It’s not a secret anymore. The answers are out there. Whether it’s a high-level writing prompt or a simple multiple-choice question from the publisher’s question bank, the reality is the same: if it’s been used at all before, the answers are likely posted somewhere on the internet.
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Effective Peer Assessment that Transcends Technology
Over the past two years, several teachers in Dearborn have been integrating technology to help their students engage in effective peer- and self-assessment. Utilizing the Moodle Workshop module, students have assessed their own work and that of their peers with...
The Best Curator in the Room
"To select, organize, and present, typically using professional or expert knowledge." That's Google's definition of the word curate--a 14th century term that comes from the Latin word curare, which means to care. And who really does? Well, teachers do. For centuries,...
Glue, Glitter, and Gold (Part 2)
As I mentioned in Part 1, we can spend a lot of time adding things on to our lessons that make them shine...at least for a while. It's often just glitter. Here today, gone tomorrow--along with all of the time we spent putting it together and learning how it all...
Interactive Review: How Dearborn Social Studies Teachers are Changing the Game
Over the past two weeks, I have been working with a team of outstanding high school social studies teachers, including Mr. Hussein Beydoun, Mr. Marc Golles, Mr. William Harrison, Mr. Pete Kotsogiannis, Mrs. Katie Meyers, Mr. Jamie Nack, Ms. Fatmeh Rida, and Mrs....
Radical Learning Transformations in Mrs. Maynor’s Algebra 2A Class
Edsel Ford Math teacher Mrs. Angela Maynor recently created a virtual lesson using Moodle (iLearn). Her lesson consisted of several content pages that introduced the concept of radical equations. Her lesson is expertly organized, modeling sequences used by effective...