A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Over the next couple of weeks I will introduce what I have come to identify as the Pillars of Digital Leadership , a conceptual framework for leaders to begin thinking about changes to professional practice.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 2, 2021

The deliberate teaching of critical-thinking skills will enable young people to evaluate information presented to them through social media, family members, and news sources. He joined NLP in March 2017 with 13 years of experience as a middle and high social studies teacher with Chicago Public Schools. Join the Community.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Educators will participate in professional learning to create a community of practice and support for students entering their plans and prototypes in a regionally sponsored competition. The aim is to instill an ethos of empathy, excitement, and passion for learning, where science, engineering, creativity, and caring intersect.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

(This is the second of two parts on professional learning. Connected Learning. To be successful in helping people develop professional learning networks is to narrow the focus on the tools that are being shared with staff. You can read the first part here. We need to do less, better.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Teaching and Teacher Education , 74, 125-136. link] Coulter, S.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

At the 2014 TCEA Convention and Exposition , I presented a concurrent session called Got Twitter? I have presented several workshops over the past few years which introduce folks to using Twitter for professional learning, but have also wanted to share other tips and tools that have made my use of Twitter more productive.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today’s students are inundated with information from myriad media sources—social media, blogs, podcasts, text messages, television, internet searches, radio, email, and other communication apps. She was a member of the state’s literacy, social studies, and technology leadership teams. By Ginny Kirkland.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In order to maintain relevancy in the classroom for students and each other, educators need to connect together, to learn, share, reflect and grow. Our mobility, use of social media and access to devices has made making connections easy and impactful. Being a Connected Educator is a mindset.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

Leaders who get the chance to be focused on their own growth for an action packed day of learning are better leaders. 2016 - Co-facilitator IASA Aspiring Superintendent Academy 2016- Co-Director Legislation for the Lake County Superintendents 2015, 2016, 2017 – Presenter at the AASA NCE – Social Media for Supts. Bob Dold, U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Tania Rashid, Global Education Program Administrator What School Leadership Should Look Like for the Future School Year - Mrs Fabiana Casella “We are emotional beings in a social setting:” How the use of symbols, ritual, ceremony, and stories to build meaning, are the keys to positive school culture and climate. - Dr. Johnson, M.A.E.,

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Now, between the number of online information sites and the proliferation of social media apps, plus near constant mobile phone use, determining a story’s credibility seems to call for advanced detective skills. Tiffany Whitehead, aka the Mighty Little Librarian, is an obsessive reader, social media user, and technology geek.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Notes from a concurrent session at TASA Midwinter 2014. We need to be using social media to tell people about the positive things that are going on in our classrooms and schools! Professional Growth Don uses Twitter for a professional learning network. Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

edWeb.net is a professional learning community that brings together the widest collaboration of educators and industry professionals in education to provide free professional learning for educators – anytime, anywhere. The impact of edWeb: 135,000 members from 175 countries (92% U.S)

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

Technology has the power to connect people around the world, but it can also make kids feel lonelier, especially on social media. Besides the fact that students live on their phones, they also didn’t want to sift through web pages, connect to multiple social media accounts, or read messages for other schools, parents, etc.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Three obstacles to successful integration of technology into teaching and learning include: 1 - Innovative educators often work in isolation 2 - Guidelines and policies for tech use are lawyer, not student or teacher, friendly 3 - Lack of tech expertise and funding for professional learning opportunities Do any of these sound familiar?

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Back in 2014, our interviews and surveys led us to a taxonomy of digital curation. Social media curation efforts can help us fuel participatory culture as we build and connect communities.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 16, 2016

February 13, 2016 Finding a Way December 6, 2014 3 Ways Social Media Can Improve School Culture June 7, 2016 6 Ways to Use Twitter To Enhance In-School Professional Learning. March 8, 2016 Finding the Good Problems November 25, 2015 Would you tweet that?

