#symchat Archive
#symchat conversations focus on classroom integration of SymbalooEDU, the educational version of Symbaloo developed for students, educators and schools.
Wednesday February 17, 2016
6:00 PM EST
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Welcome to w/ | Please state your name and where you are from. As always please don't forget to use the hashtag
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Welcome to w/ | Please state your name and where you are from. As always please don't forget to use the hashtag
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I’m Sylvia, 4th grade teacher from PA. Happy to be here to talk about ’s exciting new lesson plan format!
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Jamey, instructional coach Central Community College, Neb
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Hi, everyone! I'm Kimberly, Media Specialist from Daytona Beach.
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My name is Nathaniel from Dallas and am a student at North Texas
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Hello everyone, thank you for joining us tonight for
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Hi! John in Springfield, VA here. Health, PE, driver ed and track coach
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Peggy Perret Media Resource Specialist McKinney, Texas
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Hi! my name is Bernadette, a student at UNT. This is my first tweet chat!
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Followed to - Marifran, HS librarian from NY
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Shannon in AL-6th grade math
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We will be using the Q1-A1 format, but first a quick introduction to lesson plans!
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Hi, Bernadette! Welcome to Twitter chats!
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hello! I think I see one of my classmates here is well
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For those new to lesson plans, it is gaming-style format that guides students through custom paths of great resources!
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That's awesome! Glad you're here!
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The custom paths can contain learning resources such as videos, documents, quizzes, and games
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How does that sound to everyone so far!
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Sounds great! I can't wait to play with it to learn more!
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Symbaloo Lesson Plans are in beta and available in US only. You can log in with your Symbaloo account here:
https://t.co/Kl80NsdYAt
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. just keeps getting better!
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Sorry I am late. I almost forgot, Sylvia! I will try to participate but might have to jump in and out.
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Excited to learn more about lesson plans
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Hi, Brenda! Glad you are here!
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It keeps getting better! :)
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Q1 How familiar are you with Symbaloo Lesson Plans? Have you created or viewed any yet?
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Please share the session code requested on the web site
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A1. I haven't had explored it...yet. Hate to admit it!
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A) I have created 2 lessons. Ss like it. Still a few issues.
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That’s for when you create a Lesson Plan and invite your students.
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You will love it when you do !
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A1. Not familiar at all with Symbaloo Lesson Plans
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We want to hear these issues!
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A1 I've known about it for a while but every time I start to ✔ it out another priority pops up
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A1: took a quick peek recently - it looks like great fun (& in need of my complete attention)
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A1 Check out the gallery to take a look at some of the lesson plans already completed
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I have already emailed them.
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this is the first I have heard of symbaloo
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glad I'm not the only one who feels like that - not enough time to explore!
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It looks like lesson plans will have a lot of new people trying it out soon!
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Oh, my friend, you will love it! It is way more than just for bookmarking! And hello, by the way!
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A1 I'm not really familiar with it either
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do we search "lesson plans" in the gallery
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A1) Does take time / organization. Works well when designed well.
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A1. Researching a bit now in another tab though!
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A1 Never seen this before
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stay close. I'll protect you from those who just heard you speak those words
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Q2 What are some ways you could/can enable personalized learning using Symbaloo lesson plans?
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Was just saying in a webinar that I run my entire library w webmixes, no exaggeration
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do you have a Symbaloo acct
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My homepage for the checkout/card catalog system is ! Ss love it!
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A2) the option in the lesson to have options (paths) after completing a step.
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Lesson Plans on Symbaloo perfect for a flipped classroom. In fact, the public librarian mentioned something to me about summer
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A2: would like Ss to develop a guiding Q and then illustrate their path of discovery
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Jumping in late, Keith George from Alabama
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I use a Symbaloo page on my home page of my library catalog!
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A2. For reading you could include similar subject matter but w/different reading levels. Could flip your class too!
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Yes, the learning paths enable personalized learning in a wonderful way
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A2 I would think you could link differentiated lesson plan webmixes to specific student tiles
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A2: as sole librarian in district, would be a great way to develop indiv pathfinders for primary Ss
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A2 Great for PBL campuses
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Great answers and suggestions, everyone!
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Q3 What are some of the ways Symbaloo lesson plans could or have benefited your class?
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but it does look very interesting I want to find out more
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Work with other Ts to collaborate on creating lessons
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A3) the option to have the lesson open for a few days allow Ss work on their own.
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A2. I'm liking the ability to send bookmarks and we resources, this could possibly come in handy for group research projects
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best tool I have ever found bar none.
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A3 I used it to organize resources for my student's research project
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A3: seems like an opportunity to make thinking/eval visible for Ss who may need more structure/guidance in the inquiry process
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A3. Research resources as of now, but want to do more!
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A3 A student who was absent completed a lesson plan on his own to understand what he missed and didn't complain about doing it!
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is adding that gamification part to lessons
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A1: New to me, A2: Unlimited, lots of ideas coming
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am i doing something wrong? I felt like there wasn't much room to type multiple choice answers.
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With a premium acct you can choose which lesson plans would be visible for your Ss
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A3: Sharing lessons with other teachers plus having my EdTech Grad students make one!
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I like the research idea. We should have this in our social media class definitely it brings everything together
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A3. Organization. That seems to be a great tool as well. I can get overwhelmed when gathering information from many sources
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there is only so much space and one Q per step.
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Q4 What are some alternative ways to use the lesson plans?
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not sure what you mean with room? Can you email us at feedbackUS@symbaloo.com with details and a screenshot?
