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Leading When You Don't Have the Answers

A Principal's Reflections

When it comes to leadership, the person making the final decision is often second-guessed if there is a lack of communication or things don’t go as planned. I shared the following in a blog post back in 2017: It is difficult to adequately prepare any leader for the challenges they will face as well as the decisions that will have to be made.

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The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

eSchool News

2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. “Never underestimate what students are capable of.”

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5 Ways to Participate in #ISTE17 even if you’re not there #notatiste17

The CoolCatTeacher

A conversation with Peggy George in episode 105 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I am so excited to be at ISTE with PowerSchool on Monday June 26th, 2017 at 4 p.m. The #notatiste17 hashtag on Twitter. How to share learning. Twitter handle: @pgeorge.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

While this exposure to robotics has been eye-opening to some parents of children at the school, it is right in line with the Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition put out by the New Media Consortium and Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) last year. I use Twitter a lot. Just get a small thing happening, and build from there.”.

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Last Chance to Join Tech-infused Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Class starts July 10, 2017 and ends July 30, 2017. Weekends, discuss issues, concerns, and projects in a virtual group via Google Hangouts or Twitter Chats. Accounts for blog, Google, Twitter, various web-based tools, class wiki. Commitment of 5 hours per week for 3 weeks to learn tech. Certificate of Completion.

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What's Hidden in You?

A Principal's Reflections

As I developed and grew my Personal Learning Network (PLN) I learned how much I did not know. He pushed me to extend beyond the use of Twitter to share what was going on in my school through a blog. Now years later I have four published books and two more on the way in 2017.

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#ICE18: Illinois Conference Will Prepare Educators for Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

The conference, which more than 3,600 people attended in 2017 according to ICE, will hold more than 400 informative sessions and workshops. We are excited to have CDW•G create a modern learning environment for educators to experience what classrooms today can not only look like, but how they can better facilitate learning.