Last week, 9th-12th grade Bulkeley students sat down with the software developers for Middlebury Interactive Languages to provide feedback about their tool to support ELLs. Students were able to voice their opinions about the software to the developers in hopes of making the product better. I was deeply impressed by the students making suggestions for the product to improve their learning and not just to make the product more enjoyable! To learn more about MIL's partnership with Hartford Public Schools, check out this article.
Cool Tools
Win the Whitehouse is a fun simulation where students create a presidential candidate and try to make it to the Oval Office. The game takes students through picking a party, establishing their opinions on political issues, and making it through the primaries and election processes.
US News Map is an interactive map of the United States that displays the reporting of news stories over time and locationally. The site also allows you to view images of the original newspapers.
Professional Learning
How can Social Studies benefit from digital content? The Value of Modern Social Studies in Cultivating Real World Literacy shares top resources for bring history to our students' fingertips.
It is often easy for us to claim a buzzword as us ("I am a blended teacher"), or think of a buzzword as unattainable ("We can't do blended here"). ‘It’s Personalized, Online, and Blended’: How to Make Edtech Buzzwords Substantive tells us that when it comes to buzzwords, actions speak louder than words.
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