Setting behavioral expectations in a makerspace
2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and
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Laying the groundwork for effective teaching teams
Or, What to Bring to the First Staff Potluck Opening up to fellow educators can be hard. We all know
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How to use Google Docs so students talk to you
Using technology to help build relationships [Editorial Note: We originally ran this post back in 2014, but have updated it
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Using digital tools to change student goal-setting and reflection
Measuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain
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Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)
A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)
Read moreExploring digital citizenship as a form of literacy
7th graders learn video as reflection tool When I sat down to work with my students on digital citizenship and literacy,
Read moreO is for Online Collaboration
Online collaboration extends student learning networks Online collaboration takes on new significance as students extend their learning network in conjunction
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Technology in the math classroom
When we first started our work with the Tarrant Institute I was hesitant. I am a math teacher; unless using
Read more#1minutehowto: Use EasyBib to create a GoogleDoc bibliography
Why We Like This This is Amy Gibson’s fabulous (and brief!) tutorial video about the EasyBib Google Docs Add-On, which
Read moreEssays on Rube Goldberg: capturing the scientific process with iPads
How one class of 8th grade scientists at Harwood Union Middle School used Google Docs, Schoology, and iPads to capture
Read moreHow to: add voice, text and video comments to student Google Docs
Brought to you by the inimitable Susan Hennessey, who shows here how you can use the Chrome browser extension
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