Technology offers extraordinary new capacities to teachers. The vast breadth and depth of educational materials and the sharing of resources available through connecting regional teachers via that technology can break boundaries, making any professional learning accessible anywhere. On February 23rd (March 2-Snow Date) we will demonstrate this…Read More

Our next SSTLN meeting will be February 24th at HCTC. This will be a hard day of working with the new Social Studies standards. You might bring a laptop to do some of the work. More info will come by email. See you then!

Here are some great resources for quick but powerful formative assessments.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-fast-formative-assessment-tools-vicki-davis’ title=’5 Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools | Edutopia’…Read More

Great use of tech to take PBL to the next level and make real world connections!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.middleweb.com/19866/hanging-online-real-comics-author/’ title=’Hanging Out Online with a Real Comics Author | MiddleWeb’ image=’http://www.middleweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Alex-Simmons-on-screen.jpg’]Teacher Sandy Wisneski’s comic…Read More

WONDERFUL RESOURCE The US Holocaust Memorial Museum offers an online experience, “Some Were Neighbors” to explore the role of “onlookers”” during the Holocaust…those who helped the victims and those who helped the Nazis. Includes teacher resources for lessons on analyzing images, etc.
http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions