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More Good Things at Geer Park!
In Mrs. Gutierrez's 2/3 class, students are experiencing writing conferences using Google Docs and the "Comment" feature. The teacher can remotely log into a student's document, read it, and provide immediate feedback while the student is working. The students can...
6 + 1 Writing Assignment in Mrs. Wachholz’s Forensic Science Class
Forensic Science teacher Michelle Wachholz from Edsel Ford recently created an argumentative writing assignment that students worked on using district laptops. Mrs. Wachholz began by creating the assignment on iLearn. She utilized one of the shared 6 + 1 Writing...
Differentiating Instruction Using iLearn
Yesterday, teachers Gihan Fradi and Christina West, who co-teach a chemistry class at Edsel Ford used a short, 4-question iLearn quiz to gather data on student understanding, which they then used to break the class into groups to work on their progress, since all...
Good Things are Happening at Geer Park!
In Mrs. Gutierrez's class, second and third graders are using Google Classroom to complete assignments!
Google Classroom: Be inspired
Several teachers across the district are using Google Classroom to help their students learn. Google Classroom offers the ability to assign digital documents to students who can edit the documents independently and then resubmit the document to the teacher for a...
Technology for Lifelong Learning
Our Goal
The goal of instructional technology coaches is to help teachers become effective at using technology to provide the most technology-rich, positive learning environments possible. To this end, we believe effective teachers…
- Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity.
- Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.
- Model digital age work and learning.
- Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility.
- Engage in professional growth and leadership.
from Standards for Teachers.
