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Students Explore Space in the Palm of Their Hands

A Principal's Reflections

'Towards the end of March and throughout April, Mrs. Moutafis'' Science & Society class at New Milford High School studied Space Exploration. Students created a timeline of the key events that helped shape space exploration, answered questions using the Padlet website, and created travel brochures of a planet of their choosing within our solar system - using the NASA website and additional resources to obtain information from.

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Embracing Change

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

'{Full image below}. [Update: See more on the topic of Embracing Change. in my May 19/2014 post on Leading Change.]. I’m working on my Spotlight Presentation for Connect 2014: Canada’s Learning and Technology Conference. Here is my presentation description: Shifting Education – Embracing the Transformation. A quick 3-part journey into my ‘Shifting’ series of blog posts that looks at embracing educational change, envisioning a bold new educational frontier, and leadi

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21st Century Book Review: Michael Fullan's 'The Principal: 3 Keys to Maximizing Impact'

The 21st Century Principal

'" Facing the unpredictable principals must be able to handle a good deal of ambiguity while displaying strong lead learner qualities." Michael Fullan, The Principal: 3 Keys to Maximizing Impact After over a decade, policies relying on high stakes testing as a means to drive more effective teaching specifically and a better education generally have become embedded in public education.

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Social media advice for career-minded students. 10 things to consider.

The Innovative Educator

'This week I had the pleasure to speak on a panel to career-minded students at the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation's annual conference. Our panel consisted of four experts familiar with social media who shared advice about what to do when it comes to how to best use Facebook, Twitter and other digital platforms. The main message as reported in the Staten Island Advance : Think before you post, tweet. and curse.

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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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Using Google Hangouts in Class

My Paperless Classroom

'Here is my presentation about a good use of Google Hangout in K-1 weather study Here are some of the resources I found in my journey Resources Search Google Hangouts in EDU Google Plus community About this community This a community for educators who are using Google Hangouts in their classrooms. My hope is that this becomes a hub for teachers to connect, collaborate, and discuss how they are using Google Hangouts to enrich the learning experiences of their students.

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Re-usable Images!

SpeechTechie

'As SLPs and other educators delve into creative visual tools, it opens up a world of language opportunities for our students. Creating videos, animations, books, comics, and other products is always a language process, and we can scaffold the use of many strategies while using these tools. However, using visual creation apps often requires images, and there is more than privacy at stake in this matter.

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10 Reasons to Attend a Google for Education Summit

The Innovative Educator

'Google Summit attendees in Vermont. Whether it’s Docs, Earth, Glass, Translate, Voice, Hangouts, Blogger, Chromebooks, and more, Google provides some of my favorite tools for education. If you feel the same way or are just intrigued, you may be interested in a Google for Education Summit. Here’s why. 1. Try out shiny new tools like Google Glass, Chromebooks, and Android devices Do you want to experience the world through Google Glass?

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Epic Based Learning

My Paperless Classroom

'Or Scaffolding for Evidence-Based Writing in Literature Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app The Challenge: Teaching academic writing to 9th graders at a very small private high school. Almost 1/3 of the 100 students were on the learning specialists caseload for one reason or another. The school did not track students, or have an English placement test.

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What’s race got to do with it? Everything, as topic eclipses ed-tech talk at NSVF Summit

The Hechinger Report

'SAN FRANCISCO – After two major education conferences in a row, I expected aggressive promotion of digital tools and products at last week’s NewSchools Venture Fund Summit , along with requisite promises of their potential to change teaching and learning forever. After all, I’d heard plenty of that at S XSWedu in Austin, and even more at ASU/GSV – the so-called “Davos of the Desert,’’ conference in Arizona that attracts a well-heeled crowd of investors and increasing numbers of enthusiast

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What ETAG should say

Ed Tech Now

'The Education Technology Action Group, set up by the DfE and BIS and announced by Matt Hancock at BETT, has made a shaky start. This is what I think they should end up saying to Ministers. In my post “Land ho!

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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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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. Entry Pageviews Caution: Banning Cell Phones May Interrupt Learning.

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Using Video Conference for K-1 Weather

My Paperless Classroom

'Using Video Conference for K-1 Weather This is a lesson plan to engage in weather study with another classroom in another location. I prepared this lesson as an example assignment for my IEASC class.

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Curious learning

Learning with 'e's

'Curiosity killed the cat, but it also made each of us who we are today. Without curiosity, none of us would learn very much at all. Learning is based more on curiosity than any other human characteristic. Children who are curious are always interested in discovering more. Children who lose their curiosity usually turn off and tune out. Children are naturally curious, but sadly, rigid school systems and curricula have often knocked this out of them by the time they graduate.

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NC Governor McCrory Proposes Pay Raise and Merit Pay Scheme for NC Teachers

The 21st Century Principal

'According to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory’s press conference (which you can see here from WRAL), he is going to seek the following in his budget which he plans to present to the North Carolina State Legislature: Expansion of early childhood education by about $3.6 million. Increase textbook funding by $23 million. Increase beginning teacher pay from $30,800 to $35,000 over the next two years.

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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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10 Popular Pinterest Boards for End-of-the-Year Classroom Activity Ideas

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Preparing for the fifth #edchathi Twitter chat today, themed "Reflecting on the School Year" and I thought I''d share these popular Pinterest boards for Question #4 : What is a great end-of-year classroom activity? 1. End of the School Year by Minnie Zurkuhlen (268 Pins, 462 Followers) 2. End of the Year Ideas by Priscilla Shiogi (237 Pins, 665 Followers) 3.

