Category Archives: M & C Languages

Performance Assessment via Google Maps

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Drew McAllister

As we approach the end of the first semester, and middle school students begin looking towards a new trimester, performance assessments are on the minds of many. How can we know what students really understand? If your content has any … Continue reading →

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Screencasting – for information, differentiation, and feedback

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Drew McAllister

Screencasting is great way to deliver audio and visual information to your students. If you have been looking for a way to record your lessons, or you’d like to deliver some formative assessment of student work using your voice as … Continue reading →

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Augmenting Research with Edmodo

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Drew McAllister

If you’ve ever considered hosting a discussion online or asking students to take on the “role” of someone in history or a work of literature, you might want to take a look at this week’s featured tool: Edmodo.com Edmodo is … Continue reading →

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Teach with Youtube – in more ways than one!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Drew McAllister

Youtube is much more than simply a video resource, thanks to a bit of behind-the-scenes coding.  By publishing something called an “application programming interface”, or API, Google (YouTube’s parent company), has allowed other websites to “mash up” YouTube content with … Continue reading →

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An introduction to VoiceThread

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Drew McAllister

Here’s something fun for the holidays, and maybe even your classroom.  Looking for a different way to share and discuss all the photos and videos from family get-togethers?  Interested to take some classroom discussions online – analyze primary sources, create … Continue reading →

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