I wanted to close the year with some inspiring projects that I was able to work on with my wonderful colleagues this year: Bullis Tech Blog Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Public Speaking Self-Critiques Here & Abroad: Technology to Promote Communication Using TodaysMeet to Enhance Socratic Seminars in English Assessment 9th Grade Human Geography Megacity Project … Continue reading
Posted in June 2016 …
Human Geography Cornerstone Assessment Infuses Tech to Demonstrate Learning @Weebly @PowToon @ThingLink_EDU
For the third year in a row, 9th grade Human Geography students have engaged in a Megacity Project as their final cornerstone assessment for the course. In this project, students engage in an extended study analyzing how megacities (10+ million people) are transforming the world. Students research one megacity through the lens of the Human … Continue reading
Using @VideoScribeApp to Give Advice to the Next Generation of International Students w @andreacnmartin
At Bullis, all first year international students take the English Intensive course, which serves to support students in their transition into the American classroom. In this course, students work on building vocabulary, refining grammatical control, organizing and clearly expressing ideas in written essays, and defending viewpoints in class discussions. This year, teacher Andrea Martin and … Continue reading