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Touchcast

Identity 

4 digital identity exercises for students

August 31, 2016April 19, 2018 Audrey Homan 2 Comments #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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Uncategorized 

Assessing tech-rich instruction

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Susan Hennessey 1 Comment reflection, The Compass School, Touchcast

The Six Question Framework for reflection As the end of June nears and students take their final exams, clear out

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ubiquitous learning
Education for Sustainability 

How mobile devices can enhance field trips

June 2, 2016April 22, 2022 Susan Hennessey 1 Comment scavenger hunts, The Cabot School, Touchcast

Deepen place-based learning and boost emotional engagement Having signed the permission slips, helped raise money, converted US dollars to Canadian,

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Augmented Reality 

How to: App-smash Touchcast with Aurasma

October 31, 2014 Audrey Homan 7 Comments Aurasma, Reflector, Touchcast

Green screen fun: embed yourself in a book cover It’s super-fun to make book trailers to embed in book covers

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Flipped Classrooms 

3 fresh ways to flip your classroom

August 1, 2014April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 7 Comments #edchat, DooInk, evernote, flip your classroom, Skitch, Tellagami, Touchcast, twitter chats, Winooski Middle School

Flip the way you deliver content and engage students, but don’t stop there: flipping your space, your community and faculty

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News 

Tuesday Links Round-up

June 17, 2014April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment minecraft, Touchcast, transmedia

What We’re Reading Right Now: Minecraft Machinima: Camping Gone Wrong, Killer Grandma and Party Beach out of Flood Brook Union School’s

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Tools We Like 

4 great apps for creating presentations on your iPad

May 29, 2014March 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 14 Comments Animoto, app-smash, app-smashing, Aurasma, Haiku Deck, Touchcast

It’s that magical, magical time of the year again! No, not the end of the school year. (STOP THAT.) I

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

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

May 9, 2014April 14, 2022 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 News Tools We Like 

VT 8th grade class receives EduCast Pioneer award

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Audrey Homan 5 Comments Peoples Academy Middle Level, STEM, Touchcast

  Rachel Goodale’s 8th grade science class at Peoples Academy Middle Level was honored yesterday for their series of speed

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Tools We Like 

Video creation and editing apps for the classroom

March 19, 2014April 13, 2022 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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Innovative Edtech Classrooms Tools We Like 

8th grade VT science: interpreting distance over Touchcast

October 2, 2013April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment Peoples Academy Middle Level, STEM, Touchcast

    by Rachel Goodale (Peoples Academy Middle Level) We started out this year with a Physics Unit studying the relationships

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Tools We Like Videos 

How students are using Touchcast: welcome videos!

September 4, 2013April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 1 Comment iPads, Touchcast

As a follow-up to our post on how teachers are using Touchcast, here’s an example of how students are using

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms Tools We Like Videos 

Teachers teaching Touchcast

August 21, 2013 Audrey Homan 1 Comment Touchcast

We’re sharing the screencasting love over here at the Institute, thanks in no small part to #btv librarian-rockstar Shannon Walters

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