4 great online tools for the Hour of Code
Global day of coding coming in December December 8th – 14th, students and educators around the world will be taking an hour to
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New podcast ep: “How does data-mining affect edtech?” Who’s looking at your students’ data? Tarrant Institute professional development coordinator Susan
Read moreBesides ours, of course 🙂 In case you’re just tuning in, podcasts are having something of a renaissance. People are finding
Read moreMove to implement PLPs reflected at two local conferences for educators Fall in Vermont features two amazing local conferences for
Read moreGive book characters a voice in reviews A great way to bring book covers to life with augmented reality is
Read moreGreen screen fun: embed yourself in a book cover It’s super-fun to make book trailers to embed in book covers
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The unintended consequences of branded tech in the classroom In this episode of The 21st Century Classroom, Tarrant Institute graduate
Read moreConcept to reality with Edmunds Middle School makerspace Hear from a group of 6th grade engineers who got to use
Read moreTwitter’s not just a great way to build your PLN as an educator, it’s also a powerful tool to connect
Read morePart 1: Grow your PLN and get help from those who’ve been there Twitter is an invaluable resource for educators looking to
Read moreThis past Thursday we officially welcomed Christ the King School, in Burlington, as our newest partner school. Professional development coordinator
Read moreThe Tarrant Institute is looking for new partners This morning, the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation announced that
Read moreBy now, almost everyone’s familiar with QR codes, the distinctive-looking black-and-white graphics which, when scanned, take the scanner to a
Read moreEducators are embracing digital tools for planning and sharing Personalized learning plans, or PLPs, are non-traditional pathways by which students
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Vermont middle school educator created app at camp In this episode of our podcast, we’re going to be hearing from math
Read moreBe brave, be bold Have you guys heard of Voxer? I have, but I had never actually dug into it
Read moreSTEM endorsement for students features personalized learning, community partners Last week, Essex High School threw a community launch party to celebrate
Read moreaka The Bear Trap Story When was the last time you saw your district superintendent leap over a bear trap?
Read moreWe’re flipping for Flipboard — and your students will too! Flipboard is a free mobile app for the iOS, Android and
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This past summer, we hosted another successful year of Tarrant Code Camp, where campers from all over Vermont came together to learn
Read moreA parent presentation video, visit a model Chromebook school, and 1:1 consulting options With Fair Haven Union High School, the
Read moreFeed and grow your PLN as an educator Now that you’ve gotten started with Google+ Communities, you may be wondering how
Read moreIt’s all about your Personal Learning Network (PLN) Google+ communities are becoming a major way for educators to get inspired
Read more(without calling tech support) Despite Apple releasing AirPrint waaaay back in the heady days of iOS4, printing has long been
Read moreWhat #VTed Did This Summer
Read moreFlip the way you deliver content and engage students, but don’t stop there: flipping your space, your community and faculty
Read moreGet a sneak peek at the new Thinglink Many of you have undoubtedly heard of Thinglink’s new video service, where
Read moreGetting mobile devices into the hands of educators and students is the name of the game, but what happens after to
Read moreWhat We’re Reading Gear up for your upcoming or ongoing 1:1 device programs this summer with these thought-provoking reads
Read moreGet videos off your device with this easy app Attention screencasters! This could save you a ton of time. For all
Read moreWhat We’re Reading A ton of things, that’s what! Because we’re participating in the 3rd annual #summerthrowdown reading challenge! How
Read moreIf you build it, they will charge Not all of our iPads get checked out at once, and, as a
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Read moreA while back, I was researching how to print a QR code on a cake, as you do, and stumbled
Read moreWhat We’re Reading Advice from the popular Nerdy Book Club on how to create authentic book clubs in the classroom,
Read moreBecause 102 years of Girl Scouts can’t be wrong New this morning on the blog, Harwood Union Middle School math
Read moreA new iOS app to blab about — literally! Chatterpix is a free iOS app that allows you to put
Read moreWhat We’re Reading Right Now: Minecraft Machinima: Camping Gone Wrong, Killer Grandma and Party Beach out of Flood Brook Union School’s
Read moreSo many graduations to be excited about this week! Congratulations to the 8th graders transitioning from Cabot’s middle school to
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It’s the End of Reading As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Something new and different for us today:
Read moreMeet the digital anthropologists of Cabot, Vermont In fulfillment of their project-based learning research this past spring, this pair of
Read moreI can’t recommend highly enough Mrs Pepe’s Google Glass Adventures. Courtney Pepe teaches high school in New Jersey, and has
Read moreIt’s that magical, magical time of the year again! No, not the end of the school year. (STOP THAT.) I
Read moreProject-based learning is alive and well in rural Vermont As part of The Cabot School‘s Exhibition of Learning earlier this
Read moreAs part of the endnote for Dynamic Landscapes 2014, we asked 300 Vermont educators to take and share selfies. And
Read moreLocal educators and students presenting at Vermont state conference If you’re one of the many folks planning on attending Dynamic
Read moreWhy We Like This This is Amy Gibson’s fabulous (and brief!) tutorial video about the EasyBib Google Docs Add-On, which
Read moreWe’ve been honored to partner with The Edge Academy at Essex Middle School, and a huge reason why is their
Read moreGet out there! It’s spring (unless you’re in the Antipodes) and IT HAS FINALLY STOPPED SNOWING. Yes, all those capital
Read moreWhat-smash? Despite sounding like a weird potato-fruit dish, app-smashing gets your students thinking less about apps and more about tasks. Hopefully
Read moreSixty dollars, a dremel and a dream It all started with a post on the iPad Ed Google+ community. Wait,
Read moreWant to try out writing interactive fiction and games with your students? Here are three tools that make it easy
Read moreHow one class of 8th grade scientists at Harwood Union Middle School used Google Docs, Schoology, and iPads to capture
Read moreHas this ever happened to you? You’ve captured some amazing in-classroom video footage with your trusty iPad — a compelling
Read moreThis spring, Nancy Spencer and her class discovered something amazing about their cheek cells. The students discovered that by placing
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Read moreRachel Goodale’s 8th grade science class at Peoples Academy Middle Level was honored yesterday for their series of speed
Read moreHere’s a great way to dip your toes in the digital credentialing waters: DIY.org. What Is It? Geared for kids
Read moreThese VT students do. As you can see from the video below, users care, creators care, this class of 6th
Read moreFrom our tumblr, an unusual iPad management situation with one educator who confiscated a student’s iPad during class and added
Read moreStudents are creating narrated, curated and portable evidence of their work Back in November, a group of educators from Harwood
Read moreWhat tools you use are missing from this list? I sat down this afternoon to brainstorm a list of video
Read moreTarrant Institute professional development coordinator Susan Hennessey discusses the current and future possibilities of digital badging, e-portfolios and alternative credentialing,
Read moreAs part of their celebration of Digital Learning Day, students at Edmunds Middle School hosted a “speed-geeking” session: they each
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