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A blog exploring innovative school change by the UVM Tarrant Institute

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    • We stand against systemic racism.
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      • Penny Bishop
      • John Downes
      • Susan Hennessey
      • Audrey Homan
      • Emily Hoyler
      • Life LeGeros
      • Rachel Mark
      • Robin Merritt
      • Jeanie Phillips
      • Scott Thompson
      • Lucie delaBruere
    • Our schools
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      • How to use this Educator’s Guide
      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
        • 1.3 New Student & Teacher Roles
      • Ch 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
        • 2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls!
      • Ch 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
        • 3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
        • 3.2 Structures to Support Personalized Learning
      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
      • Ch 5: Flexing Your Pathways
        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
      • Ch. 6: Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning
      • Ch 7: PLPs & Proficiency-Based Assessment
      • Ch 8: Student-led PLP conferences
      • Ch 9: Sustaining Innovation
      • Chapter References
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    • Proficiency-Based Learning Videos
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      • #vted Reads Videos
  • EVENTS & COURSES
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    • REMOTE LEARNING
    • PERSONALIZED LEARNING
      • PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLANS (PLPs)
      • FLEXIBLE PATHWAYS
      • PROFICIENCY-BASED EDUCATION
        • Learning Goals
        • Meaningful Instruction
        • Formative Assessment
        • Summative Assessment
    • Action research
    • Digital citizenship
    • Family & Community Involvement
    • Family communication
    • Flexible classrooms
    • Genius Hour
    • Identity
    • Makerspaces
    • Negotiated curriculum
    • Project-based learning (PBL)
    • Reflection
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digital storytelling

What makes a podcast? A digital recording and an online sharing service
Uncategorized 

Get started podcasting with students

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Jeanie Phillips Audrey Homan 0 Comments digital storytelling, podbox, podcasting, podcasting on an iPad1

New to podcasts?  Listen to a few! Before you jump into creating a podcast, get familiar with the format.  Here

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Currier School cooking videos
Proficiency-Based Learning 

Getting started with cooking videos

December 12, 2018August 20, 2019 Audrey Homan Rachel Mark 0 Comments cooking, cooking videos, Currier Memorial School, digital storytelling, food, iMovie, video in the classroom

A recipe for video-making proficiency The ubiquity of the digital camera, whether mounted in smartphone, tablet or Chromebook, is getting

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tips for writing great blogposts
Transferable Skills 

16 tips for writing a great blog post

November 23, 2018November 26, 2018 Audrey Homan 0 Comments blogging, creative writing, digital storytelling, student blogging

#10 will shock and appall you… Here are 16 best practices we try to follow as writers on this blog.

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how to make a mini-documentary
Videos 

How to make a mini-documentary

May 14, 2018August 7, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments digital storytelling, documentary, filmmaking, iMovie, video in the classroom

Getting from footage to finished You’ve captured video of ALL THE THINGS. You’ve diligently trained your device on the action

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Videos 

How to bake an inspiring kickoff video

March 12, 2018August 7, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Berlin Elementary School, Brainado, Crossett Brook Middle School, digital storytelling, Kickoff, project launch, Shelburne Community School, video in the classroom

Launching a new project cycle with inspiration from the last one Organizing your realia — testimonials, storytelling and artifacts —

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Project-Based Learning Real World PBL 

How to tell your PBL story

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Emily Hoyler 0 Comments Cornwall School, digital storytelling, Global Goals, social media, sustainability

Cornwall students think global, build local, share both Last year the most amazing thing happened: my students at the Cornwall

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Tools We Like 

Machinima: using video games for storytelling

June 9, 2017June 27, 2017 Audrey Homan 0 Comments digital storytelling, Flood Brook School, machinima, minecraft, second life, video games, world of warcraft

Be an X-Box Hero (with stars in your eyes)* Meet machinima. The word’s a portmanteau of “machine” and “cinema”. It’s

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Uncategorized 

Beyond the audience of one

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Julia Hewitt 0 Comments digital composition, digital storytelling, podcasting, The Cabot School

Why digital composition matters I’d like you to think back to your days as a student. What kinds of writing

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video for content areas
Reflection 

3 types of videos for showcasing content areas

October 7, 2016November 30, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments digital storytelling, digital video, Edmunds Middle School, Mill River Union High School, St. Francis Xavier, The Cabot School, The Edge @ Essex Middle School

Structures & examples for student filmmakers Many students love working with video. Students can create videos for any subject to

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Flipped Classrooms 

How to save, edit and share video clips

November 2, 2015September 19, 2018 Audrey Homan 5 Comments digital storytelling, Documentary Addict, DragonTape, EdPuzzle, Veritasium, video editing

Part 1: Finding and editing great videos with your students Flipping your classroom? Found a great video about 18th century French military history

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Augmented Reality 

How to app-smash Aurasma with Chatterpix

November 5, 2014August 27, 2015 Audrey Homan 4 Comments Aurasma, Chatterpix, digital storytelling

Give book characters a voice in reviews A great way to bring book covers to life with augmented reality is

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Uncategorized 

Making the most of twitter in your classroom

October 15, 2014 Audrey Homan 14 Comments community engagement, digital citizenship, digital storytelling, Edmunds Middle School, twitter, twitter chats, Williston Central School

Twitter’s not just a great way to build your PLN as an educator, it’s also a powerful tool to connect

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms News 

The power of transmedia storytelling

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 Audrey Homan 13 Comments digital storytelling, Soundcloud, transmedia, twitter, Vermont

aka The Bear Trap Story When was the last time you saw your district superintendent leap over a bear trap?

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Tools We Like 

Chatterpix in the classroom

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 Audrey Homan 7 Comments app-smash, Chatterpix, chemistry, digital storytelling

A new iOS app to blab about — literally! Chatterpix is a free iOS app that allows you to put

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Think outside the app: 3 outstanding examples of app-smashing

May 8, 2014March 1, 2016 Audrey Homan 7 Comments digital storytelling, HaikuDeck, iMovie, Tellagami, The Cabot School

What-smash? Despite sounding like a weird potato-fruit dish, app-smashing gets your students thinking less about apps and more about tasks. Hopefully

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Edugaming Tools We Like 

Want to try out interactive fiction and games?

April 24, 2014July 18, 2014 Audrey Homan 4 Comments digital storytelling, interactive fiction, StoryNexus, Twine, You can do it!, YouTube

Want to try out writing interactive fiction and games with your students? Here are three tools that make it easy

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News 

Why is everyone doin’ it for the Vine?

January 20, 2014 Audrey Homan 1 Comment digital storytelling, student voice

Vine is a tool where users can craft looping six-second videos for sharing globally, and other users can up-vote them,

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Videos 

Making a collage with Pixlr

November 8, 2013March 25, 2014 Audrey Homan 0 Comments digital storytelling, 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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News Videos 

Student documentary: “The Merge: School Consolidation”

July 11, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments community engagement, digital storytelling, student voice, U32

Montpelier’s U32 students did an amazing job crafting this documentary about school consolidation issues in Vermont. A fantastic example of

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Edugaming Innovative Edtech Classrooms Tools We Like Videos 

Minecraft as digital storytelling tool

May 29, 2013July 17, 2014 Audrey Homan 2 Comments digital storytelling, minecraft

“Grand Theft Diamond”, a video from Flood Brook Union School’s 6th graders, shows how the popular game Minecraft can be

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