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Publishing Student Writing -- and Your Own

Jim MoultonMarch 26, 2009

Tags Primary (K-2), Project-Based Learning, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

When I was a classroom teacher, my kids published a lot of books. We carefully finished our pages and then used the plastic spiral binder in the teachers' room to bind the pages into book form.

Technology Combined with Good Teaching Leads to Success

Heather Wolpert-GawronMarch 17, 2009

Tags Classroom Technology, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

Interactive whiteboards are the future of educational strategies, and without proper adoption of these and other technology tools, teachers are doomed to become dinosaurs in their practices.

Kids Learn About Culture and Caring for the Environment

Dr. Katie KlingerFebruary 17, 2009

Tags After-School Learning, Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), Science, Hawaii

Being an educator in Hawaii is a truly humbling experience. Each day -- as you work with high-need schools -- you realize that your personal contribution will help not only the immediate community of teachers, students, and families but also future generations as well.

Web 2.0 Tools, and Keeping Up with the Internet's Evolution

Jim MoultonFebruary 12, 2009

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, Vermont

This morning, I got an email -- from a wonderful fourth-grade teacher in Vermont -- that passed along a recommendation about a Web site called Go2Web20.net. So I went poking around and found that I had written a post about Go2Web20.net a year ago. But something has changed.

Technology Integration Begins at Home

Jim MoultonJanuary 29, 2009

Tags Primary (K-2), Professional Development, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

A lot of times, I find myself working just as hard, or harder, to inspire folks as I do to inform them. While I am consistently helping all the teachers I work with to increase their purposeful use of technology in the classroom, I find that too often I am encouraging veteran teachers to come over the threshold and begin using it.

Blogs Give Students an Audience

Elena AguilarJanuary 13, 2009

Tags Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, High (9-12), California

The insomnia I attributed to the beginning of the school year, which I complained about in my first blog post, still hasn't gone away. A few nights ago, tormented, I woke up at 1 a.m. and began mulling over the crises and craziness I see every day in the Oakland, California, public schools.

Project-Based Hyper Learning: Intrinsic Student Learning Experiences at Their Best

Ben JohnsonDecember 2, 2008

Tags Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, All Grades

How do students learn? What is the best way to learn? How can technology make students learn better?

The Classroom Booster Club, Part One: Recruiting Academic Supporters

Jim MoultonAugust 19, 2008

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, Ohio

I'm heading home from Columbus, Ohio, on a fine, clear summer morning. I am in a window seat on the plane, as always, and on takeoff we fly right past downtown, en route to Cincinnati. On this flight path I get a wonderful view down into the Ohio State football stadium, where the word Buckeyes is emblazoned across the end zone, bold white text on a crimson background.

Global Connections: Storytelling Builds Bridges Between Cultures

Suzie BossAugust 13, 2008

Tags , Technology Integration, All Grades

I first met Greg Tuke a decade ago when he was running a program called Powerful Schools. The nonprofit organization was working to strengthen schools serving some of the lowest-income and most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Seattle.

Learning to Teach STEM: Teachers Bring Back New Knowledge to Their School

Dr. Katie KlingerAugust 1, 2008

Tags After-School Learning, Mentoring, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, Hawaii

This is the second part of a three-part entry. Read part one.

In Hawaii, there will be eighty hours of training at science, technology, engineering, and math institutes during the school year. At these institutes, university professors will guide teachers in how to scale STEM projects to the appropriate grade level. The institutes will employ middle school math and science benchmarks and standards from the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards as the basis for what to cover.