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AUGUST 4, 2014

'Photo by Paul Hocksenar Used Under a Creative Commons License Whether you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, pastor, educator, or any other adult who has a vested interest in or cares about a child, teen, or young adult, I hope your care extends to what the young people in your life are doing online. Do you understand how much of their future could be depending on the things they are posting right now on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Vine, or pick-whatever-social-media-tool is po

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 7, 2014

'I was really excited for the release of the Scratch Jr app. Its parent langauge is Scratch, an amazing programming interface that opened the world for programming to a whole new group of young programmers. I have used scratch with my students from grade 4 up and I have seen other teachers who use scratch with students as young as first grade. Last year as I was figuring out how to bring meaningful computer programming to my pre-reading students, I really wanted to find tools that worked on the

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The Thinking Stick

AUGUST 7, 2014

'Photo Credit: MSH* via Compfight cc. I need to start checking myself when this question comes up during presentations and trainings. At some point someone always asks about privacy. In many cases they don’t even know… I think anyway… that they are asking a privacy question. The questions usually are posed as: “If I put something in Google Drive is it safe?

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 2, 2014

'At the end of the day, we can set up all the policies and procedures we want; our schools or organizations still may not be successful. All the goals, strategic plans, visions, and missions we establish are meaningless and will not spur success if the people do not feel what they are doing is meaningful and worthwhile, and they do not feel valued. I like this quote from Margaret Wheatley''s book Find Our Way: Leadership for Uncertain Times. " During this period of random unpredictable change, a

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 3, 2014

'When I talk to students these days they tell me that when they want to learn something they're interested in, it usually is not teachers or parents they turn to. It’s Google , YouTube, or to others they find online ( aka their PLN ) who engage in their activities of interest. These kids aren’t just playing on the computer either. They mean serious business.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 3, 2014

'This post first appeared on the ScanSnap Community Blog There are many reasons for a teacher to take their classroom paperless , but what happens when someone else decides it is time for your classroom to kick your paper habit? In the best situations, the rate of technology integration in a classroom would be in the individual teacher’s control and each teacher would be allowed to augment their approach, moving toward a paperless workflow at their own pace.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 5, 2014

'One of the most insidious by-products of the age of testing and accountability is the suggestion that educators should "focus on bubble students" in order to raise a school''s test scores. For those who might not know what the term "bubble student" is, in education lingo, the bubble student is the student who has the greatest chance of demonstrating growth or an increase in test scores.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Google Hangouts on Air let you conduct a video conference with up to ten people that is live streamed and taped for later viewing. Earlier versions of hangouts, were quite clunky with a few glitches, but they''ve come a LONG way since I first wrote about them. Two great new features are that you can now do Google Hangout on Air events and you can get the embed code, YouTube link, and even link in advance.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Photos have nearly endless applications in speech-language therapy: descriptive skills, focus on specific structures such as verbs or prepositions, social and executive functioning. Programs such as Visualizing and Verbalizing use photos to build schema and gestalt processing. Technology naturally makes obtaining such stimuli easier, and one such resource is the recently updated Getty Images app (free).

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

'Hello friends! This is a rare *guest post from my amazing friend Erin Klein , and her friends AJ Juliani , & Ben Gilipin about a topic that I find very fascinating! I''ve always had a obsession about interior design and decorating. Teacher Librarians.what are our classrooms? Our libraries, of course! I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom!

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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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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Today, North Carolina Governor McCroy signed the budget presented to him by the legislature. What amazes me is how our state political leaders can say with a straight face, that they have given teachers a "historical pay raise." Teacher raises are actually between 18% and.3%, depending on years experience. From what I can see, here''s what this budget really does.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 2, 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 Are #EdTech Resources Keeping Student Data Safe?

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

AUGUST 8, 2014

'What a find! Thanks to +Ana Hoffman by way of +Mary Ann Davis then +Luiz Fernando then +John Elstone (love the RIPPLES on Ana''s original post!) for sharing this tip. To find private messages in Google plus, simply: 1. Do a regular Google search in your Omnibox, either for a person or a keyword or a combination. 2. Under Search Tools , select Private. 3.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Storyboard That is a fantastic Web 2.0 tool for digital storytelling w/ educational portal. This portal allows for educators to create student accounts (even batch upload) and assign them to their class via a URL and unique code (i.e. ClassDojo). Not only can and educator create, manage, adjust privacy settings, and more, they can create storyboard templates and assignments for their class.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 3, 2014

