A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

'A year and a half ago I decided to implement a job-embedded growth model at the suggestion of some of my teacher leaders. They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). After some thinking and looking at various options inherent in the current schedule, I decided to cut all non-instructional duties in half to create a Professional Growth Period (PGP

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 8, 2013

'As someone who helps develop and deliver professional development to teachers, I''ve heard lots of reasons why some of the PD schools offer to teachers might not be a good fit. It''s not relevant to me. It''s a waste of time. Boring. I am sure if you ask, most teachers can recall some PD they''ve suffered through with great detail. PD should be something that we look forward to.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

APRIL 6, 2013

'I''m constantly writing about the dilemmas of student writing and how to grade student academic writing in an efficient and effective manner. This is probably borderline obsessive. but, I am the type of learner who when faced with an issue/problem/question, obsesses until. Options for Grading Writing: Traditional : teacher does all the grading and marking up of students'' writing.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 9, 2013

'There are obviously quite a few social media resources available to school leaders on the Web, but finding high-quality information can be difficult. Here are some books that I consider vital for school leaders seeking to learn as much as they can about its potential to enhance leadership and education. Each of these books are excellent sources of information for the school leader trying to learn about social media and potential in educational leadership.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2013

'As the end of the school year draws near, the education reform rhetoric is heating up. This means states like New Jersey and New York are closer to implementing new teacher evaluation systems as a result of Race to the Top, NCLB waivers, and other mandates adopted through recent legislation. It seems like we are now at a crossroads between what the reformers think is best for elevating education in our country and the opinions of actual educators who work with students day in and day out.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 9, 2013

'I developed this quiz with members of my personal learning network (found at end of post) to get students thinking about their digital footprint. The quiz was created at the request of high school students I spoke with who thought the creation of a such a quiz could lead to a smart conversation about ways students can update their digital footprint so that it is one that leads to college and career success.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 8, 2013

'For those school leaders just now venturing into blogging, you can easily use the web application offered by services such as Blogger, Edublogs, or WordPress. These apps will get your posts done, but if you are just starting to blog and want an application that might make the act of posting a blog a bit more painless, Microsoft''s Live Writer and ScribeFire are two options to consider.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 8, 2013

'Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. The boundaries of informal and formal spaces have blurred significantly, as have the boundaries between the real and the virtual. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful. Some might argue that learning that is situated is the most powerful.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 7, 2013

'Educator''s make their way to the red carpet. I''m in the purple dress with my boyfriend, back right. Envision a world that values education like it values entertainment. That is the goal of The Bammy Awards. It’s time for The Bammy nominations, a cross-discipline honor that identifies and acknowledges the extraordinary work being done across the education field every day-- from teachers, principals and superintendents, to advocates, researchers, education journalists and parents.

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 12, 2013

'The internet has given us unlimited knowledge and information at an instance notice. Generally, this is a good thing, but sometimes students get lazy and use the web in ways that are inappropriate in an academic setting -- plagiarizing work from web sources. The benefits of the web far outweigh the risk of inappropriate use. As educators we should strive to train our students on acceptable web behavior including the habit of summarizing, quoting, and citing sources.

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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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APRIL 10, 2013

'That little ''Change'' link at the bottom of the Google doc share box? I didn''t know about it. And, well, it''s important! You definitely want to decide whether the people you share with have the capability of adding people or changing permissions. Colleague Moka Brown, who shares docs with her science students using Doctopus , pointed out that little link during a Middle School faculty presentation yesterday.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 10, 2013

'"As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal." So says Gretchen Owocki, a US early childhood educator, presumably after many years of observing young children at play.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 8, 2013

'Guest post by Bradley Lands | Cross posted at The Landscape of Learning The 1:1 student to computer ratio initiative is a great goal for schools to have. I mean, what school would not want each of their students to have access to a personal laptop computer? The problem is that most schools can't afford to spend the kind of money that it takes to provide each student with a laptop , especially when the nation is trying to climb out of a recession.

