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Innovative Education in VT

A blog exploring innovative school change by the UVM Tarrant Institute

  • ABOUT US
    • We stand against systemic racism.
    • Diversity Policy
    • The Tarrant Institute
    • Our staff
      • Penny Bishop
      • John Downes
      • Susan Hennessey
      • Audrey Homan
      • Emily Hoyler
      • Life LeGeros
      • Rachel Mark
      • Robin Merritt
      • Jeanie Phillips
      • Scott Thompson
      • Lucie delaBruere
    • Our schools
    • Our book
      • 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
  • VIDEOS
    • Tech Tips
    • PLP videos
    • Proficiency-Based Learning Videos
    • Student-Led Conference Videos
  • PODCASTS
    • The 21st Century Classroom
    • #vted Reads
      • #vted Reads Videos
  • EVENTS & COURSES
  • RESOURCES
    • 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
    • Scheduling
    • Service learning
    • Student-led conferences
    • Student voice
  • CONTACT
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flipgrid

Padlet and Flipgrid
Remote Learning 

Scaffolding students with Padlet and Flipgrid

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Emily Hoyler Susan Hennessey 0 Comments flipgrid, padlet, Proctor Elementary School, Warren Elementary School

Collaboration is not just fun for students, it’s also a crucial skill they will need to be successful in life.

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Remote Learning 

How to use Flipgrid for daily check-ins

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Katy Farber 0 Comments flipgrid

I just got off a Google Meet meeting with teachers. They were trying to decide how to engage with students

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STEAM at Ottauquechee
Project-Based Learning Stories from VT Students 

How to build up STEAM

June 6, 2018September 19, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments flipgrid, Makerspaces, Ottauquechee School, self-directed learning, transferable skills

Making time for making at Ottauquechee STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics — gives students the opportunity to

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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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Flipped Classrooms 

How to run a unit across multiple schools

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Susan Hennessey 0 Comments flipgrid, Google Drive, Google Team Drive, Hazen Union School, Lamoille Union Middle School, Peoples Academy Middle Level, Schoology, Slack, Trello

Get organized, then get tech Many of your current — or future — collaborators teach at other schools around the

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tech tools for PLPs
PLPs 

3 easy tech tools for PLP reflections

November 29, 2017November 22, 2019 Susan Hennessey 4 Comments Adobe Spark, Answer Garden, flipgrid, Stowe Middle School

Answer Garden, Flipgrid and Adobe Spark “What are you grateful for?”  We posed this question to 7th grade Stowe Middle

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Uncategorized 

Laying the groundwork for effective teaching teams

August 23, 2017August 7, 2019 Katy Farber 1 Comment #everydaycourage, Canva, co-teaching, flipgrid, Google Docs, teaming, Thinglink

Or, What to Bring to the First Staff Potluck Opening up to fellow educators can be hard. We all know

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Uncategorized 

Student motivation in claims, evidence and audience

April 28, 2015 Susan Hennessey 5 Comments authentic audience, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1a, Common Core, Debate Graph, flipgrid, Google+ Communities, iCivics

What makes an argument worth making? Recently, I was working with a colleague about getting students more jazzed to dive deep

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

  • 1/23: 2021 MIDDLE GRADES CONFERENCE #mgcollab
  • 1/28 @ 3pm EST: Innovating in the Classroom with Interactive 3D Tools
  • 2/4 @ 3:30pm EST: Who’s Outside? Building an Anti-Racist Bookshelf
  • 2/9 @ 4pm EST: De-Colonializing Place-Based Education
  • 2/10 @ 7pm EST: Facilitating Hard Conversations
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