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Proctor Elementary School

Padlet and Flipgrid
Remote Learning 

Scaffolding students with Padlet and Flipgrid

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 TIIE Staff 0 Comments flipgrid, padlet, Proctor Elementary School, Warren Elementary School

Collaboration is not just fun for students, it’s also a crucial skill they will need to be successful in life.

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Learning Lab VT 

Courtney Elliott’s Bright Spots and Belly Flops

March 19, 2019November 15, 2019 Audrey Homan bright spots and belly flops, Proctor Elementary School

  Students in Courtney Elliott’s class work on a Mystery Skype with a class in Wisconsin to demonstrate communication skills

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Learning Lab VT 

Corey Smith’s Bright Spot Belly Flops

March 11, 2019March 5, 2020 Audrey Homan bright spots and belly flops, Proctor Elementary School

  Inquiry Question: How might personalization through self-reflection, self-assessment, and flexible grouping and scheduling across grades 3 and 4 at

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virtual bulletin board corkulous
Tools We Like 

3 ways to use virtual bulletin boards

October 19, 2018April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment corkulous, Google Keep, iPads, padlet, Peoples Academy Middle Level, Proctor Elementary School, vocabulary

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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Tools We Like 

Setting behavioral expectations in a makerspace

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 Erica Zimmer 0 Comments Google Docs, Makerspaces, padlet, Proctor Elementary School

  2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and

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Project-Based Learning 

6 ways teachers are using Padlet

February 28, 2018July 10, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments padlet, Proctor Elementary School

Virtual bulletin boards to go! Staying organized as a teacher can be a major challenge. Between student work, teacher plans,

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Flexible classrooms Proctor Elementary School
Flexible Classroom Spaces 

What flexible seating looks like in action

January 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Emily Hoyler 0 Comments Proctor Elementary School

Physical aspects of a student-centered classroom Sometimes what seems like a little change can make a big difference. That’s what

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Makerspaces 

How making supports integrative and informed thinking

October 9, 2017October 22, 2019 Lucie deLaBruere 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School

Makerspace learning at Proctor Elementary In this final post of our series on how maker-centered learning can help students develop

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STEAM Proctor Elementary School
Project-Based Learning 

Sharing STEAM projects with families

June 23, 2017April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School, STEAM

Proctor’s STEAM Family Night The sleepy little town of Proctor VT, is making some big waves when it comes to

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Uncategorized 

8 year-end reflection tools and activities

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 Katy Farber 0 Comments Proctor Elementary School, reflection, student reflection, teacher reflection

Reflect, celebrate and plan Oh, the spring. Such a busy time for teachers. There are all those transition meetings, already

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makerspaces and project-based learning
Project-Based Learning 

4 ideas for using a makerspace to support PBL

May 5, 2017November 30, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments makerspace, Makerspaces, Proctor Elementary School

How do project-based learning and makerspaces fit together? Making and PBL may look like two completely different educational movements, but in

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Project-Based Learning 

4 ways to use Virtual Reality in project-based learning

March 31, 2017March 9, 2021 Katy Farber 2 Comments Google Expeditions, Proctor Elementary School, virtual reality. augmented reality

VR’s real world impact on students Virtual reality is exciting and many of our students are already using this technology in gaming

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Project-Based Learning Real World PBL 

Project-based learning: Extreme weather PBL unit

January 24, 2017November 25, 2019 Katy Farber 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School

 This is Real World PBL Now we’ve been down the PBL highway, looking at PBL planning, entry events, supports for

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culminating events Proctor Elementary School PBL
Getting On The PBL Highway Project-Based Learning 

Culminating Events for Project-Based Learning

January 11, 2017September 14, 2018 Katy Farber 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School, The Cabot School

Honor scholars with an authentic audience for their work The culminating event! It’s the lovely finish line of a Project-Based

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Getting On The PBL Highway Project-Based Learning 

Assessment in Project-Based Learning

December 6, 2016June 26, 2017 Katy Farber 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School

Signs along the way Assessments can be hard to create and manage, but they are a necessary part of PBL.

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Getting On The PBL Highway Project-Based Learning 

Scaffolds to support PBL learners

November 18, 2016June 26, 2017 Katy Farber 0 Comments Proctor Elementary School

Ways to support project-based learning Some people have the mistaken idea that PBL is just when you point students in

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Getting On The PBL Highway Project-Based Learning 

Brainstorming and Research in PBL

November 11, 2016April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School

You’ve done an engaging entry event. You have a plan for your PBL unit with a focused driving question. Sweet!

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Getting On The PBL Highway Project-Based Learning 

Entry events for project-based learning

November 4, 2016April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 3 Comments PBL Highway, Proctor Elementary School

Start with the dramatic, unexpected & memorable Q: What do we really want from project-based learning? A: We want students

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