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 10, 2013

'I don''t post personal news on this space very frequently, but there have been some significant developments in my life that have a direct connection to the focus of this blog. On March 1, 2013, I left the classroom and school administration in a formal capacity. I did not have a negative experience with my employer. Actually, I am still very proud of what they are doing and the direction they are heading.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2013

'This is the official call for presentation proposals for the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference, October 18 - 19, 2013 (in some time zones the conference will conclude on the 20th). This fully online, participatory conference presents a unique opportunity to showcase the excellent research and work that done every day, with a focus on peer-to-peer presentations.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 6, 2013

'A short article appearing in the Independent newspaper on April 6th highlights the tensions brewing because of the use of marking software. Anant Agarwal, president of EdX, (Harvard and MIT''s non-profit making arm that runs MOOCs), says that the software will be a boon to learning online in the future, because it will allow students to rewrite and resubmit their essays time and again, to improve their grades.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 12, 2013

'With Voki (www.Voki.com) you can share a message using an animated avatar that talks. It is created using a student’s own voice recorded right from any phone. You can design the avatar’s appearance, add voice, and can get an embed code to pop it into any web2.0 compatible site (Wikis, Blogs, Facebook, Websites) or even powerpoint. The avatar moves and speaks based on what the caller says.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 7, 2013

'My daughter is starting college this fall and my son currently is a sophomore in college, both of them outside of our home state. In both cases, as we prepare(d) to send our children to college, suddenly the gaps in the US healthcare system stand out. Going through the paperwork needed to send my children away to school, I discovered the following: 1) Insurance does not cross state lines.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 8, 2013

'Join me Tuesday, April 9th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Madeline Levine on her book, Teach Your Children Well : Parenting for Authentic Success. Dr. Levine is a psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience as a clinician, consultant and educator. Teach Your Children Well , a New York Times bestseller, looks at "how parents and schools have come to embrace a narrow vision of success that is out of line with the real needs of children and teens.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 8, 2013

'In versions of the 2012 Horizon Report, eBooks were considered by many of the expert panel to be on the 1 year horizon for full adoption into education. It seems they may be right. We may soon be loaning books digitally, following a UK government review into the e-lending capabilities of public libraries. The Sieghart Review recommends that digital versions of books should be loaned to users without charge, and also that loaners should be able to borrow their books using online ordering facilit

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 6, 2013

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews 6 free ways to capture student responses without c,ickers.

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Nik Peachey

APRIL 6, 2013

I'm often getting asked what my criteria are for choosing the tools, apps and resources that I feature on my blogs and in my teaching and do be honest I don't really think about it that much. I look at so many sites and apps that I just get a feeling when I see something that I think will work. As that isn't a very satisfactory answer to give people I decided to start exploring my own criteria for what influences my choice.

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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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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 10, 2013

Digital Storytelling is the process of telling a story through the use of digital means. Also, it happens to be one the easiest ways to integrate technology into the classroom. Educators can use digital storytelling w/ almost any subject and can even "flip" their classroom by using mobile apps. Below is my comprehensive list of sites/apps that can be used for digital storytelling.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 6, 2013

'I won''t forget the first time one of my articles was translated into another language. It was only the abstract, but it was translated into Spanish, French and German, for inclusion in an edition of the international peer reviewed journal Educational Media International. I don''t know who they got to do it, or how long it took, and I can''t say with confidence that it was translated completely accurately.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 10, 2013

'Well isn''t this fabulous? While I was out nominating awesome folks from around the nation for the Bammy Awards , I opened up my own email to find the Bammy Nomination Committee had selected me for the Education Commentator/Blogger category. How cool is that? Click here to check it out and vote. If you haven''t heard of the Bammy''s , it is the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences Award. " The Academy exists solely to recognize what is right in education by identifying, honoring and celebrati

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