March and April were busy months for both of us. We had two phenomenal livestreams with some of our contributing authors. In March, Debbie Tannenbaum shared engagement strategies that she uses with students in her school. She provided new strategic ideas and found creative ways to incorporate EdTech. In April, Jenallee discussed all things collaboration with us. They shared ways to use Strength Finders in the classroom along with tools for bringing in EdTech infused collaborative activities with students.

Join us the fourth Thursday of every month at 7PM EST, as we have one of our chapter contributing authors join our livestream and share more about their work and upcoming projects.

We are looking forward to sharing more tools, projects, and activities with you as we get closer to our book launch coming this June!

March Livestream with Debbie Tannenbaum: Engagement Strategies Integrated with EdTech

April Livestream with Jenallee: Collaboration Strategies Integrated with EdTech

Upcoming Twitter Chats

Join us the 4th Monday of every month at 7pm EST for a 30 minute Twitter Chat focused on #EdTech integration in the classroom. Follow #AmpGlobalEdu to keep up with the chat.

May’s chat will be co-moderated by Zach Groshell. You won’t want to miss it!

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Do you use Tic-Tac-Toe boards in your classroom?

Tic-Tac-Toe Board Template

In Chapter One of our upcoming book, Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative, Debbie Tannenbaum shares how she integrated Tic-Tac-Toe boards into her classroom to allow for student choice. Above is a template that you can use in your classroom.

“By ensuring that feedback is epistemic and interactive, rather than corrective and unidirectional, teachers can better support and empower their students to take ownership of their learning.”

-Zach Groshell, Amplify Learning: a Global Collaborative Book 1

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February was a great success! We kicked off our first livestream event along with our first Twitter Chat for #AmpGlobalEdu. Our livestream focused on sharing more about our upcoming book series and the lead contributing authors.

Join us each month as we have one of our chapter contributing authors join our livestream and share more about their work and upcoming projects. Join us the fourth Thursday of every month at 7PM PST.

Check out our February livestream below:

Mach Twitter Chat for #AmpGlobalEDU

Join us the 4th Monday of every month at 7pm for a 30 minute Twitter Chat focused on #EdTech integration in the classroom. Follow #AmpGlobalEdu.

This next month will be co-moderated by Debbie Tannenbaum. You won’t want to miss it!

If you missed February’s Twitter Chat, check it out here: https://wakelet.com/wake/2HADr2VfdBCEopHXBhcdM

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Opportunities for FE English and Maths

Mars Maths, Isla Flood, Hollie Barnes, Emma Bell and Sammy White as they recently hosted a 4 hour live stream all available to watch back. Looking at supporting EAL students, EdTech, and maths! feconnect.tiny.us/event

“Authentic reading experiences with EdTech integration offer such techniques that many learners now crave in order to achieve reading comprehension success.”

-Jennifer Toney, Ph.D, Amplify Learning: a Global Collaborative Book 2

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Welcome to 2022!

This month we are excited to invite you all to join our first #AmpGlobalEdu Live Stream event on February 24, 2022, at 7PM EST. We will both be going live for 30 minutes to share a bit more about our upcoming book series and answer questions from each of you. You can watch the stream on Twitter or join the conversation on YouTube. Keep an eye out on Twitter for more details as the date comes closer.

We will also be hosting our very first #AmpGlobalEdu twitter chat on February 28, 2022, at 7pm EST. Join us monthly for 30 minutes on Twitter as we collaborate and share out with one another strategies/ideas around pedagogy, content, and EdTech integration in the classroom. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to follow #AmpGlobalEdu on Twitter so that you do not miss any of the fun!

Be on the lookout for more fun and exciting updates and announcements coming soon.

Thank you for being a part of this project and community!

Resources and Support

Amplify Your Classroom:

Integration of Robotics to other school subjects and projects

As time goes by, I am more convinced that history was right. STEAM might be a new term but it is not a passing fad or teaching trend. Historically, mathematicians and engineers were often accomplished artists and poets. King Solomon was in charge of building the First Temple and he was also the author of Song of Songs; Leonardo Da Vinci was an accomplished engineer and inventor before he painted The Mona Lisa; and Marie Curie was a renowned scientist and writer.

I truly believe that integrating many subject areas helps make learning more meaningful for students and also allows students to make stronger connections among the different concepts they learn. One of the ways to accomplish this is by the use of Robotics integrated into different subject areas. While for some students the incorporation of Robotics is a perfect fit right from the beginning because they love to code; to others it might not be “a love at first sight” situation. Often, families believe that Robotics will only attract the kids that are already keen on coding, only to discover that when Robotics are integrated into areas that they wouldn’t have thought compatible, their kids develop a new passion. 

In my opinion, Robotics allows children to understand abstract concepts in a more concrete way. This is why in our school we integrate Robotics with Math in different grades. From learning measurement units to learning multiplication, our friend Dash shows our students what it means to roll forward 30 cm or that walking 100cm once equals to walking 10cm ten times. Robotics even helps students improve their understanding of the basic principles of computer science because they can see the results of their coding as the robot follows those specific instructions. We have included Robotics in learning the world map and our students have even created a droid/human modern musical band, The Dashing Musicians. 

In conclusion, Robotics has the potential to open many possibilities of curriculum integration and partnership. It meets the students where they are and allows them to express themselves, while often forgetting that they are actually coding or solving math challenges. From the  beginning, students see concrete results from their interaction (coding) with robots and eventually students solve more complex challenges such as the ones our middle schoolers are now facing in the final round of a worldwide robotics competition.

Vanina J. Sandel

K-8 STEAM Director, Yavneh Day School

“With tools that support student accessibility and their ability to create on a wide range of mediums to demonstrate their learning, we live in a time where we create more agency and voice than ever before for our students.”

-Rochana Ghosh, Amplify Learning: a Global Collaborative Book 4

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Winter Updates,

Book one in our four book series is off to the templating phase! This is the last step prior to printing. We have been working closely with EduMatch to make sure that this book is ready for your YOU! Book one Amplifying Instructional Design provides research and strategies around student engagement, collaborations, assessment and feedback.

We have finalized our second book in the series, but we are still looking to add additional EdTech strategies around reading, writing, and math to the book. If you have an EdTech strategy that you have found to be successful with amplifying student learning, we invite you to share with us! If interested, share your strategy using the following link: bit.ly/amplifyedtech

Our website has also had a major update. Check out AmpGlobalEDU.com for updates, new strategies, and to meet our contributing authors.

Thank you for being a part of this project and community!

Resources and Support

One of our contributing authors, Sammy White, provides a research based overview of how MATH can be used in the all settings. Check out her blog post here to discover more about this acronym.

M – clear method used

A – accuracy in the stages of calculation

T – task met

H – Work is set out in a clear, legible manner.

Shout-Out

Shoutout to Aziz Soubai for his continued leadership and efforts on Everyone Academy. The main mission of Everyone Academy is to encourage online collaboration among individuals (teachers, educators, university students, researchers), develop a sense of community, and provide equal chances for everyone to have access to education.

Aziz Soubai is a contributing author in our book series and dedicated leader in educator. follow him on Twitter @soubai_aziz and Instagram.

“Authentic reading experiences with EdTech integration offer such techniques that many learners now crave in order to achieve reading comprehension success.”

–Dr. Jennifer Toney, Amplify Learning: a Global Collaborative Book 2

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