A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2012

'Educators must be experts in effective communication techniques, especially when it comes to parents and other key stakeholders. As the times and tools have changed we now have a variety of means to disseminate information in a more efficient and cost-effective fashion. In my experience I have identified 4 key principles that lay a foundation for communicating effectively with parents: transparency, honesty, accessibility, and flexibility.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 26, 2012

'Professional Development for educators is something that I believe still needs to be improved. Many educators have turned online for some of their professional development. Social media provides a great resource for educators, especially Twitter, to connect, share and learn with other educators. There are new forms of in-person professional development, like Edcamps , that are also a great way for educators to learn new things.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 12, 2012

'Any one who knows me or reads my blog and Tweets knows I am a big advocate of social learning. The idea that we don''t have to be the smartest or be an expert in everything should be a big relief in the classroom. When I started teaching I did everything I could to make sure I knew more than my students. Looking back, I know I wasted a great deal of time and many teachable moments with that attitude.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 24, 2012

'The negative press about educators'' indescretions in Facebook posting is enough to send the 21st century school leader running in the opposite direction when someone talks about engaging in the use that media for school communication. But such thinking ignores the fact that other media has been, and will be abused in the same way. When a school staff members uses the phone line to engage in illicit activity, we don''t take our the phone lines.

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JUNE 29, 2012

'I <3 Edmodo! After hearing about Edmodo for about a year now, finally joining it this past Spring has revitalized my homework and project assignments. As an English teacher who loves creating assignments using Word , I have always been inundated and swamped (redundant on purpose) with paper, often drowning under buckets and baskets of assignments I''ve created on paper.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 1, 2012

'The iPad is naturally a wonderful visual tool, with its bright, colorful screen. There are so many ways we can leverage its capability to provide clients with visual stimuli to elicit speech and language, but one of the simplest is using Google''s Image Search. In the past, SLPs have spent tons of money and/or time to obtain stimuli pictures from commercial publishers or magazines, but now countless images are literally at your fingertips using your iPad.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 13, 2012

'Written by Jonathan Trent — Writer for NextUC.com , providing expertise in everything from Microsoft Lync to video conferencing to online collaboration software. As technology advances, a greater number of countries are embracing the use of it in classrooms. While the U.S. is moving in that direction there seems to be some hesitation in deciding what technology should be used.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 10, 2012

'I have written about the awesomeness that is eduTecher before. Created by my good friend Adam , it is always one of the first places I go to learn about new tools and resources for the classroom. He has amazing collection of apps, sites and more that you can spend hours looking through. Building on that success Adam is at it again creating a free tool for teachers (and students.well anyone really) called eduClipper.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 13, 2012

'In their book Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age , Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes make a strong case for school leaders engaging in the use of social media as a means of communication. As they so clearly point out, "School leaders must be able to communicate with all their stakeholders, from the staff members in their buildings to the parents and other stakeholders in their communities.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

'You don''t have to take or attend formal classes to extend your learning. Photo Source It''s summer in the northern hemisphere, which is a great time for educators to take a break from the daily bustle of teaching. It''s also the greatest opportunity many of us have all year to extend our own professional learning and grow in our craft. Depending on where you work, your professional development may be proscribed for you, or you may have a lot of freedom to choose courses or sessions you would l

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 26, 2012

'In a word: everything! I was thinking of all I have learned, and still need to learn, about executive function and social behavior as I prepared to head from the conference center where this year’s Social Thinking Providers’ Conference was held. It had occurred to me recently what an enormous task it really is to get even my (probably) neurotypical self to the airplane gate on time and without major self-imposed calamities.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2012

'I thank many of us can agree that schools are split on the value that social media plays in the teaching and learning process. Ok, who am I kidding! The majority of schools see absolutely no inherent value as a result of the stigma that social media carries with it. I encourage you to watch the video below as it really puts into perspective not only the potential role that social media can play in education, but also the essential role of the teacher that uses it.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 29, 2012

'Last year I wrote about Qwiki , which is a site that takes your internet search and creates a multimedia presentation with resources about your search term. Text, images, audio are all part of it. It''s a very cool way to quickly create a presentation about a topic. I just learned from my Edtech colleague David Kapuler on his site , that Qwiki now has Qwiki Creator available.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 25, 2012

'I''ve spent the better part of 3 days taking part in various parts of the #ISTE12 experience. (Basically, if you don''t know, ISTE is the international conference for technology educators. This year it''s in sunny San Diego.) I have had the chance to meet with educators and friends from all over the world. I''ve sat in on sessions and had conversations in the Bloggers Cafe and in the hallways and the one theme that keeps coming up over and over is connectedness.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 23, 2012

'Twenty-first century school leaders need to become masters of social media leadership. Those who don''t, or those who dismiss it as a fad, are failing in one of the major responsibilities of being a 21st century educational leader. What does being a social media leader look like? Here''s some items to consider: Being a social media leader means you see the technology of social media as a way to invite stakeholders into conversations, not as an announcement system.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 7, 2012

