Video evidence & reflection for student-led conferences
How PAML scaffolds screencasts for students Students and their families at Peoples Academy Middle Level have participated in student led
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How to build teacher advisory
Peoples Academy Middle Level shares their action research “It’s getting personal”. Peoples Academy Middle Level teachers discuss how they’ve created
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3 ways to use virtual bulletin boards
Padlet, Google Keep and Corkulous — oh my! 1.Padlet Padlet’s been a go-to for a number of our educators for
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How to get students to communicate with families
Welcome to the Best Part of My Week And yours, likely. Peoples Academy Middle Level educator Joe Speers shares how
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Students design digital badges
Badging growth toward goals’ attainment A small group of these 6th grades at Peoples Academy wondered how they could help
Read moreHow to run a unit across multiple schools
Get organized, then get tech Many of your current — or future — collaborators teach at other schools around the
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4 ways students are tackling the UN’s Global Goals in Vermont
The United Nations has kicked off a movement for the future. They’ve identified 17 goals for sustainability world-wide, and they’ve
Read moreMaintaining a teaching team
5 exercises your team can try today School is off to a rollicking start thanks to you and your team’s
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Checking in with Stowe & PAML’s peer PLP collaboration
When last we left the students of these two plucky Vermont middle schools, they had managed to connect students and
Read moreHow to win the VT Tech Bridge Building competition
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
Read more4 examples of students as partners in school change
Let students help you transform your school Creating sustainable systemic change is hard work. Yet there are readily available, free, renewable
Read moreBuild personal connections in teacher advisory
“Every student gets greeted at the start of every day.” At Peoples Academy Middle Level, educators have taken the role
Read more4 ways to help middle school students organize their tech
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
Read morePeer collaboration on PLPs
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
Read moreTracking proficiencies in Schoology
3 ways Schoology supports sustainable Proficiency-Based Learning A learning management system (LMS) can be used to manage classroom workflow, create
Read moreHow can students reflect on their PLPs?
Students themselves tell the best stories of their learning We wish we could hand you the one right way for
Read more4 ways to begin using scales for assessment
Getting started assessing proficiency School systems in Vermont and elsewhere are in the midst of a shift to proficiency-based learning.
Read moreProficiency-based teaching and learning in Vermont: who, why and how
Two examples of implementing proficiency-based scales of learning Vermont educators and their students are on a journey. Let’s look at
Read moreCross-school goal-setting for PLPs
Motivating students around goals by connecting schools Many Vermont students have worked hard this year establishing personal and academic goals
Read moreManaging time in blended classrooms
Shifting the way we manage time to personalize learning in a blended space In my former professional life, I had
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Exploring identity and current events with Chatterpix
Students tackle politicians’ identities Students at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont, are exploring the theme of identity in their humanities
Read moreVermont Fest 2015
Heading to the slopes for Vermont Fest The lifts are open, but the lure of first tracks is not what
Read moreSerious PD fun with Chatterpix
“Candy apps”, or how to have fun and still learn anyway During a five minute reflection, if a student is given
Read moreEstablishing behavior expectations in a 1:1
Who decides the acceptable ways to use devices in your school? You’ve jumped through the hoops, filled out the paperwork,
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M is for Minecraft
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How to use Minecraft with students Minecraft is an example of welcoming in student-driven modes of learning, exploration and demonstration
Read moreL is for Learning Management System (LMS)
What can you do with an LMS? LMS stands for Learning Management System. An LMS is an application for planning, delivering, managing,
Read moreC is for Citizenship (digital of course!)
Approaching student digital citizenship from many levels Our students live in technology-rich worlds, regardless of how much technology they are
Read moreWhat it’s really like to use an LMS with students
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edmodo vs Schoology, digital badges and how to leave a great comment 5th grade Peoples Academy Middle Level teacher Hannah Lindsey
Read moreUsing edmodo as an LMS for reading
Students provide evidence of increased engagement with social reading platform (Editor’s Note: we asked 5th grade educator Hannah Lindsey to share
Read moreBecoming an Innovative Teacher
There’s no doubt that teachers understand best the transition to innovative, technology-rich classroom practice, or as our colleague, Joe Speers
Read moreVT 8th grade class receives EduCast Pioneer award
Rachel Goodale’s 8th grade science class at Peoples Academy Middle Level was honored yesterday for their series of speed
Read moreHow-to: Use Google Docs to reinforce formal vs informal writing
PAML 6th grade educator and all-around good egg Joe Speers returns to the blog to with another #1minutehowto, this
Read moreFrom a 1:1 toolkit: organizing student work on iPads with Google Drive
Peoples Academy Middle Level (PAML) educator Joe Speers returns with an explanation of how PAML uses Google Drive on iPads
Read moreFrom PAML’s 1:1 Toolkit: dotepub
Our partners at Peoples Academy Middle Level are going 1:1 with iPads, and the educators have put together a Google
Read more8th grade VT science: interpreting distance over Touchcast
by Rachel Goodale (Peoples Academy Middle Level) We started out this year with a Physics Unit studying the relationships
Read moreBlogger of the week: Phoebe Slater
Phoebe Slater teaches 7th grade at one of our partner schools, Peoples Academy Middle Level, over on her blog, Slaterspace,
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