Why the Marco Polo app? With social distancing and remote learning on educators’ minds, there’s never been a more urgent The post Virtual video walkie-talkies? […]
A recent study from Common Sense Media confirms what those of us who spend time with young adults already believe The post How to use […]
Padlet, Google Keep and Corkulous — oh my! 1.Padlet Padlet’s been a go-to for a number of our educators for a while now, based on […]
2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and glue and lasers, arduinos, controllers […]
Expanding student access to reading As a school librarian, I needed to think how I could adopt Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in my own […]
Deliver the goods! Rather than creating a unit on the Civil War, imagine working with an individual student or small group on a topic that […]
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 The […]
How to make YouTube appropriate for the classroom YouTube can provide students and educators with hundreds of powerful educational videos that can deepen learning, and […]
A step-by-step tutorial We helped one of our partner schools, Wallingford Elementary in Wallingford, Vermont, get set up with screencasting for their MacBook-based 1:1 environment, […]
Students tackle politicians’ identities Students at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont, are exploring the theme of identity in their humanities class. In part, they’re doing […]
Becoming a Google Certified Educator My fascination with Google started in the early 2000’s simply from a financial interest. Here was this really cool “tech” […]
Go beyond back-channeling and unlock creative communication This summer, look for ways to liven up your faculty meetings and delve a little deeper with technology. Try something […]