Tom Murray

APRIL 1, 2018

This June will mark one year since my coauthor Eric Sheninger and I released Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today with ASCD. I feel blessed to say that the response by school leaders has been overwhelming. If you’re looking for those, this is not the book for your team.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

It occurs to me that so many of my best ideas come from the blogs of others. As often as not, those blogs live outside of the school library world. In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without. Cult of Pedagogy is far more than a blog.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm on episode 329 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Instructional Technology Coaches can be helpful advisors for teachers if they learn strategies of encouragement and empowerment. How did that work for you? Ramm: For sure.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 4, 2021

A teacher recently reached out to me and shared her frustration of being “held back” by her own school administration for pursuing a new idea that she believed would be beneficial to students. At least the leaders in these two cases were brave enough to say what many others think but never verbalize. The reason?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Erin Murphy on episode 164 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Erin Murphy, the co-author of Hacking Project Based Learning , talks about leading project-based learning. Book Creator for Chrome. This is great news!

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 10, 2023

This blog post is regarding some of my reflections on the book, “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz. I recently did a podcast “review” on the book, and I find that process beneficial to deepening my learning of anything I read.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Kayla Delzer on episode 311 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. Everyone’s a learner.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2018

Jarod Bormann on episode 269 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teachers need to have say in their own PD, but how do you help teachers become intrinsically motivated to learn? And they say, “No, we don’t plan it again this school year.”.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Chris Kenyon, and Dr. Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. This past week, because of their hard work, this book has been published through Amazon. It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link].

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The post The Teacher’s Guide to Professional Book Studies – SULS031 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Book studies can be a great way for teachers to grow, connect, and learn together. Teacher book studies can be impactful. They can also be painful with the wrong approach.

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Gradelink

JULY 9, 2019

A teacher can reach 20 to 30 students in a class period. A principal can impact the lives of up to a few thousand students during a school year. The classroom teacher has the greatest effect on student learning, but school leadership is second only to classroom teaching in its effect on student learning.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Teachers can use this opportunity to shine a light on the critical contributions, rich culture, and long history of Hispanic and Latino Americans. With these resources, students can read, listen, watch, and go off-screen for activities that will give them a window into the enormous impact that Hispanic and Latino people have had on our world.

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edWeb.net

MAY 25, 2021

It’s no secret that the pandemic altered K-12 education, including the relationship between vendors and schools. While teachers and administrators were doing double duty with virtual and in-person classes, there were many kids that did better with online learning. Don’t ignore the building leaders.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The post Blended Learning Best Practices (with Catlin Tucker) – SULS085 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This week, I’m chatting about Blended Learning best practices with the blended learning guru, Dr. Catlin Tucker. Blended Learning Best Practices (with Catlin Tucker) – SULS085.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Can a new type of curriculum actually turn failing schools into successful ones, and result in greater success for students as well? Dr. Hamilton pointed out when he took over as Superintendent seven years ago, all but two of the district’s schools were designated as schools in need of improvement.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 10, 2018

Merriam-Webster defines innovation as “something new or…a change made to an existing product, idea, or field” The Latin root of innovate is innovatus, meaning “to renew, restore; to change” Given this understanding, I believe innovation is used too loosely in the context of teaching and learning.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 24, 2020

As we prepare to head into July now, I want to plant the seeds for you to participate in the reimagining of schools that’s happening in your district. I want to ensure that your voice is heard and that your school’s plan for the fall is developed with your input and insight. The impact is not the same for everyone.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m very pleased to share my New York Times Learning Network blog post with the Educator Innovator blog. If you want to do the full monte but with more explicit lessons, you can obtain a full Mikva Challenge project curriculum for a fee. What can these projects look like? What can these projects look like?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today's show, I talk with Mark Sparvell about a tool that has become essential to my lesson planning and work in my AP Computer Science Principles course: Bing Chat Enterprise. eye surgery and now can see so clearly. ✏️Note from Vicki: I'm back!

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techlearning

AUGUST 6, 2018

If we have heard it said once, we have heard it said 1,000 times: Professional Development is Broken For every time we have heard that said, we have also heard suggestions on how to fix it. Schools want their educators to learn and grow, but in practice, professional development is innately broken, or even in some situations, nonexistent.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Picking just fifty is no easy feat but we’ve done our best to cover the best books for teachers from five different angles. Learning Culture. Best Books for Teachers 1-10. The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Today is the final day of The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit. Buy the Summit all-access library pass HERE and you can watch the all the recordings any time you like. Purchase the all-access pass and you can give one copy of the all-access Summit library pass to someone else as a gift.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Learning seems like a simple process. During the edWebinar, “Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning,” Pooja K. During the edWebinar, “Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning,” Pooja K. Instead of cramming information in, students learn how to access and pull it out. Agarwal, Ph.D.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit concludes tomorrow! Purchase the all-access pass and you can give one copy of the all-access Summit library pass to someone else as a gift. These are an incredible repository of great thinking about teaching and learning. Interview with Alice Keeler: "That's the Best Alice Can Do."

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been meaning to share this story for years, because I get asked a LOT about my journey and how long it took me to get where I’m at right now. . Last year, I started The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club , in which nearly 4,000 educators have come together to learn productivity strategies and get support in working smarter, not harder.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 6, 2016

In an article previewing his new book, “ The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth, ” James Altucher talks about the death of the salaried employee and offers strategies for success in today’s new economy. How then can we begin? We live in a world today where knowledge is a commodity.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 26, 2020

My guest in this episode is Dan Heath, a New York Times bestselling author of five books, the most recent being “ Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen.” This book is a MUST read for anyone who’s curious about how to create systemic change or how to improve our daily lives through pro-active problem-solving.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2019

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. by Eric C. by Clayton M. Christensen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. George Couros says we need to stop trying to get back to 2019 and to create something new and better for every child. They have created a special link for readers of this blog and listeners of the 10 Minute Teacher podcast: www.dell.com/epp/coolcatteacher.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Inspired by this natural phenomenon, education and business leaders in northern New Mexico’s high desert community, Taos, decided to create their own HIVE in an effort to strengthen postsecondary outcomes in their remote community. The University of New Mexico-Taos (UNM-Taos). Collaborating Organizations. Town of Taos.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 28, 2019

Sanée Bell on episode 531 of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Back to school is here! We’re starting up the year with principal Dr. Sanée Bell, author of the new book, Be Excellent On Purpose, Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. As a friend and school leader said to me a few months ago, “Innovation is dead, right?” Together, these made many “new” approaches to education feel too overwhelming to even entertain.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, educators across the country and around the world have been tasked with shifting to emergency remote teaching—a move from in-person to remote classes made necessary by pressing circumstances. Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 9, 2021

This started before COVID in many areas, but the oftentimes chaotic and unpredictable approach to remote and hybrid learning this past year has made the situation more dire. And, I can tell for sure when I listen to teachers that many more folks are planning to quit or retire early when this school year comes to an end.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. When Northern Virginia was ultimately picked as a new HQ site, students were as proud as any civic leaders from their community.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. Now here’s Steve with this week’s show.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 8, 2021

Read on for a quick personal update about my summer, what new changes are coming to the site, and a sneak peek at some upcoming podcast episode topics. A personal update on my summer. If you missed any of this, it’s not too late — go to 40htw.com to learn more about any of the programs! No time to finish reading?

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