Google Glass ideas for use in the classroom

This week I am hosting some guest bloggers. This is a guest post from Susan Myers. A group from an intellectually disabled class visits the media center once a week. During the year, we made bird houses, conducted science experiments, used the catalog to locate books, and listened to stories.

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau from 2013 has been compiled and reveals how much each state and its districts spend on education per pupil compared to the national average of $10,700 per pupil. At the extreme of both ends of the spectrum, New York spends the most with $19,818 spent per pupil and Utah the least with $6,555.

High stakes exams. Demanding administrators. Challenging students. No wonder teachers are stressed! On a daily basis, those circumstances can challenge teachers to do their jobs well-or overwhelm them.

A new digital literacy platform, TIME Edge offers nonfiction text for middle school digital literacy and English Language Arts lessons. This month, educators can try a free public preview of TIME Edge. Common Core-aligned content (text accompanied by audio and video) can be accessed on all browsers and devices.

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Experienced educators create the materials based on research and cover topics such as critical thinking, differentiated learning, instructional strategies, classroom management and more.

We want to thank the participants of our University of Vermont graduate course Differentiating Literacy with Technology for their willingness to share their work: Tonya Darby-4th grade teacher in Richmond Elementary, John Upchurch-Humanities teacher Colchester Middle School, Meghan McGrath-LA teacher, Melissa Cronin-5th grade in Mary Hogan School, Brenda Hunt -4th grade Malletts Bay School, Anne Rayner-3rd grade Malletts Bay School, Jodi Perron-Language Arts BFA, Tara Weegar-3rd Grade Williston

Every year, I have 4th grade students compare handwriting speed to keyboarding speed. We run it like an experiment. we discuss the evidence-pros and cons we develop a hypothesis we test the hypothesis (with a series of four tests) we revise if necessary I wanted to test some of the reasons students come up with ...