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Yeah, maybe we can incorporate this when we have group projects later
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You can have multiple Qs in one tile!
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Glad I'm using chats so I van grab a chat transcript since I was late!
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A4. Not sure at this point. Need to look at it more & also look at plans others have created.
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Ss could use lesson plans for extra practice and reviewing content for test finals
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Q4: School/District collections of lessons shared online
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A4 definitely can use lesson plans to review material and enrichment activities
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A4) As Eng teacher, choose your own adventure stories.
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they have amazing customer support
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I am liking all these ideas now and will retweet them to the Twitter universe soon! Keep them coming!
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Assign lesson plans as homework / flipped lessons
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lesson plans work perfectly for flipped lessons!
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Q5 How can you ensure you meet state standards and expectations as you build your lesson plans?
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A3 Since i've never used lessons plans, I wonder. Can it be used during a presentation so listeners can interact and follow along?
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A5 what better documentation is there? It's all right in one location
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A5: Content is what meets the standards, the lesson plans will just make getting the right content together easier
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This will revolutionize differentiation and self-paced S learning! Thank you!
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A5 I created a lesson plan for our study of PA History-was able to incorporate many standards into 1 plan
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A5) Going to get myself in trouble, but I don't build lessons with Standards first, learning first standards second.
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Yes, and the gaming aspect of lesson plans makes it so interesting and engaging for students
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That last A3 was supposed to be A4, my bad
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me either! I write the lesson and fit the standards to the lesson.
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A5: We are working on integrating more and more content and aligning it with state standards. You can help us by starting your 1of2
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A5. Make sure that whatever you put in your plans aligns w/standards.
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Off topic- , after the chat, can you help me check on a swag request I made a month ago?
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Q6 How do you integrate online activities into your class?
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A5. Look them up. :-) & do what I like to do which is collaborate w/h Ts across grade levels/outside of sch to check obj
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A6. Any online activities I do are usually integrated with a book we have read or with Genius Hour.
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A6 What I like with lesson plans is that so many online resources can be incorportated into them
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Chiming in late for But greetings to all. Had to feed Teenage son/2 legged and walk 4legged :-)
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A6: Use them for learning and assessment!
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A6) use embed codes in LMS.
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So they can watch a video, read a document, play a game, then take a quiz to check understanding
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I love embedding webmixes!
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A6 Online resources can be combined w/GC using This is terrific!
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I think my grad students just got another assignment
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Q7 Can you give examples on feedback you’ve gotten from students or how you feel they will like lesson plans?
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Yea, so easy for Ss to access, plus you can update it at anytime.
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A7. Not yet--in a future chat! :)
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You use this for college students? I think it would be great for online courses.
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Q7: I'll have to get back to you as I am chatting and creating my first right now
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A6. Many times it's done by my Ss w/h suggestions I offer as I want it to be to their interest & "w/h it" Obj. r given.
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I haven't yet, but I am now!
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A7: think lesson plans will be a blessing for my elementary colleagues who field many "where do I go next?" in research process
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A7) They like the ability to move at their own pace.
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A7. I don't have any examples but I bet this would be great if professors teaching college level online courses would use this
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A7 My 4th graders used their usual adjectives to describe lesson plans-awesome, amazing, fun, lol.
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that's what we do in our class now we have to live social media on the overhea in front of the class d 0
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And all the Elem. Media Specialists siad, "Amen!"
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Did we mention you can live track and chat with your students while they are on the Lesson Plan? https://t.co/5gpOs9hGk2
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I can't wait to revamp my lessons to fit the learning styles of my diverse S pop
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It looks a follow up chat is in order! Q7 What features of lesson plans seem the most appealing to you?
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Real time tracking and chat! Awesome!
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I also think I just found my next blog post topic!
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A7: my kids make fun of me b/c I say go to symbaloo and find the square, and I hear them say "Symbaloo." It's a fun name.
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A7. Frankly the feed/k is usually general as more than one source is used to formulate lp. Would have to ask.
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A7. I love the interactive feature to live track and chat! Looking into using this for presentations
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Works as long as you have the LP open
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A7: and then they say, "did you make this Mrs. Fry?"
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A7 I think my teacher would love to use this in class
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A7 I like the quiz feature that can be used after any type of instruction on the custom path, and many different quiz types
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yes, my 1st yr at the HS after being at the ES the name was a hurdle - functionality won them over and quick!
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A7: it is by far the best tool I have, & now with the lesson plans = awesome. I need to have the SD let Ss access youtube.
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A7.2 Attainable Obj. Awesome resources/interactive activities on and offline. Feedback in game form :-)
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this tool has so much potential for presenters and college professors!
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Q8 We can't end without sharing! Do you have any lesson plans you have created to share with us today?
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I have a number of profs using and now showing them the LP site.
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A8. No, but I plan to play during the next hour before & !
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A8: I'm ready to steal. . . I mean highlight some examples from the group!
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A8) I haven't made my public because I was testing it out, but have a grammar one based on grammar rock videos
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Love that the plan has a path for Ss to follow!
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used a webmix to create a presentation for a class I took - ppl liked that could access whenever
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I think that there is great ecitment for your lesson plan format!
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You know that means you have to host another real soon ;-)
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yay - get to see you again in an hour!
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You know that means you have to host another real soon ;-)
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With these educators, it would be my pleasure!
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A round of favorites/likes/follows for our host for a great Thank you Sylvia!
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Thank you Sylvia I've learned something new today!
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