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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...