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Let's Make a Video

Let's Make a Video

Developing communication and leadership skills through community engagement

During the middle school years young adolescents not only become aware of the changes associated with physical and emotional maturity, but they also adjust to new learning standards and expectations. The goals of...
Author: Paulina Rodgers
Number of views (2629)/Comments (0)/
Topics: CurriculumFamily and CommunityTechnology
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationCommunity Involvement
Engaging Girls in STEM

Engaging Girls in STEM

Three things middle level educators can do to encourage more girls to engage in STEM

The movie Hidden Figures, the story of four African American women working at NASA in the 1960s, has reinvigorated the role of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) careers. Although women comprise...
Author: Sonya Hayes
Number of views (5405)/Comments (0)/
Topics: STEMTechnology
Tags: ScienceMathCollege ReadinessCareer Exploration
The Role of Learning Management Systems in Middle Schools

The Role of Learning Management Systems in Middle Schools

How an LMS supports learning, communication, and collaboration

Schools are incessantly faced with implementing new initiatives and programs. Clickers in the classroom! Use cell phones! One-to-one laptops! Online textbooks! Communicate with parents digitally! The list is...
Author: Kelly Backenstoe, Kimberley Krempasky
Number of views (4337)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Organizational StructuresTeachingTechnology
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The Hidden Benefits of Video Games, Part 2

The Hidden Benefits of Video Games, Part 2

How video games can help students develop important life skills

This is part 2 in a two-part series on the benefits of video games both in and out of the classroom. Part 1 covers practice and patience, teamwork, socializing, and leadership. Business Acumen While Monopoly may be...
Author: Clark Godshall, LaVonna Roth
Number of views (3860)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingTechnology
Tags: Games/Gaming

Blended Learning

Moving Beyond Tech-Rich Classrooms

Imagine being tasked with teaching a class of restless adolescents, all of whom have different learning styles, strengths, interests, and needs. Or perhaps this daunting scenario is not so farfetched at all. A team...
Author: Kristi McGrath Schmidt
Number of views (3079)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Differentiated InstructionTeachingTechnology
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Google Can Do What? Five Activities to Engage Students

Google Apps, now called G Suite, is really catching on in classrooms around the United States and beyond. But the way we think about its tools, such as Docs, Sheets, or Slides, is stuck in first gear. It is easy for...
Author: Matt Miller
Number of views (11538)/Comments (1)/
Topics: TeachingTechnology
Tags: Student EngagementStudent Motivation
Distance Learning: The Wave of the Future

Distance Learning: The Wave of the Future

Students collaborate from afar using online tools.

Geographically, it did not make sense. Middletown and Pocomoke Middle Schools, both located in Maryland, are approximately 200 miles away, and students in both classrooms were discussing the same piece of literature....
Author: Brian Cook, Kristi Schmidt, Katherine Shaffer
Number of views (4723)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingTechnology
Tags: Distance learning

Talking Tech for the PBL Classroom

Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional model that encourages active participation of students throughout the learning process. The Buck Institute describes PBL as, "a teaching method in which students gain...
Author: Kristie Smith
Number of views (7480)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingTechnology
Tags: Project Based Learning

Classroom Tech for Learning Checks

In its keys for educating young adolescents, AMLE calls for educators to use a variety of assessments in an effort to both advance and measure student learning. Daily, teachers are using assessment to guide...
Author: Kristie Smith, Kristina N. Falbe
Number of views (10321)/Comments (3)/
Topics: AssessmentTechnology
Tags: FormativeAuthentic AssessmentAlternative Assessment

Enhance Your Web Browsing Experience!

As educators, we search for tools to improve efficiencies, increase engagement, and assist students in their learning processes. Working in a school that utilizes the Google Apps for Education suite, I discovered that...
Author: Autumn DeGroot
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Topics: TeachingTechnology
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