Stacy – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this presentation and found it to include many valuable resources.
Savannah – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
This course was one of the best I’ve taken on this site. I learned some valuable websites to interact with and engage all students in my class. I really enjoyed this class.
jade – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is 10/10!!!!
Ana Laura – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to see the websites and activities in action.
Angelica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was fun and engaging.
Duane – Huber Heights City (verified owner) –
Good Tech.
Andrea – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The course was interesting and engaging with many different ideas to implement
Anishya – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course provided some compelling perspective as well valuable referrals to digital tools. It was engaging and eye-opening!
Jaime – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
It did not add anything that wasn’t already obvious.
Louis – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
This course introduced new ideas that I can add to my teaching resources.
Julie – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing !! Great resources and great presentation.
Melissa – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Nicole – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and interesting. I hope to try to incorporate some of the ideas I heard about today in my classroom.
Gabriela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
So many good tools and refreshing ideas.
Jyotsna – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I learned new ways and platforms that can be used in the classroom.
Nicole – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and great ideas.
william – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful
Kristen – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the overall course. It’s difficult to recall all of the apps mentioned.
Christine – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It had a lot of great ideas on how to design meaningful experiences for not only gifted students, but all students.
Donna – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
very informative on different websites to use in the classroom
Mark – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with good ideas.
Kelly – VICTORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of valuable things from this training that I plan on using in the classroom!
Windy – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I’m happy to learn about all of these online tools for student learning and enrichment.