Sat.Sep 28, 2013 - Fri.Oct 04, 2013

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Your Voice Matters So Use It

A Principal's Reflections

'I often tell educators to be the change they want to see in education. This requires speaking up in any and all ways possible if you ever have the hopes of actually changing things. In education we often quip that our voices are not heard, opinions not valued, and our presence at the table when major decisions are made is absent. These statements are quite accurate from what I have experienced or seen as of late.

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The @ASCD Arias Series-Grading And Group Work

The Web20Classroom

'Recently ASCD released 4 short books that are aimed at packing a big punch in a small package. Each are less that 100 pages but have loads of quality information. Over the next few posts we will look at each one to see what they are all about. Then we will give away 1 copy of each. Sound like fun? In the first post we took a look at Fostering Grit.

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5 ideas for #ConnectedEducators to connect students #CE13

The Innovative Educator

'This piece was originally posted last year in SmartBlog on Education in Ideas that Work , Social Media in Education as part of Connected Educator Month. This takes place this year in October. The U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative seeks to celebrate and encourage educators at all levels to collaborate and participate in online learning resources and communities.

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Starting Tonight - Meet Your Online Heroes in the "Connected Cafe" Weeknights in October

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Starting tonight, and every weeknight during Connected Educator Month, join me from 7:30 - 8:30pm US-Eastern Daylight Time for an hour of online relaxed and social time with some great special guests. Tonight I''m joined by Canadian deep-thinker Dean Shareski and and the ever-so-coolcatteacher Vicki Davis. Because the whole idea of these cafe events is for you to connect with our guests, each night we''ll do some fun activities for you to get to know them (they are going to tell us their drivin

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Dear Students: Word to the Wise about Sharing Passwords -- a G+ Post from Google

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Dear Students, Google''s Google+ post about passwords popped up in my notifications this morning, and this image caught my eye: Google''s Good to Know How to Stay Safe and Secure Online program is worth exploring and this post is a great place to start. Other topics covered in Google''s Online Safety program: Prevent Identity Theft Avoid scams Keep your device clean Signing in and signing out Lock your screen or device Check your Gmail settings Use secure networks Manage multiple accounts Know

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Grading to Support Learning

wwwatanabe

'Grading should support the learner by being meaningful, accurate, consistent, and encouraging. Grades should encourage student success and the learning process by providing a valid measurement of student performance and achievement. The frustration is, there is nothing consistent with grades. We all grade differently. It''s subjective no matter how we look at it because how one teacher would grade something is different than the teacher next door, which is different than the teacher across the

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Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Kickoff Days for Connected Educator Month!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'The opening sessions of this year’s CEM once again feature a terrific lineup of thought leaders and influencers, including panels covering each of the key themes for the month and including a couple of new events, a special kick-off event with Secretary Duncan , a CEM opening celebration and a CEM town hall. Registration is not required, but you can sign up for all of them here , which will get you a reminder the day before each event, and a link to archives afterwards, in case you can’t attend

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Highlights from Imagine K12's Educator Night

My Paperless Classroom

'I was late to ImagineK12''s educator night. I had Lego league, but still managed to get to Mountain View in time to see a few off the presentations and I got to talk to several of the teams. I hope over the next couple of weeks to get a chance to talk to each of these great teams. Listening to their pitches is exciting because teachers need designers to think about the life of a teacher and how it could be improved.

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News@School - Live! 4 Tips to Terrific School TV

The Daring Librarian

'News@School - Live! 4 Tips to Terrific School TV It''s Newsworthy Learning! MHTV is a quality daily live news show BY kids FOR kids! Students can be powerful producers, script writing geniuses, tech stars behind the scenes, and superstars in front of the screen! Placing an importance on showcasing our brilliant diversity - our goal is to have every kid "see themselves" in our daily live news show. 1.

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A few of my favorite things about the #BammyAwards & a wish list too

The Innovative Educator

'The #BammyAwards brings folks together once a year to celebrate and recognize that which is good about education. This awards show honors educators like celebrities honored on other shows, shedding a much-needed positive light on the profession. There were some unexpected delights and even some disappointments (like those Pernille Ripp addresses here ) at this year's fledgling celebration.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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ReinventED - an Unconference on Alternative Education Models with Sugata Mitra and Others

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'My wife and daughter and I moved to Asheville, NC, this year to be part of the start up of Black Mountain SOLE , a "self-organized learning environment." Based in part on the ideas of Sugata Mitra (he was the one who did the famous hole-in-the-wall experiment in India), Black Mountain SOLE is a fascinating experiment--a place where a self-directed learner, a student taking a gap year, someone doing an online program, or anyone interested being part of a learning community (including dorm rooms

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My Paperless Kitchen, with Scansnap and Evernote Food

My Paperless Classroom

'Paperless workflow is an amazing upgrade to a classroom, and I must have talked about this at home enough because my wife asked me what we could do with her recipe collection. My wife is an amazing chef and she has collected handwritten recipes, as well as recipes collected from magazines. She has collected these for years. Using the ScanSnap ix500 we began scanning in her giant stack of recipes into Evernote.

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Converting Files in Google Drive

Hansen's Link to Tech

'If you have a file in you Google Drive that was uploaded but not converted to a Google Document and don’t want to re-upload here is a way to convert your file within your Google Drive. Google Help Document 1. Locate and right-click on the file you want to convert. 2. In the menu, mouse over Open with and click Google Docs. 3. After this, a tab will open up with the Google Doc logo, this means its converting. 4.

