Scaffolding students with Padlet and Flipgrid
…something familiar to introduce them to the tool. Learning how to use Padlet “Students created a One Pager as a culminating activity for their independent reading book. They posted the…
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#vted Reads with Kate Messner
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…if we’re gonna end rape culture it has to be in conversations about consent. And I think this is a really powerful tool in our toolbox. I also wondered about…
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Increasing Student Self-Direction
…a great tool for you to use as you investigate your own teaching. AS you think about how you might have some strengths in teaching for self-direction, and you might…
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Care and Feeding of the PLP
…I now see PLPs as a tool that can transform my teaching to be student-centered. One of the major advantages of PLPs is that they center around developing transferable skills,…
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Updated Student-Led Conferences Toolkit
Around this time of year, many middle schools begin to prepare for a fall student-led conference. This conference serves as a valuable tool for getting to know your students and…
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NEW Essential Skills & Dispositions Toolkit
…Collaboration Self-Assessment Tool (BEST for the Future) Group Collaboration Self-Assessment Tool (BEST for the Future) How can I start integrating the communication ES & D into my teaching? Transferable Skill…
Read morePersonalized Learning Plans (PLPs)
…will guide you toward the technologies that meet the needs of students, teachers, and other stakeholders. Using Seesaw with Google Classroom for PLPs No one platform or tool can serve…
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Essential Skills & Dispositions Toolkit
…How can I help my students develop their collaboration skills? Collaboration Rubrics K-12 (by BEST for the Future) Student Collaboration Self-Assessment Tool (BEST for the Future) Group Collaboration Self-Assessment Tool…
Read moreMinecraft as digital storytelling tool
“Grand Theft Diamond”, a video from Flood Brook Union School’s 6th graders, shows how the popular game Minecraft can be turned into a digital storytelling platform. Check out some…
Read moreBlogger of the week: Phoebe Slater
…Skitch, students could take a picture of their work and mark up or comment on their or someone else’s writing. Using some other PDF reading tool, students could do the…
Read moreIntroducing ARIS to a new crop of teachers
How one UVM class of pre-service teachers investigated the possibilities of this increasingly popular augmented-reality tool: read the whole article here…
Read moreMaking a collage with Pixlr
The unstoppable Susan Hennessey shows you and your students can create a quick collage using the online photo tool, Pixlr. …
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How to get students to communicate with families
…text, photo and audio can work. Shadow Puppet? Yup! iMovie or WeVideo? Why not! The tool’s almost immaterial, so long as students feel comfortable. The underlying principles here are mindfulness,…
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, follow favored Vine-creators (some of whom have one million+ followers)…
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Using Google Forms for a reading log for middle school
As part of their celebration of Digital Learning Day, students at Edmunds Middle School hosted a “speed-geeking” session: they each had six minutes to explain a tech tool and how…
Read moreBuild a custom iPad charging tray
…Silicone Jelly case. This box worked for us, mainly because the Fellows surge protector lets you plug many chargers in at odd angle, making it the number one tool for…
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Digital credentials, quests and middle school math
…using the Badgestack platform to use digital badges, quests and differentiation to turn traditional math teaching on its head. Badgestack is an online tool that’s now available free as a…
Read moreTuesday Links Round Up
…at MGI last week, but did she cover using the tool to curate ebook collections? Stunning. What We’re Watching This Tamritz webinar showcases how four very different middle schools…
Read moreTesting unbound
…common misunderstandings and get a quick read on the class needs for just-in-time adjustments. Here’s an excerpt: “First, Mr. Thompson had the class download problems from iTunesU, a course-management tool…
Read moreInteract with reading on the Chromebook
…black text on a clean white background. No ads, no links. No frills, no distractions. But it also provides a tool for highlighting text portions and a way to save…
Read moreLearning with robots
…of how valuable robotics as a teaching tool can be. And since there are a number of upcoming robotics programs and competitions here in Vermont, I thought I would take…
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Is extra credit an equity issue?
