A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2016

Case studies provide a glimpse into how vision, strategic planning, and implementation drive results-oriented change. In education, they connect people to stories of how schools and districts have improved school culture and the specific steps that were taken. These detailed stories have the ability to provide great context through an explanation of the following: Goals Challenges Solution Success Overall, a case study provides readers with details on how problems were solved, outcomes achieved,

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EdNews Daily

MAY 22, 2016

I am so excited to share this TED Talk given by athlete and creative genius, Martellus Bennett. On a personal note, my huband plays basketball with him. This video is as authentic as it gets and is an inspiration for all kids. Please listen and share with your classroom if appropriate. You will love his talent, animation, work and above all…he will just make you smile.

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 22, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 13. Driving Question: How Can I Create a More Playful Learning Environment with High School Students? Part II: Engaging Student Minds In Part I , Jim shared seven strategies for integrating play into secondary classrooms. In Part II, Jim spotlights five ways to design lessons and units that engage students with mind play strategies.

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TeacherCast

MAY 22, 2016

This list includes my all time favorite and most inspiring TEDx talks given by members of the educational community. I hope these find a place on your "must see" list too. The post Top 10 #TEDx Talks by Innovative Educators appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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MAY 22, 2016

Last week, I had the honor and privilege of attending a special presentation from the students of Satellite Academy Midtown High School, a transfer high school just south of Madison Square Garden. Two years ago, assistant principal Paul Melkonian told me he had a vision of getting his students overseas somewhere. (full disclosure: he’s my son’s godfather as per Catholic traditions) I wasn’t stunned, but I didn’t understand to what depths he’d take this project.

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TeacherCast

MAY 22, 2016

The role of a teacher is multi-faceted. A teacher is not just an educator, they are the shapers of the young. A teacher can make both unique and profound impacts on their students’ lives, launching those students into an infinite amount of potential futures. When a teacher is at their best, they can change the […]. The post 4 Ways Teachers Change Their Students’ Lives appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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TeacherCast

MAY 22, 2016

Google Spaces is a brand new way of thinking about learning communities as well as a great place to share content and great conversations with your friends and family. The post Should You Use The New Google Spaces For Your Class, Club, or Organization? appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. Google Spaces is a brand new way of thinking about learning communities as well as a great place to share content and great conversations with your friends and family.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 22, 2016

May 22, 2016 Math learning can be so much fun especially when it is contextualized in circumstances that relate to our everyday life. When kids see the direct application of mathematical thinking in.read more.

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Teacher Tech

MAY 22, 2016

Use Spreadsheets Spreadsheets are an incredibly valuable life skill. Students of any age can use them. Essentially you have a grid to put stuff in, doesn’t have to be numbers. Help students to sort and organize information by doing tasks in Google Sheets. Count In Google Sheets, highlight a range of data (stuff). Automatically the […]. The post Try This It’s Easy – Google Sheets: Count Stuff appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 22, 2016

For teachers who like to grow their skills during the break, Curtis Chandler has a shortlist of online resources to check out – including nonfiction goldmines, video filters and easy production ideas, and simple apps to supercharge reports & projects. All free!

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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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RafranzDavis.com

MAY 22, 2016

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of being a part of two pivotal moments. The first was visiting Microsoft’s “ Education Underground ” and getting a tour of their “Garage”, an extensive makerspace for Microsoft’s employees to tinker and build. Weeks later, the second moment was being invited to the White House during #CSEdweek, to an event created to bridge educators with developers, creating platforms to help teachers teach and learn more computer science

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Adam Welcome

MAY 22, 2016

This post is co-written with the amazing KarlyMoura ( @ KarlyMoura ) who is an Instructional Coach and Ed Tech Support Teacher in Mt. Diablo Unified School District ! We’ve heard of these jobs before, some more than others - but the question is if we are really getting our kids prepared for these careers? Some of these jobs don't require a college degree.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 22, 2016

Every principal needs to lead a coordinated schoolwide effort to interact with families in ways that support students, the school and the larger community. Former principals Ron Williamson and Barbara Blackburn offer a rich set of strategies to accomplish this goal.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 22, 2016

Visionaries. I believe God often orchestrates our life to get our attention with what's in our world. I've had a really hard few weeks of self-reflection and future thinking swirled in with health issues and personalities. This weekend I've been at Blackberry Farm outside of Maryville, TN. I've been here several times over the years but this year I feel being here has both grown me and allowed me to see myself for who I am.

