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Book trailers from the Edge
Students at Essex Middle School recently hosted a morning at the movies, and as part of the April 9th Celebration of Learning, shared their iMovie book trailers for The Hobbit, The Giver, Hostage to War, The Hobbit, The Amulet of Samarkand, Holes, Schooled, The Hobbit (v. popular book), and Cracker.
As facilitator Lindsey Slan Halman explained, the students had been forbidden to use any images off the internet, and thus got extra creative with their staging, imagery, props and acting. We think the students did an amazing job, and would like to thank them for being so willing to share their work.
Map apps for the iOS
An illustrated guide to the map apps covered at Friday’s iOS User Group meeting.
Middle grades students building a 3-D printer
Students at one of our partner schools, Manchester Elementary/Middle School have recently embarked on building a 3-D printer. Yep, you read that right: a 3-dimensional printer. The parts are laser cut out of wood and teach the kids about programming and design. First item off the press? A sloth coin.
Instructor Seth Bonnett explains:
Edmodo at Warp Speed
Working through the Dorothy Canfield Fisher books with Edmodo: Warp Speed by Lisa Yee, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai, incorporating students into Edmodo, badging, book clubs and new scarves. It’s all in here.
Badgestack!
The Tarrant Institute has recently begun piloting a trial of Badgestack, an online badging platform, featuring level dynamics, friending and hidden rewards. As part of a course they’re taking via Badgestack, Susan and Audrey recorded this Google+ hangout to talk about how Badgestack might work in a middle school classroom, and their love-hate relationship with The Leaderboard.
1:1 rollout with Hunt Middle School
Susan Hennessey was on hand with her iPad camera to record the Oasis team at Hunt Middle School, in Burlington, going 1:1. A huge thank you to the Oasis team teachers and students for letting us be part of their journey. Hunt Middle School is a partner of the Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education.
ARIS: The EpiQRious Caterpillar
A narrated walk-through of our current ARIS game in development: The EpiQRious Caterpillar.
Wi-fi considerations for using ARIS at UVM
aka What a Lovely Gravel Path That Is.
Audrey muses on the current wi-fi coverage situation at UVM while trying to place characters for an ARIS game on campus.
VGo: Robots in the classroom
The VGO video conferencing robot visited the Tarrant Institute today, and Meredith took it for a spin.
iPad Apps We Like: Germ Blaster
A one-minute screencast of actual game-play from the free iPad app Germ Blaster, by the Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning. No medical training required.
Rob Gervais on going 1:1 with iPads
Going 1:1 with iPads: lessons learned
In this 40 minute webinar, Rob Gervais, director of technology for Enosburg Town Schools, goes over the nuts and bolts of deploying a 1:1 iPad environment. Enosburg Town Schools were among the first schools in Vermont to go 1:1 with iPads, and Gervais faced a number of challenges in the implementation of them, including the need for upgraded school-wide wifi and a charging system. At the same time, he and the rest of the school were able to innovate some amazing tools for iPad management, including communications with families about the program.
Six questions with Keith Nemlich
Keith Nemlich, educator at Manchester Elementary/Middle School, sat down with us and answered six questions about the state of edtech.
“I’d like to be obsolete. Seriously. When my school no longer needs me and our students are independently accessing technology in appropriate and meaningful ways, then I’ll know that I have been successful. What would accelerate this process?” Continue reading “Six questions with Keith Nemlich”