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20 Sep, 9 tweets, 6 min read
A thread of threads. Going to create a super thread of all my teaching tips and videos to keep them all in one place. I’ll keep updating this over time. [1/n] Image
Student Engagement in the Blended Classroom - a thread capturing some thoughts, ideas and tips about how to support online student engagement

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Pastoral Care in the Digital Classroom - pastoral care is going to be more important than ever with so much teaching moving online. I’ve thrown some thoughts and tips into this thread.

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I followed my twitter thread with a short video featuring some great practice by some of my other colleagues, including @hmchilvers @Hodgson_jc @KamMilz @suebecks and @SamLP



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Inclusive Online Education and Dyslexia - a topic close to my heart as a dyslexic educator. Some tips about inclusive online teaching contextualised against my experience as a learner. [5/n] Image
Building Simple Games in Microsoft Forms - a really simple way to create narrative puzzles using MSForms. You should be able to do similar with other form engines. [6/n] Image
Interested in using games in higher education? I did a talk about that topic as part of the Lincoln Live series.

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Online Icebreakers for Teams/Skype/Zoom calls - A collection of icebreaker ideas. Hopefully useful for getting early engagement, and helping people feel more comfortable in the online environment. [8/n] Image
Live-streamed talk on the future of Gaming

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19 Sep
Some ideas for online icebreakers (Teams Calls, Zoom etc).

1) "Post a GIF Response" Ask students a question that can be answered with a GIF. For example "Post a GIF that describes your hopes and dreams" - Really fun way to enable a little creativity and humour. [1/n]
2) "Top Tips" Ask everyone in the meeting for their top tip around a common subject. For example "Post a tip for cooking your favourite dish" [2/n]
3) "The Cup Game" get three cups, put an object under one of them. Take a photo of your three upturned cups and ask "which has the object hidden". give your students a few seconds to place their bets (polling apps useful) then share a photo showing which cup it was. [3/n]
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19 Sep
Building Simple Games in #MicrosoftForms [thread]

Games can be a great way to engage students, and there are loads of ways to play games in a face to face session. However, with the shift to online/blended learning, we need some new approaches. This is one in MSForms [1/11]
There is a type of game called a "branching narrative game" these games are non-linear and provide experiences that vary based on the decisions that the player makes throughout the game. If you have played a narrative-driven game, you will likely have experienced this [2/11]
Microsoft Forms (and most other form engines) have the ability to create branched question structures (useful for surveys) - which could lend themselves to creating low-fi versions of these branching games. Just create your questions and click "Add Branching" [3/11]
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17 Sep
Dyslexia and Inclusive Online Education (A Thread).

To start this one off I want to stress that much of this is from my experience. I'm dyslexic. However, dyslexia is a broad spectrum. Not every dyslexic student will be like me, and I am not like every dyslexic student. [1/n]
I wanted to frame this with a little bit of my personal experience... because it will put some of my tips and ideas into a little context. My experience has also framed many of my positions regarding the attainment gap for disabled students. [2/n]
I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 7 years old in 1992. At the time this was pretty rare, as the formal guidance was that students shouldn't be assessed until they were older... but my presentation was pretty acute to say the least [3/n]
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7 Sep
Pastoral Care in the digital classroom. I've been thinking a lot about how we support the learning community, and how we develop/deploy pastoral activities into the online space. I did some whiteboarding earlier and thought I'd share some thoughts and ideas I've had [thread]
Firstly, I've started with the assumption that we may go into lockdown again (nationally, locally, or a quarantined bubble) removing the opportunity for face to face engagement. I've also assumed that people's home environment will be vastly different. (2/n)
For some people, home is a nurturing and supportive environment, for others, it isn't. Even if that home environment isn't unhappy, it could still be disruptive with its own unique challenges. "Awkward" housemate relationships are often flagged during pastoral engagements (3/n)
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5 Sep
I've been chatting to some colleagues about student engagement in the blended classroom. There are some understandable worries about participation in online engagements. So I thought I would throw together this thread with some thoughts, advice, and tips. [thread]
Firstly, remember that the online space is very different from the physical, and there are many reasons why a student may be struggling to participate... 👏THIS 👏DOES 👏NOT 👏MEAN 👏THEY 👏ARE 👏DISENGAGED. (2/25)
A student may be living in a rural area with poor quality internet. When I lived in Wales, I once lived in a house with a connection so slow and unreliable it regularly couldn't cope with YouTube (A live stream would have been very difficult). (3/25)
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