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Looking differently at projects
Today, I had a discussion with my classes about projects. They are facing a pretty heavy project in class at the moment, and I wanted them to see that taking the easy way is usually not the best way....
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Wyoming GAFE Summit 2016
Recently, I attended the GAFE Summit in Riverton, Wyoming. I will have to admit that attending a professional development conference just as the summer begins did not particularly appeal to me. I...
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Engaging students with technology projects
I just finished up summer school classes today. As a part of the class for the last few days, students had to create a choose-your-own-adventure story using Google Forms. At first glance, the project...
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20% Time Projects: Bad Idea Factory
My goal for this year is to figure out how to integrate 20% time projects into my classroom. So far, the students have been at it for two weeks, and the momentum seems to be building, which is a good...
View ArticleGeneral Project Rubric
Grading projects can be messy, but it doesn’t have to be. The number one rule teachers break when grading a project is that they make it too complicated. Actually, this is probably the case for most of...
View ArticleTeaching Creativity with OK GO
At the moment, my students are working on a project. I want them to be creative, so I give them as little guidance as possible when starting the project. This drives them nuts because they want as much...
View ArticleSocial Media Classroom Project: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SMS and more…
Several years ago, I wrote a blog post about Fakebook projects in the classroom. It is my most popular page. However, there has been a bunch of change since that time in regards to social media. What I...
View ArticleThe List: Social Media Project Template Sites
I know I said in the last post, Social Media Project, that teachers should just turn the students loose in finding sites to create social media posts. If this doesn’t work for you, and you want a few...
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The 4 Point Grading Scale
This post has been a good year in the making, and I am not even close to being done with the project in a way that I can be thorough or complete with my thought. However, I do want to share what I have...
View ArticleBig List: 10 Electronic Study Games For The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
My class is currently reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I did a little poking around and found that there were quite a few different web-based study aids out there, many in the form of games....
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