by Bob Harrison | Dec 13, 2018 | Computational Thinker, Empowered Learner, Moodle, Transforming Education
Over the past 12 years, many teachers in our district have tried using Moodle (in Dearborn, we call our Moodle site iLearn). A few absolutely took off with it. Many of those teachers are still using it, and at increasingly higher levels each year. Most, however, got...
by Bob Harrison | Dec 12, 2018 | Empowered Learner, Global Communicator, Transforming Education
My son is a freshman in one of the district’s amazing high schools. I have three other children who attend a school outside of the district. Keeping up on what they’re doing in school and sports, and maintaining communication has been quite an adventure....
by Bob Harrison | Nov 28, 2018 | Computational Thinker, Empowered Learner, Moodle, Transforming Education
Technology can serve multiple purposes, among them being increased teacher efficiency, enhanced student experience, and even increased environmental responsibility. But you don’t have to be “all-in” with technology to do this. Some things require...
by Bob Harrison | Nov 19, 2018 | Digital Citizenship, Empowered Learner, Transforming Education
One indicator that we may not yet have fully embraced technology in the classroom is the fact that physical products are preferred, if not strongly demanded, over digital. The reality is that most of the online resources we use in our classrooms are designed to work...
by Bob Harrison | Nov 13, 2018 | Empowered Learner, Knowledge Constructor, Transforming Education
Take your Reading Apprenticeship strategies to the next level while incorporating a little digital media by empowering your students to “talk-to” video. There’s a very simple but cool tool out there that allows students to upload a file or link to a...
by Amy Gwizdz | Nov 8, 2018 | Transforming Education
I’ve heard it time and time again in the Tech Coach role, “It’s perfectly acceptable to fail.” I don’t take failing lightly, so this is hard advice to take. But I did it. I failed. And it was wonderful. I am working in a fourth grade...
