With the start of the new school year, many teachers are looking to save their blog posts from the previous year, but make them invisible to students. This is a great idea to save yourself from “re-inventing the wheel” and also to help keep yourself on pace with the previous year. Here’s how you do…
Over the past month, I have had the opportunity to work with first graders in Ms. Miryam Shajrah’s class at William Ford on a very exciting PBL project, the Virtual Zoo. Ms. Shajrah’s first graders conducted research on an animal of their choosing, including such facts as habitat, diet, and skin covering. The students then…
Teachers in buildings across the district are integrating technology in a variety of ways. Here’s a quick look at how one building — Stout Middle School — is using technology to create emerging opportunities for students: Leon Vietinghoff’s Blog. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to! Mr. Vietinghoff is using his iBlog as a tool for teaching and learning, communicating effectively…
I’ve had several conversations with teachers over the past few months about how and what to put on their blogs. On top of that, there are many who have expressed frustration about the fact that it seems not many people are using their blogs. I thought I’d share a few tips to help you get…
Teachers across the Dearborn Public Schools are doing fabulous work communicating with students, parents, and the community at large. The daily and weekly happenings of the classroom, learning targets, resources, links, and student work are being displayed for all to access on each participating teacher’s iBlog. All of these enhance the effectiveness of the classroom teacher and empower…
Check out this new blog that is designed to teach you how to use a popular blogging theme! We created a test blog that shows teachers how to use the design elements of the popular blog theme called “Cute Frames.” By scrolling through the blog, teachers are taught how to manipulate the blog theme in…
On Friday, I had the chance to work with the Pre-K teachers across the district to set up and customize their iBlogs. Teachers got a hands-on experience setting up, customizing, and updating their iBlogs. They exchanged ideas for making their blogs more interactive for students and informative for parents. Everyone left the experience with their…
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. Abdelbaki’s page, students can bring up a Google form…
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