Adam Provost on the need for ongoing instruction in digital citizenship
Adam Provost, Burlington High School tech integrationist and Partnership for Change Fellow, talks about how to talk to students about
Read moreAdam Provost, Burlington High School tech integrationist and Partnership for Change Fellow, talks about how to talk to students about
Read moreThis morning we’re honored to be able to share a prezi by Currier Memorial School educator Susan Gibeault, on
Read moreBrought to you by the inimitable Susan Hennessey, who shows here how you can use the Chrome browser extension
Read moreGuest post by Lindsey Halman, facilitator at The Edge at Essex Middle School: What is a system? How are
Read moreSome fantastic Friday reading: Over at AMLE Magazine, TIIE director Penny Bishop and associate director John Downes are talking
Read moreOne way I know for sure an app has potential to transform classroom practice is when, with minimal introduction and
Read moreOn February 11th, Edmunds Middle School opened their doors to the community and invited them to see what technology integration
Read moreAs part of celebrating Digital Learning Day yesterday, we visited The Edge team at Essex Middle School for their annual
Read more“It is time that educators recognize and capitalize on the social nature of their students because their virtual interactions stretch
Read moreSixth grade math educator Laura Botte explains how she’s using a simple Google form to make it easier for students
Read moreVine is a tool where users can craft looping six-second videos for sharing globally, and other users can up-vote them,
Read morePAML 6th grade educator and all-around good egg Joe Speers returns to the blog to with another #1minutehowto, this
Read moreEdmunds Middle School teachers, students and district technologists were on Commissioner’s Corner last night , talking about their experiences designing
Read moreI know, I know. But let me get a show of hands: how many of you now have that song
Read moreThat’s a wrap, people! We finish up our coverage of Vermont’s epic participation in Hour of Code this
Read moreIn case you missed it, we Storified all the amazing tweets, images and sheer joy coming out of Vermont schools
Read moreOver on Storify, we’re covering the amazing kick-off for the Hour of Code statewide. More than 113 Vermont schools are
Read moreIn November, tem students from Edmunds Middle School took part in the First Lego League Robotics competition. Here, team member
Read moreA 1-minute iPad how-to from Harwood Union Middle School science educator Brian Wagner, showing you how to save augmented reality
Read moreWhen last we left our trusty Edmunds Explorers, they had just defeated a horde of geometry-loving aliens who’d invaded the
Read moreFirst up: Mr. Betts, who in addition to sporting a terrible British accent and pretending to fling tea all over
Read moreFollowing up on our intro to ARIS with geometry last Friday, this morning the 6th graders from Edmunds Middle School
Read morePop quiz, hotshot. What do geometry, aliens and the augmented reality gaming platform all have in common? A: All were
Read moreWelcome to our new twice-monthly column highlighting best practices for digital middle schools from a leadership perspective. Twice a
Read moreLillian Coletta and Leah Green, two pre-service teachers at UVM, have created an amazingly comprehensive Google site for middle-level math
Read moreJulia Melloni, the Middle School Religion teacher at Mater Christi School in Burlington, worked with her students on “blending ancient
Read moreShow of hands, who’s planning on attending the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit in Boston this week? Hm? While you’re there,
Read moreMeet Theresa White. She teaches 4th and 5th grade at Roxbury Village School, and this past summer, in preparation for
Read moreThe unstoppable Susan Hennessey shows you and your students can create a quick collage using the online photo tool, Pixlr.
Read morePeoples Academy Middle Level (PAML) educator Joe Speers returns with an explanation of how PAML uses Google Drive on iPads
Read moreby Eric Schoembs, Edmunds Middle School educator Last week Dan Treinis and I each received Maker Bot Replicator 2s, underwritten
Read moreEmily Howe joined the Tarrant Institute this past summer as our first ever pre-service teacher intern. She was instrumental in
Read moreVia TeachThought, here are 23 ways you can integrate an iPad (and its apps) into a classroom focused on project-based
Read moreFeaturing TIIE’s own John Downes, VPR is talking this morning about how Google is supporting tech integration in Vermont schools.
Read moreOur partners at Peoples Academy Middle Level are going 1:1 with iPads, and the educators have put together a Google
Read moreHow one UVM class of pre-service teachers investigated the possibilities of this increasingly popular augmented-reality tool: read the whole article
Read moreby Rachel Goodale (Peoples Academy Middle Level) We started out this year with a Physics Unit studying the relationships
Read moreIn a nutshell, Aurasma’s augmented reality images are called auras. You make them with Aurasma Studio, which runs in your
Read moreAugmented reality apps allow users to experience a layer of additional information — usually visual or auditory — meshed with
Read more“I noticed something recently when I was at a workshop or a meeting or something. I was with a colleague
Read moreOkay, so I’m a few months early but oy, this weather, #btv. Brought to you by AR DinoPark, a free
Read moreSusan Hennessey takes you through some tools educators can use to curate — rather than simply collect — compelling content
Read moreAs a follow-up to our post on how teachers are using Touchcast, here’s an example of how students are using
Read moreWe’re sharing the screencasting love over here at the Institute, thanks in no small part to #btv librarian-rockstar Shannon Walters
Read moreInstitute director Penny Bishop is in the news over at the Burlington Free Press, talking about our motivations behind this
Read moreWhile we’re all over here recovering from the epic spectacle that was this year’s Code Camp, please enjoy Shelly Wright’s
Read moreFrom Katie Sullivan and via our own @hennesss: “Look at this cool way to use iMovie for kids to be
Read moreOur inaugural Code Camp is in some great company this morning over at 7Days: Ruby Course, Conference and Camp Coming
Read moreIn September of 2009, Sarah, the 9 year-old daughter of our keynote speaker posted a 90-second YouTube response to President
Read morePhoebe Slater teaches 7th grade at one of our partner schools, Peoples Academy Middle Level, over on her blog, Slaterspace,
Read moreMontpelier’s U32 students did an amazing job crafting this documentary about school consolidation issues in Vermont. A fantastic example of
Read moreA middle-schooler from Harwood explains how they’re using Explain Everything for a class project to capture stills and videos.
Read moreA brief but effective demonstration of how to use iMovie to construct a poem recital video, courtesy a student at
Read moreTraveled down to Harwood Union Middle School in Moretown VT on Friday to interview some of the students and teachers
Read moreOut at Cabot last Friday to interview some students and teachers about their amazing Seedfolks project, I was reassured to
Read moreIt’s no secret that here at the Tarrant Institute, we’re a bit batty for badges. Not just because they’re shiny
Read more“It’s not that I feel smarter in learning, I feel smarter in everything.” Essex Middle School’s Edge team opened their
Read more“Grand Theft Diamond”, a video from Flood Brook Union School’s 6th graders, shows how the popular game Minecraft can be
Read morePage 1 | 2 The annual Rube Goldberg Challenge is an opportunity for students to engage in their inner creative,
Read moreAn augmented reality periodic table One of our partner educators, Brian Wagner, teaches eighth grade science at Harwood Union Middle
Read moreMeet Ryan Becker. He’s an 8th grade science teacher at Woodstock Union Middle School, a UVM doctoral student and tweets
Read moreThank you to partner educator Amanda Bickford for sharing this video about how technology’s being integrated into the Manchester Elementary
Read moreOver on Storify, a brief recap of how our first annual iPad play-day went this past weekend. With more than
Read moreA guest post by one of our partner educators, Jacki McCarty. McCarty is an educator at Harwood Union Middle School,
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