collaboration

Picture This, Take Two: Weaving Digital Imagery into Everyday Teaching

Picture This, Take Two: Weaving Digital Imagery into Everyday Teaching

Interested in the many ways that digital images can be used to build critical thinking skills and student collaboration? Wondering how digital images can deepen and strengthen the learning going on in the classroom or library? In this session, Sara Torpey shared simple, practical strategies for incorporating digital images into everyday teaching!

Empowering Teacher Collaboration with Digital Portfolios

Empowering Teacher Collaboration with Digital Portfolios

Sharing digital material within your professional network is becoming more common, and people are using their digital portfolios to do so. In this webinar, presenter Holly Clark stressed the importance of creating and maintaining your professional digital portfolio.

Boosting School-to-Home Connections:  Proven Strategies & Tactics

Boosting School-to-Home Connections: Proven Strategies & Tactics

Engaging parents and boosting school-home communications is a priority in Fremont School District 79. And creating the environment that celebrates collaborative practices is central to the district’s vision and promotes home-school connections!

Creating a Culture of Problem Solving in Your School or Classroom

Creating a Culture of Problem Solving in Your School or Classroom

The mystery and magic of math is what makes mathematicians pursue their subject with passion and drive. In order to embrace the magic, the classroom must be a place where problem solving and problem-finding happen daily and are deeply embedded in its culture.

Re-Designing Learning Spaces for the 21st Century

Re-Designing Learning Spaces for the 21st Century

Re-designed Learning efforts are underway in Southeastern Iowa to re-design the K-12 classroom into 21st Century Learning Spaces. The learning spaces are specifically designed to promote both collaborative and personalized learning though the use of technology.

The Authentic Learning Classroom

The Authentic Learning Classroom

In this webinar, held by edWeb community, ReEnergize Today’s Connected Classroom, Steven Anderson, Content and Relationship Evangelist for Promethean, discussed what today’s mobile learning classroom looks and feels like. Together, attendees learned how to transition from a classroom of students and a teacher, to a community of learners.

Online Research Habitudes

Online Research Habitudes

Skilled online researchers typically have certain behavior sets, mindsets and beliefs that inform their approach to every research project. We call these Online Research Habitudes, a combination of habits and attitudes without which no researcher can succeed. Crucially, teachers must learn to model for students the habitudes of a skilled researcher.

Take the Plunge with eBooks

Take the Plunge with eBooks

We all know that eBooks can enhance any school library collection, but how can you be sure you’re making a wise investment? How do you know where to begin?