Sunday, February 10, 2019

Foldables or what to do when there are no devices allowed

I am sure that many of you are familiar with the foldable idea. There are books and blogs specifically dedicated to them, and the whole interactive notebook movement is still making the rounds. Although I love the idea, I am more of an #edtech teacher and tend to prefer to find opportunities for students to create digitally. That is until I am absent from the classroom, and I need to find an activity that ties into what we are doing and that will not need the use of devices. Too many times I've been burned by either my sub not knowing the rules of using tech with students or my students taking that absence as an opportunity to be off-task on their devices under the guise of "doing research".

So for those times, I find that foldables are "just right" in that they allow for a bit of scaffolding, but they are easy enough for students to handle without my presence. Unfortunately, every time I need one and do a Google search, I end up with several Pinterest hits that lead to TpT - a site that I prefer to avoid.

Today was one of those days, which spurred the idea of sharing the one that I created this morning for human body systems, along with some others, in case you are in need of them.