Why structure? One of the most intimidating things about starting to do service and project based learning in the classroom is how to structure the...
The Good, the Bad, and the Bot What does it look like when twitter bots work towards improving our world? Bots have a rightly deserved rap for...
Leland & Gray students take on a school community makeover At Leland & Gray Union Middle High School, students decided to make their school a...
Also featuring: The Green Mountain Book Awards! Legendary Librarian Jeanie Phillips is back on the podcast talking about what else but books! Not...
Padlet, Google Keep and Corkulous — oh my! 1.Padlet Padlet’s been a go-to for a number of our educators for a while now, based on both...
Why structure? One of the most intimidating things about starting to do service and project based learning in the classroom is how to structure the time. One thing I have learned from direct experience in the classroom...
Leland & Gray students take on a school community makeover At Leland & Gray Union Middle High School, students decided to make their school a more inspiring place to learn. They put in flower boxes, painted...
Padlet, Google Keep and Corkulous — oh my! 1.Padlet Padlet’s been a go-to for a number of our educators for a while now, based on both its easy drag-and-drop interface and the ability to add photos and video...
The Good, the Bad, and the Bot What does it look like when twitter bots work towards improving our world? Bots have a rightly deserved rap for being used nefariously, but much less attention is paid to when...
There’s learning in the lemonade stand What might be your child’s first experience with business? That’s right: the lemonade stand. I mean, what is cuter and more compelling than a few eager kids selling...
Public displays of learning are not always the end. How do you know when meaningful, relevant, personalized and authentic learning has really occurred? Is the charge and scaffolding strong enough to continue the...
Take student learning outside Students at Green Mountain Union High School demonstrate learning in Science, Social Studies, Health, and Language Arts over the course of a semester. But for one group of students, there...
Students test drive tools to enhance & amplify project work When Stowe Middle Level educators met to plan for the upcoming student exhibitions of learning, they agreed on two critical ideas. One, that their learners...
Answer Garden, Flipgrid and Adobe Spark “What are you grateful for?” We posed this question to 7th grade Stowe Middle School students, the Monday before the holiday break. The activity may seem simple, but...
When last we left the students of these two plucky Vermont middle schools, they had managed to connect students and educators via Google Hangout. They’d gotten together to make pizzas and plot the future of...
Come for the math, stay for the slingshots! Green Mountain 7th graders and HS physics students apply math and science to a real-world problem: hitting targets. They collaborate in multi-age teams to design and build...
Parenting students in a world without grades Proficiency reporting is a set of legal requirements that all Vermont high schools must meet before 2020. In essence, we’ll report only on what a student knows and can...
Looking at tech tools for formative assessment In a proficiency-based learning environment, frequent, flexible, and transparent assessments become cornerstones of the practice. The importance of formative assessment...
Making sure Proficiency work includes all students Recently, I was in a middle school team meeting walking folks through some proficiencyb-based learning scenarios and one teacher said “I have a student who is...
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Katy Farber
Audrey Homan
Jeanie Phillips
Rachel Mark
Scott Thompson
Emily Hoyler
Life LeGeros
Neal McIntyre