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Getting educators to a place of power with a powerful method When I think about educational technology, it has never
Read moreGetting educators to a place of power with a powerful method When I think about educational technology, it has never
Read moreLabels get in the way of fully understanding people In a recent Twitter chat #vted we were discussing digital citizenship and
Read moreTwo years ago, our middle level team undertook a pilot project to begin work on personal learning plans (PLPs). Under
Read moreLearning on and off-line civics Whenever I taught civics, I repeatedly told my classes that I would measure my success
Read moreWhat makes an argument worth making? Recently, I was working with a colleague about getting students more jazzed to dive deep
Read moreStudy the Earth’s ecology with deep-digging tech tools Earth Day is April 22, and if you’re looking for some ideas
Read moreMaking the most of an original generation iPad Yes, you read that right: you can definitely still use an iPad1 in your
Read moreWhat’s your school song? A few months ago I wrote about not spending enough time on personal reflection. It is
Read moreHelp your students’ PSAs find their public Student-made PSAs are a great way for students to engage in project-based learning
Read moreCreate compelling audio in iOS Which free iPad audio app will work best for your classroom? That depends on three
Read more100 years of Girl Scouts can’t be wrong Digital badges have potential to serve as both markers of achievement and
Read moreWhat are some mechanisms for keeping track of digital credentials? As we work with schools who are piloting digital badge
Read moreFind new uses for data visualization Free, online timeline tools allow students to break free of the traditional two-dimensional timeline
Read moreMake active video viewing a social activity Edpuzzle opens up the possibility for both students and teachers to encourage a
Read moreComparing achievement in an economics classroom The flipped classroom is a new teaching method that reverses the traditional homework model.
Read moreWhen we first started our work with the Tarrant Institute I was hesitant. I am a math teacher; unless using
Read moreEncourage critical thinking & discussion with note-taking I have been excited lately with the potential of using VideoNot.es in blended classrooms
Read moreThe most epic Pi Day ever: 3/14/15 9:26:53 am and pm Math enthusiasts of all ages are anxiously awaiting the
Read moreLet Google bring the world to your students Primary sources? Yes please! As you delve into your various teaching units,
Read moreIn 30 minutes with things you find around a hardware store. And a fabric store. You’re gonna have to do a
Read moreUsing Lapse It for Android Students at Saint Francis Xavier school in Winooski used Lapse It, a time lapse camera
Read moreConstance is here to help Welcome to the debut of a new feature we like to call “Ask an iPad”.
Read moreHow do you score? The fine folks over at Daily Genius recently created this infographic, which has subsequently made the rounds
Read moreKeeping your resolution to reflect My colleague, Meredith Swallow, recently shared a post about the importance of reflection in her
Read moreWhat does change really look like? I’ve been on the search for examples of teachers creating multiple learning pathways in
Read more“We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey Growing up, I participated in a lot
Read moreStudents report enjoyment and challenges learning programming A huge congratulations to everyone — students, teachers and families — who participated
Read moreApparently, asking friends to follow HennesseyGirlsMom on Instagram would be social suicide. My 12-year-old twins are counting the days
Read moreGetting the most out of Apple’s new OS in the classroom The new Yosemite OS from Apple is out now and
Read moreBesides ours, of course 🙂 In case you’re just tuning in, podcasts are having something of a renaissance. People are finding
Read moreShouldn’t every hour be a genius hour? Anyone paying attention to education in the US lately has seen the proliferation
Read moreI’m not sure if others would call me a freak for saying so, but I truly enjoy a good inservice
Read moreBe your own Hero Using the free iOS Shadow Puppet app, I created this brief look at an amazing unit
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 moreThere’s no doubt that teachers understand best the transition to innovative, technology-rich classroom practice, or as our colleague, Joe Speers
Read moreA 1:1 technology initiative necessitates dedication and enthusiasm from teachers, students, administrators, families, and other participants in educational communities. Over
Read moreBe brave, be bold Have you guys heard of Voxer? I have, but I had never actually dug into it
Read moreMake the most of Subtext’s capacity for differentiated reading A-reading we will go, A-reading we will go, hey ho the dairy-o, a
Read moreFeed and grow your PLN as an educator Now that you’ve gotten started with Google+ Communities, you may be wondering how
Read moreBring on the dancing tigers Last week my two-year old daughter suddenly developed an aversion to dancing tigers. This wouldn’t
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 moreChrome extensions for immersive online reading
Read moreOn equity in the digital classroom
Read moreTurn formative testing into a learning opportunity Wonder what words, when using free association, are conjured from folks when they
Read moreGet videos off your device with this easy app Attention screencasters! This could save you a ton of time. For all
Read moreA teacher with whom I work asked his 7th grade students recently for feedback: “We did this in order to
Read moreSixty dollars, a dremel and a dream It all started with a post on the iPad Ed Google+ community. Wait,
Read moreI consider myself an infographic enthusiast, and as a former middle school math teacher when the infographic below was passed on
Read moreDigital divide[1], participation gap[2], cultural divide[3]: over the decades the language of equity issues in technology have shifted along with
Read moreHow one class of 8th grade scientists at Harwood Union Middle School used Google Docs, Schoology, and iPads to capture
Read moreFrom our tumblr, an unusual iPad management situation with one educator who confiscated a student’s iPad during class and added
Read moreTarrant Institute professional development coordinator Susan Hennessey discusses the current and future possibilities of digital badging, e-portfolios and alternative credentialing,
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 moreHere at the TIIE, we talk a lot about the gap between students’ in-school and out-of-school technology lives. As this
Read moreI know, I know. But let me get a show of hands: how many of you now have that song
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 moreMeet Theresa White. She teaches 4th and 5th grade at Roxbury Village School, and this past summer, in preparation for
Read moreEmily Howe joined the Tarrant Institute this past summer as our first ever pre-service teacher intern. She was instrumental in
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