Showcasing Student Learning Online

One of my quests this year was to develop an online showcase for student projects. Five years ago, most digital student projects were word processed documents that could be printed out, or Powerpoint presentations that could be presented or printed.

Now in addition to those formats, we have podcasts, videos, Bitstrips, Voicethreads, Glogs, and other […]

Differentiating Instruction

One of the many great practices I observed at the American School of Bombay during ASB Unplugged 2010, was differentiation in action. One method of differentiating was allowing students to choose how they shared their learning. Sometimes they had to choose from a number of different tools (e.g. a presentation, a poster or a written […]

Tech Tools for Writing – Survey Results

This term I was planning on teaching three optional staff tech integration workshops around the theme of tech tool for writing. I posted a survey on my blog requesting suggestions and I received really useful responses.

Here is a HUGE thank you to all who responded. Not only did I use many of the […]

A Good Thursday

Today was a good Thursday.

First off, the rain stopped before we had to walk to work.

Next, my first hour class really enjoyed their lesson. They worked hard, and remembered what I had taught them earlier, so they didn’t need lots of support. I was able to work one-on-one with kids who needed […]

Moving Towards Tech Integration and Students as Contributors of Content

We are making progress. In the past, my colleague and I wrote a semester tech plan and brought it to the staff. Most teachers approved it as written. A few would ask us to work on other projects with them.

This term, I am meeting with each of my teachers to create a semester plan. […]