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Google Hangouts is the New Skype!
All around the district, Dearborn students and staff are utilizing Google Hangouts. So what, exactly, IS a Google Hangout? What you can do with Hangouts? Send messages Make video calls…
Working through the technology glitches in your classroom
“Teachers often view technology glitches as reasons to stop planned lessons. Yet when glitches happen in a lesson without technology, teachers rarely give up. No activity or computer experience is…
Ms. Pas & Ms. Masiarczyk help students begin their ePortfolio journeys
Today, students in Diane Pas and Teresa Masiarczyk’s science classes at Smith began working on their Mahara ePortfolio pages for their Earth Science unit. Ms. Pas & Ms. Masiarczyk began by…
New and Improved Step Sheet for Digital Annotation (Close Reading)
Due to the popular demand of the digital annotation strategy, the Tech Coaches have updated the step sheet for the process of digital close reading. You can find it on…
Mr. Bloye’s Mega-Moodle Course
Because Moodle is the most versatile tool available in allowing teachers to make resources available and to allow students to interact with the content digitally, many teachers are now using Moodle (iLearn)…
Google Docs PD
Yesterday, the Tech Coaches went live online with our first Tech Coaches’ Corner on Air. This will be an ongoing segment of our recurring Tech Coaches’ Corner sessions. This mode comes with…