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Instead of Flipping, Consider Flooding

Saving Socrates

'Your probably thinking, "what is flooding?" Ok I admit it, I made it up. As an AP teacher teaching a blended learning class, I found flipping my class a really exciting idea. Here I could get in a good solid chunk of information a student needed on the AP as a homework assignment at night. All they would have to do listen to a little lecture about a topic, say the 30 Years War.

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What makes an inspirational teacher?

Learning with 'e's

'I had the honour to be presented with an award for ''most innovative use of teaching methods'' at the recent Plymouth University student union SSTAR Awards. The evening was a joyous celebration of teaching excellence, and most importantly, all the award nominees and winners were chosen by the university students. For me and other members of teaching staff, this made the event more meaningful.

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10 Online Summer Programs

Technology Tidbits

'Being a parent of four young kids I often find myself wondering what I''m going to do w/ them for the summer when they get out of school. When thinking about this and looking over many options, I noticed lots of Ed Tech companies have started to offer online summer programs/camps. This is a fantastic way (and lots of times inexpensive/affordable) for students to spend some time in the summer and help prevent summer learning loss.

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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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10 Must-Follow Mobilists on Twitter

The Mobile Native

'Here is a list of ten people that have had a huge impact on the mobile learning world.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - ASB Online - Google Science Fair Deadline - More Ed Tech Month

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update May 6th, 2014 Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. - Fred Rogers 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.

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All our tomorrows

Learning with 'e's

'It''s impossible to predict the future. If I could do so, I would have been a millionaire many times over when I visited Las Vegas. Fortunately I don''t gamble, so I simply sat and watched other people trying to predict what would happen next. Most of them lost their money. No, I''m not a prophet or a clairvoyant. And yet people keep inviting me to speak about the future of learning.

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Sphero: Percentages

Technology Tidbits

'Sphero the innovative and fantastic programmable robotic ball is something I''ve posted about in the past. This is a great Ed Tech "toy" that can be used w/ kids of all ages for a wide variety of purposes. However, Orbotix has worked w/ educators to create STEM related lesson plans for 4/5th grade students. This latest lesson has students using the Sphero to explore percentages using speed and color.

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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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Direct Measurement of Curiosity using the Mindwave Mobile

Cycles of Learning

'After reading this article by Kang, et al. (2008) , I have been semi-obsessed with what is ACTUALLY happening, from a cognitive perspective, when a student feels "curious". As Sir Ken Robinson says: "Curiosity is the engine of achievement" , and the below graph, depicting "accuracy rates" when answering complex math problems, as a function of curiosity, models this engine well (Kang, et al., 2008): Although the article linked above provides incredible insight into how the brain responds to the

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Essential Tips Needed to Establishing A Great Partnership with the Chinese School You Work With

Saving Socrates

'After our trip to China this fall, Magen David embarked on establishing connections with schools in Beijing China. We have found this to be extremely productive and meaningful for our students and the greater Magen David community. There are great similarities between what China schools and the Syrian Jewish community are going through. For example, both groups are facing increased pressure to have their high school graduates go to college and even graduate school, to specialize at younger ages

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NC Tenure Abolishment: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Slate and Tablets

'First, have a read about the abolishment of tenure in North Carolina. The Good. Teachers, let’s be real. Tenure is a ridiculous benefit to our job that in all honesty does not incentivize us to strive towards excellence. Let’s all admit it together. Almost every compensation package in the world has a structure that rewards success, except ours.

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Brainly

Technology Tidbits

'Brainly is a interesting new social network for helping students w/ homework. This is a great place for students of all ages to find and answer questions that students from around the world are posting. What makes Brainly so nice is how easy it is to track how many questions/answers a student has asked and to search by subject. Also, there is a nice point system that adds an element of "Gamification" and motivates students to return and participate on the network.

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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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Making Learning Relevant Campaign Underway

Educator Innovator

The Connected Learning Alliance , supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, has kicked off a 30-day “ make learning relevant ” campaign. The campaign, focused on a learner-centered approach to education, comes at a time of widespread agreement that education needs a dramatic upgrade. The campaign features podcast interviews with thought leaders, leading practitioners, and college-bound youth who have experienced the benefits of connected learning firsthand.

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Quick Heads Up- I'll be Speaking May 13th in NY

Saving Socrates

'May 13th Live Event: "Blended Learning: Moving Beyond the Pilot" WHEN: Tuesday, May 13th, from 6pm to 8pm WHERE: The Jewish Education Project, 520 8th Ave, 10018 REGISTER: Space is limited. To register, click here. *Dinner and wine will be served Do you or a teacher in your school use blended learning? Would you like to grow your blended learning implementation across subjects or grades?

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Summer Apps!

MSEDTechie

'Look who''s featured in Scholastic Administrator Magazine. ?

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ExitTicket

Technology Tidbits

'ExitTicket is a fantastic new student response system that allows educators assess student performance and then differentiate instruction in real-time. Also, being browser based, ExitTicket runs on any mobile device and has a educational student app. Students can view their assessment scores that are aligned to Common Core Standards. Best of all are the abundance of educational resources/videos that help educators integrate ExitTicket into the classroom.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.