Sketching - A simple way to improve the quality of student projects

Started Sep 5, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes

As teachers, we often assign projects to students that require them to lay out information visually.  I have done this many times in my teaching career, but I never taught students explicitly how to…Continue

Tags: project based learning, visual design, sketching

What lesson-planning tools do you use?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kate Miller Feb 12, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes

I am interested in the efficient use of teacher time, and this has led me to take a critical look at lesson-planning tools.  I am interested to hear about the tools teachers use in creating their…Continue

Teaching Programming - It makes students carry themselves differently

Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Jan 31, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes

I recently taught an Introduction to Programming class, and when I was writing up report cards I was surprised to see how well students had done as a whole.  One of the most interesting aspects of…Continue

Tags: culture, school, programming

Information on Microsoft Licenses?

Started Oct 21, 2009 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hello everyone,I am a teacher on my district's technology committee. It looked for a while like our district might make the move to OpenOffice, but that possibility seems to have just disappeared…Continue