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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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The Principal of Change

MAY 22, 2016

Recently in a conversation with students in the High Tech High Graduate School of Education , one of the questions posed to me was (paraphrased), “What do you do when you work for someone that doesn’t have the vision to make the things happen in classroom that you believe are important?” I referred to a prior post and had given four strategies in how to “lead up” : Start by asking, “We are here to do what is best for kids, right?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 22, 2016

The post Paper-Based Or Computer-Based Testing? Whichever Meets Student Needs appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 22, 2016

I’m hosting three awesome online professional development events for teachers that are kicking off this summer! I hope you’ll join us in either The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club (which is a one year program beginning in July) or the summer teacher book clubs. They’re all going to be a terrific way to connect with other inspiring educators, learn new ideas, and help you get motivated for the fall.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 22, 2016

Last week we saw Kentucky’s community college system cut nearly 200 staff and faculty. At almost the exact time another public institution in that state wielded its own ax, as Northern Kentucky University removed 105 jobs. That’s 68 staff and 37 faculty. According to an Ohio source , “The cuts will bring the total number of faculty down 6 percent to 550 positions.” Some of those positions are currently empty.

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EmergingEdTech

MAY 22, 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’s wrap starts off with a great set of. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 22, 2016

Last week we saw Kentucky’s community college system cut nearly 200 staff and faculty. At almost the exact time another public institution in that state wielded its own ax, as Northern Kentucky University removed 105 jobs. That’s 68 staff and 37 faculty. According to an Ohio source , “The cuts will bring the total number of faculty down 6 percent to 550 positions.” Some of those positions are currently empty.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

As is often the case, there was singing going on in Room 2 of Kenwood Elementary one Friday afternoon. Four 6-year-olds sat cross-legged around teacher Dyan Ogbe as she asked each to give their own ending to a song by saying what they’d buy with different amounts of money. “I would buy a plane with my two dollars,” said one girl, whom Ogbe congratulated for putting together a nine-word sentence.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2016

Learn.Genetics is a comprehensive site that explores the basics of genetics, characteristics of inheritance, stem cells, chromosomes, genetic variation, epigenetics, genetic science, cloning, genetic disorders, and much more.

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 22, 2016

The post David Foster Wallace On What It Means To Think appeared first on TeachThought.

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Reflections

MAY 22, 2016

I was talking to the teacher's union building representative about how hard this time of year can be. We both quickly agreed that there was a need not to wallow in that difficulty. It has been an incredible year (full of awesome work) but that was running the risk of being overshadowed by how exhausted everyone seemed to be. We began to cheer each other on about NOT letting a few tough, recent days define an entire year.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2016

Give students up-close, detailed access to rare objects and artifacts.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 22, 2016

Many students and teachers are in districts like Wake County where they are subjected to policies, guidelines, and mandates that they rarely have any say in. It doesn’t have to be that way and in New York City it isn’t. Instead the newly released social media guidelines for students 12 and younger incorporated the participatory design process and were developed with rather than for students and teachers.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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ignitionEDU

MAY 22, 2016

Always on the lookout for handy lists? Here are five of my current favorite Chrome extensions. Google Similar Pages – Discover webpages similar to the page you’re currently browsing. Enjoying the page you’re looking at and interested in other similar pages? Trying to find more pages about a topic you’re researching, but having a hard time coming up with the right query on Google?

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