Search entire site: Mix It Up Weston is a middle school
technology teacher in Washington, D.C. Pages authored by Marti
Weston Student Podcasts Help Inform a Community A group of
technology-loving eighth-graders at Georgetown Day School
combined their digital skills with a passion for helping others.
It was... Taking Steps to Close the Digital Divide I noticed a
trend several years ago. A sixth-grader tagged along with me
into the school. She wanted to use a computer. “My printer is
broken,” she... For the Love of All Families Editor’s Note: This
week’s Teaching Tolerance featured lesson focuses on the rich
diversity of family structure. The four-part series helps
students... Helping Kids Avoid Digital Mistakes A teacher notes
that a student looks uncharacteristically pale and avoids eye
contact with her classmates. When asked privately if she’s OK,
the girl... The Digital Citizenship Minute Inspired by an
article about cyberbullying, I asked my fifth-graders to write
podcast scripts. They wrote about teasing,