Capturing Student Understanding with Canva
Sarah English | Fri, 08/29/2025 - 15:04
Lead Contributor, Sarah English, outlines how she uses Canva (free for educators) to capture student ideas and misconceptions.
Whiteboarding
Whiteboarding in a Virtual Classroom with Melissa Hemling
Deanna Cullen | Wed, 01/27/2021 - 16:28
On January 26, 2021, Melissa Hemling presented a ChemEd X Talk about “whiteboarding” in a hybrid or virtual classroom. Students collaborate in small groups on classkick.com to digitally analyze data, create and modify models, and/or complete practice problems. Melissa shares how she uses the digital whiteboards to gauge student understanding and pinpoint misconceptions like she did pre-COVID. You can watch the edited recording of Melissa's Talk and access the document she shared during the presentation here.
That’s What Scientists Do!
Doug Ragan | Sun, 09/24/2017 - 21:24
As I began to prepare my labs for this upcoming year, I decided to put a bit of a twist on a previous density of a block lab I had used in the past entitled the Measurement Challenge that is sold by Flinn Scientific. It can also be used to find the mass of a block given the materials density and requiring students to measure and calculate the blocks volume. My added twist resulted in great scientific discourse.
Socratic Questioning (Whiteboarding Part II)
Erica Posthuma | Sun, 03/02/2014 - 13:26
Whiteboarding can be a powerful tool for increasing student engagement when it is implemented well. The success of a whiteboarding activity greatly depends on how well the instructor focuses the student interaction and guides the discussion.
Whiteboarding Strategies
Erica Posthuma | Sun, 01/26/2014 - 15:03
In my first post I mentioned using the Chemistry Modeling Curriculum (CMC) in my classroom. Although Modeling Instruction (MI) has been around for over 20 years, I discovered it during a workshop in the summer of 2010.