A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2016

As I kid I loved play. Countless hours were spent building forts in the woods, creating sand castles at the beach, riding bikes, playing Atari (then Nintendo, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, etc.) or just running around for no apparent reason. Kids love play and it is a central component of their social and emotional development. Important qualities such as patience, compromise, creativity, focus, critical thinking, problem solving, determination, resilience, and resourcefulness, to name a few, are deve

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EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Drawing How To Draw is a brilliant website which features a huge number of drawing tutorials and lesson ideas. In my school, we have 30 minutes per week, in which the students get out their sketchbooks and draw something. This works well, as it develops both skills and creativity. The website is great to use in these lessons and I really like the way each tutorial is broken into steps which are visual and clear: Here are some examples of my students’ work: Why not combine the drawings an

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The Jose Vilson

OCTOBER 16, 2016

For the better part of a decade, I’ve been exploring the idea of social justice education. While not a new idea, it’s picked up steam over the last couple of years with the Black Lives Matter movements, ethnic studies initiatives, and the need for diversifying the teaching profession. In the crossroads of these different movements stand a subset of educators who identify as social justice educators, thinking through their pedagogy and curriculum in the hopes of pointing their content towards mak

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My Paperless Classroom

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Some of the best minds in education and OneNote are gathering together for a free online conference in November 2016. Names like Mike Tholfsen (@mtholfsen) and Marjolein Hoekstra (@OneNoteC) will be sharing their best tips, tricks and strategies for using OneNote in the classroom and in life. Take a look at this full lineup of speakers. The post Learn OneNote Conference: a free online conference all about OneNote (November 12th to 17th, 2016) @OneNoteEDU appeared first on TeacherCast Educational

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 16, 2016

As I integrate technology into my classroom, I want to make sure that my students do not have their faces in a screen all the time. Also, I want to capitalize on creating opportunities for my students to practice listening and self-pacing skills. Blending paper with digital media and face to face interactions with digital learning, I created checkpoints in an EDpuzzle video lesson that would encourage students to close read a text and "Turn and Talk" to answer text-based questions accurately.

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My Paperless Classroom

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Welcome to the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Spotlight Series Podcast. In this episode, Jeff sits down with Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and Special Education Educator, Lauren Pittman to discuss how technology can be used in the classroom to assist in teaching our exceptional learners. The post How Can We Use Technology To Raise The Bar in Special Ed?

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Last year, Amber Chandler reluctantly admits to herself, her lesson plan for teaching "The Most Dangerous Game" wasn't stellar. Instead of tossing it, she decides to figure out what went wrong. Honest reflection, she's convinced, is the only way teachers grow.

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Teacher Tech

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Blank Collaborative Google Slides Collaborative Google Slides is one of my favorite activities. They are super easy to do and are transformative as to what is possible in the classroom. I can create and distribute blank collaborative Google Slides to students in under 40 seconds. Chaos Collaborative documents are a new skill for everyone. Expect […].

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EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap we’re taking a look at many. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Turning Learning On Its Head

OCTOBER 16, 2016

I am pleased to announce the launch of the Flipped Class Certification Program. There is a huge need to ensure that teachers flip their classes effectively while at the same time utilizing best practices. This need was illustrated to me recently at the ISTE 2016 conference when I ran into a teacher who told me that she had struggled during her her first year of flipping her class.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 16, 2016

We know students love to watch television, even if that “watching” is not in front of an actual TV. As the new TV season starts, Frank W. Baker shares media literacy ideas than can help students understand their role in shaping ad prices & entertainment choices.

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OCTOBER 16, 2016

A magic wand for those seeking science project support and success.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Students are doing more reading on digital devices than they ever have before. Not only are many teachers using tablets and computers for classroom instruction, but many state tests are now administered on computers, adding incentive for teachers to teach digital reading strategies. But casual digital reading on the internet has instilled bad habits in many students, making it difficult for them to engage deeply with digital text in the same way they do when reading materials printed on paper.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 16, 2016

There’s one complaint about technology that I hear from almost every single person I talk to: it’s just plain overwhelming. There’s too much to learn. There are too many options. It’s always changing and I’m always behind. Between ed tech for your classroom and the technology you use in your personal life, there’s always going to be a massive amount of tools you wish you could explore and master.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Until recently, one of the only things people talking about personalized learning could agree upon was that there was nothing standardized about it. There is no single accepted definition, nor is there a single right approach or way to measure its impact. But in a recent study of 450 educators, including district leaders, school leaders, teachers, private businesses and other groups from 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and multiple foreign countries, it became clear there is one thing e

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The 21st Century Principal

OCTOBER 16, 2016

I think it is fairly obvious that I haven't posted anything here in some time. Some have probably thought I dropped off this earth, and there are perhaps those, because of my sometimes irritatingly political posts, who hoped that such had happened. The truth is, so much of my time is consumed with working on my dissertation that blogging has taken backseat.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Digital Citizenship Week is here and continues until October 22nd. Be sure to celebrate with three suggested activities for teachers, students, and families from Common Sense Education. Teachers: Take the Digital Citizenship for All Pledge. Pledged to teach kids how to manage their online reputations, deal with issues such as cyberbullying, and conduct themselves safely online.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 16, 2016

The New York Times reported over the weekend that, despite a growing number of women who’ve come forward in the last week claiming that Donald Trump has groped or assaulted them, billionaire investor Peter Thiel will be making his first donation to the Republican Party candidate’s presidential campaign. While some have scoffed that the size of the donation – $1.25 million – isn’t that significant, I think the timing of the donation is still notable for a number of r

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