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Brittany Johnson’s classroom management presentation was filled with incredibly useful management techniques that she uses herself. I really enjoyed her presentation as it included techniques, I am familiar with but also new ways I have never seen or heard of before. Her morning start routine used social emotional learning check ins. I know many teachers that use morning check ins for their students. I find they are useful, so the teacher has a deeper understanding of how each student is doing on that day. I really liked her discussion of the I do, we do, you do strategy. This strategy is a great way to introduce new projects, ideas and topics to students by having the teacher model, then model as a class and then have the students do it on their own.  

Two new things from the presentation were the digital portfolio/ fresh grades and the hug machine. The digital portfolio is something new to me. I think this is a great way to share class work with parents or guardians. Also, this is a great way to start conversations at home about a school day as mentioned in class. The hug machine is not something I have ever seen before. It is a very interesting contraption, but I believe it would be very beneficial for students, and I would love to look further into it.  

Here is a website regarding the hug machine that I found interesting! There is a video within explain it.

I have never made an interactive video before, and it was a very useful and interesting thing to learn. The quality of interactive modifications is not the best, but I think with practice it could make an effective classroom tool. I do believe a higher grade level would be more of the target audience for interactive videos. The participation and interaction with the video would be more organized and higher grades could follow along more easily. I do think you could incorporate some H5P tools into younger age groups, but it could be harder to control and direct an activity around it. Since I am new to using H5P I did not exactly know what to use or how to use it. I think different colours, shapes and fonts could make the video a bit more eye-catching or intriguing. The quiz or multiple-choice options could be very engaging for students. It could be more of a class activity rather than a normal paper quiz. It’s a great opportunity to get students to interact socially if you give them a few moments to discuss what they think the answer could be. I also do think it could be a great guided exercise for students. Since many students have not used technology like this before, walking them through a tutorial and then allowing them to try to create their own version of what we did could be a great activity. It gives them an opportunity to try new things while also expressing their own unique interests and editing styles.  

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