When we are working online with students in a digital or hybrid setting, we want to make sure that lessons are as engaging as possible to ensure that students are paying attention and learning. A great way to do this is by creating interactive slide decks for students to work with. We can make these kinds of presentations by linking different slides together so that students can interact with the presentation while they work through it. If you want to know more about linking images, slides, and other media in a slide deck, check out the post Two Ways to Have Interactive Images in Your Lessons . 1. Formative Assessments and Practice Problems Using the branching method, we can create slides that link to each other based on a student's response to a question. If we provide students with a multiple choice answer, we can set up a link that takes them to a new slide for their specific answer. This is great for practice and formative assessments because we can give students immedi
During fall of 2020, I spent 13 weeks student teaching in a virtual learning environment. I taught Integrated Math 2 during the student teaching process. I was placed at the high school I attended and had the opportunity to work with a wonderful mentor teacher. Due to the safety protocols in our district, I was not able to work in the classroom with my mentor teacher and did my student teaching from home. Although this was not the student teaching experience I was expecting during my credential program, I am still so grateful for the experience. My Setup Since I was student teaching from home, I had to develop a mini classroom for myself to work in. Thankfully, my parents graciously loaned me the alcove in their room to teach from and use as my "classroom." My laptop did not want to work with our Wi-Fi and regularly kicked me out of video calls, so I had to borrow my mom's laptop to stay connected to my classes. I used an old TV that my parents had recently replace