FERPA (Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a federal law that all educators must follow. Many teachers are familiar with the general guidelines when posting material within a building. FERPA must be followed in online situations as well. As we move to more...
Hypothesis will link to the digital footprint of a document, not the title. Find out why this is important. [Read time: ~2 minutes]
Dearborn teachers can now implement digital annotation for students.
Standards are now linked and searchable in DEC. Find out more.
We are aware that Agile Minds is currently experiencing some issues with the recent Chrome update. They are working on the issue. Chromebook users should expand the viewer's header and choose a page within the header rather than in the navigation bar. If taking a...
Newsela has been reaching out to me. Newsela is a service that provides leveled readings. A few years ago, they were all the rage. They provided free, leveled readings for students (they still do, but more about that in a minute). Like many free services, Newsela has...
We've been transitioning to a new experience in DEC. As such, we are moving some of the links around. If you visit the Staff Resources page of the Dearborn Public Schools web site, the DEC link will now go to the new an improved version of DEC. Since we haven't yet...
DEC 2.0 is Coming! Whilst we are hard at work creating DEC 2.0, we need your feedback. In lieu of trying to pull together teachers from across the district, we are reaching out to teachers via technology. Here's how you can help: Please check out DEC 2.0 (5th Grade...
DEC 2.0 is Coming! Whilst we are hard at work creating DEC 2.0, we need your feedback. Please check out DEC 2.0 and let us know what you think. Need a quick overview? We have a video for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jol6SaJZPuI
DEC 2.0 As you may know, we are working on updating DEC. We are referring to the new DEC as DEC 2.0. Currently, it is very much in beta. We need your feedback to make it as polished as possible for teachers. I've done a video to give you an overview of DEC 2.0....