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Author Archives: jkrouskoff
Seventh Grade Students Fully Engaged in Their Learning!
Last week I had the opportunity to visit a seventh grade social studies class at Felix Festa Middle School and observed a group of thirty students purposefully using a full set of Google Chromebooks as part of their study of Harriet Tubman. … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Google Apps, School 2.0, Web 2.o
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Want a New House? Print It!
In yet another technological advance, an Amsterdam-based architectual firm plans to use 3D printing technology to–literally–print a house–before the year’s end. This technology is not new, but printing something of this scale is a fantastic demonstration of how technology can transform … Continue reading
A Video Interview with Author Nikhil Goyal Right from the Classroom!
Earlier this month the students in Ms. Phalen’s English class at Clarkstown North engaged in an exciting activity. Using the district-sponsored Google Apps platform, they video-interviewed the author of a relevant book on the subject of education reform. This is … Continue reading
A Great Document Camera for $70! Yes, $70!
Every now and then a technology comes along and blows your mind! The Ipevo Point 2 View camera is just such a device. At $70, it’s a cost effective replacement for the SMART Document Camera 330 we have purchased in … Continue reading
Posted in Hey did you know..., That's pretty cool!, Tools
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Using Google Hangouts to Collaborate (and save time)
This afternoon a half dozen Clarkstown Google Educators participated in an online Google Hangout to discuss the guidelines regarding professional development workshops as well as to explore some of the capabilities of Hangouts. One person was on a wireless Nexus … Continue reading
Mystery Skype!
I was at a table talking with @pattigrayson and she shared a cool geography project she does with her fourth grade students. They do a mystery skype with a class in another state, but the students do not know in which state … Continue reading
It’s a small world after all…
At Educon 2.5 this weekend, I met Sarah Shainfeld, a Spanish teacher in Naples (NY) and Anneke Radin-Snaith, who is the TOSA technology specialist (and 7th grade social studies teacher) in the same district. They are forward thinkers and our conversations … Continue reading
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Does Print Serve A Purpose For Us Anymore? Is the Term “Textbook” Even Relevant?
Big changes in the publishing industry provide us with the opportunity to redefine the resources we provide to our students. It is an opportunity that we cannot ignore, and we are already in the midst of this sea change … Continue reading
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A Different Type of Writing Assignment
In thinking about student engagement and authentic learning, I wondered: Would our students’ writing, thinking and engagement improve if we asked them to respond online once a week to an article or blog post related to content that is being … Continue reading
Supporting Learning: A Tale of Two Countries
In a major announcement earlier today, Google shared that nearly ten million students, teachers and parents in Malaysia would begin using Google Apps to support their national vision for education. Ten million! In order to support that, the government will provide Chromebooks to … Continue reading →