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Offering Accommodations with Google
Over the past couple weeks, the Tech Coaches have helped teacher Sara Pniewski from Dearborn High School find ways to use technology to accommodate some of her students with reading and writing needs. Using the Voice Typing feature of Google Docs, Mrs. Pniewski has...
Introducing The Model Courses Project
Over the next year, the Tech Coaches will be assembling model iLearn courses for several disciplines and grade levels. The model courses will showcase the wealth of activities created by Dearborn teachers, as well as custom activities created by the Tech Coaches...
New Promethean Board Training
Bob and I were fortunate enough to spend some quality time with a new interactive projector. This projector has the capability to turn any whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard! These will take the place of the old Activboards. Coming soon, to a classroom near...
Using iBlog to Improve School Culture
Teacher leader Hebat Abdelbaki at Salina Intermediate created her blog today. She will be using the blog to communicate with parents, as well as to allow students to record Acts of Kindness they witness within the school. By clicking on a link from the menu on Mrs....
Technology in Action at Henry Ford!
Lots of good things are happening at Henry Ford! In Mrs. Hammoud's 3rd grade class, students are using Google Classroom to complete writing assignments. In Mrs. Hetu's 1st grade class, students are using flipcharts created by their teacher to practice building words...
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.
