Sat.Sep 24, 2011 - Fri.Sep 30, 2011

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It's All in the Design

A Principal's Reflections

'The other day I was fortunate to attend a training session on the new Chromebook at Google''s New York City offices. The Chromebook itself turned about to be an intriguing device that clearly has an upside as an educational tool in schools. It boots up in 8 seconds, has a sleek user interface, is very light, and allows you to pick up right where you left off when you log onto another device.

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Twitter Series-What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Twitter

The Web20Classroom

'This is the second in a series I am doing all about Twitter. You can read the first post here , where I discuss the need to change the way we teach about Twitter. Today, lets go back to the beginning and look at what we wish we had known. If you have read any of my leadership pieces before, you know I am big on reflection. As educators, looking back on our practice is one of the most important things we can do.

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Exercise and Physical Activity Must Be Part of 21st Century Learning

The 21st Century Principal

'John Medina, developmental molecular biologist, has written an extremely readable book entitled Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. In it, he provides readers with a list of "12 Brain Rules" to guide them in getting the most from their own brains. The first principle he discusses in the book is "Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power.

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The iPad as a Window.

SpeechTechie

'Picking up a caseload of, say, 35 kiddos can be a bit daunting. You do your best to schedule and group, read IEPs, and then you have your first sessions. Actually working with the kids is at once a reminder of why we do this work, and also sort of scary.that many kids at that many different grade levels and developmental zones- I have found my iPad to be a huge help.

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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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Live Interview Thursday Sept. 29th on "iPads in the Classroom--a Success Story"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education and Emmy Award Winning Director, Allyson Rockwell, the Mason-Lake and Oceana ISDs are working on a documentary film chronicling the success in the pilot kindergarten and second grade iPad classrooms in Ludington, Michigan. The classroom pilots, funded by 21st Century Learning Environments, have had "tremendous success" and are gaining much attention at the state and national levels.

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Twitter Series-My Super, Top Secret Tips And Tricks For Getting The Most Out Of Twitter

The Web20Classroom

'This is the last in my series on everything Twitter. You can read this first on How I do Twitter PD and the second on What People Wish They Had Known Before They Started. Today lets look at all my tips, tricks and resources for getting more out of Twitter. I get asked all the time one of three questions: 1) Where do you find all those links you post?

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Our first Web 2.0 Smackdown

wwwatanabe

'After experiencing the EdubloggerCon ISTE 2011 Web 2.0 Smackdown , I knew I wanted to see this in our district during professional development. To add to that idea, I read a post by Patrick Larkin , Burlington High School Principal, about their flipping the Smackdown to the beginning of their Professional Development as a preview for their breakout sessions.

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Must Have Chrome App: Kindle Cloud Reader

The 21st Century Principal

'A few weeks ago I began using a great new Chrome App called the Kindle Cloud Reader. Every once in awhile someone develops one of those simple, but have to have applications and this is one of those. I already have access to my Kindle library from my iPad and my Kindle. I also have access to my books on both my laptops through Kindle e-reader apps that I''ve downloaded and installed.

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Twitter Series-A New Kind Of Twitter PD

The Web20Classroom

'This week I am going to do a series of posts on Twitter. I get asked a lot of questions about it so I though, why not write about it and put all the details in one place. You can read Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Today I am starting with Twitter Professional Development. As many times as I have talked to folks, done workshops for and even preached about Twitter, there are some that just won''t (for whatever reason) jump in.

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Instead of spending $140 on Minimal Pair Cards.

SpeechTechie

'check out Phonology and Articulation Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists! I don''t know where I got that monetary figure.hmmm. I find myself in a new school having left behind and/or donated a good amount of the materials I had accrued over the years (through department funds, grants, products obtained through credit for trying out tests for Linguisystems) at my previous school.

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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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Not so tasty now

Learning with 'e's

"You are salt for the earth. But if salt loses its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people". Matthew 5:13 (New Testament) The Delicious social bookmarking site used to be one of my favourite social media tools. Not any more. When Yahoo bought Delicious back in 2005 for an estimated $18 million, we all expected great things, and we got them.