'"We all know we should be eating more vegetables it''s the advice given by every nutritionist and on every food pyramid. Becoming vegetarian, even if it''s only part time, is a great opportunity to do just that." The Vegetarian Bible Most of us grew up with admonitions from our parents to "Eat your vegetables" while we stared at our plates piled with green peas, carrots, or green beans.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 5, 2014

'This post is a bit unconventional, but I found this session particularly useful today and thought I would share my notes from it. It was run by Jeremy Sambuca (@jsambuca) who is the Director of Ed Tech @ Hewitt School in Manhattan which is all girls. Dream Big and Print 3D Makerbot now costs same as macbook air. Patents open up which keep cost down.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 5th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. - John W. Gardner The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Shadow Puppet Edu is a fantastic iOS app for digital storytelling. Recently, they released a major update which allows users to: map search - allowing users to add maps or satellite images, expanded educational image search, new background images, more drawing tools, more sharing options (i.e. Evernote, Google Drive, etc.) and best of all 30+ activities that helps educators find ideas for a wide range of subjects linked to Common Core Standards.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 7, 2014

'The question of the evening is, "Did a staffer in North Carolina Representative Tim Moore''s office call a teacher concerned about about the recently passed North Carolina budget an "idiot?" According to a a recent post to my Facebook timeline, a teacher in Cleveland County, North Carolina described what it was like to call her state representative and express concerns about the budget.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Michele Sarrides @ferrbrook Makerspace- lot of philosophy, people make things, as broad or general as that. Electronic with robots, goal is use to do it yourself concept. It is designated space such as a library, or unused locker room they can refurbish. It is so broad and unspecific. In middle school or high school, have tutorials available and have stuff there for them.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 6, 2014

This was originally posted at DML Central. For nearly four decades, economists have been discussing what is generally referred to as skill-biased technical change. That is, the degree to which technological transformations — computerization and automation — privileges high-skill workers over low-skill workers. Schools are under increasing pressure to design classrooms, curricula, and learning experiences that help students develop the kinds of design, engineering, and creative skills that are a

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 3, 2014

'Wizer is a new site that is great for creating online assignments/worksheets. These assignments can contain all types of media (i.e. audio, video, images) as well as being able to share w/ others. Best of all, the assignments on Wizer allow for student tracking so a educator can assess how well a student is doing. I highly recommend checking out Wizer by clicking here !!!

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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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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 3, 2014

'" You can''t just drop new innovations into a classroom and hope that the instructor will invent effective ways to use them. To fully utilize a new teaching technology you often need to invent new teaching practices as well." - John Seely Brown I absolutely love this quote that Vicki Davis ( @coolcatteacher ) uses in the opening chapter of her new book titled Reinventing Writing.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Kevin Jarrett (@kjarrett) spoke about how to run an edcamp at #edcampsteam. He suggests if you run one for a district, you should do a 1/2 day one to people can adjust to that type of learning. People are disengaged and don''t want PD because it is not relevant and not differentiated and then you change this and enable them to do it and they think it is awesome.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 4, 2014

'"We would like to dethrone measurement from its godly position, to reveal the false god it has been. We want instead to offer measurement a new job—that of helpful servant. We want to use measurement to give us the kind and quality of feedback that supports and welcomes people to step forward with their desire to contribute, to learn, and to achieve.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 7, 2014

'Magical Mental Math is a super fun iOS game (grades 2nd-6th) that helps students practice their basic Math skills (i.e., addition, subtraction. This is a great game that educators can use for centers or as a way to introduce Game Based Learning as students either play in Adventure Mode or Survival Mode. Adventure Mode tracks students progress as they progress through levels by casting spells on numbers (colliding to objects together) and picking the correct symbol (ex, plus or minus) to solve t

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 4, 2014

'Our 2014 Homeschool+ Conference start tonight! This online and free event provides an opportunity to share strategies, practices, and resources for those who are involved with homeschooling, unschooling, free schools, democratic schools, and other forms of alternative, independent, and non-traditional education. We have pre-conference keynotes tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday evenings (US Time), and then full conference days on Thursday and Friday (see the current full schedule below).

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 7, 2014

'ClassMind is a nice learning tool that reminds me a lot of Geddit in that it lets educators assess students in real-time using their mobile devices. The way this works is an educator asks a question and then students respond on their mobile device while answers are recorded in real-time. This is a great way to track students learning as well as differentiate instruction.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Chronicle is an innovative new iPad app that allows educators to assess students in real time on any subject as well as their behavior w/ a unique "traffic light" system. Also, it allows educators to share student data, generate detailed reports, and add media (i.e. audio, images, video) to notes for individual students or groups. Best of all, Chronicle integrates w/ a gradebook and is aligned to Common Core Standards.

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