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Flood Brook’s Classroom Library Audit

May 19, 2021 Flood Brook Middle School 2 Comments Flood Brook School

Flood Brook School has been talking about a classroom library audit for A LONG TIME. Like, a real long time.

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Flood Brook School passion projects
Flexible Pathways Stories from VT Students 

Sharing your school’s Passion Projects

February 2, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments Flood Brook School

Does your community know you as a learner? Flood Brook School buzzed with excitement. Students brought in their projects on

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Uncategorized 

4 examples of students as partners in school change

June 19, 2017April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, Flood Brook School, Peoples Academy Middle Level, Rumney Memorial School, Stowe Middle School

Let students help you transform your school Creating sustainable systemic change is hard work. Yet there are readily available, free, renewable

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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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Augmented Reality 

Can virtual reality teach empathy?

January 27, 2017April 29, 2022 Rachel Mark 11 Comments Flood Brook School, Google Expeditions

Google Expedition aims to connect students with refugee experience Teaching empathy to our future citizens of the world may be

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