Virtual video walkie-talkies? Meet the Marco Polo app
Why the Marco Polo app? With social distancing and remote learning on educators’ minds, there’s never been a more urgent
Read moreWhy the Marco Polo app? With social distancing and remote learning on educators’ minds, there’s never been a more urgent
Read morePadlet, Google Keep and Corkulous — oh my! 1.Padlet Padlet’s been a go-to for a number of our educators for
Read more2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and
Read moreExpanding student access to reading As a school librarian, I needed to think how I could adopt Universal Design for
Read moreBe an X-Box Hero (with stars in your eyes)* Meet machinima. The word’s a portmanteau of “machine” and “cinema”. It’s
Read moreDeliver the goods! Rather than creating a unit on the Civil War, imagine working with an individual student or small
Read moreStandard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school
Read moreHow to make YouTube appropriate for the classroom YouTube can provide students and educators with hundreds of powerful educational videos
Read moreA step-by-step tutorial We helped one of our partner schools, Wallingford Elementary in Wallingford, Vermont, get set up with screencasting
Read moreStudents tackle politicians’ identities Students at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont, are exploring the theme of identity in their humanities
Read moreHelp students prototype mobile apps with these development tools Mobile app development with students can be tricky, because in a lot of
Read moreBecoming a Google Certified Educator My fascination with Google started in the early 2000’s simply from a financial interest. Here
Read moreGo beyond back-channeling and unlock creative communication This summer, look for ways to liven up your faculty meetings and delve a little
Read moreEmbed yourself in your video lesson MoveNote lets you create screencasts where you appear alongside the material, making how to screencast
Read moreGlobal day of coding coming in December December 8th – 14th, students and educators around the world will be taking an hour to
Read moreThis has been a very interesting week for me, trying to write a post for today. The task actually seemed
Read moreInspiring collaboration between teachers, students and families The free suite of tools through Google Apps for Education have certainly inspired
Read moreOne of the challenges in science is to help students make connections from concepts to their real world. This can
Read moreThe technology cannot thwart us, it can only make us stronger As many of you are aware, I was out
Read moreCite your sources as you write I was working with a teacher the other day who expressed some frustration around
Read moreOne of the big challenges in the math and science classroom is to make abstract concepts real for your students.
Read moreWe’re flipping for Flipboard — and your students will too! Flipboard is a free mobile app for the iOS, Android and
Read moreNew cool tool for flipped classrooms and personalized learning Check out this great resource for differentiation and the flipped classroom:
Read moreFree app for students to make quick and easy back-to-school slideshows
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 moreA new iOS app to blab about — literally! Chatterpix is a free iOS app that allows you to put
Read moreIt’s that magical, magical time of the year again! No, not the end of the school year. (STOP THAT.) I
Read moreWhy We Like This This is Amy Gibson’s fabulous (and brief!) tutorial video about the EasyBib Google Docs Add-On, which
Read moreWant to try out writing interactive fiction and games with your students? Here are three tools that make it easy
Read moreHas this ever happened to you? You’ve captured some amazing in-classroom video footage with your trusty iPad — a compelling
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 moreWhat tools you use are missing from this list? I sat down this afternoon to brainstorm a list of video
Read moreGuest post by Lindsey Halman, facilitator at The Edge at Essex Middle School: What is a system? How are
Read moreOne way I know for sure an app has potential to transform classroom practice is when, with minimal introduction and
Read moreEdmunds Middle School teachers, students and district technologists were on Commissioner’s Corner last night , talking about their experiences designing
Read moreWhen last we left our trusty Edmunds Explorers, they had just defeated a horde of geometry-loving aliens who’d invaded the
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 moreJulia Melloni, the Middle School Religion teacher at Mater Christi School in Burlington, worked with her students on “blending ancient
Read morePeoples Academy Middle Level (PAML) educator Joe Speers returns with an explanation of how PAML uses Google Drive on iPads
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 moreOkay, so I’m a few months early but oy, this weather, #btv. Brought to you by AR DinoPark, a free
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 moreFrom Katie Sullivan and via our own @hennesss: “Look at this cool way to use iMovie for kids to be
Read morePhoebe Slater teaches 7th grade at one of our partner schools, Peoples Academy Middle Level, over on her blog, Slaterspace,
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 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 moreOver on Storify, a brief recap of how our first annual iPad play-day went this past weekend. With more than
Read moreAn illustrated guide to the map apps covered at Friday’s iOS User Group meeting. [View the story “Map apps for
Read moreA one-minute screencast of actual game-play from the free iPad app Germ Blaster, by the Rice University Center for Technology
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