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Flexible Pathways 

4 ways twitter bots can help save the world

October 29, 2018October 22, 2019 Audrey Homan 6 Comments civics, coding, digital citizenship, learn to code, social media, twitter

The Good, the Bad, and the Bot What does it look like when twitter bots work towards improving our world?

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Celebrating learning at Richmond Elementary School

May 19, 2015April 22, 2022 Audrey Homan 9 Comments BitStrip, coding, community partnerships, Glogster, Richmond Elementary School, student-centered learning, Vermont

4th grade researchers share Capstone Projects with community This past Wednesday, 4th grade scholars at Richmond Elementary School, in Richmond, Vermont,

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3 tools for making hidden object games with students
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2 tools for building hidden object games with students

February 12, 2015April 15, 2022 Audrey Homan 3 Comments coding, digital literacy tools, hidden object games

Tie video game authorship to language learning Last time we looked at how hidden object games can support language learning,

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Hour of Code at Essex Middle School

December 17, 2014 Audrey Homan 2 Comments coding, student voice

Students report enjoyment and challenges learning programming A huge congratulations to everyone — students, teachers and families — who participated

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5 cool Yosemite tips for teachers

December 3, 2014 Audrey Homan 6 Comments AirDrop, coding, screencasting

Getting the most out of Apple’s new OS in the classroom The new Yosemite OS from Apple is out now and

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Tools We Like 

4 great online tools for the Hour of Code

November 25, 2014November 25, 2014 Audrey Homan 7 Comments Code Monkey, coding, Rails for Zombies, Tynker

Global day of coding coming in December December 8th – 14th, students and educators around the world will be taking an hour to

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Augmented Reality 

5 off-beat ways to use QR codes in the classroom

September 29, 2014April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 6 Comments arts, coding, makerspace ideas, nutrition, QR codes

By now, almost everyone’s familiar with QR codes, the distinctive-looking black-and-white graphics which, when scanned, take the scanner to a

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The 21st Century Classroom 

New podcast ep: Making web apps at Williston Central

September 22, 2014February 26, 2019 Audrey Homan 10 Comments App Shed, code camp, coding, make mobile apps, mobile apps, QR codes
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Vermont middle school educator created app at camp In this episode of our  podcast, we’re going to be hearing from math

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The 21st Century Classroom 

Teaching how to code with Processing

September 5, 2014April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 7 Comments arts, code camp, coding, Craig Winslow, Robert Snapp, Vermont
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This past summer, we hosted another successful year of Tarrant Code Camp, where campers from all over Vermont came together to learn

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News 

Vermont Hour of Code Wrap-Up

December 13, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments coding

  That’s a wrap, people!   We finish up our coverage of Vermont’s epic participation in Hour of Code this

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News 

VT Hour of Code: Day 3

December 12, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments coding

In case you missed it, we Storified all the amazing tweets, images and sheer joy coming out of Vermont schools

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