by Amy Gwizdz | Nov 30, 2017 | Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
Staples and Thumbtacks and Tape, Oh My! Walk around the halls of any elementary school in the district and you will see colorful displays of students’ best work, strung from ceilings, tacked to bulletin boards or affixed to the walls and windows. These...
by Amy Gwizdz | Oct 30, 2017 | Moodle, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
The Tech Coaches are excited to announce a training series for the elementary spelling course! We have had an overwhelming response to a spelling course created and shared throughout the district. What started out as a pilot for 4 fourth grade classrooms is now...
by Bob Harrison | Oct 27, 2017 | Moodle, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
…it’s an imperative. If you’ve paid even scant attention to any of the educational research conducted over the last 30 years, you are aware that giving students specific, timely, actionable feedback has the most significant impact on student learning of any...
by Amy Gwizdz | Jun 15, 2017 | Moodle, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
Using iLearn (Moodle) for critical thinking skills, oral language development, vocabulary building and more at the elementary level just became easier! I have been busy creating some iLearn (Moodle) courses that elementary teachers can use immediately. Below is a...
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by Bob Harrison | May 22, 2017 | Mahara, Transforming Learning
This year, I’ve been working with an amazing team of sixth grade ELA teachers at Bryant Middle School to make the transition to implementing My Learning Plan on a digital platform using Mahara. Previously, the team was introduced to Mahara and some of the...
by Bob Harrison | Apr 11, 2017 | Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
As I mentioned in Part 1, we can spend a lot of time adding things on to our lessons that make them shine…at least for a while. It’s often just glitter. Here today, gone tomorrow–along with all of the time we spent putting it together and learning...
