A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2016

Education is ripe for disruptive change leading to innovative practices that improve learning outcomes for our students. What might have worked in the past will not necessarily have the same impact today, as the world has changed dramatically in a short period of time. It’s safe to say that the seismic shifts we are witnessing as a result of technological advances will continue to reshape our world in ways that we could never have imagined.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2016

VR is here to stay, love it or hate it. The technology has already been adopted by school teachers in various locations across the US. To name a few, San Francisco Unified School District and Polk County Public Schools in Florida are reported to have adopted VR technology, Fortune says. VR is not just a cool new technology; it actually makes matters possible for kids that weren’t possible before.

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Brilliant or Insane

AUGUST 21, 2016

Brilliant or Insane. My good friend Jim Sturtevant is the most engaging teacher I’ve ever known. On his blog and his Hacking Engagement podcast, Sturtevant helps educators learn to engage students in all grades and subjects. In a recent blog post, the author Hacking Engagement: 50 Tips and Tools to Engage Teachers and Learners Daily shares 5 surefire ways […].

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 21, 2016

The future of: “Sit down, Shut up, and Memorize This…” Guest blog post by Don Wettrick In 2010 I received an email that just said, “Watch this:” and included a link to a TED talk. During my prep period, I pressed play, but in reality, opened my mind on what motivates our students- mastery, autonomy, […]. The post The future of: “Sit down, Shut up, and Memorize This…” appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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AUGUST 21, 2016

During my so-called vacation, and I call it so-called because my brain doesn’t have an off-switch when it comes to the work, I read, slept, and jumped into large bodies of water. The sun shone brightly above the Atlantic City Boardwalk, with parades, air shows, and confections for all visitors. Where some folks look forward to their yearly vacation and can turn off the switch when necessary, I had to forcibly pull the wire from the outlet for both myself and my family.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 21, 2016

Can history teachers apply Design Thinking ideas to a subject often taught as a progression of facts? Jody Passanisi thinks so. "What could be more relevant than looking for solutions to challenges that were created in the past and are still having impact today?".

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 21, 2016

Isaac Asimov once stated that ‘self-education is…the only kind of education there is’. For Albert Einstein ‘ intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death’. The moral behind.read more.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 21, 2016

We have a paralyzing number of choices in our culture today. Just picking a loaf of bread to buy at the grocery store can be a five-minute process that leaves you feeling mentally drained and annoyed by all the different factors you have to weigh for something that seems like it would be so simple. In teaching you may get hung up on decisions like: What planner or gradebook should I buy?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 21, 2016

Today we are sharing with you three excellent websites that will help you find the best free online classes or MOOCs from top trending universities. You can lay back in your coach, search for the.read more.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 21, 2016

I was excited to check out this Tweet from @ TaliCSM the ed director at Common Sense Education about how to ethically respond to a student friend-request. It took me to educator Keegan Korf’s blog post where in short, she shared that she only “friends” former students, and warns them that inappropriate behavior will result in defriending. Keegan’s simple and sensible policy mirror’s the practice of many educators I work with, know, and respect.

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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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Tech Helpful

AUGUST 21, 2016

Last year I asked Craig Lubbers, a fifth grade teacher at Chattanooga Christian School, if he would share his thoughts on our first year's 1:1 implementation. Quite honestly I'm thankful that he waited until this year to share, I appreciate and resonate with his thoughts. My continuous journey of 1:1 Implementation by Craig Lubbers: Tw o years ago, my school made a decision to go 1:1 in 5 th grade and to fall in line with our Middle School and High school.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 21, 2016

Expert Anne Jolly suggests a running assessment of your STEM lessons as the new school year begins to make sure your students are engaged, working well in teams, and involved in engineering solutions to meaningful problems. Try her Lesson Plan Debugger!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 21, 2016

As librarians, wehn we gear up for a new school year, it’s exciting to have a few new strategies for engaging learners with literature and for building our own literature discovery/selection toolkit. You’ll absolutely want to introduce CommonLit to your classroom teachers and you’ll absolutely use it yourself to make curricular discoveries and to help teachers make connections.

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 21, 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 was an exciting one! We’re on Snapchat. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 21, 2016

The post How You Can Support The New Kid In Your Class appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 21, 2016

People often say to me, “I don’t want to be a principal…The things you have to do are just not for me.” My response immediately is, “You don’t have to do what the principal does now…you have the ability to create something new.” I was reminded of this when I had a conversation with a good friend of mine going into a central office position.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity.

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