Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 25, 2013

'Lots of people use Google Reader as their RSS feed reader, including a few thousand who follow this blog using the RSS feed. Google is shutting down Google Reader as of July 1st. Here''s how you can backup your subscriptions and a great replacement you can use. You can export your Google Reader Data (subscriptions) using Google Takeout. Google Takeout actually lets you export pretty much all your Google account data.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 23, 2013

'“When people adopt technology, they do old things in new ways. When people internalize technology, they find new things to do.” James McQuivey, Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation When it comes to engaging in innovation with technology, the mindset we take toward technology is extremely important. We can either take a "technology adopter" mindset or we can take a "digital disruptor" mindset.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2013

'Notes from ISTE13 Concurrent Session Holly Dornak and Jessica Dyer, ITS''s, Lamar CISD All presentation resources posted here: [link] - Goal is to use the iPad or whatever device it might be to do higher level skills/ higher levels of Blooms. iPad Essential Skills - allow students to teach you if necessary! Spotlight Search - Kinder on up can do this with training!

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 26, 2013

'Here is how most of my writing starts. The unspoken truth about teaching writing in schools is that few people doing so are published writers themselves. What's worse, the message that students get is that in school they don't focus on writing for real. Let's be honest, how often do you read a book in the real world and think, "Oh!

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Philly Teacher

JUNE 25, 2013

'Art Bots at VentureLabs MakerSpace, San Antonio. As I prepare for the last day of my 5th ISTE adventure (and nurse the sniffles that I blame on 40 degree indoor temperatures and 95 degree outdoor temperatures), I have been reflecting on the dozens of conversations that I have been lucky enough to have on this trip. For me, this ISTE has been about making connections and sharing experiences in a way that has not happened prior.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 24, 2013

'Looking back through my reading notes, if I had to select 7 books that I suggest as “Must-Reads for the Summer of 2013” here’s those seven. Each of these books forced me to examine and challenge fundamental assumptions I had about teaching, technology, leadership and education. ROLE Reversal" Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom by Mark Barnes Thinking about turning your classroom into a “student-centered classroom” veteran educator Mark Barnes offers powerfu

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 23, 2013

'One of the oldest forms of mobile social networking is the old-school phone call. Innovative educators like Will Richardson and Marc Prensky have said, “ Life is an open phone test.” Except at school. Why is it that in the real world we are valued for our ability to address and use connections to solve our problems, but in school we call that cheating?

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 27, 2013

'It is rare that I watch a TED talk that it doesn''t change my thinking in some way, at least temporarily. Isn''t that what learning is about? I often intend to watch more of these talks and don''t succeed, but I recently noticed that TED is available on Netflix. Not that it was hard to access the resources from the multidisciplinary Technology, Entertainment, Design (and much more) conferences, given the great (free) website and iPad app, but streaming it on my TV is even better.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 26, 2013

'“The good news about modern communications is we do not have to do it face-to-face we can use email. The bad news is we do not do it face-to-face we use email. Yes, the good news is that we can, and the bad news is that we do.” Chade-Meng Tan, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, (And World Peace) How many times have you sent an email and immediately regretted doing so after pushing the send button?

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 26, 2013

'UPDATE from PicMonkey: Beloved educators, our cup ran-eth all over the place! Thank you so much for your interest in PicMonkey''s special ISTE promotion for Gwyneth Jones'' readers. Unfortunately, the promo code went wild on the internet and we, frankly, ran out. Here''s hoping we see you at the next conference, and thank for your tireless dedication to your profession and the use of technology to rock learning.

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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 Innovative Educator

JUNE 22, 2013

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Post Pageviews How connected is your school? Take this quiz. Jun 2, 2013, 2136 How well does your school meet student expectations.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2013

'Notes from ISTE 2013 Concurrent Session Helen Gooch Instructional Technology Coordinator Microsoft Innovative Educator All resources will be uploaded to ISTE website by the end of the week. Why OneNote? OneNote is like a bookshelf full of notebooks. Each notebook can have tabs. You can sort all of the notebooks and tabs. Notebooks can be shared. Changes can be tracked.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 23, 2013

'I have never been completely happy with the calendar app I have been using on my iPad. I have been using the Google Search app for both my email and my calendar, and it has worked fine for email, but the calendars feature has a great deal of quirks causes quite a bit of frustration. Since our school district uses Google Apps, being able to sync multiple Google calendars is a must with any calendar app I use on my tablet.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 28, 2013

'I put together this set of directions for our faculty so that they can participate in our weekly Tech Staff Office Hours Google+ Hangout sessions this summer. I thought the information might be useful to others as well. (We are a GAFE school, and everyone has a school domain email address.) ? ? ? ? ? Dear Faculty, The following directions are for those who are either: (1) Not yet on Google+ OR (2) On Google+ but do not have their Google+ settings configured to receive an email when an Google+ e

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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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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 28, 2013

'Plymouth University''s Immersive Vision Theatre Traditionally, classrooms have been rectangular. Square buildings are easier to design and cheaper to build. There is a door at one end, some windows on one side, and at the front end stands the teacher, in exactly the right place to direct the educational process. Situating learning in rectangular spaces naturally promotes some forms of pedagogy at the expense of others.

