A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2014

This post is my contribution to Leadership Day 2014. Image credit: [link] In education I don''t think anyone sets out to establish a legacy. If there was one profession where individual or group legacy is least prevalent it is education. Legacy is such a deep and meaningful word in my opinion.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment. Candidatein Higher Education at The University of Virginia, Curry School of Education. Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. by Amy Moynihan , Ph.D.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

The game serves as an on-ramp for students, introducing technology into their educational journeys. My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I There’s plenty you can do on a tiny budget. Start with small initiatives. I use Twitter a lot. Content Subtype.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 24, 2017

As we come to the end of 2017 and go into the new year, I am doing a bit of self-reflection on my own personal learning. The struggle, push and pull that I have with social media, is something good for me as an educator, because it helps me understand it in a more profound sense for the students I serve.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Over the years we've had a great educational partnership with our NYC friends at Flocabulary. I'm even a proud MC Educator or Flocabulary # HipHopEd Ambassador. We've been using their Week in Rap news feature in our school since they landed on the hip hop education or #HipHopEd scene in 2008! Not familiar with them?

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

The maker kits were provided courtesy of Digital Promise, an education technology nonprofit, which saw these events as “a great vehicle to introduce teachers to making,” says Josh Weisgrau, its director of learning experience design. That partnership helped pave the road to something even bigger.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I was to stay inside my classroom at the end of the hallway and work with the curriculum I was given; the same curriculum that all of the other teachers were using with the general education population—but my students had different needs. I didn’t know what “personalized learning” or “mastery-based grading and assessment” meant.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Jeffrey Bradbury is clearly an innovator and a mover and shaker in the educational technology world. Great information June 12, 2015 by jjbs21 from United States Great podcast with a lot of valuable tips for educators! If you want to grow as a learner and an educator, you should be plugged into Teachercast.net's channels.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In this Episode, we discuss and demonstrate our favorite Google Apps for Education Tips, Tricks, and Chrome Extensions. The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology. Google Apps for Education Tricks Mentioned on Todays Show. Educational Podcasting Today ( [link] ).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Running free, worldwide, virtual events for education is a TON of fun, no question about it. Holding virtual conferences that focus on peer- and practioner-driven sessions opens the door to educators and others being "creators" and not just "consumers" at such events.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. Finally, we cannot afford to ignore the growing influence of mobile phones and apps as a disruptive force and the capability they have of enabling any time, any place learning. BMC Medical Education 6, 41.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

In the spring of 2014, a team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation launched to first rendition of a Massive Open Online Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed), titled Coaching Digital Learning | Cultivating a Culture of Change (CDL). The course transpired over 6 weeks, beginning on March 10, 2014.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

On January 25, 2014, Shake Up Learning was born. I talk a lot about the power of sharing your voice, in fact, there’s an entire chapter on the subject in my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic. Content creation was for the chosen few, the education rock stars.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 19, 2015

My morning drive is filled with listening to music, or podcasts about ANYTHING other than education. What is important is that I find what works for me and sometimes a personal learning network pushes people towards “group think”, where I need to find what works for me to become successful, at different points of the day.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 11, 2016

Eric Sheninger is the Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education. His work focuses on leading and learning in the digital age as a model for moving schools and districts forward. It is comprised of a community of over 100,000 educators from across the globe.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Physically attending class has also broadened my personal learning network. The connections I make in person could lead to future collaborations down the road. This type of learning, however, is highly student-directed with minimal influence from a teacher or from formal instruction. References. Chingos, M.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Physically attending class has also broadened my personal learning network. The connections I make in person could lead to future collaborations down the road. This type of learning, however, is highly student-directed with minimal influence from a teacher or from formal instruction. References. Chingos, M.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2015

There is a lot of talk in education about Carol Dweck’s “growth mindset” , in which she discusses the idea that beliefs that “abilities, intelligence, and talents can be developed.” This could be something to applied the idea of educators using Twitter. Not every educator shows a willingness to leave those zones of comfort.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 5, 2015

We’ve lived through so many models and so many attempts to perfect the educational system. We know that or have always known that learning is a community event with all kinds of social actions and, importantly, relevancy in the eyes of students and parents. March 28, 2015 Are you focused on the “stuff” or the person?

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 22, 2016

Often people refer to the idea of a “personal learning network” when discussing Twitter, yet there are so many posts on how people are using Twitter wrong, that it doesn’t seem that personal. Again, this is why the “personal” exists in PLN. ” These are two different things.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 2, 2015

The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) December 28, 2014 But maybe you can use this handy Comic Tutorial to create a really super new password for every website you visit.don''t worry, there''s a trick! Sart talking to other excited educators about new ideas on Twitter.crowdsource! centuries. —

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The Trifecta of Rural PD, Part 1: Social Chat Platforms Problem One: How do you gather a group of like-minded educators in one place in order to share ideas, when so many miles separate you? Take #CatholicEdChat (geared towards educators in Catholic schools), which I moderate every Saturday. Let’s get into the specifics.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 29, 2015

Below is a summary of my presentation and a challenge for educators. Why would anyone listen to me when there were so many other amazing educational bloggers sharing resources online--doing it better than I ever could. So in January of 2014, I took a risk and put myself out there, put my blog out there, imperfections and all.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As a result, the job of schools and educators has become exponentially more difficult as a natural disconnect results when students enter their school buildings. In this book I present successful uncommon learning initiatives that I helped implement as a school principal as well as examples from other schools across the country.

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