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14 Factors to Consider for Tech Report Cards
It used to be simple to post grades. Add up test scores and see what the student earned. Very defensible. Everyone understood. It’s not that way anymore. Here are the factors I consider when I’m...
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How to Make a Student-centered Video
‘Student-generated’ now has a face–a lively and creative group from Loreto Secondary School in County Meath Ireland. They combined their talents and came up with a fun, engaging PSA to promote dairy. I...
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11 Ways to be an Inquiry-based Teacher
It’s hard to run an inquiry-based classroom. Don’t go into this teaching style thinking all you do is ask questions and observe answers. You have to listen with all of your senses, pause and respond to...
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11 Ways to Make an Inquiry based Classroom
You became a teacher not to pontificate to trusting minds, but to teach children how to succeed as adults. That idealism infused every class in your credential program and only took a slight bump...
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How Do You Grade Tech? I Have 14 Ideas
It used to be simple to post grades. Add up test scores and see what the student earned. Very defensible. Everyone understood. It’s not that way anymore. Here are the factors I consider when I’m...
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Now Available: 35 Extra Lessons for the SL K-6 Technology Curriculum
Available now: How Technology Can Jump-Start the Inquiry-based Classroom: 35 Projects That Align with National Standards What is in this book? The question we get often from teachers—both new and...
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169 Kindergarten Websites That Tie into Classroom Inquiry
These are my 120 favorite kindergarten websites. I sprinkle them in throughout the year, adding several each week to the class internet start page, deleting others. I make sure I have 3-4 each week...
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How Do You Grade Tech? I Have 14 Ideas
It used to be simple to post grades. Add up test scores and see what the student earned. Very defensible. Everyone understood. It’s not that way anymore. Now we’re looking for understanding, transfer...
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Dear Otto: How do I teach Inquiry and Research in Middle School
Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please complete the form below and I’ll answer it here. For your privacy, I...
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