For those of you who use Google Classroom, you may have noticed that it looks a little bit different than it did last school year. Google is seemingly always changing it's products for more of a user-friendly experience. Here's a quick lowdown of some of those most...
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Happenings at Haigh
My last Technology Integration Partnership, or TIP, occurred at Haigh. Teachers Anne Joachim (3rd grade) and Erika Izbicki (4th grade) very graciously agreed to share their classrooms with me so that we could work together to infuse their classes with some new...
Tech Tip Tuesday- Screencasting
For this week's Tech Tip Tuesday, we are going to talk about some nifty uses for screencasting, specifically with Screencastify. What is screencasting? Screencasting is when you record what is happening on your whole computer screen, one tab, or just your webcam, and...
Tech Tip Tuesday- StudentSites
Did you know that we have our own blog site for students? It's called StudentSites and you can find it at https://studentsites.dearbornschools.org/. What is StudentSites? StudentSites is a blogging site for our students. It can be used as a publishing tool for...
Tech Tip Tuesday- Recording in Moodle (iLearn)
Let's Hear it for the Recording Tool! One of our favorite tools in Moodle (iLearn) is now built right in! The recording feature allows you and your students to record voice and add it right into your Moodle course! Why is this important? Because the possibilities...
Tech Tip Tuesday- Using Google Keep for Feedback Comment Banks
Since we have been focusing on the importance of timely and actionable feedback, we wanted to share another quick, simple way to provide feedback using Google Keep. In cases where you find yourself providing the same feedback for the same errors over and over,...