A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
'As educators we routinely wonder whether or not the advice that we impart on our students actually has had a positive impact. Sometimes were are given direct feedback, but other times were are left to wonder. During the past couple of weeks we have organized two assemblies where I have educated the entire student body on cyberbullying, as well as digital responsibility and footprints.
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Last week I had the honor and privilege of attending Authorspeak.This was an event put on by the educational book publisher Solution Tree.Over the course of 3 days, all of the authors presented sessions on their books. But there was something different about this event. I felt a deeper connection to it then in other events that I have attended in the past.
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EdTechSandyK
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
'In February 2012, I will be presenting a workshop on Twitter for Professional Learning at the Texas Computer Education Association convention. As part of the workshop, I want to be able to recommend high quality Twitter accounts for the participants in the workshop to follow. Many of the attendees will be first time Twitter users, so I want to help them get a strong start on their PLN.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
'Hi Folks, just wanted to let you know about this professional development workshop I am doing for SPEAK in Michigan. “Outside the Box” iPad for SLPs- Apps Through a Language Lens! Friday, February 10, 2012 8 am to 3 pm (registration starts at 7:30) at the Washtenaw ISD Ann Arbor, MI. **SPEAK is limited to 100 participants and need a minimum of 40 commitments by December 2, 2011 to make this course a go.
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wwwatanabe
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Collaborative writing is strong for bringing ideas together, capitalizing on individual strengths, and building in feedback. When I walked into Mrs. Bliss'' 5th grade class to work on the Student Blogging Challenge #3 , "Me on the Internet," they decided to write their post collaboratively. How can students successfully write a collaborative post (or written work)?
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
'It''s almost here! The second annual Global Education Conference is a week-long, and free, event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. The conference features sessions and keynote addresses to inspire global connections, projects, ideas, and action in an increasingly connected world. We''ll be streaming live online November 14-18, 2011 (the actual session links will get posted this weekend).
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SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Draw a Stickman is an extraordinarily fun little interactive movie that caused some buzz on the Interwebs recently. The activity opens by asking you to, naturally, draw a Stickman. I don''t want to give too much away, but you will be asked to make a number of other simple drawings that save your Stickman from some predicaments that arise! Language Lens Draw a Stickman unfolds as a short narrative with a clear, if sometimes unexpected, connection between events.
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
'I eagerly drank the Dropbox Koolaid last year thanks to my good friend from METC_CSD Gina Hartman - I was sold when she said "because of Dropbox I don''t care if my laptop crashes" My jaw literally dropped my eyes bugged out, and I realized THIS WAS BIG! Now I love Dropbox more every day! Dropbox brings together seamlessly all of my devices. All of my Macs (iPad, Macbook laptop, & iMac work desktop) and my Android Fascinate phone (UPDATE 11:14 - iPhone 6+).
The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
'This week I am hanging out in Indianapolis at the Virtual School Symposium sponsored by the International Association for K12 Online Learning ( iNACOL ). Today I let an all day pre-conference on Google Apps for Education. It was a lively group and I enjoyed working with Cindy Lane and Andy Crozier , two Google Apps experts! Tomorrow the conference begins and I have a full slate of sessions on my agenda.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Several people have recently asked why I use the name Timbuckteeth on Twitter , Flickr and Slideshare. Others have asked me about my use of the blue astronaut picture as my Twitter profile picture. Well, here it is - my response to those questions. Let me tell you about the way I manage my digital identity. I hope it resonates with you. Timbuckteeth is a word play on Timbuktu - a town in the African state of Mali.
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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.
Comfortably 2.0
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
'"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt Fear. It''s a scary word in itself. For those of you that know me well enough, you know that I like things to be very organized, well planned and structured.
The Mobile Native
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Cross Post From Tony Vincent''s Learning in Hand Interested in iPad, iPod touch, tablets, netbooks, laptops, phones, apps, podcasting, Android, iOS, and web-based tools? Excited about mobile technology for learning and teaching? Want to connect with other educators and learn from their successes and challenges? Then join me for Mobile Learning Experience 2012 April 11-13 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Despite the "magic" of the iPad, it has been difficult to find classroom applications that are easy to implement given the constraints of a 50 minute class period and the unpredictability of 25+ students, wireless connectivity issues, etc. The 1:1 iPad program at my school has required creative thinking and realistic expectations. One assignment that has great potential is using the iPad (or any other mobile web-connected device) to search the web.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
There are several things I have already learnt as a part of the Twitter dual identity experiment I'm conducting. For those of you who may have missed it, I now have two Twitter accounts; the well established @timbuckteeth account (read about the history of that here) and the 'new' @stevewheeler account (which has my real profile picture and name attached).
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The 21st Century Principal
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
'In a meeting this past Monday I attended, representatives from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction provided educators with a presentation describing how our state is adding a sixth standard to our teacher evaluation and an eighth standard to our principal evaluation directly tying those evaluations to test scores. What I discovered at that meeting was that the standards proposed are worded innocuously and can hardly be questioned.
Nik Peachey
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Over the last few years I've done a lot of work developing writing and redeveloping online courses and course materials. In the initial rush to get learning online many organisations got themselves a Moodle platform and then attached a whole load of PDFs and.docs, added some forums and the odd video clip and called it an online course. It's no surprise then that drop out rates for online learning courses have been so high.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'Welcome to week four of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. If you haven''t listened to a podcast yet, we think they are a blast and hope that you do as well! ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference was a huge success, and all of the session recordings are posted on the site!
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Lest we forget. IN Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.
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The 21st Century Principal
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
'There is no doubt that true innovation using 21st century tools begins with the teachers, and sometimes the best thing an administrator can do when they want them to use technological innovation, is to remove barriers to implementation and get out of the way. This fall, my teaching staff decided to use Engrade, an online gradebook, as their gradebook.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
The ALT-C conference held at Leeds University this September was memorable for a number of reasons. Many of these are compiled into a very readable account in this month's ALT Online Newsletter by Julie Voce, who is also co-chair for ALT-C 2012 Manchester. Julie has done an excellent job capturing the essence and the highlights of the conference, which includes blogged summaries of all the keynote speeches, James Clay's successful ALT-C Live Beta TV streaming experiment, the Learning Technologis
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