A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'This past Saturday (10/19) marked the fourth annual Edscape Conference held at New Milford High School in NJ. The idea for this event evolved from a dire need to fill a void in the type of innovative learning experiences that educators were craving. As a result, a partnership between Teq and New Milford HS was formed to provide a cost-effective, meaningful learning experience for attendees.
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'When it comes to mobile learning there are loads of great sites for apps for kids and teachers. Everything from apps organized by Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to apps organized by grade level and subject area. It can be daunting to sort through all those apps to find the special ones for learning something new or curating information. What are they? Well my friend, here are my Top 10 Apps For Learners and Curators (All of these are for iPad but you can find many, or an equivalent, in the Android Ma
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Educational Technology Guy
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Evernote , one of my favorite and most used apps, has recently updated the Windows version of their software. If you don''t use Evernote , check it out. It''s free, easy to use, and cross platform. I used it for lesson planning, lesson notes, class notes, student notes and logs, and more as a teacher. As a CIO I use it for meeting notes, project management, contacts, web clippings, research and much more.
EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'A snapshot of the information flowing through my Twitter stream today. I have been actively using Twitter for professional learning for a little over four years. It has become my most valuable professional learning resource during that time. As a result of the tremendous value I''ve gotten from it, I''ve written about and presented on Twitter quite a few times.
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A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 24, 2013
'The following is a guest post by Cristy Vogel ( @msfrenchteach ). She is a High School French Teacher in Columbia, SC, 2013-14 SCFLTA President, and #langchat Co-Moderator. She blogs at theslantedapostrophe.blogspot.com. This post is not about a special episode of teen singing sensations on The Voice. Hope you’re not disappointed! However, the show did come to mind when thinking about student voice.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'Student to teachers at #tltf13 "You don''t need to teach us. That is what Google is for." #StuVoice #edchat — Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu) October 18, 2013 This is what a passionate student told a room full of educators at the 2013 Tech Forum in New York in response to a question from social studies teacher Melissa Seideman. She was asking how Digital Native students prefer learning when it comes to technology use.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The 21st Century Principal
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'“ A new study reminds us that poverty is the giant backpack dragging down American students.” Jordan Weissmann, “Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income,” Start talking about the poverty of American students and you’re quickly accused of making excuses for a bad education system, or of pushing a political agenda. Truth is, poverty is real, and if speaking out against is political, then so be it!
Connecting 2 the World
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'We''ve all been there. The student who takes over the class while others role their eyes; the student that wants feedback on every section of their project within the next 24 hours; the student that insists that you graded him or her unfairly; the student that wants just a little more time on their paper because they were busy over the weekend; the student that plagiarizes; the student who needs a letter of recommendation for grad school, a job, an internship, or study abroad program.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'Technology provides teachers with a great way to provide evidence with artifacts of their effective practice. Across the country this has been a priority for schools that are incorporating a teacher evaluation based on the Danielson Framework for Teacher Evaluation. The model contains various components organized into the following four domains. Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities This is part of a
Learning with 'e's
OCTOBER 24, 2013
'During a recent Learning Pool Live event in London, I posted the following message on Twitter: Move away from courses, towards events, experiences, challenges. It was the result of a conversation and some thoughts during one of the presentations. It was retweeted several times, and one or two people asked for clarification. It''s difficult to say too much in 140 characters, so here is a brief blog post to explain the thinking behind that tweet.
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.
The 21st Century Principal
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'Google Hangouts for iOS is another must-have app for those who rely heavily on Google Hangouts to connect with others. The app allows for the usual video connecting and messaging as well. One of its more interesting features is that you can make free voice calls in the US and Canada, right from your iPad. I used the Google Hangouts app for a vodcast and it worked as well as my desktop.
SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'Thankfully the Smithsonian is now reopened after the government shutdown, but their Walk in the Forest interactive website never closed! This site (Flash-based, so iPad-unfriendly) allows you to take older elementary, middle or high school students on "walks" that serve as scientific investigations. In the process, you can connect the topics of trees and habitats (relevant at many grade levels) to language aspects such as causality and language schema.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Technology provides teachers with a great way to provide evidence with artifacts of their effective practice. Across the country this has been a priority for schools that are incorporating a teacher evaluation based on the Danielson Framework. The model contains various components organized into the following four domains. Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities This is part of a four-part series where
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'This week we continue our evening Connected Cafe sessions nightly from 7:30 to 8:30 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time. The format is informal and the goal is for you to meet and get to know some of your online heroes, as well as to recap learnings from the day’s events and to look ahead to what’s next in CEM. We have lots of fun, and we hope you will join us!
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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'This week in our Tuesday Google Rocks! Hangout On Air we talked about a few Google Games, and debriefed about the Schools of the Future Conference and Ed Camp Honolulu. Panelists : Jody Brown, Michelle Carlson Colte, Michael Fricano II, Linda Lindsay, Chad Nacapuy, Anne Torige. Check out our extensive links list at: bit.ly/GR10gamesandconferences Quicklinks: 01:48 - A Google a Day - Michael Fricano II 10:42 - Google Inside Search Playground - Linda Lindsay 14:42 - GeoGuessr and the Games sectio
My Paperless Classroom
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'ACSD has released a great series of books, their Arias series. These are short, texts that run about 50 pages on paper, the busy teacher''s version of a chapter book. There are four in the series and the first I read was Teaching With Tablets by Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher and Alex Gonzalez. My school ordered one of each of the first four titles, and a copy of each was provided to me for review.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'The United Federation of Teacher''s paper recently highlighted the work of NYC DoE teacher, Janet Elias who teaches technology at PS 46 in Queens. You can see the piece here. I had the pleasure of having Ms. Elias in a class recently where she showed me how they create excitement about learning via the respectful and responsible use of social media.
Hansen's Link to Tech
OCTOBER 24, 2013
'If you ever see the 3 orange lines pop up in the settings button that means you have a Chrome Sync Error or you may have an extension update. If it''s a sync error, all you have to do is re login to Google Chrome. Download Help Document Here is how: 1. Click on the orange settings button. 2 Click on Sync Error: Sign in again… 3. Re- Sign in 4. You will be re-directed to a Settings page, close that tab and your Chrome browser is fixed.
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The 21st Century Principal
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'Evernote is one of the most powerful apps available. I''ve been a heavy Evernote user all the way back to 2010. It is absolutely one of the first applications I open on my desktop every single day. It''s power is greatly enhanced because it gives users access across many devices and the web. Its Trunk and Extension apps extend that versatility even further.
My Paperless Classroom
OCTOBER 19, 2013
'As I work with young students I am always looking for great ways to connect them with programmatic thinking. I want my students to understand function and if statements. Daisy helps me do just that. I will be using this with grades 1 and 2.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 19, 2013
'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. Post Views What''s your digital footprint?
Hansen's Link to Tech
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'If you ever needed to make a copy of a file in Google Drive, please follow these steps. Right-Click on your file and choose Make a copy from the list. Wait for a few seconds, then you will see a Copy of the file. Now, you can right-click and rename the file or open the file and rename it. Classroom Integration: when working in Google Drive you may be faced to make duplicate files for yourself or for distributing to your students.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
OCTOBER 24, 2013
'We are almost at the end of Connected Educator month and I have not yet recieved a single greeting card wishing me happy connections, so if this month was created by the greeting card industry, I think they missed the mark. Last year I remember thinking, "Connected Educator month? I am working everyday to be more connected and to integrate tech into my class.
My Paperless Classroom
OCTOBER 24, 2013
'I was in a meeting this morning and we were trying to create a simple introduction project between our school in Palo Alto, CA and our sister school, in Israel. Using technology is challenging because not all websites support Hebrew and not all students have access to technology. We needed a way to send/upload/or submit a photo. I thought I had seen something about this before, so I tweeted out the question.
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