A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Note: This post is directly related to my work at the International Center for Leadership in Education Efficacy has been on my mind a great deal as of late, and as a result, it has been reflected in my writing. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). All rights reserved.

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Assessment Future Ready Blended Learning Professional Learning 296

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. This post takes a dive into five new features of Screencastify every educator should know. Screencastify sponsored this blog post. All opinions are my own.

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Chromebook BYOD Blended Learning Assessment 432

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 21, 2013

When I was teaching science one of the best lessons I learned was about formative assessment. Deliver content to my students, assess at the end, remediate if necessary. Here are a few sites and apps to help with formative assessments. So you don''t even have to be a 1:1 classroom or BYOD. formative assessment'

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Assessment Poll Everywhere BYOD Analysis 279

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is often used interchangeably with other acronyms such as BYOT (Bring Your own Technology), BYOPC ( Bring your Own PC), BYOP ( Bring Your Own Phone). The essence of BYOD revolves around encouraging and permitting students to bring their own personally-owned electronic gadgets to class.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Promise of Education Technology: Effective Feedback. Education technology empowers teachers to help students on an individual basis. While it may seem like a simple concept, delivering effective feedback can be difficult for even the most dedicated educators. Assessment. Feedback vs. Assessment. Evaluation.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

The students should be stakeholders in their education and have accountability, responsibility, and be actively engaged in and out of the classroom. Progressive teachers cannot get away from testing in the current educational climate, but at least we can make it engaging for the students in the class. What is being assessed?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. I found that students were happy using the technology, but some would rather complete work pen to paper or do an assessment/project without the technology. . So what gives in the post-pandemic world?

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

The COVID19 pandemic unearthed many harsh realities for education across the globe. Inadequate WIFI and the availability of computers at home for kids to use for learning caught many educators off guard. One of the more glaring issues was the vast digital divide that still exists in many places, especially the United States.

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Digital Divide Learning BYOD Case Study 477

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

As we stride into an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, it’s high time we re-evaluate our education system. Let’s dive into the areas we need to reconsider to ensure the viability of education in this new AI-infused world.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. Edtech is being used in classrooms more than ever before.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 97

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2020

Education is at a crossroads. As a result, many educational entities have embraced a shift to a more personalized approach to learning. Heck, it doesn’t even have to involve technology, but virtually every educator sees it as necessary. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is chugging ahead with the 5th on the horizon.

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Personalized Learning Blended Learning Learning Assessment 459

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The benefits of such an approach is more present than ever with results ranging from student motivation and engagement, to student ownership of the educational process and translated furthermore into the real world as adapted and multi skilled adults. Read more: Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom. and the world.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2016

As of late I have been engaged in a great amount of work either assisting districts and schools as they begin to implement mobile learning ( 1:1, BYOD ) or helping them get their programs on track. Below are some questions to help you ascertain where you are, but more importantly, where you want to be with either 1:1 or BYOD.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 2, 2016

One area of improvement still to this day I wish I could go back and improve even more was assessment. Mainly, embracing formative assessment. Delivering content to my students, assess at the end, remediate if necessary. I was able to embrace formative assessment without the need for any devices.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Hypothetically, effective mobile learning can empower learners by enabling them to better assess and select relevant information, redefine their goals, and reconsider their understanding of concepts within a shifting and growing frame of reference (the information context).” — Marguerite L. Academic achievement in BYOD classrooms.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Either 1:1 or BYOD or some combination of both is giving students the opportunity to discover learning or create new information in a variety of ways. But through a pilot program we discovered that the focus of our professional development around BYOD needed to not be on technology. So where you can start?

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 8, 2016

You know like, not expanding the already-existing e-learning concepts and techniques instructors and educators already know. It can be boring if educators just, for example, don't maximize the features of the LMS they’re using such as integration to cloud storage services, or use collaboration tools to increase engagement from students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. In 2012, Sackstein tackled National Board Certification in an effort to reflect on her practice and grow as an educational English facilitator.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 16, 2016

Technology seems to be involved nowadays in most aspects of education and many schools are adopting it quite well, whether it’s adopting BYOD initiatives, blended learning, flipped classrooms , creating content using authoring tools, or using a learning platform. Why are some educators still reluctant to using technology the classroom?

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2013

From extra help, to grading papers, to creating assessments and coming up with activities, my profession reached far into my home life. It is a one-stop shop for all things education and ed-tech. We are also using ClassLink here at NMHS as a cloud-based Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) solution.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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Online Assessments Assessment PowerMyLearning BYOD 44

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. Below, experts from various areas of the education industry share trends that will help shape K-12 education in 2018. Assessing less to learn more. Strategic enrollment management.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. Edtech is being used in classrooms more than ever before.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 52

Vizor

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leverage E-rate, Title I, and other federal & state funds Make sure you take advantage of various funding sources available for technology in education. IDEA ensures children with disabilities have access to free and appropriate education, services, and resources including technology.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 31, 2014

3 Things We Need To Remember For Every Professional Development -I have dedicated my career to enhancing the professional knowledge of other educators so that they feel empowered to conquer any obstacles in and out of the classroom. Twitter chats serve to connect educators and learners but they also do so much more. year in review'

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is the third year they have published the report, exploring innovations in teaching, learning and assessment. It has some interesting information and insight into some technology trends, including Flipped Classrooms, BYOD, storytelling and more. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2014

It really puts into perspective why we make many of the decisions that we do at New Milford High School as to why we decided to implement a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative and don''t mandate the use of one specific tool to support learning. The assessment and feedback pieces are also critical. Let it support learning."

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

We want to educate our students for their future, not our past. Note for Region XIII ESC - they can provide Symbaloo training,) Google Apps for Education - new to Rockdale. Decides on what will be assessed at the end and how it will be assessed. Students also assess each other and teacher takes that into consideration.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2018

More than half of women come to their IT role with an academic background in education and instruction , compared with a third of men, who come from a background in technology,” says Steve Langford, CoSN Board member and CIO of Beaverton School District in Oregon. Transition from print to digital is taking longer than projected.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Then there is the most dangerous view in education that the way we have always done it is the best way. Innovation in education is, in many cases, not an entirely new idea, but instead doing what we already do better. As technology changes, so must pedagogy, especially assessment and feedback. This needs to be prioritized.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

This post was sponsored by Logitech for Education and all opinions are my own. Our school is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school and we allow iPads if they have a keyboard case. (Some of you may still be using hybrid learning in your classroom in the fall, and this is one you’ll want to ask for now.).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2017

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Differentiation. Be creative.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 14, 2012

tool is particularly interesting for educators because it allows for communication with students and parents via text messaging. student cell phones) in class as part of an anticipatory set, to review prior learning, to check for understanding and/or assess, or as a form of closure. This Web 2.0

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2013

This year educators in NJ, like many other states across the nation, are still adjusting to new mandates related to teacher evaluation and tenure changes. These rich conversations were just not taking place due to the pressure-filled environment that has been created as a result of education reform in this state. Be present!

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. Students’ families, educators, school leaders, and vendors all play a role in striking the appropriate balance between access to learning resources and services and privacy.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A personalized learning approach would come with a shift of perspective, changing the focus from the educational system to the students, giving the latter more control over their learning experience and connecting learning with their interests, talents and passions. They can even assess themselves or their peers in some cases.

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