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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 22, 2013

'As I am working on my presentation for ISTE13 on The best Digital Tools for Writer''s Workshop I have spent much more time than I would have guessed reflecting on what I have tried in my classes, what worked well, and what I wish had worked out better. By AndrewBuck Wikimedia commons I find that when I look at tools and strategies from a strictly pedagogical view, the value reflected is different than if I look at things from my own point of view.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 22, 2013

'If you’re looking for a much, much simpler app for your iPad or iPhone to keep track of meeting information like meeting notes, talking points, action items, there’s an app for that called QuickAgenda. QuickAgenda makes note taking easy, and best of all, you can sync those notes to your Dropbox account and email a copy to those you would like to share them with.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

JUNE 27, 2013

'Found a picture online and want to know more about it? Try using Search by Image (by Google) Chrome extension. This extension is a great way to initiate a Google search by using only an image you find on the internet. Right-click or Ctrl Click on any image online. Click on Search Google with this image. You''ll be re-directed to a Google Search based on the image.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 25, 2013

by Emily Gordis, NaNoWriMo Program Associate. National Novel Writing Month is known for launching thousands of writers on a mission to write a novel of 50,000 word in the month of November. But we’re also hard at work in the summer, running two sessions of Camp NaNoWriMo , a program with flexible word-count goals. Our next session begins July 1 and it’s a creative experiment and experience all at once.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

'The following is a guest post by Juliana Meehan - Teacher of English at Tenafly Middle School and candidate for New Jersey principal’s certification through NJ EXCEL, currently interning with Principal Eric Sheninger at New Milford High School. She is also co-creator of IOCS project. I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consorti

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 27, 2013

'“E-mail newsletters (eNewsletters) are a valuable cost-effective way to keep your school at the top of your target audience’s mind.” Brian Dixon, Social Media for School Leaders: A Comprehensive Guide for Getting the Most Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Other Essential Web Tools This past spring, I started using an eNewsletter service called MailChimp to send my Weekly Parent Email Update.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

JUNE 22, 2013

'If you are an educator with a SMART Board in your classroom and use Notebook 11 from time to time, here is a simple and neat technique on how to erase and reveal hidden information on your page. Click here to view the short instructional video Classroom Integration: educators with SMART Boards might find it fun to use this technique in their classrooms.

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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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Educator Innovator

JUNE 22, 2013

What would fill this cafeteria at McClymonds High School in Oakland with so many teachers at the start of summer vacation? The answer turns out to be a fresh vision of civic engagement and action for youth. Though a partnership between Educator Innovator’s Educating for Participatory Politics (EPP) and Oakland Unified School District, high school teachers are designing new curricula and an enriched vision of senior projects with a focus on civic engagement and community action.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 26, 2013

'This image shows students taking notes. Whenever I show this image, I see many people in my audiences nodding in recognition. It seems to be a familiar, every day occurrence in some classrooms. In others it is rare or unlikely, because mobile phones are banned in some schools and colleges. Teachers might respond to this image in two ways. Either they can bemoan the fact that they have spent an enormous amount of time developing the content, only for students to capture its entirety in seconds w

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 25, 2013

'“States have implemented teacher evaluations in their race to avoid the impossible demands of NCLB.” W. James Popham, Evaluating America’s Teachers Mission Possible? Getting teacher evaluation right should be a priority, and in my opinion, a higher priority than any other educational initiative on the table right now. How we evaluate teachers will impact more of what happens in our classrooms than any other reform measure we implement.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

JUNE 22, 2013

'Quick Response Codes known as QR Codes is a matrix barcode readable by QR scanners, smartphones, iPods (with camera), or tablets. That looks like this! Simply, QR codes are a shortcut to find more about anything (product, place, person, idea, etc.) and are used in advertising/promotion, education, transportation, marketing, etc. The code can be as small or big as you want and looks much better than a long hyperlink posted.

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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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