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Document Learning in a Digital Portfolio

Teacher Reboot Camp

The digital portfolio tools below help students document their work in multiple ways and also can be used throughout a student’s learning journey. Benchmark at regular intervals, such as progress report time, with student led conferences. My elementary students love their Seesaw digital portfolios. Start with goals!

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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. The McKinsey report predicted that this generation of less-educated students could potentially reduce the size of the U.S.

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Elementary Social Entrepreneurship: A Perfect STEAM Lesson

User Generated Education

But elementary school-age kids do have the natural curiosity, imagination, drive, and ability to come up with innovative ways to change the world for the better. Reading and writing are integrated into the learning activities in the form of fun, interesting books and stories, and writing stories, narratives, journalistic reports.

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Elementary Book Report Machine

The Electric Educator

My first project of 2016 was to help Kingsley elementary school , a small school in northern Michigan, build an elementary book report machine. We quickly put together a Google form which contained all of the required elements of the book report. To do this, we first created a template document with merge tags.

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Teach Students to Track How Many Words They Read Per Minute Using Voice Typing and Google Forms

Catlin Tucker

As elementary students learn how to read, teachers administer reading fluency tests and listen to students read passages. In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute.

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5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Use Canva for Learning and Fun

Ask a Tech Teacher

First off, Canva is an online tool that allows people to create graphics, videos, documents and designs easily with thousands of customizable templates and resources. It’s a quick and easy way to spice up their presentations, lessons, and reports. Let me show you how below! What Is Canva? Now get creating!

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10 Ways to Grow as a Pedagogical Leader

A Principal's Reflections

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't visit classrooms as frequently as I would have liked, and the feedback I provided in written reports could have done more to enhance teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa.