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MSTeams 4 VLE

After considering Fronter, Edmodo and my existing blog-centric methods among others, I realised that MS Teams would probably be the best platform round which to structure our course.

• With the 2020 learning-from-home experience, most students are already familiar with MSTeams
• MSTeams will also allow me to gather all my usual resources on one platfrom
  • My website
  • Our blog
  • Class Dojo
• MSTeams will allow me to add parents as guests

Hence before the start of the academic year I would like to have class lists, student emails and parental emails at hand in order to set up these teams including:

• Introductory note
• Relevant consent form/s
  • Live lessons, potentially involving mic and cam in the event of learning-from-home
• Class Dojo, website and blog tab
• Files:
  • Trivial Pursuit Presentation (see below)

Class Dojo

At the start of the course I want to establish a “sense of mission” aimed at helping engage students and to communicate a sense of purpose.

I think it would help to have something similar to Save Silicon Valley running alongside our class activities. Following a brief trial run in 2019/20, I am considering Class Dojo.

Student Blog

As early in the academic year as possible, students set up their own blog and a repository of links to student blogs is created on a common space (e.g. class VLE)

(Not So) Trivial Pursuit

I intend to launch this game again this year, with Year 9 students.

[Idea hunting] [In progress]