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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
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iMovie

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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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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Identity 

4 digital identity exercises for students

August 31, 2016April 19, 2018 Audrey Homan 1 Comment #readytolaunch, Crossett Brook Middle School, iMovie, Lamoille Union Middle School, Thinglink, Touchcast

Introduce a student-centered tech-rich year Looking for ways to explore digital identity with students? Here are 4 student-centered, tech-rich digital

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studying national parks with digital tools
Stories from VT Students Transferable Skills 

Study National Parks with digital tools

March 21, 2016September 19, 2018 Audrey Homan 7 Comments iMovie, Lamoille Union Middle School

Student-created virtual park tours With access to online and tablet-based tools for digital curation and content creation, students can research

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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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Identity Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Augmented reality and student identity

November 13, 2015July 25, 2019 Susan Hennessey 6 Comments augmented reality, Hazen Union School, iMovie, Lamoille Union Middle School, QR codes, Shadow Puppet, Thinglink, Vermont

Students explore the geography of self(ies) An innovative way for students to explore who they are happens in Lori Lisai’s

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Get out! 4 ideas for using iPads outside (and away from Wifi)

May 9, 2014August 7, 2019 Audrey Homan 3 Comments 30hands, corkulous, HaikuDeck, iMovie, iPads, LinoIt, Notability, QR codes, scavenger hunt, Touchcast, ubiquitous learning

Get out there! It’s spring (unless you’re in the Antipodes) and IT HAS FINALLY STOPPED SNOWING. Yes, all those capital

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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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Tools We Like 

Video creation and editing apps for the classroom

March 19, 2014March 18, 2014 Audrey Homan 2 Comments Animoto, iMotion, iMovie, PhotoStory, Reel Director, Silent Film Studio, Touchcast, Vine

What tools you use are missing from this list? I sat down this afternoon to brainstorm a list of video

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Tools We Like Videos 

iMovie Exercise: Introduce yourself in a trailer

July 26, 2013 Audrey Homan 1 Comment digital citizenship, iMovie

From Katie Sullivan and via our own @hennesss: “Look at this cool way to use iMovie for kids to be

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Tools We Like Videos 

How to: use iMovie on the iPad

June 20, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Harwood Union Middle School, iMovie, student voice

A brief but effective demonstration of how to use iMovie to construct a poem recital video, courtesy a student at

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Brian Wagner on: Aurasma and the Periodic Table

May 27, 2013October 2, 2014 Audrey Homan 1 Comment augmented reality, Aurasma, chemistry, Harwood Union Middle School, iMovie, Skitch, Socrative, STEM

An augmented reality periodic table One of our partner educators, Brian Wagner, teaches eighth grade science at Harwood Union Middle

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms Videos 

Book trailers from the Edge

April 12, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments book trailers, digital literacy, iMovie, The Edge @ Essex Middle School

Students at Essex Middle School recently hosted a morning at the movies, and as part of the April 9th Celebration

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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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