A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

'For over a century, the industrial model of education did a fantastic job of preparing students for careers. Those careers are no longer relevant in today''s rapidly changing world. With obvious remnants of this system still in place, new changes are being pushed through under the guise of education reform. Instead of preparing students for an industrialized world the education system is now being tasked with preparing all learners to be college and career ready in order to compete globally wit

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

'Digital Learning Day is coming Feb 5. Here is what you need to know. What: Digital Learning Day is a nationwide celebration of innovative teachers and common-sense, effective applications of digital learning in America’s schools that support teachers, improve learning, and provide options for students to achieve at their highest potential. Digital Learning Day materials and resources support educators at all levels as they navigate the shift to more robust digital learning environments to achie

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

'Crossposted at Smartblogs Districts across the nation are determining teacher effectiveness in part using a rubric created by Charlotte Danielson. The rubric contains four domains and 22 components. You can download the full evaluation instrument here. The framework below outlines exactly what administrators will look for when evaluating teacher practice.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'Creating a Blogger Page to Use in Class This is a guide to how and why to create a Blogger page to use in class. The key words are access and differentiation. By putting all of the class instructions and resources in the same place you streamline the process for kids and support learners that need instructions in from of them in multiple forms.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'The now annual Digital Learning Day was set for Wednesday February 5, 2014. The only problem was that no one told the weather gods this. As a result, the Northeast was once again hit with a huge winter storm, which came on the heels of one earlier in the week that dumped over 8 inches of snow. This monstrosity brought more sleet and ice, which necessitated yet another day off from school.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

'Yep. MOOC. Massively Open Online Course. Wikipedia defines MOOC as "an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user fora that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs).

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'You know about google Doodles, but have you ever made one? Doodle 4 google is a competition that allows students to create a google doodle and the winner gets featured on Google! Inspiration: A google Doodle Channel on YouTube Imagine: getting your brain moving for creative expression. #likeadoodler Brainstorming, We are going to do some reverse brainstorming, an idea I am borrowing from Google''s suggested lessons 1.We will be brainstorming in groups of 3. 2. a Group Leader will be selectedf t

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'With or without the guidance and support of educators and parents, students across the globe are developing and building their personal learning networks. Knowing how to do so effectively is a key to successful learning independence. Below you will hear from Courtney Gressman. A young lady in the midst of building a learning network to help open the eyes of educators to students feelings about school and learning.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

'It seems that in an effort to curtail criticism and the growing backlash against the "Common Core," states are simply changing the name of them, hoping to "rebrand" them. (See this article entitled "Some States Customize Education Overhaul, Ditch Common Core Label." ) I would say this tactic is deceptive and ethically wrong. While it might certainly help with "marketing" the standards in the short term, it does not address the deeper concerns about the standards themselves.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

'Google press icon Googler +chee chew is the hero of my day/week/month/etc. for letting me know via the Hangout Help G+ community that one need not be 18 to participate in a Hangout on Air! (One must be at least 13, of course, which is the Google+ minimum age.) This is fantastic news for our TEDxYouthSH student organizers, who want to record their planning hangouts for team members who cannot attend.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

'This lesson owes a debt of gratitude to Wes Fryer, his book of Hopscotch Challenges has made this lesson possible. Get it here. We have use Hopscotch to create shapes and drawings. Today I want you to create a game. Let''s get started. Start a New File in Hopscotch Setting up Tilt Control Now to Set up Another Character. A large repeat loop keeps the character moving Using the random operators will keep the game interesting Degrees goes from 1-360 Setting up a Collision Rule.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

'Social media is a valuable tool when used appropriately and with common sense. I pointed this out last week when I conducted a webinar where I explained why social media is an essential tool for K-12 classrooms. This week, eSchool News has taken the highlights of that webinar and turned it into an article that shares my advice for successful classroom social media use.

