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• EdCamp Boston 2016

  By Maureen Schlosser on 03/15/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Can you imagine walking out of a professional development session that has no relevance to your learning only to join another session that may help you grow as an educator? That’s what we were expected to do at EdCamp Boston… Read More ›

• Who Is Doing the Work?

  By Maureen Schlosser on 02/16/2016 • ( 0 )

  

   About eight years ago, Colchester Public Schools began looking closely at who was doing the work in the classrooms. Were teachers doing the work, or were the students? Barbara Gilbert, Director of Curriculum for Colchester Public Schools, explained why considering… Read More ›

• STEM Toolkit for Girls

  By Maureen Schlosser on 01/19/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  If you haven’t heard of the PBS award winning show “SciGirls,” you simply must check it out. It is an incredibly important PBS program that strives to change the way girls think of science, technology, engineering, and math. The “SciGirls”… Read More ›

• Storify: My Favorite Content Curation Tool

  By Maureen Schlosser on 12/15/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I created my November library report with Storify, a free content curation tool, and I just love it! Take a look! November Library Report for Colchester Elementary School Storify is really quite simple to use. After entering a search term… Read More ›

• 5 Books to Introduce STEAM

  By Maureen Schlosser on 11/20/2015 • ( 0 )

  

      Are you ready to introduce a STEAM activity but you are not quite sure how to get started? Why not start with introducing the process with a picture book? There are some fabulous picture books available now that… Read More ›

• Advocate for Your School Library With Digital Communication

  By Maureen Schlosser on 11/07/2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Why did elementary school librarian Barbara Johnson and her students start tweeting, facebooking, live streaming, making movies, screencasting, creating websites, digital backpacking, and sharing her work with parents, teachers, administrators, and the Board of Education? Because she wanted stakeholders to… Read More ›

• Learning about Katrina with STEAM Lessons

  By Maureen Schlosser on 10/19/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  After hearing national news reports that commemorated the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, second grade children from Colchester Elementary School had questions about the storm. To help them find answers to their questions, second grade teachers and I developed STEAM… Read More ›

• Setting the Stage for Problem Based Learning

  By Maureen Schlosser on 09/15/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Take a look at the strategic goal the Colchester Public School District is working on this year: “Students use academic, technical, social, and creative skills to innovate and solve personally meaningful real-world problems in a global context.”  We will be… Read More ›

• Library Reports are Fun with Digital Storytelling Tools

  By Maureen Schlosser on 08/18/2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Library reports? Fun? I know, they are a real drag to compile, and not so much fun to read, but creating library reports to inform stakeholders of how effective your program is one of the most important things you can… Read More ›

• How to Lead a Successful Problem Based Learning Project: 2nd Grade Reduces Garbage in the Cafeteria

  By Maureen Schlosser on 07/22/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Have you ever noticed the amount of garbage that leaves your school cafeteria on a daily basis? I never did until I was assigned to cafeteria duty. When it was time for the children to clean up after they were… Read More ›