All around the district, Dearborn students and staff are utilizing Google Hangouts. So what, exactly, IS a Google Hangout? What you can do with Hangouts? Send messages Make video calls Share photos, locations, and stickers And more! So what have people around...
Year: 2016
Working through the technology glitches in your classroom
"Teachers often view technology glitches as reasons to stop planned lessons. Yet when glitches happen in a lesson without technology, teachers rarely give up. No activity or computer experience is so vital to one day's learning that it cannot be adjusted or...
Ms. Pas & Ms. Masiarczyk help students begin their ePortfolio journeys
Today, students in Diane Pas and Teresa Masiarczyk's science classes at Smith began working on their Mahara ePortfolio pages for their Earth Science unit. Ms. Pas & Ms. Masiarczyk began by introducing students to Mahara with a Google Doc posted on their Google...
New and Improved Step Sheet for Digital Annotation (Close Reading)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HOVfefCAhbJlaCaN29oZ8bJf5AYm7S97YtMJ9q5DmkQ/edit?usp=sharingDue to the popular demand of the digital annotation strategy, the Tech Coaches have updated the step sheet for the process of digital close reading. You can find it on the "How Do I?" page, at the bottom, under "Other Tools." We have also added a step sheet for...
Mr. Bloye’s Mega-Moodle Course
Because Moodle is the most versatile tool available in allowing teachers to make resources available and to allow students to interact with the content digitally, many teachers are now using Moodle (iLearn) as their online launch pad. One teacher who is maximizing the...
Google Docs PD
Yesterday, the Tech Coaches went live online with our first Tech Coaches' Corner on Air. This will be an ongoing segment of our recurring Tech Coaches' Corner sessions. This mode comes with a few benefits: teachers can participate without having to go anywhere, and...