by Mendi Benigni | Aug 14, 2019 | Assessment
Benefits of Peer Review Peer review provides benefits to both the reviewer and the reviewee. In a study but Lundstrom and Baker, where some students only gave feedback and others only received feedback, it “indicated that the givers, who focused solely on reviewing...
by Mendi Benigni | Mar 14, 2019 | Assessment, Collaboration, Mobile
Scavenger hunts are a great way to get your students working together for a common goal. This is a wonderful way for them to bond as a class or to gel as a group project team. These types of hunts can be used for assessment as well but I want to focus mainly on...
by Mendi Benigni | Dec 13, 2016 | Collaboration, discussion, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Portfolio, Presentation, Research
“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 11, 2016 | Classrooms, Collaboration, Conferencing, Presentation
Zoom is an online conferencing tool, similar to WebEx or Go To Meeting, and allows you to host online, collaborative sessions. The free version is full featured for up to 45 minutes of conferencing. With the FREE version of Zoom users can: hold unlimited 1 on 1...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 15, 2016 | instructional technology, TLT, Video
This summer I attended a teaching symposium where the mantra was “One New Thing,” or the act of finding one thing that you think will meet a need and implementing it instead of feeling pressure to implement many things. This new series will focus on...