Making the move from our safe and trusted traditional literacy habits to newer digital skills can be quite a challenge, but as teachers I think we are really unlikely to be able to use technology and help our students use technology really effectively unless we are prepared to face this challenge. Technology needs to be more than part of the way we teach but it also has to be part of the way we ourselves continue to learn and part of our everyday professional practice.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 23, 2012

'Hi Folks, having a great time across the country from my usual locale, here in San Francisco at the Social Thinking ® Provider''s Conference. I made a hour-long presentation yesterday on using apps in ways that align with Social Thinking concepts, and it went very well. I will be repeating this in a little bit longer form at the STPC in Minneapolis and Boston.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2012

'With the rise of mobile devices and tablets in the classroom, I’m finding so many examples of organizations that are capitalizing on these tools to create new resources for teachers and students. I was recently introduced to an education reform model called TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement that is making really great use of the tablet and mobile platforms to provide teachers with better access to teacher resources with an iPhone or iPad app.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

'I just learned about Assignment Planner from Edudemic. Assignment Planner is a free app for Android that keeps track of assignments, homework, projects, course and class information, and grades. It includes the ability to sort assignments by due date or course and set reminders for assignments. It''s easy to use and got excellent reviews. ( Here are some more apps for students for notes and class planning ) The free version has ads (at bottom of the screen - never bother me on my ad supported a

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 4, 2012

'Y''all know how much I love Livebinders. Around our office we use them all the time to organize resources and share the good stuff with our teachers. Tina and Barbara (the Founders) have created a great product that really meets a lot of needs for teachers and are always willing to listen and seek out advice for changes they want to make. Last year they unveiled a contest to have educators vote on the Top 10 best Livebinders around.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 22, 2012

'If you''re looking for a social media tool to get started with in your role as a 21st century administrator, start with Twitter. It is one of the easiest to set up and use, and also the one you will experience the most immediate results. In no time at all, you will find yourself connected with educators world-wide. If you are at a loss for some ways to use this technology, here''s some suggestions based on my own experience.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JUNE 28, 2012

'Inquiry for Of Mice & Men, Pearl, American Dream unit 6 hat thinking as Lens for syllabus flip Share Pygmalion Unit with Cheryl - Totally connects to upper level students & personality tests, psychology'

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 25, 2012

'Wow, what a great conference! My head is honestly still spinning from the geographic and temporal confusion of being back in Boston, but also from all the new ideas I haven''t quite "learned" yet. I have to say also how proud I am of my state, not only to "represent" personally by presenting at this conference, but also to be in the amazing company of fellow Massachusetts educators Jessica Minahan (can you believe we have taught in the same district for many years, but never met?

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2012

'Image Source On Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, I attended iPadpalooza at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. This conference about all things iPad in education was co-sponsored by Eanes ISD and TCEA. The first session I attended at iPadpalooza was presented by Instructional Technology Coordinators Terice Schneider and Vicki Ventura of Belton Independent School District.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 28, 2012

'Last month I wrote an article entitled " Binder Clips - lots of great uses for these little guys " with some ideas and resources for finding new uses for Binder clips. Here are some more. 1. Binding student work (kind of obvious) but use different colored ones to code your classes and assignments 2. Cable organization - clip them to your desk/table and feed the cable through the handle to keep them organized. 3.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 25, 2012

'The Global Education Summit session I attended yesterday was so interesting! Led by Lucy Gray , the presentations were for the most part pecha kucha (pronounced “pa-chok''-cha”) style, 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. I had presented in this style myself, so I know the constraints of the method. It''s not easy to condense material this way. Everyone did a fantastic job!

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 12, 2012

'In one of my previous posts, “ 4 Social Media Strategies for 21st Century School Leaders ” I described general social media listening strategies from the book Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age by Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes. These strategies are designed so that school leaders can plan and implement those strategies for keeping an ear to the ground, or as in this case, an ear to the Web.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JUNE 26, 2012

'So, I''m very intrigued by the flipped classroom concept, but I have a sense of deja vu. I''ve been teaching for over 13 years and I''ve seen my share of trends: curriculum mapping, student-centered learning, cooperative learning, authentic assessing, NCLB.and the beat goes on.and will go on. and on and on. and on. I remember when I first started teaching, a venerable and veteran teacher bemoaning the professional development and having to do curriculm mapping AGAIN.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 5, 2012

'YouTube scares a lot of people, who rightfully worry about its Wild West of content and the often pragmatically inappropriate and soul-crushingly rude comments left in response to videos. It is not a resource that kids should really be allowed to explore without boundaries. At the same time, I do think it is a shame that so many school districts have chosen to block this and other resources rather than teaching kids to use them responsibly, and holding them accountable for when they don''t.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 21, 2012

'On Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, I attended iPadpalooza at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. This conference about all things iPad in education was co-sponsored by Eanes ISD and TCEA. One of the sessions I attended was a student panel. Four rising seniors from Westlake High School shared their experiences as part of a 1:1 iPad pilot which took place at WHS during the 2011-2012 school year.

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