…tool — but I’m interested in whether extra credit creates a dilemma when we consider equity. Equity in our schools means that every child has an equal opportunity to access…
Read moreHow to use EdPuzzle for differentiation
New cool tool for flipped classrooms and personalized learning Check out this great resource for differentiation and the flipped classroom: EdPuzzle. It lets you mark up videos with commentary, crop…
Read moreDifferentiated social reading with Subtext
…levels Newsela‘s a favorite online tool of mine that lets you choose different lexile levels on the same news story for different readers. You can also choose news stories based…
Read moreGetting started with Voxer (or any other new technology)
…you’re on Voxer and you want to connect, my username is audreyhoman888. If you’re not on Voxer but you’re on another cool platform/tool you think I should be aware of,…
Read moreNew podcast ep: Making web apps at Williston Central
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…be convenient for students. So as part of a learning institute this summer called Make Create Learn, Bailey used the App Shed tool to create a web app — that…
Read more4 ways personalized learning plans are taking off in Vermont
…to differentiate instruction for learners within the tool itself. Check out how this can be done with EdPuzzle and Subtext + Newsela. 3. VT schools are reflecting online about their…
Read moreNatural Disasters in the Classroom
…tool. Well, this type of authentic project-based learning is a great space for your students to implement all of their developing 21st century literacies. Students will use technology tools for…
Read moreThursday Links Round Up: Physical Education edition
…makes reference to an app called Superhero Workout for motivating your students through a superhero simulation with their movements. Also listed in his Part 36 is a video editing tool…
Read moreHow does data-mining affect edtech?
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…educators encounter data-mining in edtech, and what, potentially, are some issues they should be thinking about when they sign their students up for the latest cool new technology tool. And…
Read moreUsing edmodo as an LMS for reading
…using the polling tool, or come up with their own questions to ask the group. Earning badges Edmodo offers badges such as “discussion starter,” “comment master,” and “good question” to…
Read more4 ways to use an iPad1 in the classroom
…the web is now a fundamental part of student research. The iPad 1’s Safari browser is still perfectly functional, and that alone makes any iPad 1 a valuable tool for…
Read moreWinter break reading: on reflection as an educator
…element of change. As a player, rarely was new equipment introduced. As a teacher, there was always a new tool, program, or something to explore and use. And if I…
Read moreUsing hidden object games to support language learning
…of “bow” they’re looking for in the scene: a tied piece of ribbon, an archery tool or something used to play a stringed instrument. The games as a whole can…
Read moreEncouraging Conversations with EdPuzzle
…and videos, especially if they’re subtitled, would certainly fit into their category.” Another example of students using this tool to make thinking visible comes from Kelly Tenkely’s iLearn blog. Students…
Read moreLearning to parent as an educator
…lists of education; and it’s fun spending time trying to solve tool based problems (anyone come up with a best way to insert images on the Slides app? Hit me…
Read moreWhat it’s really like to use an LMS with students
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…that self assessing is a great tool in general, but this is nice because it’s a quick snapshot. So then I was able to ask the same question when I…
Read moreProfessional development through Google Hangouts
…become more consistent, we’ve also been pondering how to use Google Hangouts more effectively as a professional development tool. There are several aspects of the platform that make it viable…
Read more3 ways to use Chatterpix with maps
…reality tool we’ve talked about previously, here and here. I went ahead and created an aura for the great state of California, so if you grab your iOS device, open…
Read moreCelebrating learning at Richmond Elementary School
…to a huge panoply of tech tools and supporting their topic choice by simply providing tech tool access, and feedback on how best to showcase the results of the research….
Read moreStudent-made geology games
…four different options Rosenberg and his teaching partner offered students “to tell a human story about Earth’s physical processes”. The full roster of tool choices: make a large (4×8) 3D…
Read moreMaking a difference with watershed science data
…their findings. Other students created websites with tips for reducing water pollution, a self-paced water quality assessment tool, and a Google presentation that the UVM Watershed Alliance uses to showcase…
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Creating a self-paced Spanish class
…assessments that are right for young adolescents. It describes many properties of best practices for assessment in the middle grades, including using them as a tool to improve learning, rather…
Read moreHow do educators begin planning for 1:1?
