Capella University and Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS) have joined forces to develop a competency-based K-12 professional development program that clearly measures and supports the effectiveness of educators--and offers a more affordable path to graduate degrees for teachers.
Capella University is an accredited online university that has built its reputation by providing high quality online degree programs for working adults. Founded in 2002, the mission of Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS) is to empower educators to transform teaching practice and support the needs of 21st century learners. KDS is a leading provider of blended model strategic professional development for K-12 school districts and educators.
Find out more: www.kdsi.org/capella
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Clip makes it super easy to turn any public video into a formative assessment activity in your classroom.
Add multiple choice quizzes, questions and browse hundreds of approved, video lesson ideas for Clip
Make YouTube one of your teaching aids - Works perfectly with lesson micro-teaching plans
1. Students enter a simple code
2. You play the video
3. The students comment
4. You review and reflect
* Whiteboard required for teacher-paced activities
With four apps, each designed around existing classroom activities, Spiral gives you the power to do formative assessment with anything you teach.
Quickfire
Carry out a quickfire formative assessment to see what the whole class is thinking
Discuss
Create interactive presentations to spark creativity in class
Team Up
Student teams can create and share collaborative presentations from linked devices
Clip
Turn any public video into a live chat with questions and quizzes
Tried out the canvas response option on @SpiralEducation & it's so awesome! Add text or drawings AND annotate an image! #R10tech
Using @SpiralEducation in class for math review. Student approved! Thumbs up! Thanks.
Absolutely amazing collaboration from year 10 today. 100% engagement and constant smiles from all #lovetsla #spiral
Students show better Interpersonal Writing skills than Speaking via @SpiralEducation Great #data #langchat folks!
A good tool for supporting active #learning.
The Team Up app is unlike anything I have ever seen. You left NOTHING out! So impressed!