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The PL2C Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Started in 2014 by the Friday Institute, this cadre of teacher leaders has been given tools to practice the art of coaching. I have seen our group grow exponentially, both in attendance and in terms of professional growth of individuals that are taking part.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 9, 2018

Learn with your community. Many people at the central office level are the ones delivering professional learning opportunities, which often means they are pushing people into their own learning and development. Respond to people on social media via school or district hashtags.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 19, 2016

Good professional learning will give you lots of ideas on what you can do with your students on “Monday” Great professional learning will make you think about how you teach every day. September 5, 2014 Trickle Down Professional Learning.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

This is an updated post inspired by Felix Jacomino ’s 2014 iPadpalooza presentation, “ 500,000 Apps in 60 Minutes ,” “Give a teacher an app, she has a lesson for the day. Teach her how to find apps, she can facilitate learning for a lifetime.”. Check out all of the Google Certification Resources from Shake Up Learning.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We had some great conversations and I later discussed them with the group of teachers that I was learning with. This came back to the students, and they actually offered to bring me a Starbucks to the professional learning day, which was unbelievably kind of them, especially since the closest Starbucks was about 30 minutes away!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. Virtual Reality is a social and digital technology that uniquely promises to transform learning, build empathy, and make personal and professional training more effective and economical.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 11, 2015

Instead of waiting, teachers would blog or tweet about their practice, and this openness would accelerate not only the learning, but the conversations that would happen in the staffroom. June 1, 2015 5 Teaching Practices I Would Never Do Again January 13, 2014 Want someone to see your viewpoint? Ask them their thoughts first.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 7, 2016

If you teach the way you taught pre-devices, pre-google, and pre-social media, and then introduce devices into the classroom, the majority of us are going to have a hard time staying “engaged” We have to rethink our teaching. How have you implemented opportunities for learning with devices in your own professional learning?

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The Mobile World Congress predicts that as early as 2014, mobile phone subscriptions will outstrip the global population (~7.9 We know that untethered learning and working offer up a whole new world of freedom. Will the use of social media increase as a result? billion accounts). We think it will. Undoubtedly.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 23, 2016

Social media has connected friends and family across the globe, but it has quickly become a tool for bullying and narcissism. Mediums also have the ability to shape our learning experiences, memories, and comprehension. The very medium used with good intentions could in fact create unintentional learning barriers.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 22, 2015

I would love to see more schools encourage students to sit on leadership teams, professional learning opportunities, and whatever other opportunities we have so that we can learn from each other. We often forget to tap into the best resource we have in our schools; our students.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 8, 2016

I was asked by one of the administrators from a “1 to 1” district, “How do you address educators that believe they do not have enough professional learning to effectively use these devices?” Their response? That those teachers didn’t have devices. What about the group without the devices?

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Reading By Example

JULY 14, 2015

Check out an article I wrote for EdTech K-12 , on how to use this social media tool for better professional learning: How Twitter Can Power Your Professional Learning. I also want to point out an excellent post written by our school’s social worker, Barb Bondioli.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Checking in and seeing how things are going is one aspect, but actually finding powerful resources for someone else, asking them follow-up questions, suggesting professional learning opportunities for them (and even going with them), or a myriad of other opportunities, are crucial in development.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to social media accounts. Grad Student Necessity December 26, 2014 by dr.j_cyrus from United States I recommend this podcast as one of the resources for the professional learning networks (PLNs) that my graduate students create each semester.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 23, 2017

Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences for Educators (When people wake up for a professional learning day, are they looking forward to the learning, or the hour lunch?). Do not have a series of professional learning days that are focused on a new thing each time. You recreate what you experience.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 9, 2016

June 15, 2015 5 Questions To Drive Personal-Professional Learning December 11, 2014 Something’s Gotta Go… November 12, 2013 Individual Learning and Mass Sharing. We can always get better, so we should. June 8, 2015 The “Sponge” Factor March 11, 2013 Just give me the fish!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. Virtual Reality is a social and digital technology that uniquely promises to transform learning, build empathy, and make personal and professional training more effective and economical.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Twitter is his favorite tool for professional learning. Use every bit of social media that you can.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2016

April 28, 2016 Creating Change December 10, 2015 Learners Are the Driver April 6, 2015 8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 1) June 23, 2014 May I…? October 18, 2014 Which team are we on?

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