…like, and how do we get there? We envision a student-centric learning environment where students use modern technology as a tool routinely, transparently, and naturally in their journey to become…
Read moreChasing Google: A Defining Moment
…to whole school systems, Google was the perfect tool to keep it all together. My latest relationship with Google centers around their certification process. As an avid user of Google,…
Read moreL is for Learning Management System (LMS)
…when goes into the LMS, including frequency of date dating content and feedback. Additionally, it is helpful to show students and parents how to use this tool as soon as…
Read moreEstablishing behavior expectations in a 1:1
…to ripen and using a tool like group Google Chat or Hangout, or just well-commented Google Doc to work through all of this. Check out some examples of the concrete…
Read moreR is for REAL Reflection
…take a lot of time. If students are using Blogger, teachers can use a tool like Feedreader to manage student blogs and use them as formative assessment. Or ask students…
Read moreW is for Weekly Geek Podcast
…this might be a great tool. Want to try a Twitter chat– try #games4ed on Thursdays at 8:00— cool teachers like Lori Lisai, Patrick Laclair, and Whitney Kaulbach do it–…
Read moreTo lock or not to lock
…interrupted by unpleasant opinions and advertising. We found a number of tools that can help with this particular YouTube dilemma: Viewpure: a browser-based tool that lets you enter in a…
Read moreHow to save, edit and share video clips
…for your students. DragonTape is the quick n’ dirty snipping tool that lets you make what are essentially video mixtapes. But I’m on a Chromebook EdPuzzle can be used in…
Read moreBlended learning in the math classroom
…personalize learning, utilize assessments, and track student progress. Schoology Enterprise offers tracking by the teacher, a powerful tool and one that shifts assessment toward being certain all students meet proficiencies….
Read moreScreencast-o-matic on the Macbook
…ton about the tech tool decision-making process along the way. So here, soup-to-nuts is a step-by-step tutorial for using Screencast-o-matic on the MacBook for recording screencasts for Google Site e-portfolios….
Read moreThe Perils and Possibilities of YouTube
…filtering tools Here are a few of our favorite filtering tools for YouTube: Viewpure: a browser-based tool that lets you enter in a YouTube url and the software strips away…
Read moreSelf-analysis and teaming
…your team(s) to go through this process and see what you learn about yourself and each other. It may explain a lot! What’s your personality type? The tool that we…
Read more4 reasons to make the #vted twitter chat part of your PLN
…new resources you can use the next morning If you’re looking for compelling school stories, or cool tool tips, how-to help or anything in between, chances are good that someone…
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Teaching students how to set personal exploration goals
…Learning the skills to direct their own learning, that requires self-direction. 2. Teach reflection skills Really work on teaching reflection skills. I found that having a tool for reflection, certain…
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Planning Pi Day activities
…a sound? You betcha: pi’s a great tool for music teachers to infuse a little (more) math in the music theory curriculum. Check it out: Just a few resources that…
Read moreManaging time in blended classrooms
…to introduce Google Keep and the basics of how it works, if you are new to the tool. Experimenting with Google Forms to increase student choice in ways they…
Read moreA community-based interdisciplinary unit
…portrait with interactive elements on her eyes. What they decided to do with Thinglink, which is an interactive content creation tool that allows you to embed icons linking to further…
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Implementing 1:1 norms and digital citizenship
…have the students really see those Chromebooks as a tool for learning. I did an action research project, and this was its abstract: In trying to get data, to really…
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VT Secretary of Education speaks on equity in Vermont
…isn’t equity. We can also say: we’ve opened this door, we’ve created this tool, and we want to make sure everybody’s represented at the table, including all these kids in…
Read moreGet #ready2launch your team this year
…(or tasks) for individuals or teams to complete. In this case, this tool was used to help teams, new and unchanged, collaborate and think about learning in new ways. It…
Read more5 ways to partner with students in a makerspace
…positive momentum. Your students are your best PR tool. 4. Make Maker Mentors A high school in North Carolina put students at the center of their makerspace development, as detailed…
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