Using the Tic-Tac-Toe lesson assignments designed while participating in the PATINS UDL Project, Autumne Streeval and Harriet Armstrong from Columbus East High School went to Microsoft’s U.S. Innovative Teachers Forum and took top honors. They will move on to the national competition in Brazil later this fall.
To see a video interview with Autumne and Harriet, go to:
Using Tic-Tac-Toe boards to assign curriculum activities or to assess student learning is a great way to let students make choices about the activities they do in your lessons, and it will help them be more engaged and involved in their own learning. Since it is much easier to set up Tic-Tac-Toe boards for your class if you see some good examples, here are two.
Dave Edyburn has a web site (go to http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/tictactoe.html) that offers Tic-Tac-Toe board information for various primary, elementary and middle school activities, including:
Maureen LaFleche also has a web site with a good example of using a Tic-Tac-Toe board for offering students choices in curricular activities in the review of a novel in her literature class. Go to: http://tkamforall.pbwiki.com/Activities