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North Carolina Public Education Funding Continues Its "Race to the Bottom"

The 21st Century Principal

'Chris Fitzsimon at the NC Policywatch posted his Monday numbers on the NC Policywatch Blog. These numbers show the damage our state legislature and political establishment has wrought on public education since 2008. You can check out the complete numbers for yourself, but here''s some that I think are indicative of the true value our state government places on public education.

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Live Tuesday Sept. 27th with Cecilia d'Oliveira from MIT's OpenCourseWare

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me Tuesday, September 27th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Cecilia d’Oliveira, Executive Director, OpenCourseWare (OCW) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cecilia was the technology director for OCW since 2002, and in 2008 was named executive director. She was also a winner of a 2010 WISE Award. Date : Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location

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Posts Elsewhere: Toontastic and Books!

SpeechTechie

'Hi Folks, Please check out a few posts I have elsewhere on the interwebs! On the Mindwing Blog, I discuss how the iPad Toontastic can be used as a great way to link play, oral language and narrative development using Mindwing Tools. This post includes a podcast of an conversation I had with Andy Russell, one of the creators of Toontastic. The folks at Launchpad Toys have a really sound understanding of cognitive and narrative development!

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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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Talking to camera

Learning with 'e's

I seem to be doing a lot of interviews lately, a lot of which are on video. No-one ever warned me that I would be doing video interviews when I first became a teacher. No-one came up to me and offered me media presentation training like they do for politicians. I have never been briefed on what to do when standing (or sitting) in front of a camera. I have had to learn all about it by trial and error.

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5 Graphing Calculator Tutorial Sites I'm Recommending to Our Students

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Mr. Wilson, our Math department chair, asked about graphing calculator tutorials for his students. Here are 5 graphing calculator tutorial websites I recommend: ? Using the TI-83/84 Calculator , a tutorial designed ''with the student in mind,'' from Prentice-Hall Free Getting Started Movies and Practice Exercises for TI Graphing Calculators from Hotmath.com TI-83 Plus Multimedia Tutorial from WatchMe Ware.

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DIY Guide to Keeping Children Safe Online Without Costly Filters

The Innovative Educator

With ominous acronyms being thrown about such as CIPA and FERPA and COPPA , it’s no wonder educators are running scared when it comes to internet use and that filtering companies are profiting from the culture of fear that results. Unfortunately, doing what is most convenient (blocking and banning sites) is often not what is best for children or teachers.

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Fallin' in Love Again with Edmodo

Comfortably 2.0

'I found myself humming this song as I was creating my Edmodo accounts for my third, fourth and fifth grade media/technology classes. Before my present job I taught Social Studies and used Edmodo on a daily basis. The district I was working for only provided Angel accounts for grades 9-12.

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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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Developing networks, readers, and interaction online

Connecting 2 the World

In my Computer Mediated Communication class, we currently are looking at the affordances of online communication technologies and how they affect communication. As part of the class, I had my students try out different technologies for 3 categories of CMC affordances: Broadcasting, interaction, and networking. Broadcasting is the ability to deliver a message to a large group of people, usually including information.

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Wish List: LIKE & RECEIVED buttons in my email program

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Wouldn''t it be fantastic to have LIKE and RECEIVED buttons to respond to an email? They''d be perfect for those times when an auto-response seems too impersonal, and a full email is either unnecessary or too time-consuming. Of course, I''m not the first to think about this. The concept is controversial one, as noted in this GMail Help forum. Okay, so I concede that these buttons would be too invasive for personal emails, but they would be very handy for doing business, I think.

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Just made an Earth Ball with Revolver Maps-- very cool!

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'I always like to give credit for Twitter finds, but I got so excited about trying out this cool tool that I forgot to take note of who tweeted about this. :S Revolver Maps is a free 3D Visitor Map-making site where you can make earth balls like this one. How easy was this to make? What took the longest was selecting the features I wanted. You can change colors, background, and type of info to include.