Ms.
Blair's ninth grade English classes are using an innovative piece of online
software to make the research process more effective and efficient. Each
ninth grade student was given a one-year subscription to Noodle Tools.
Noodle Tools gives students "integrated
tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation,
and collaborative research and writing.” The program also offers
excellent resources and support for educators.
Edmodo,
the learning management system mentioned in previous Tech Talks, has made some
significant improvements in how teachers can grade student work turned in via
the portal more efficiently. The new annotation feature allows teachers
to add comments, highlight text, and underline portions of student work without
having to download the document. This allows teachers to grade work more
effectively, as well as allowing students access to more immediate feedback. The
teachers received an introduction to this new feature, how use of the LMS could
benefit them, as well as how to start the process of becoming a
"paperless" classroom during Wednesday's division meeting. A more in
depth tutorial will be offered during a tech session Wednesday, December 5th.
Before
Thanksgiving Break, I featured the Dans La Cuisine project that
Ms. Luer's French II classes had been working on. Please take a moment to view some of these amazing projects.
Katie Robinson
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