More Verbs

MARCH 12, 2016

There is an old quote that the true value to learning isn’t learning to use the technology, but rather using the technology to learn. To leverage the power of learning through technology, for focusing more on “verbs” than on “nouns,” the technology needs to be treated as a tool, and most of the instructional time needs to be allocated for the learning activity.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 12, 2016

The Van Meter Schools have long been an incubator for innovation. Van Meter was one of our earliest districts to implement a 1-to-1 student computing initiative and also was one of the first districts in Iowa to be named an Apple Distinguished School. More recently, Van Meter has been diving deeply into project-based learning, standards-based grading, competency-based education, and flexible, modular schedules in which students can exercise some choice and determine how much time they need to sp

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2016

March 12, 2016 Over the last few weeks, Google Docs released a number of important features that enhanced its overall performance. We have reviewed each of these features in separate posts in the.read more.

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Learning in Hand

MARCH 12, 2016

As a teacher wouldn’t it be handy to be in more than one place at a time? I’d like to give you some ways of recording yourself and getting that audio or video online. Once online, it’s a matter of copying and pasting to generate a QR code. A QR code is a quick way to get students to online content. Easily providing recordings to your students means you can reteach concepts, differentiate instruction, give directions at centers, communicate with parents, and be heard and/or seen any time and any

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 12, 2016

Expository text passages are handy for language intervention. There's a lot you can teach with a passage as a context! I attended (well, watched from an "overflow theater") a great presentation at ASHA Convention in Denver, Practical Strategies for Middle School and High School Language Learning Disorders (Wallach, Bartholomew & Charlton), that covered a number of strategies that can be practiced in the context of expository (or narrative) text: -Recognizing and interpreting subordinate clau

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 12, 2016

This week's top post shows how educators are using technology to support learning and strengthen relationships with students. Next up is one that explains how schools can tell their own story. Next is a post explaining why note taking is outdated and a better alternative – sketch noting. There’s a few more to round out the top. Check em out below. Entry Pageviews 10 #EdTech Tools to Strengthen Relationships with.

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Learning in Hand

MARCH 12, 2016

As a teacher wouldn’t it be handy to be in more than one place at a time? I’d like to give you some ways of recording yourself and getting that audio or video online. Once online, it’s a matter of copying and pasting to generate a QR code. A QR code is a quick way to get students to online content. Easily providing recordings to your students means you can reteach concepts, differentiate instruction, give directions at centers, communicate with parents, and be heard and/or seen any time and any

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Tablets Smartphone Adobe Android 40

Reading By Example

MARCH 12, 2016

My son, appreciating the view of the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania. At one point in the school year, I was in my office with two different students, both males. A primary student was sent out of class because he refused to complete his math work. I helped him with the last part, which was challenging, although the student was fully capable. An intermediate student went into a complete shutdown in the LMC.

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