Teachers in buildings across the district are integrating technology in a variety of ways. Here’s a quick look at how one building — Stout Middle School — is using technology to create emerging opportunities for students: Leon Vietinghoff’s Blog. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to! Mr. Vietinghoff is using his iBlog as a tool for teaching and learning, communicating effectively…
The charge of the Tech Coaches is to support teachers as they seek to integrate technology into their instruction for the ultimate benefit of students. But as teachers ourselves, we both know that time for learning new things is at a premium–and that there’s really no such thing as “free time” when you’re a teacher. For…
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 the district been doing with Google Hangouts? The Tech Coaches hosted a…
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 Classroom. Students worked through the steps to create their pages and upload a…
Due 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 saving only certain pages of PDFs….
What is Close Reading? The latest strategy in reading comprehension is called “Close reading,” or annotating text. The idea is that students read a selection with a pen, making annotations (notes) to help them better understand the text. Because students are expected to write ON the text, making copies of the text has been the norm,…
Last week, I met with language arts teachers Lindsay Diem and Susan Basom-Juchau to talk about ideas for integrating technology into their upcoming MAISA unit. Since Diem and Basom-Juchau are already utilizing Google Classroom with their students, we talked about how to best use the capabilities of Google Classroom to transform what they’re doing for…
Monica Hankins is a 5th grade teacher at Whitmore-Bolles. She attended the Dearborn Moodle Moot this summer, and began tinkering with iLearn (Moodle). Since then, she has created some pretty fantastic online learning experiences for her students, and her Moodle course is a model for elementary online classes across the district. When asked why she chooses…
Our next Coaches’ Corner Tech Talk will be held on Wednesday, February 10th from 3:00-4:00 and 4:00-5:00 in the Team Room at Stout Middle School. The Team Room is located in the back of the school, next to the east parking lot. Some of the topics we’ll cover: creating a flipchart using the tools in…
By now, most of us are using Chrome as our default browser. And if you’re not, you should! Chrome is the best browser choice when working with Google apps, such as Docs, Sheets and Forms. One helpful feature of Chrome is that it allows you to sign in. Why sign in? There are multiple reasons….
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