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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Gamification, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 2 days, 3 hours ago

At morning meeting in our class, most days we are regaled with stories about what happened on which Minecraft server and who did what in whichever video game. When the students choose to share something […] -
Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Disappointment in the Modern Age, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 2 days, 8 hours ago
In our classroom this past Friday, we had some free time. I had shared with my students how my mother, who lives in Minnesota, had had the misfortune of breaking both of her legs. The students decided that it […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Course Five Reflection, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 2 days, 18 hours ago
Course five corresponded with a great time during our collaboration as a fifth grade team. Toward the beginning of the school year (and during course four), we were still transitioning into our team and our […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, My first real speed geeking, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 2 days, 23 hours ago
For our April Teachers Teaching Teachers professional development afternoon, I was asked if I’d like to be a part of the speed geeking session being held in the middle school gym. I really wanted to participate […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Save ALL the animals!, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 week, 1 day ago
For the last five weeks, we’ve been in endangered animal mode in grade five. We’ve been crusaders for the environment, for animal rights, for the dwindling populations of species unique to South East Asia. And […]
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Rachel Gabbert commented on the post, The Mind of Minecraft!, on the site Jill Hutchinson-Bass 4 months ago
Jill,
I was so impressed by my students’ ability to navigate Minecraft too! I found it so tough on my iPad. It’s fun to be shown something new, right? Great post! -
Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, , on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 4 months ago
It was a Friday afternoon. I was in my classroom by myself, and I hear this growling and I totally freaked out.So I shot off an email to my students:
” …SOMETHING IS GROWLING AND SNARLING AND I’M REALLY […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Motion and Design, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Science is inherently collaborative by nature. Even if an experiment is conducted by a single person, the data and findings are shared with others through journals, lab reports, and articles. At Saigon South […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Looking to the Future, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 7 months, 3 weeks ago
How will education as we know it change because of technology?
I was going to start this post with something cliche “education has been affected by all of the new advances in technology (the printing […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, , on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 8 months ago
After reading the ISE wiki for classroom laptop management, I had to pause and reflect on how I am integrating tech in my own classroom and managing the use of the laptops. Since this marks the beginning of my […] -
Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, It’s not what you’ve got, but how you use it, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 8 months, 1 week ago
Some rights reserved by Mitchell Bartlett[/caption]As I was reading about the TPACK framework as presented by Punya Mishra and Matthew Koehler, I really got to thinking about it. Ok, let’s be honest. I was […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Constructivism, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Rachel Gabbert commented on the post, Infographics!, on the site My Journey Through CoETaIL 1 year ago
Shane, I can really tell that you paid attention to CRAP. Your infographic shows the flow and consistency that is central to good visual design. The topic you picked and the information you gathered is a real […]
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Rachel Gabbert commented on the post, Zenfographics, on the site My Journey Through CoETaIL 1 year ago
My kids really benefited from this presentation, too! The discussions it generated and the curiosity it inspired really demonstrated the power of the Zen presentation. The images you chose were so thought […]
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Rachel Gabbert commented on the post, The Incredible World of Infographics, on the site Jill Hutchinson-Bass 1 year ago
I liked how you paid attention to that article about how our eyes are drawn across the page. In your infographic you start in the upper left hand corner and direct us downward with your images and text. I learned […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Course 3 Reflection, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 year ago
I have always been drawn to the visual arts. I love designing, creating, and performing. Fortunately, being a teacher I get to do all of those things on a fairly regular basis. After taking CoETaIL course 3, I […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Presentation Zen, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 year ago
Especially with my students, I am guilty of cramming as much information and as many instructions as possible into my slides. Granted, I try to space out the information and link them to relevant images that […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Believe it or not: It’s a digital story, on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 year ago
It’s nearing the end of the school year, and in grade five we are working on writing personal memoirs that span across the past 12 months. We’ve focused on different methods of autobiographical writing, such […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Pecha What? , on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 year ago
I have to admit, I was not immediately enamored with Pecha Kucha presentations. While I liked the idea that I would only have to listen to someone ramble at me for 6:40, as a presenter it felt so prescribed […]
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Rachel Gabbert wrote a new post, Comparative Government Infographic , on the site Rachel Gabbert CoETaIL Blog 1 year ago
Phew! After trolling twitter and the web for resources to use to create infographics, I stumbled upon a neat one called Creately. Because the space was limited, I ditched my first elaborate idea of comparing […]
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