Do you want to start a Google Classroom but don’t know how? Or maybe you already have a Classroom, but forgot how to add an assignment? Well we have your answers! Check out the new Google Classroom Guide, created by your Tech Coaches! With the Google Classroom Guide, you can set up a Google Classroom and…
One of the many advantages to using Moodle (iLearn) in addition to the flexibility of the Quiz module (the number attempts, shuffling questions, inserting variables into numerical questions) is the wealth of usable data you can glean from each quiz. Bryant science teacher Kelley Murphy has begun analyzing this data to help students learn. Here is an…
I‘ve had the good fortune of teaming up with English Language Arts teacher Mr. Jacob Belknap from Edsel Ford to find ways to integrate technology into his instruction. Recently, Mr. Belknap and I used Google Hangouts to hold a video conference to discuss how he could best use Google Docs and Google Classroom to help…
Good things are happening at Snow Elementary! In Julie Serazio’s first grade classroom, students wrote about things they are thankful for, and why they are thankful for them. Students had very creative ideas! Now it was time to digitize them! First, we took those writings and put them into Google Slides. Julie started with a…
Geer Park’s Special Ed Resource Teacher, Jen LeClair, is pioneering a new way for her special education students to use Assistive Technology in their general education classes. Because some of her students struggle with fine motor deficits, Jen and I put our heads together to come up with a way to allow students to take…
Students at Unis Middle School have begun building their “My Learning Plan” on Mahara. Yesterday, in their advisory period, assistant principal Mr. Daniel Blessing and teacher Mr. Shane Shockey introduced students to the concept on Monday and allowed the students time to begin working. Today, I walked students through updating their personal resume, including how…
First year teacher Ahmad Charara was assigned to teach Computer Applications at Lowrey Middle School this year. Fortunately, over the past several years, the Computer Applications course has been built on iLearn, Dearborn’s Moodle courseware–largely due to the work of former Lowrey teacher Denise Elliott. The course Ms. Elliott built is now being used across the…
In Dana Grizzell’s third grade classroom at Snow, students created multiplication models using Google Drawing. First, students used the Shapes function to create a group. Then, using the copy and paste functions, students created identical groups. Next, they downloaded an image from Google to create the objects in each group, also using the copy and paste function…
Several teachers in secondary science have begun using an argumentative writing protocol called “Claim-Evidence-Reasoning”, or “C-E-R”. Students use this protocol to generate a claim about a particular issue or concept, then support their claim with evidence. Students then attempt to hold up their evidence with sound reasoning. Teachers use this protocol in many different activities…
Check out this new blog that is designed to teach you how to use a popular blogging theme! We created a test blog that shows teachers how to use the design elements of the popular blog theme called “Cute Frames.” By scrolling through the blog, teachers are taught how to manipulate the blog theme in…
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