Recently, Patrick Murphy and I have been assisting our Fox Hill colleagues who have integrated Seesaw into their teaching practice with identifying the specific standards and indicators on the teacher evaluation they have met and have given them suggestions for evidence to submit to their evaluator. I decided to write this post to help all Burlington educators realize that their
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Since transitioning from Burlington High School to Fox Hill Elementary School, I have spent the past year and a half getting acclimated to a new school culture, developing relationships with students and my new colleagues, and learning the elementary curriculum. My primary goals were to use technology to leverage student voice by developing creative, project-based learning opportunities and to make
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It’s been close to two months since I returned from the Google Innovator Academy in Mountain View and published my first post about my Day 1 experience. I’ve been busy preparing for the second annual TEDxYouth@BHS event, however I wanted to highlight the rest of my time at Google and share what resonated with me the most about days 2 and 3.
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“The impossible is possible.” “Fail fast.” “Innovation is a way of life.” “Solving big problems is not going to happen over night.” These were just a few of the key messages delivered to me and 33 other educators during the two and half day Google Innovator Academy. I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I arrived in Mountain View.
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My initial involvement with TED Ed began in the fall of 2013 when the organization piloted TED Ed Clubs. Being one of 125 schools worldwide to participate in this pilot was transformative for me as an educator and the impact TED Ed has had on my students at Burlington High School is difficult to articulate. This was when my TED Ed journey began
Read moreYesterday, I had the pleasure to discuss how Lynnfield High School English teachers Stephanie Marcoux and Joseph Puleo are leveraging Google Apps for Education to create a paperless research process for their students in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Our conversation was a virtual Massachusetts Google Educator Group event and we primarily discussed how GAFE tools are saving Lynnfield teachers and students massive
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On Saturday, October 3rd I joined the country’s leading experts on K-12 digital citizenship education and presented at the first annual National Digital Citizenship Summit. Thanks to Digital Citizenship Summit founders Marialice Curran and David Polgar, I shared my experience teaching high school students how to use modern tools to create their digital identities and be competitive in our global economy.
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In less than three weeks, thanks to Dr. Marialice Curran and David Ryan Polgar, I’ll be joining the country’s leading digital citizenship experts, including members of the #digcit Twitter chat moderation team, and will present at the nation’s first Digital Citizenship Summit at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. I’m honored to have the opportunity to shape
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I’m speaking first???!!! Are you kidding me? When I submitted my ISTE Ignite proposal, “Creating A Student Tech Team to Support Your 1:1 Environment,” I honestly didn’t think it would be accepted. ISTE receives between 600-700 Ignite talk submissions, so in my mind it was a long shot, but I figured why not give it a try? I was filled
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The 2014-2015 school year was filled with incredible opportunities and professional learning experiences, and I’ve blogged about all of them. However, the best learning experience of the entire year, the one I’m most proud to share, took place on my home turf of Burlington; it was the epitome of youth and adults collaborating to create something real and unforgettable. I’m speaking of the first ever TEDxYouth@BHS
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Jennifer L. Scheffer 