Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
How often are you breaking down the walls of your classroom and bringing the outside world in? As a former French teacher and current Instructional Technology Specialist, I strive to create...
View ArticleReader’s Workshop – The Sway Way!
At Wissahickon Middle School, we have been using Sway in a variety of ways for demostrations of learning, teacher presentations, and communication, collaboration and project-based learning. Another...
View ArticleWiss21 Technology Showcase
Check out this article about our Wiss21 Technology Showcase! https://t.co/Uy3PRA4Q9K #ddd #wisslearns — Dianne Krause (@diannekrause) February 24, 2016
View ArticleProject Communication and Collaboration with Sway
I had the honor of being a guest blogger once again on the Microsoft in Education blog. This time I wrote about how the students and staff of Wissahickon Middle School are using Sway for project...
View ArticlePennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference
On February 21-24, 2016, I attended the PETE & C Conference for the first time since 2010! As usual, I put my best self forward and presented four sessions on Microsoft in Education. Check out my...
View ArticleIt’s a Tweet!
http://twitter.com/diannekrause/status/674405407633367040 Check out this post about Global collaboration w/ @SkypeClassroom @ WMS! #wisslearns #wmsinnovates #skype2learn #ddd https://t.co/Q6OXGQohig —...
View ArticleHour of Code
In honor of Computer Science Education Week next week, students in Wissahickon School District and across the globe will be participating in activities for the Hour of Code. Below is a Sway that I put...
View ArticleIt’s a Tweet!
http://twitter.com/diannekrause/status/666928157493239812 #Minecraft Hour of Code Tutorial Will Inspire Students to Learn Computer Science #STEM @codeorg #ddd https://t.co/BYa2GArXu8 #mieexpert —...
View ArticleMakerSpace “Playdate”
On Friday, November 13th, WMS hosted educators, technology/instructional coaches, administrators and librarians in our MakerSpace and Library for what we dubbed our “Playdate”. The intent of this time...
View ArticleIt’s a Tweet!
Excited to be selected as an MIE Expert for 2016 & to have my partner in crime @msramondo also be an MIEE! #MSFTEdu #MIEExpert #WissLearns — Dianne Krause (@diannekrause) November 16, 2015 via...
View ArticleIt’s a Tweet!
Are you planning on participating in the Global #skypeathon on Dec 3 & 4? https://t.co/XBaLEMFmw4 #mieexpert #ktifamily #WissLearns — Dianne Krause (@diannekrause) November 16, 2015 via Twitter...
View ArticleBelieve in what people can make possible: @satyanadella
Believe in what people can make possible: @satyanadella via @Microsoft_EDU https://t.co/oSlzSLsrQu #mieexpert http://pic.twitter.com/7BV1pLuc2J — Dianne Krause (@diannekrause) November 15, 2015 via...
View ArticleWikis & Skype & Tech Squad – OH MY!
Last week was another great week of innovation and global collaboration at Wissahickon Middle School! Read on to find out all about our Community Organization Wikis, Global Collaboration with Skype...
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Making Monsters to “Say Boo to Drugs”
Our latest foray into WMS’s MakerSpace was not only festive fun for the upcoming Halloween holiday but also in support of next week’s school-wide celebration of Red Ribbon Week. The theme of the week...
View ArticleDianne’s Daily Discoveries 08/05/2015
Dianne Krause in Daily Edventures “Getting teachers comfortable with technology is a process, and few understand that process better than Dianne Krause. Krause has been helping educators in her...
View ArticleDianne’s Daily Discoveries 10/17/2015
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View ArticleDianne’s Daily Discoveries 10/09/2015
Zing! – School Edition Zing is a dynamic new eBook platform featuring thousands of fiction and nonfiction eBooks. Huge Selection: Thousands of trade book titles that students will want to read,...
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The Tech Squad
The Wissahickon Middle School student technology team, The Tech Squad, was started on a trial basis in the spring of 2015 with about 10 hand-selected students. This group of students met a few times...
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The Beginnings of a MakerSpace
As each WMS student and teacher now has a district-issued laptop, the former computer lab at the back of the library sat empty last school year. It was used here and there by different classes, clubs...
View ArticleTen Tools for Engaging Learners
On Wednesday, September 30th, from 3-6 pm, the Montgomery County Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages (MCAFTL) held its fall conference at Wissahickon Middle School. I was asked about 6 months...
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