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Another Tool to Share Research (with a Global View)

May26

Research is complete. Now what? How can students share their new found knowledge? There are many possibilities… Write a report (with Google Docs). Make a presentation (with Google Slides). Create a slideshow/movie (with Explain Everything). Put the information into a collage (with PicCollage or PicCollage for Kids). Produce a series of inanimate objects talking (with […]

Digital Learning PD – Meeting Teachers’ & Students’ Needs

March17

Today at Abbot, we had the opportunity to address specific student learning objectives in three 90 minute sessions. And it wasn’t even a District PD Day! Instead substitute teachers were hired to come in and cover each grade level’s classrooms on a schedule, allowing teams of teachers to attend digital learning workshops with me throughout […]

Google Earth – Elementary Observations

March27

No doubt, Google Earth is a powerful tool that puts the world’s geographic information at a user’s fingertips. There is so much to see and experience with the various layers (see previous post) as well as the different views that it can be very overwhelming – even to adults! Coming fresh off teaching a course […]

Classrooms with a View II

November29

Last winter, I wrote about the excitement of mounted projectors in our school (Classrooms with a View). This month, more projectors were powered up and ready for business in classrooms. What follows is a little sample of how projectors are being used as well as how they could transform learning in the classroom. Get inspired. […]

Google Earth – Layers

September27

Google Earth has been around for a while, but how many teachers are using it with their classes? We have it on every machine at school; however, I don’t think people really know its power or even potential. It’s fun to fly to your house and possibly some popular tourist location in the world using […]


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