Introducing The Model Courses Project

Over the next year, the Tech Coaches will be assembling model iLearn courses for several disciplines and grade levels.  The model courses will showcase the wealth of activities created by Dearborn teachers, as well as custom activities created by the Tech Coaches themselves.  These courses will be repositories of some of the best, classroom-tested and innovative…

6 + 1 Writing Assignment in Mrs. Wachholz’s Forensic Science Class

6 + 1 Writing Assignment in Mrs. Wachholz’s Forensic Science Class

Forensic Science teacher Michelle Wachholz from Edsel Ford recently created an argumentative writing assignment that students worked on using district laptops. Mrs. Wachholz began by creating the assignment on iLearn.  She utilized one of the shared 6 + 1 Writing Traits Rubrics on iLearn to communicate the expectations for the assignment to her students before….

Differentiating Instruction Using iLearn

Differentiating Instruction Using iLearn

Yesterday, teachers Gihan Fradi and Christina West, who co-teach a chemistry class at Edsel Ford used a short, 4-question iLearn quiz to gather data on student understanding, which they then used to break the class into groups to work on their progress, since all students were at different points in their understanding.  This is just…

Google Classroom: Be inspired

Google Classroom: Be inspired

Several teachers across the district are using Google Classroom to help their students learn.  Google Classroom offers the ability to assign digital documents to students who can edit the documents independently and then resubmit the document to the teacher for a grade.  Additionally, teachers can begin discussions with questions that students respond to, and then…

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