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New Year, New You! 

New Year, New You! 

As the summer days gently fade away and the back-to-school season approaches, I couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome you all back to another incredible academic year! Your passion for teaching and dedication to your students truly inspires me, and I am beyond excited to embark on this new school year journey together.  Over the summer, I’ve been busy honing my skills, exploring innovative teaching methods, and seeking out fresh perspectives to bring to your classrooms.  The power of collaboration…

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Reading Progress

Reading Progress

​Last year I wrote about the greatest educational tool Microsoft has ever created; Reading Progress. The tool was in its early stages, and I approached it as an overview of the program. Today’s post is going to focus on how to use it in your classroom. For those of you who don’t want to go back and read my previous post on Reading Progress​, here is a quick refresher Reading Progress is a free tool built into MS Teams and is…

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Welcome Back 2022-2023!

Welcome Back 2022-2023!

Summer was way too short! I still hold out that summer is here until the end of the Big E (The biggest fair in all of New England), even though we are back in school. We’ve had an exciting summer around here at Digital Learning and Assessment (DLA) and we can’t wait for the school year to begin. We hope that all the changes that we have made over the summer help you all use technology more efficiently. Over the…

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OneNote Series: Ways to Use It!

OneNote Series: Ways to Use It!

For our final week for the OneNote series, we are looking at examples of how teachers can use OneNote in the classroom and even for their personal organization. In Digital Learning, we have 5 separate Notebooks that we use to keep each other up to date on meetings, information that needs to be shared, tracking of concerns, trainings that we have done, and so much more. For us, the ability to keep all the projects we are working on in…

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OneNote Series: Class Notebook

OneNote Series: Class Notebook

We are in week two of our OneNote blog run and for this week, we are focusing on the Class Notebook. So, the Class Notebook is remarkably similar to OneNote but with a few key differences.  Class Notebook  If you are looking into going paperless, this tool can help. You can embed the Class Notebook into your Schoology course for students to have easy access. You can organize your lesson notes and examples. Essentially you can use this to teach…

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OneNote Series: What is OneNote?

OneNote Series: What is OneNote?

We are kicking off a short series of posts dedicated to one tool. It’s one of my favorite tools and one that I would be using non-stop if I were still teaching.  OneNote  OneNote, in short, is a digital notebook. Think back to when you were a kid, or your older kids were in school, and everyone had to have a Trapper Keeper Binder with the Five-Star Notebook that you would click in. Each Trapper Keeper would have a combination…

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Sway vs PowerPoint

Sway vs PowerPoint

After last week’s post, you may be asking yourself “What’s the Difference Between Sway and PowerPoint” or “Why Should I Use Sway?” These are valid questions that I hope to clear up today. A quick recap: Sway is a presentation creation tool from Microsoft and PowerPoint is the most popular presentation creation software that we have used since the dawn of creation. (Kidding, I think it was created in 1987. So, it’s a little younger than me.) PowerPoint has a…

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Sway Me Away

Sway Me Away

If you have been to any of my Microsoft trainings over the last few years, discussed Office 365 with me, or noticed on your own, you might have seen a program in Office 365 called Sway. Sway ​Sway is an awesome way to do reports, presentations, personal stories and so much more. Once you have the content prepped, you could create a Sway presentation in minutes. When I first learned how to use Sway, I created a Biography/Resume Sway. You…

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What is Nearpod & Why Should I Care?

What is Nearpod & Why Should I Care?

This is a question I get all the time here in our district. Over the last couple of years schools had moved away from Discovery Education and that funding went to this amazing program. Let’s take a look. What is Nearpod? To start off with, Nearpod is a website and app-based digital tool that lets teachers use interactive learning resources based off a slide format (think PowerPoint with engagement). Nearpod has a massive collection of prepared lessons. Last time I…

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Reading Progress: Could This Be Microsoft Greatest Innovation?

Reading Progress: Could This Be Microsoft Greatest Innovation?

Year after year, Microsoft continues to make improvements and innovation. A few years ago, Microsoft created Immersive Reader and it was a hit. This tool had it all: a read aloud aspect, the ability to show parts of speech, a picture dictionary, translation into 60+ languages. You could also change font size, use a line reader, split up syllables, change background color. I could go on about this free tool that’s available in so many other great programs. You could…

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