As Labor Day weekend quickly approaches in Michigan, the signs of the beginning of a new school year become increasingly more real. While the daylight decreases, the anticipation increases for everyone who has a connection to school. Teachers are preparing their classrooms, parents are getting their children ready for new learning experiences, and students are shopping for school […]
The 2013 Galileo Learning Summit hosted at Fraser High School had over 450 educators in attendance. The day was kicked off with a keynote by Will Richardson that got everyone thinking about what our classrooms look like compared to what they could look like. He promoted connected learning and creativity over rote knowledge and content. In […]
Since the addition of reminders to the Evernote feature list, Evernote has immediately moved to the top of my favorite apps list. I had been searching for a more robust to-do list and calendar app to help me manage my upcoming time as Michigan Teacher of the Year. I had been unable to find a […]
With more and more students bringing devices into classrooms across all grade levels, and with many schools going 1:1, a need to move toward digital notes is ever increasing. While teachers who use interactive whiteboards or tablets in the classroom have the ability to create a digital copy of their notes in PDF format to […]
Some students write feverishly to keep up with the teacher, copying down verbatim what is on the board or projected via slideshow, while others add annotations to notes provided on slide handouts. Over the years, classroom teachers have modeled note-taking skills to their students in many ways. Taking full advantage of available note-taking technologies and […]
