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Proficiency-Based Learning 

8 ways feedback makes proficiencies work

February 18, 2019August 20, 2019 Life LeGeros 2 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, feedback, Google Classroom, Grace Gilmour, learning scales

Meet Grace Gilmour, and her proficiency-based classroom. “Oh yay. I was like: yay, my heart.” This was Grace Gilmour’s response

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Uncategorized 

4 more ways to help middle schoolers get organized

March 18, 2017March 17, 2017 Katy Farber 0 Comments Christ the King School, Google Classroom, padlet, Wunderlist

Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school

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Action Research 

Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)

March 7, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 13 Comments 1:1, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drawings, Google Sites, Google Slides, Lucid Press, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Williston Central School

A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)

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Action Research 

How does professional development affect technology integration?

February 29, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 9 Comments 1:1, EdPuzzle, Google Classroom, Kahoot, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Mill River Union High School, nearpod

The impact of PD in a 1:1 teaching environment A trio of middle grades educators from Mill River Union High

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

What are some good tools for studying hurricanes?

February 17, 2016July 25, 2019 Mark W. Olofson 3 Comments authentic assessment, EdPuzzle, Google Classroom, iHurricane, iMovie, iPad, iPad tutorial, Mill River Union High School, nearpod

Science app-smashing in a 1:1 environment Brendan Nerney, a middle grades educator at Mill River Union High School in Clarendon,

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Flipped Classrooms 

How to save, edit and share video clips with your students

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 Scott Thompson 10 Comments flipped classroom, Google Classroom, Google Drive, YouTube

Part 2: sharing videos in Google Classroom, Drive, and YouTube In Part 1, we looked at tools for finding and editing

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L is for Learning Management System (LMS)

September 10, 2015April 19, 2018 Rachel Mark 7 Comments #ABCsofedtech, Canvas, edmodo, Edmunds Middle School, Google Classroom, Harwood Union Middle School, LMS, Peoples Academy Middle Level, Schoology

What can you do with an LMS? LMS stands for Learning Management System. An LMS is an application for planning, delivering, managing,

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D is for Digital Workflow

August 24, 2015October 12, 2015 Scott Thompson 3 Comments digital workflow, Google Classroom, Showbie

Digital workflow: What is it good for? In its simplest form, digital workflow exchanges the paper and pencil transfer of information

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