General FAQs
What types of content will I find on Teacher Experience Exchange?
Here are the main types of content you'll find on Teacher Experience Exchange:
- Course: Teacher Experience Exchange courses require enrollment, and include lessons, assignments and quizzes.
- Article: Teacher Experience Exchange articles are short, instructional pieces that focus on one aspect of a topic.
- Quick lesson: Teacher Experience Exchange quick lessons are instructional pieces that focus on one aspect of a topic and are a few pages long. They are similar to articles but just a little longer.
- How-to: Our How-to content gives you a quick interactive visual lesson. These flash-based tutorials will show you exactly how to perform a task on your own computer. You can follow along with the instructor by listening to the audio and watching the demonstration.
- Lesson plan: Teacher Experience Exchange lesson plans are shared resources for teachers. To search for a specific plan, use the search feature at the top of the page.
- Virtual classroom tours: Teacher Experience Exchange virtual classroom tours offer resources to lead students through creative,
constructivist, technology-rich projects for all grade levels. The tours are mainly downloadable Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations that may contain links to other types of files within them. These files include project background and planning information, teacher and student reflections, content-rich teaching resources and assessment and standards information.
How do courses work?
Teacher Experience Exchange online courses are offered online and are accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. Courses typically contain two to six lessons and include quizzes and assignments. All of the lessons in a course are available to you while the course is in session.
Where do the courses take place?
Courses take place online and are accessible from any computer with Internet access.
How do campuses work on Teacher Experience Exchange?
Teacher Experience Exchange is divided into two main campuses and fourteen subcampuses. Within each campus, you can access courses, articles, tutorials and virtual classroom tours.
What is the advantage of taking an online course instead of a regular course or even buying a book to learn more?
Like a traditional course, an online course uses a collection of lessons, assignments and quizzes to help you learn. But unlike traditional courses, you take an online course when it's convenient for you, rather than organizing your schedule around course time. You also get the opportunity to chat with other students to gain more insight and information about the subjects that interest you on the discussion forums.
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