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Ed Tech Now

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'As well as debunking numerous teaching myths, Tom Bennett’s book Teacher Proof reasserts the common view that teaching is a sort of private craft. I disagree.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'Digital Learning Day raises awareness about the ways digital learning supports educators. Here are 10 ways you can celebrate, on Twitter! 1. Follow the official Digital Learning Day account @OfficialDLDay 2. Use the hashtag #DLDay to share your thoughts and activities, and 3. Use #DLDayLive to share your photos and video. Join the Twitter party on Feb. 5 by using #DLDay to share your thoughts, activities.and #DLDayLive for photos/video.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'We are building capacity to teach coding and we have some students who are well ahead of our teachers. To try to keep them engaged in learning without over challenging our teachers we are developing an independent study module for Code academy. Does your school do this? how do they manage accountability? The purpose of this independent study for online learning is to support and guide students as they learn to program in a language of their choice from the CodeAcademy.com website.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews NYC blazes trails to prepare students for success.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update February 4th The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. - Pete Seeger Welcome to the Learning Revolution. The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. The Learning Revolution Project highlights virtual and physical events from Web 2.0 Labs and its partners.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'''You can have any colour you like, as long as it''s black'' - Henry Ford Some of the best work American author Daniel Pink has done has been around intrinsic motivation. In his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us , Pink argues that the strongest urges to do anything significant come from within. The secret to motivational success lies in autonomy , and our desire to be self directed.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'Using Google To Find Creative Commons Pics It can be tricky to find images you are ALLOWED to use online. This video is a quick walk though of google advanced image search. By the end of the video you should know how to filter your image search by usage rights.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'Last week, a colleague asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Others may also be interested in this topic so this is what I told him (with a few minor edits): If we limit the list of essential student affairs technology articles to those written by student affairs scholars or professionals, published in student affairs journals or books, or about student affairs then I’m hard pressed to name an article that I consider essent

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'I am a longtime Harry Potter fan and the recent news that JK Rowling thought maybe Harry and Hermione should have ended up together has me in a bit of a FANGIRL trailspin of What the What!? Nooooooo! Here''s the comment I plastered around almost everywhere I can (don''t judge me!) LOL No way would Hermione have made Harry happy or vice versa! She''s way too prickly, stubborn, cranky, (as his he!

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'My last blog post focused on the disruptive forces that are currently assailing businesses and the public sector. I argued that there are two kinds of disruption. The first, undesirable form of disruption stops us from getting to where we wish to be. The second kind of disruption enables our journey to a better place. So what will be the future of higher education, and how will it survive against this hostile backdrop?

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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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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'There will be many time when you want to find an image from the Internet, and save it to a word document. It might be for an assignment, to make a flyer, or to create a newspaper with your friends. Whenever you are using an image from the internet you want to make sure you have permission to use the image. If you took the image or you know the person who took the image, and they say it is ok to use the image in your work your are covered, just be sure to give them credit.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'Tackk is a excellent site that reminds me a lot of Glogster or Smore for creating stunning presentations. This is a very user-friendly site that allows users to create a static page for free by simply just typing and adding types of content (video, audio, images, links, etc.) I recommend registering as a user otherwise a "Tackk" will delete after 7 days.

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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'HI Folks, Unfortunately we had a (too) small enrollment for my EDCO Tech Links to Language Intervention class that was supposed to run tomorrow 2/7. Winter blues? EDCO has notified enrollees but asked me to post as people called today about it, and they are worried others might show up having not registered. Thanks- hopefully we will reschedule for summer or fall.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'Much has been written recently about personalised learning. Many educators agree that one size does not fit all and that student centred learning is what we should all aspire to. It will be of great interest then, for anyone who subscribes to the notion of personal learning, that the latest Higher Education version of the Horizon Report lists ''The quantified self'' as a trend we can expect to see adopted in the next 4-5 years.

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Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'I am pretty excited that we finally have the Chrome browser up and running, and we have gotten the firewall issues around Blogger resolved. I have been using blogger as a teacher for 3 years now and I am glad to have it back as a teaching tool. When working with a connected class it can be a real benefit to have all of your class content in one spot.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'PlayCornerTV is a wonderful mobile (iOS/Android) app that filters YouTube videos so only educational videos show up. This is a great way to eliminate all inappropriate content that can be found on YouTube as well as give a visual interface for kids who are to young or have trouble reading. Different videos that come up are: animals, characters, and educational concepts such as, Math, Shapes, Alphabet, etc.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

By Joe Dillon, Instructional Coordinator for Educational Technology, Aurora Public Schools; Denver Writing Project . During Computer Science Education week , Aurora Public Schools (APS), with support from Educator Innovator , promoted and participated in the Hour of Code. We aimed to look closely at a project called Scalable Game Design, work that our teachers and students have engaged in as part of a partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU).

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'There are two kinds of disruption. There is the disruption that stops you doing things, and there is the disruption that enables you to get somewhere new. The first is the kind of disruption that throws your day, your routine, your schedule, out of the window. This is the kind of disruption causes you stress and anxiety, loss of earnings, and wastes your time.

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