Improving Instructional Practices Vol. 3

Thanks to Mrs. Morrissey for this Ms. Niemeyer for these short, weekly tips for effective instruction.

Hit the Mark with Digital Media Exit Cards

Are you getting bored with the same old post-it note exit slips for formative assessment? If you are, your students probably are too. Engage your students with these media tools for exit slip ideas:

The Digital Media Exit Card

Today, with the explosion of digital media, teachers have so many tools at their disposal for this kind of assessment. What would a digital media exit card look like? Here are some possibilities that utilize mobile devices:

• A six-second Vine video to capture the most critical six seconds of class
• A 16-second video to post to MixBit, YouTube's new video sharing tool
• A short post that boils down the essence of the class to 140 characters (Try Padlet  or Twiducate or Today’s Meet)
• A photo illustrating the key learning moment that can then be posted on a class Instagram account
• A question posted to a class Edmodo account inviting a continuation of the learning outside of class

The key 21st century skill in all of these approaches is synthesis, the ability to cut to the essence of an idea or concept and communicate in an effective, succinct, compelling manner.

Intrigued? Read the full article by Matt Levinson for Edutopia here.