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What We’re Reading Advice from the popular Nerdy Book Club on how to create authentic book clubs in the classroom,
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What We’re Reading Right Now: Minecraft Machinima: Camping Gone Wrong, Killer Grandma and Party Beach out of Flood Brook Union School’s
Read moreCongratulations to all of Vermont’s amazing graduates!
So many graduations to be excited about this week! Congratulations to the 8th graders transitioning from Cabot’s middle school to
Read moreFirst look: Google Glass in education
I can’t recommend highly enough Mrs Pepe’s Google Glass Adventures. Courtney Pepe teaches high school in New Jersey, and has
Read moreEver wonder what 300 educator selfies looks like?
As part of the endnote for Dynamic Landscapes 2014, we asked 300 Vermont educators to take and share selfies. And
Read moreTarrant Institute partners presenting at Dynamic Landscapes
Local educators and students presenting at Vermont state conference If you’re one of the many folks planning on attending Dynamic
Read moreWild City @ The Edge: 2 years strong and counting
We’ve been honored to partner with The Edge Academy at Essex Middle School, and a huge reason why is their
Read moreRecap: 1:1 in Vermont Schools
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Read moreVT 8th grade class receives EduCast Pioneer award
Rachel Goodale’s 8th grade science class at Peoples Academy Middle Level was honored yesterday for their series of speed
Read morePenny Bishop & John Downes in AMLE Magazine
Some fantastic Friday reading: Over at AMLE Magazine, TIIE director Penny Bishop and associate director John Downes are talking
Read moreDigital Learning Day at Edmunds Middle School
On February 11th, Edmunds Middle School opened their doors to the community and invited them to see what technology integration
Read moreDigital Learning Day at The Edge
As part of celebrating Digital Learning Day yesterday, we visited The Edge team at Essex Middle School for their annual
Read moreHow many students are on social media?
“It is time that educators recognize and capitalize on the social nature of their students because their virtual interactions stretch
Read moreWhy is everyone doin’ it for the Vine?
Vine is a tool where users can craft looping six-second videos for sharing globally, and other users can up-vote them,
Read moreEdmunds Middle School is on the airwaves with ARIS
Edmunds Middle School teachers, students and district technologists were on Commissioner’s Corner last night , talking about their experiences designing
Read moreVermont Hour of Code Wrap-Up
That’s a wrap, people! We finish up our coverage of Vermont’s epic participation in Hour of Code this
Read moreVT Hour of Code: Day 3
In case you missed it, we Storified all the amazing tweets, images and sheer joy coming out of Vermont schools
Read moreVermont schools off and running with “Hour of Code”
Over on Storify, we’re covering the amazing kick-off for the Hour of Code statewide. More than 113 Vermont schools are
Read moreCongratulations to the EMS Robotics Team!
In November, tem students from Edmunds Middle School took part in the First Lego League Robotics competition. Here, team member
Read moreEvernote with HUMS at EdTech Teacher iPad Summit!
Show of hands, who’s planning on attending the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit in Boston this week? Hm? While you’re there,
Read moreVPR on Google integration in Vermont schools
Featuring TIIE’s own John Downes, VPR is talking this morning about how Google is supporting tech integration in Vermont schools.
Read morePenny Bishop, covering Code Camp in the Free Press
Institute director Penny Bishop is in the news over at the Burlington Free Press, talking about our motivations behind this
Read moreLearning to code in the Green Mountain State (via TechJamVT)
Our inaugural Code Camp is in some great company this morning over at 7Days: Ruby Course, Conference and Camp Coming
Read moreStudent documentary: “The Merge: School Consolidation”
Montpelier’s U32 students did an amazing job crafting this documentary about school consolidation issues in Vermont. A fantastic example of
Read moreEdge Innovation Tour
“It’s not that I feel smarter in learning, I feel smarter in everything.” Essex Middle School’s Edge team opened their
Read moreThe great twitter science teacher hunt
Meet Ryan Becker. He’s an 8th grade science teacher at Woodstock Union Middle School, a UVM doctoral student and tweets
Read moreiPads in VT: we came, we saw, we apped
Over on Storify, a brief recap of how our first annual iPad play-day went this past weekend. With more than
Read morePenny Bishop interviewed for Champlain Inititiative series
From the archives and still relevant today: Tarrant Institute director Penny Bishop reflecting on how schools can lead by embracing
Read moreTarrant Institute News: Book trailers from The Edge, iOS Maps and Badgestack at MGI
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Read more1:1 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,
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