by Amy Gwizdz | Sep 13, 2018 | Mahara, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
As teachers, we know that providing feedback to students is extremely important to their success. Timely, actionable feedback provides students with the necessary tools they need to improve their learning. Now, that lesson is being passed down to our students at...
by Bob Harrison | Sep 4, 2018 | Transforming Learning
As many of you may know, I was recently given the opportunity to pursue building-level administration in the Dearborn Schools’ Administrative Internship program. Throughout the entire process, I have had the amazing support of countless individuals in the...
by Bob Harrison | Sep 1, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
As we get started with a new school year, teachers in classrooms across the district are dealing with a few dozen factors every class period that cause them anxiety. One of them is the mere act of signing out and opening up the Chromebook cart. But it doesn’t...
by Bob Harrison | May 16, 2018 | Moodle, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
Collaborating on Maps Today, students in Mr. Apple’s class at Woodworth Middle school began their next tech-integrated project for 8th Grade U. S. History: A Civil War Google My Maps group activity. Google My Maps allows students to create and collaborate on a...
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...