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Taking Back the Teaching Profession: Can It Be Done?

The Innovative Educator

'Rae Pica asks, “Why are teachers the "Rodney Dangerfields" of the professional world?” on BAM Radio. Her guests move beyond lamenting the lack of respect teachers. They have some theories, and, better than that, they have some advice on how teachers can begin to turn things around and reclaim the profession! Guests Daniel Willingham @ DTWillingham is currently a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Conference 2.0 News - Announcing RSCON4 & ReinventED; Calling All Volunteers; Library 2.013 Updates

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'There''s an incredible amount of fun coming up in our highly participative, free (mostly!) and online (mostly!) "Conference 2.0" events. (Don''t miss great blog posts about how and why these are so special HERE and HERE.) JUST ANNOUNCED! 2013 REFORM SYMPOSIUM E-CONFERENCE (RSCON4) October 11 - 13, 2013 [link] The lineup of keynote speakers , panelists , and session presenters for the fourth Reform Symposium is almost too good to be true: Sugata Mitra, Steve Binham, Salome Thomas-EL, Angela Maie

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Template for a 1/2 Legal Book in Publisher

My Paperless Classroom

'Despite my obsession with a paperless classroom, I have a longstanding love affair with book making. I like working with students to help them create their own books. My school has MS Publisher in its suite of programs. Publisher is a robust layout program with a powerful booklet maker that allows students to build a book in order and print it out "folio style" so it can be stapled together into a booklet.

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Learning Aloud Geekout Series

Educator Innovator

Teen-led Geekouts are designed to enable youth to share something they have made with other youth and educators, to lead a short “making” activity for participants, and to get feedback on their work. These sessions will offer educators an opportunity to explore the potential for learning by making, and will empower youth to share their creative process and product, all while supporting connections between youth and educators across formal and informal learning spaces.

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The hottest posts everyone's reading

The Innovative Educator

'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 3 people & 3 ideas for using Twitter.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Freinet and social media

Learning with 'e's

'When I wrote Blogging with Freire , I was speculating on what that great Brazilian educator and theorist might have made of educational blogging - a concept he never knew, because he died before the Internet and social media came in to common use. Another great theorist who did much to reform the education system around the globe, is the lesser known French educator Celestin Freinet.

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RSCON4- Join me and the EduPuppets for this Great Online Conference

My Paperless Classroom

'In a few days, thousands of educators from various different countries are expected to attend a free 3 day virtual conference, The Reform Symposium , #RSCON4. RSCON will be held October 11th to 13th in conjunction with Connected Educator Month. The entire conference will be held online using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform. Participants can attend this online conference from the comfort of their homes or anywhere that has Internet access.

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Why educators, schools and communities are celebrating Lights On Afterschool

Educator Innovator

The Afterschool Alliance is inviting you to help celebrate the 14th annual Lights On Afterschool ! On October 17 , more than 1 million kids, educators, families, and communities will come together at thousands of events around the country to raise awareness about the wide range of creative and innovative learning experiences taking place outside of school, and the integral partnerships that help to make them happen.

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What Does "Common Core Aligned" REALLY Mean?

The Innovative Educator

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Resources for Teaching The Water Cycle

My Paperless Classroom

'So today the 1st grade is woerking with me to learn more about the water cycle. It seems that the water cycle is HUGe in 5th grade, but for 1st grade we are building a familiarity with the concepts Some rights reserved by Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Resources NeoK12 with many video links Lesson for grades 3-4 Lesson for Grade 5 Comprehensive Grade 5 Water Cycle Resources we are going to use in 1st grade Brain Pop on the Water Cycle -this reaches beyond their understanding, but is good exposure

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Quick Connections 1: Ipad to Standard Keyboard

My Paperless Classroom

'Using the "Camera kit," a 30 pin to USB connector or lightning to USB connector for the newer models, you can connect a standard USB keyboard to an iPad. The process is really simple, connect the usb to the dongle, connect dongle to the ipad, ignore the message that pops up "This device is not supported." The Dell keyboard I used worked great, despite the fact that it was "Not Supported" according to the pop up message.

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Using Snagit for Teachers

My Paperless Classroom

'Using Snagit for Teachers Snagit is a screen capture software that lives on your computer. It allows you to capture still images, as well as live video, of you computer desktop. This is called “screen capture.” Often, when teaching in a computer augmented environment, it is handy to have a program that allows you to take pictures of your desktop or make a quick video.

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#write2connect and the National Day on Writing

Educator Innovator

Writing today is the way we most often connect—through texts, status updates, blog posts, and new media compositions. And writing, as ever, continues to be the way we connect our ideas, connect across disciplines, and connect to other writers, thinkers, and makers. This year, as part of October’s National Day on Writing and in conjunction with Connected Educator Month , the Educator Innovator Network and the National Council of Teachers of English , along with a number of collaborators—

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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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October Is Connected Educator Month

Educator Innovator

There have never been more opportunities to share perspectives and lessons learned with inspiring colleagues from around the world. Whether it’s through social media, video conferencing, or as a reader and writer in the blogosphere, we don’t have to search anymore to hear the voices of educators. But sometimes the sheer number of possible options to connect can be overwhelming and keep us from getting started.

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