Share Paper: Enacting High-Leverage Practices Using Mursion in a Teacher Education Program

  1. Carmen Pena, UTRGV, United States
  2. Veronica Lopez Estrada, UTRGV, United States
  3. Denise Love, UTRGV, United States
Thursday, April 1 12:45 PM-1:00 PM Room 7

Abstract: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty at UTRGV were required to teach all courses online. The author created one assignment for teacher candidates that required them to design and deliver a lesson based on the high leverage practice of leading a group discussion using MRS technologies. Teacher candidates formulated open ended questions to help student avatars think critically and deeply about the various themes in the book, Thank You Mr. Falker. Both Mursion sessions were delivered through Zoom. The authors discuss several benefits of using Mursion in conjunction with Zoom and examine the factors one needs to consider ...