As I walk around different classrooms, I see popular tools or widgets being projected on screens… Timers Noise level meters Text boxes with Work Expectations/Directions Photos/Screenshots of Examples What if all of these options were from one source, and were easy to set up and break down throughout the day without toggling between different websites […]

OK… your students are using Google Docs, but are they harnessing the power of peer editing/collaboration? Even with pencil and paper, asking students to give constructive feedback and edits to a peer’s work is challenging and even overwhelming for students. Some focus only on spelling while others only want to say “Good job!” I watched […]

Last year, I wrote two posts about stop-action movies (something new MAY be in order: Stop-Action Movies & Stop-Action Movies Follow-Up). The latter post concluded with our hopes to integrate this technology into fifth grade. What follows is a summary of our results. During the 2011-12 school year, all fifth graders at Abbot School participated […]