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.
Gisela – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources shared for educators.
Alejandro – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful course that describes many powerful technology techniques that can be used in the classroom and that (at least I) we are not really aware of.
Shelly – KATY ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course! It opened up my mind to how today’s generation thinks and learns. The course gave me so many good websites that can be used in my lessons and in engaging the students. I loved learning about creating an experience for them to keep their attention. The course is very inspiring, and was so well worth the time. I feel this course was one of the best in my 20 years of teaching!
Fernando – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Cari – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course is filled with great resources to enhance their learning.
Amy – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I like this course. You need to just tune out the number of times the speaker uses the term “right”.
Daniel – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of information!!
Makenna – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this and how relevant it is to current times.
Rodney – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I like the large supply of websites to try and add to our technology use in courses I teach.
Lauren – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
It was good, and it has a LOT of good resources linked within that I plan to use in my class. At times the presentation was a bit dry, and there was a lot of “we’ll get to this in the afternoon/later session” that we never saw (hence the 4 instead of 5 stars)
Angela – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information. I got some good resources to check out.
Stacie – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
no thank you
Marianne – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
I really appreciate how the presenter created content relevant to all learners, not exclusively gifted learners. Accessibility for all.
Felicia – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
The instructor was very knowledgeable and informative and very resourceful.
Christian – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
It was awesome!
Ruth – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of new things taking this course. All the technology was the best part. There are so many free things we can use in multiple ways. It also made me realize that whether we like it or not education does have to change to meet the kids needs of today.
Andy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Great way to learn new technology to teach all in the classroom
Melissa – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
It is jam packed with so many ways to incorporate technology in the classroom. It gives specific websites and how they can be used. The presenter shares her personal experiences with many of these websites and how she used them in the classroom.
Tayla – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Love all the resources, tools, and sites provided by the instructor
Marzena – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –
great new ideas to use technology and different apps
Aaron – CIRCLEVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Good class.
Amber – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. Valuable tools and resources shared that I can utilize in my classroom immediately.
Sandra – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the relevant resources provided and I will be using some in my class.
Allison – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative and will help me bringing in experts.
Lisa – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting course
John – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Laura – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I came away with things I can start using in my classroom today. It was worth the time and provided all the information to confidently get started.
Katelyne – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Full of practical ideas and resources
Maria Junna – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful
Darilyn – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the sharing of all the different technology tools.
Megan – WARREN CITY (verified owner) –
This was very informative and gave me a lot of great tools to help encourage, empower and engage my students.
Angela – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good way to help scholars engage andn keep them motivated. We are technology based world and some students do by seeing
Shelley – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Many ideas are shared.
Hope – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the new ideas from this course.
Amy – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and lots of great resources discussed.
Brandon – Bedford City School District (verified owner) –
There were some great websites and engagement ideas.
Ashley – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was defiantly an eye opener to get the students more engaged and lesson delivered with more meaning.
Ashley – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This had many helpful links and ideas to begin implementing into the classroom easily.
Alexandra – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful.
Daisy – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was okay. If I taught older students I would implement a lot of what I heard.
Rebecca – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I believe it is a good course overall. I would like more training in VR though if I’m going to be using it in my classroom.
Gilian – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
Great course.
Kimberly – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and provided many tools that can be used in the classroom.
Stephanie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful with giving teachers knowledge on giving students engaging experiences that they can use to be successful in and out of the class. Also with providing a purposeful and successful future.
Patricia – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course very interesting, and very on topic of what’s going on in school.
Beth – PARMA CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas to think outside the box and give students experiences that created meaningful learning
Alyssa – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Noemy – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great information on how to engage students, provide great experiences for them and empower them to use their learning and share out.
Sandra – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome presenter and resources!
Charles – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of resources and ideas incorporated in the modules that allow for differentiation in lesson planning.