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Brattleboro Area Middle School

assessing student-led conferences, how to evaluate the success of student-led conferences
Student-Led Conferences 

Who should be assessing student-led conferences?

February 1, 2020February 25, 2020 Scott Thompson 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, Lamoille Union Middle School

Feedback is a key component of a successful, celebratory and growth-oriented student-centered conference. And your colleagues, your students and their

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4 ways to jazz up an exhibition
Community-based learning 

4 ways to jazz up a school exhibition

April 25, 2018February 13, 2019 Audrey Homan 7 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, Burke Town School, digital guestbook, flipgrid, Google Forms, Manchester Elementary-Middle School, school exhibitions

Going beyond the gallery walk Exhibition season is upon us! And as you’re making ready to throw open the doors

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Uncategorized 

A Developmental Designs approach to student-directed learning

August 25, 2017June 18, 2018 Rachel Mark 1 Comment #everydaycourage, Brattleboro Area Middle School, developmental designs

It takes a courageous village In order for student centered learning to happen, we have to invest in explicitly teaching

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Student-Led Conferences 

How to evaluate student-led conferences

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Rachel Mark 2 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School

Feedback, feedback, feedback! As educators, it’s absolutely critical that we reflect on our practices, especially new ones. As schools around

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Uncategorized 

Power up your Advisory programs

September 29, 2016April 19, 2018 Rachel Mark 2 Comments #readytolaunch, advisory, Brattleboro Area Middle School

How 30 minutes can leave a lasting impact on the day. Advisory: the first 15 to 30 minutes of every

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms Student-Led Conferences 

Want end-of-year family involvement?

June 10, 2016September 19, 2018 Rachel Mark 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, family communication, family engagement, family involvement

Try Passage Presentations. The end of every school year is tough. Teachers and administrators struggle to keep students in line,

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News 

Will we see you at Dynamic Landscapes 2016?

May 22, 2016 Robin Merritt 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, Crossett Brook Middle School, Dynamic Landscapes, Mill River Union High School, Shelburne Community School

Check out these dynamic educators Are you heading to sunny Burlington, VT this Monday and Tuesday (no really, it will

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making history on the radio
Community-based learning The 21st Century Classroom 

Making history on the radio with community partners

May 9, 2016April 22, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, community partnership, place-based learning, US History
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Middle school students power Brattleboro’s radio days Brattleboro, Vermont was incorporated back in 1753, a former military fort that embraced

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1:1 norms and digital citizenship action research
Action Research 

Implementing 1:1 norms and digital citizenship

April 25, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 3 Comments 1:1, Brattleboro Area Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

How do student behaviors change? Debi Serafino, a math teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action

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Transferable Skills 

Exploring digital citizenship as a form of literacy

February 26, 2016June 17, 2020 Sheila Selden 15 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, digital citizenship, Google Docs, Photoshop, WeVideo

7th graders learn video as reflection tool When I sat down to work with my students on digital citizenship and literacy,

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Tools We Like 

How to use MoveNote for screencasting

June 19, 2015April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 8 Comments app-smashing, Brattleboro Area Middle School, MoveNote, Peoples Academy High School, Videonot.es

Embed yourself in your video lesson MoveNote lets you create screencasts where you appear alongside the material, making how to screencast

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