Chapter 17: Facilitating with Finesse

How do you balance the art of facilitation? How do you guide them without directing them too much?
Have you ever had to abandon a lesson because the technology wouldn’t cooperate? Explain. What would you do differently?
What are your favorite strategies for facilitation? Please share on Twitter with the #ShakeUpLearning hashtag or in the Facebook Group.
In what ways could you make use of the student tech experts in your classroom?
How do you give feedback on digital assignments? Where do you see room for improvement?
How do you assess digital work? What is something you would like to change or improve in this process?
How do you monitor progress on long-term projects?

Try one of the facilitation strategies from this chapter in your next lesson.
Create a tech expert role or team for your classroom or school to both empower students and help you focus on facilitation. (Check out the Chrome Squad resources below for ideas.) Create a rubric for a digital assignment that is designed to assess the content or skills for that particular unit or lesson. Try to avoid adding things like the number of slides required.
Try the TAG strategy for peer-to-peer feedback:
- T – Tell the creator something you like.
- A – Ask the creator a question about their work.
- G – Give the creator a suggestion for improvement.

Student Chrome Squad (Part 1): Great Leadership Is Key for 1:1 – blog post from Shake Up Learning
Student Chrome Squad (Part 2): Building the Team – blog post from Shake Up Learning
Build Your Own Student Tech Team!—Student Chrome Squad (Part 3) – blog post from Shake Up Learning
Supporting 1-1 with a Student Chrome Squad – Episode 8 of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast
Watch this video to learn more about how the Yes, and… protocol works: shakeup.link/youtu6e3c.