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Week Two: Webinar

In this week’s webinar, Kendra Grant discusses the UDL principle of Multiple Means of Engagement, and will share ideas relating to student motivation, persistence, and independence.

Kendra Grant’s varied career includes educator (teacher, library-media specialist, SpEd coordinator), co-founder and Chief Education Officer of a professional learning company, online course creator and large-scale technology implementation consultant. She is an adviser for EdTech start-ups at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada and is completing her master’s in educational technology at UBC

Consider the following questions as you watch this video:

 

  • While behavior management techniques can help structure and organize the learning environment, it is “top-down” control. What do you do (or might you do) to build in more “bottom-up” self-control?

  • To what extent do you build options into your students’ learning opportunities that encourage self-reflection and self-assessment?

  • Which apps, resources, and/or strategies presented in the webinar might you want to try in your classroom or learning environment to help students to persist on tasks that are difficult and/or challenging?  Are there other things that could also help?

  • Do you students collaborate (solve a problem together) or cooperate (make something together)? Both are important but distinct activities. How do you teach collaboration in your classroom? What apps and tools do you use to support virtual collaboration?

  • The video discusses a the idea of a growth mindset. Do you think your learners know whether they have a fixed or growth mindset? How important do you think understanding a growth/fixed mindset is for your learners?

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