What is it you ask?
Google Moderator is a tool that you can use to pick the best topics. Participants ask questions and then you get to vote on the ones your like and the ones that you dislike. The top questions float to the top of the screen, while, unpopular ones float down to the bottom. It is pretty neat!
No more fighting over what topics are reviewed in a review class and no more struggling to find questions that interest the students on the new article you just read, Google Moderator will find out the top ones for you!
Here is how one teacher uses Google Moderator, to give you a better idea on how it can be used:
More than just a teaching tool, you can use this to determine important (or most popular) topics for department and whole school meetings and for sport teams to discuss what they would like to practice.
Today I will be using Google Moderator for the first time. The students in my math class will be logging in at the start of the class and letting me know what topics they would like to review before the summative assessment tomorrow. The most popular topics, for the class, will win the first spot in the review list.
This great tool will give students a chance to have their input into their learning and show them that they are not alone in their questions!
Tried Google Moderator in the classroom today. Students loved way they could vote for their favourite ideas and boost them on the list. The students also appreciated that their ideas were taken into consideration. Cannot wait to use this again!
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