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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 I also used last year as an opportunity to work with my teachers and better articulate how to compile their learning portfolios. tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s).

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Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1

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Students need to be taught how to read complex texts. One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Introduction to close reading Here''s an overview of close reading: What does close reading look like in the classroom? Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools.

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Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with iPads--Part 2

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In Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1 , the focus was how to do a close reading. In Part 2, the focus is how to annotate with iPads , and insights gained from a lesson done with students in first through third grades. Final thoughts I had the privilege of close reading with this poem in different classrooms.

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Design Thinking + STEM = Student Engagement!

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Read on to see how students used design thinking to solve a real-world challenge, and how you can start planning a design thinking project in your classroom! To start, I asked students to pull out their Kendama (an unheard of event in the classroom) and immediately there was excitement in the air.

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Introduction to iPads: Part 2--iPad Integration

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How does a teacher start to use iPads in the classroom? While Part 1 focuses on the hardware basics, Part 2 focuses on iPad integration in the classroom. Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano shares how to record audio files on a Mac and with an iPad app. Click here to see how teachers and students are using it.

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