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student blogging | blogging | wordpress | how to blog with students | why blog with students | lessons plans | blogging lessons plans

How to transform your students from online gawkers to bloggers

Posted: September 26, 2017

Are you currently a blogger? I know that there are many teacher bloggers out there, and I’m proud to say that I subscribe to several for inspiration and ideas. While I haven’t always been a blogger, I’ve been dabbling in it off and for the past 2-3 years. I’m definitely more consistent now, and have […]

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Trees and their reflection in water

Reflect, revise, and refresh after your first grading period

Posted: September 12, 2017

While some teachers are just embarking on their school year, my district just wrapped up its first grading period! For the past 16 years, I’ve taken the time to reflect on several areas of my teaching that are essential to my students’ success. Where am I at in my pacing in relation to where I’d […]

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checking for understanding | assessment | authentic assessment | real world learning

Checking for understanding by having students create products

Posted: April 12, 2016

It’s that time of the year….TESTING! At my site, the English and Math teachers test students while the other classes teach on a block schedule. This may not be a big deal for you if you already teach that way, but the transition can be tough for some. One of the best ways to make this […]

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presentation apps | best presentation apps | lesson plans | first year teacher | teaching | incorporating technology | educational technology | teaching with technology

Googlizing a unit: Part 2

Posted: November 10, 2015

Last week I featured Googlizing a unit: Part 1, where I outlined the first part of a multidisciplinary unit that involves evaluating presentation apps. Throughout the unit, students used various Google Apps to work collaboratively. This week’s post features the second part of that unit, including the summative assessment at the end. Here are the remaining […]

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educational technology | teaching | google apps | first year teacher

Googlizing a unit: Part 1

Posted: November 3, 2015

Last month, I mentioned in a post that I had attended the San Diego GAFE Summit. During this conference, two sessions really stood out to me: one on the SAMR model and Google Apps and one on how to survive the zombie apocalypse with Google Apps. While the facilitators were wowing me with their content, I started thinking […]

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Edpuzzle | flipped classroom | flip your classroom | educational technology

Engaging your class with EdPuzzle

Posted: October 20, 2015

This past weekend my fellow Blended Learning Specialist Erin Southam and I participated in the San Diego Google Apps for Education Summit in beautiful Coronado, CA. During this summit, I learned about Edpuzzle during a session with Roni Habib. This tool is one of the ultimate cross-curricular tools, and is relatively easy to setup and manage. Why […]

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embed media | embedding media | adding media to wordpress | adding media to a blog | educational technology

7 methods for embedding multimedia into your blog or website

Posted: October 13, 2015

This past weekend my students diligently worked on their blog posts for the 2015 Student Blogging Challenge. I created an exemplar for them so that they could see exactly how their blog post should look like (which included embedding multimedia), and gave them the weekend to work on it. One of the most exciting components […]

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How to overthrow in-service days and up your professional development

Posted: September 21, 2015

Ah, the joy of back-to-school in-service days. The long meetings with agendas set by administration. At least an hour poring over the staff handbook (again).  Being the passive receiver of content rather than engaging in or creating it. The double-standard of constantly being told to not teach this way, while enduring it year after year. This […]

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Why you should choose Google Drive over Dropbox

Posted: September 15, 2015

It’s hard to believe how much stuff I have stored in the cloud.  I have files in Dropbox, in Google Drive, my whole computer is backed up to Backblaze, and I also have Time Machine backing up more files to an external drive.  I’m kind of a storage backup freak. In my school, teachers and students are […]

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teaching | educational philosophy | education | making mistakes | first year teacher | first year of teaching

What to do when it seems like nothing you’re doing is working

Posted: September 14, 2015

Educators know that all-too-familiar feeling of desperately trying to teach an important skill or concept, only to be faced with a sea of blank and/or confused faces.  We try and try again, convinced that we found the right angle, and nothing changes. It’s as if our teaching has suddenly become ineffective, even if we’ve taught for […]

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Thinglink | Educational Technology | teaching strategies | lesson plans | blended learning

An example of using Thinglink to bring a unit of study together

Posted: September 10, 2015

My students just finished reading “The Monkey’s Paw,” and walked away with mixed feelings.  They liked the mysterious mood of it, but HATE stories with unresolved endings! I explained that they must infer the ending, which makes it so deliciously suspenseful! I love that incredibly creepy story with a powerful message: be careful what you wish for!  To […]

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mystery location call | mystery Skype call

How to incorporate a Mystery Location Call into your lessons

Posted: September 7, 2015

We finally did a Mystery Hangout, and it was so much fun! This past Friday my first period participated in a Mystery Location Call with one of the classes at Shawn Churchill‘s school.  I originally connected with her via the Mystery Location Call Google+ Community, which has many members and is still growing.  We exchanged messages via email, […]

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standards based grading | grading methods | how I grade | why I grade | what is the point of grades | how to grade

Making a case for standards-based grading

Posted: August 22, 2015

I received an email today at 7:09 AM from a parent: Mrs. Lepre, why aren’t you using the traditional grades in your class? What does a “3” mean? It’s easiest for me to look at A B C grades to keep up with how she’s doing. I never agreed with pretending WE ARE ALL DOING […]

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Thinglink | educational technology | student engagement | visible learning

Foster student engagement and visible learning with Thinglink

Posted: August 19, 2015

Thinglink is a tool allows you to create interactive images that can be used in a variety of ways. Both students and teachers can create these images, which helps to drive student learning and motivation. It offers a free and paid Premium version, but I’ve been able to do just fine with the free one! […]

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grammar lesson plans | why teach grammar | how to teach grammar | grammar instruction | grammar ideas

Why grammar matters even if your students hate it

Posted: August 17, 2015

Why I switched to English Language Arts In a past life, music was my life. In fact, I was a competitive pianist for all of middle and high school, and entered college at the University of Washington (GO DAWGS!) as a piano performance major. After realizing that sitting alone for 3-4 hours a day practicing my […]

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student collaboration | group work | Google Docs | Google Apps for Education | GAFE | online learning | collaboration

How students can be collaborative with Google Docs

Posted: August 11, 2015

How to use Google Docs in your class tomorrow (using an iPad or computer) During the past few years I’ve had the chance to try out Google Docs as a collaborative tool with my students.  Group work is a breeze when everyone can work together simultaneously! Google Docs isn’t always perfect: If a student starts […]

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A Gallery Walk to test your Personality

Posted: July 27, 2015

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m looping with my students from 7th to 8th grade. One of the greatest benefits of doing this is that I get to kick-start our curriculum right away by getting up and moving for a gallery walk. After some discussion with last year’s 8th grade teachers, my PLC […]

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