DocentEDU: Turn Any Website into an Engaging and Interactive Lesson
Matthew Nupen
DocentEDU
Karin Hogen
Central Middle School, White Bear Lake
Keywords: blended learning, lesson tool, lesson creation, differentiation
Abstract
Learn effective methods for creating engaging online lessons that deepen your student’s understanding without pulling all-nighters. The presentation will focus on using tools like DocentEDU and a freely available online text and other embeddable tools. The teacher co-founders of DocentEDU will explain how to guide students through text by using the tool to enhance online text with a combination of critical thinking questions, discussions, teacher selected videos, simulations, and more. The result is a lesson which uses existing, free text that is tailored to student’s interests and the lesson’s objectives.
Related URL: http://docentedu.com
Author Biography
Matthew Nupen, DocentEDU
Matthew Nupen teaches science to at-risk teens and converted his school’s curriculum to be 100% online. From the experience, Matt co-founded DocentEDU to allow him to effectively turn the endless knowledge of the internet into coherent and streamlined lessons.
