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A Brief Introduction to eBooks, and How to Read them in a Web Browser (or on a Smartphone or iPad)
Your students need books that they will like reading. One way to get them those books is to hand them a hard copy. Another way, if you’ve got the right technology, is to give them an ebook. Anyone who has … Continue reading
Textlab: Literacy is a technology. Technology is a literacy.
Music: “These Legs” by Thanks,Again This is my pitch, created along with my colleague Jordyn Sims, for the TFA Social Innovation Award competition. Textlab.org Literacy is a technology. Technology is a literacy. Andrew Plemmons Pratt (TFA DC Region ’10, 7th … Continue reading
Posted in edu tech, literacy, teach for america
Tagged edu tech, internet, tfa, web development
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Take your iPad to the dojo. ClassDojo, that is.
If you haven’t signed up for a ClassDojo.com account, go do so right now. Got it? Okay. You’ve now turned classroom management into a video game. ClassDojo is a a "real-time behavior management system" that allows you to track on and off-task … Continue reading
Technology is a Literacy (and I’ll be blogging about it on TFANet’s EdTech 101 blog!)
Exciting news! I’m joining the blogging team on Teach For America’s internal social network, TFANet.org. I’ve partnered with Lewis Leiboh, owner of the EdTech 101 blog. Together, we’re going to develop more content to get corps members effective digital tools. … Continue reading
Classroom Vision: Language is a Toolkit of Power
So one of the pieces of TFA pre-school work that I find really exciting is the “vision” we’re expected to lay out for the year. This is your classroom manifesto, your big call-to-arms for what you want your students to … Continue reading
Crowd-Sourced Funding Gap for the Critical Middle
Middle school is a critical time for students, particularly those in high poverty schools. The stats are stark: by 4th grade, students in low-income communities are 2-3 grades behind higher-income peers; graduating seniors in low-income communities average 8th-grade achievement levels … Continue reading
The Areas of Our Expertise (30 Days of Creativity, Day 28)
When I told the colleagues and contributors I used to work with through Science Progress that I was leaving my job to teach, they’d usually assume that I was headed to a science classroom. “I wish,” I’d say, “But I … Continue reading
Posted in science, science policy
Tagged #30daysofcreativity, data, education, science, tfa
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Congratulations to the Class of 2020 (30 Days of Creativity: Day 17)
My 7th graders made it through their first year of middle school. And I am immensely proud of them. So I made this drawing on my new iPad, for which I am most grateful to the Reynolds Family Foundation.
Tomorrow is the Last Day of School (30 Days of Creativity: Day 16)
(Obviously copyright infringement…leave a comment record company, if you’d like a take down…)
Your Dropbox is Almost Full! Teacher Collaboration With Cloud Storage (30 Days of Creativity: Day 12)
Update below Teaching With Cloud Storage So since the very beginning of TFA Summer Institute, the hands-down most important web tool for me as a teacher (aside from email) has been Dropbox. Dropbox is a feature-rich, cross-platform file-syncing service. If … Continue reading
Posted in edu tech, education, teach for america
Tagged #30daysofcreativity, cloud, data, edu tech, education, storage, tfa
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