It is official. I started teaching in an hybrid modality. What I felt is very fulfilling. I really prepared in my classes. My design primarily is to make my teaching session engaging. I really work out on the material or platform that I used which is Quizizz.
I enjoyed using Quizizz Lesson. The engagement is real. I saw it with my students both onsite and online. I created my 1st lesson for 8th graders and 10th graders using the Quizizz Lesson. For 8th graders I created the lesson introduction to factoring. There are 3 factoring lesson such as common factoring, difference of two square, and sum or difference of two cubes. For 10th graders, I created the lesson which is introduction to sequence. It has 3 lesson which are finding patterns, knowing the rule and general formula or term of a sequence
Here is the cover in my 8th Grader Quizizz Lesson
You may check it by clicking this link for Introduction to Factoring
Here is one of the slides I created in my 10th Grader Quizizz Lesson
You may check it by clicking this for Introduction to Sequence
- Be Prepare and have a back up plan in the execution.
It takes time to develop a Quizizz lesson. Teacher should have a strong content, pedagogical and technology knowledge. It is TPACK. I think the combination of the 3 should go hand in hand due to the concept of VUCA. Preparedness in classroom is a must not only in hybrid set - up. There are surprises that can happen anytime. Disruption is really happening due to different reason like climate change (we have class suspension in the middle of the week), political and a lot. Being prepared for disruption is more than preparing the material. I always believe that the teacher is the best tool to deliver a lesson.
- Pop - up questions from time to time.
The Quizizz lesson is really engaging. The pop - up questions made it. I delivered my lesson in a way that formative assessment is happening. I am using the free subscription of Quizizz and it is more than enough to have a variety of questions and data gathering that I can make. In using Quizizz Lesson, one of the challenges is the connectivity of both onsite and online however I still believe that connectivity will be improve in the Philippines.
- It is ok to have mistakes (Both for teachers and students)
Doing the pop - up questions are super nice. It is really game - based learning. In this way, me as a teacher can see 2 things. I can see what my students are learning and their challenges. Another things that I see is on how will I improve my teaching. Having mistakes in the delivery is ok and admit I admit it to my students. Students having mistakes are ok because I see how will I help them. The engagement turns out to be meaningful. In my 8th graders, I suggest them what are the topics that they need to study to improve their skills. Like when they have difficulty in common factoring they need to study divisibility and fundamentals of algebra. I turn out to be more diagnostic feels in teaching than a assessor for pass or fail.
- Be Reflective
I am happy using Quizizz Lesson. It is challenging to make yet the results are real. It gives me participation for my students and realization in my teaching. It is really reflective on both users such as students and teachers. I believe I can do more when I use this platform. Tip: Get feedback with the students as well so you will know if you are doing good.
In my sense as a teacher, I see hybrid as a challenge to be future ready teacher. I am ready to face this challenge. Learning materials are vital element in my teaching. Quizizz makes it better. I will continue to do this teaching as long as the learning objectives are met and especially my students area gaining from it. It is a plus factor if they enjoy it.
That is Bebs Ever Tots!
