by Amy Gwizdz | Jun 1, 2018 | Transforming Education
So this happened today: The excitement in Melanie Klein’s text was palpable. Here is a teacher that found something that not only worked for her and her students, but made them both excited to learn! This marvelous tool is the workshop module in Moodle...
by Amy Gwizdz | May 10, 2018 | Transforming Education
It All Started with Student Choice In my co-teaching experience with Jennifer Hourani at Geer Park, our class is working its way through a HyperDoc unit in science that meets the NGSS standard of building a model to show the flow of energy in a food chain. Once the...
by Amy Gwizdz | Mar 19, 2018 | Mahara, Tech Coach Tip
Getting Your Feet Wet For those who may be unfamiliar, Mahara is our ePortfolio program, and has become very popular among teachers across the district. Mahara is a clean, bright platform used to display videos, pictures, and text. It can fully integrate with Google...
by Amy Gwizdz | Feb 12, 2018 | Transforming Education
Potato Chips, a Lawn Chair, and the Nudging Neighbor On a beautiful spring day, my husband and I were sitting outside, watching the neighbors walk their dogs, ride their bikes, and generally enjoying the springtime air while getting in a little exercise. As I sat...
by Amy Gwizdz | Nov 30, 2017 | Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
Staples and Thumbtacks and Tape, Oh My! Walk around the halls of any elementary school in the district and you will see colorful displays of students’ best work, strung from ceilings, tacked to bulletin boards or affixed to the walls and windows. These...
