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Strategies for Moderating Online Discussions - Answer- Focus on issues that have
meaning to students, stress the importance of active, thoughtful participation, provide
thoughtful and supportive feedback, choosing language thoughtfully, establish etiquette
for online conduct, and develop an online reading response form for students
Strategies for using blogs as key communication tools - Answer- Create new forums for
students learning, establish school and classroom connections to students and families,
connect with other teachers professionally while sharing ideas about curriculum,
technology, and issues in the classroom, and provide new ways for students to
communicate ideas and information during class and outside of school.
Strategies For Using Email and Texting - Answer- Officially communicate with students
and families, ask questions and receive responses from libraries, museums,
universities, and other experts, and hold online office hours
Team-based learning - Answer- An instructional approach where students collaborate to
solve problems in the process of discovering academic concepts and constructing
knowledge.
Wiki - Answer- A website collaboratively edited and maintained by a group of people.
Teachers and students create and edit this together by reading and revising each
other's ideas and comments.
Teacher or Classroom blog - Answer- Publicly accessible sites written by teachers to
communicate information about academic classes and educational topics to students,
family members, and school and educational personnel
Microblogging - Answer- Publicly accessible sites written by teachers, using a limited
number of words and symbols, to communicate information about academic classes
and educational topics to students, family members, and school and educational
personnel.
Synchronous Communications - Answer- Real time mobile phone conversations, instant
messaging, or in-person meeting. There is little or no wait time for a reply to statements.
, Asynchronous Communications - Answer- Email messages, online discussions, tweets,
or blog communications that involve time delays. Communicators wait for replies to their
statements.
Computer Mediated communication - Answer- Rapid exchange of information between
people using digital devices.
Online Discussions - Answer- Digital forums in which teachers and students discuss
educational topics.
Microblogging backchannels - Answer- Students real-time classroom online digital
conversations. Students informally sharing academically focused comments online
during class.
Teachers play a crucial role in creating safe spaces for students within schools. True or
False? - Answer- True
Problem-solving and inquiry based learning - Answer- Educational activities in which
students ask questions, make predictions, test theories, and revise ideas based on data
and evidence.
Educational Software and Apps - Answer- Products and tools designed to promote
learning in schools and homes, for classroom instruction or personal learning.
Computational thinking - Answer- Knowing how to use data, models, simulations, and
algorithmic thinking to formulate and solve problems.
Object Oriented Programming software - Answer- Programs where students create a
virtual object and make it do things in response to programmed instructions
Open source software - Answer- Materials that are available for the public to use, copy ,
and modify, usually at little or no cost
The Maker Movement - Answer- A technological innovation community who shares
plans, prototypes, and resources in person and online. A hands-on way to engage
students in problem solving with technology with a DIY approach to objects and
systems
Gamification - Answer- The application of game elements to non-gaming situations,
often to motivate or influence behaviour.
Serious Games - Answer- Computer and web-based games and apps that have been
designed with educational goals in mind.
Simulation Games - Answer- Computer and web-based games and apps that place
students in computer-generated representations of real-world situations and settings