The Second Time Around

This year is the second time I'm teaching an upper school blended learning US History class. While many things about the class will remain the same, I'm also tinkering in hopes of making  the class even better than it was the first time around. The first unit of the class focuses on American Identity. (As …

Digital Tools for Formative Assessment

Links to tools discussed at  the NCTE 2010 Tech To Go kiosk Allows for collaborative writing and the ability to "play back" writing. I suggest downloading a copy of your work because inactive pads are deleted. Great for collaborative writing that you want to be more permanent than Typewith.me pads. Site for managing classes and …

Student of the Tool

I find it interesting that many teachers feel like they must know the content they want their students to learn before they teach it. And yet, they are unwilling to use for themselves the tools they want their students to use in the classroom before they use them with students. It's ok if you don't …