A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 14, 2012
'As we continue to move further to enhance our Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) initiative at New Milford High School we are continuing to look for cost-effective resources to support this endeavor. One such resource is Celly. Celly lets people create private communication networks that work really well for situations that other social networks and resources don''t.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 18, 2012
'More and more students have access to mobile devices. In the last Pew Internet study , 77% of all teens have a cellphone. I wasn''t able to find research on pre-teens but from the work I have done in my own district I would say almost 50% of them have cellphones as well. And these aren''t smart phones. (Although, we know many have smart phones.) These are just plain, ol'', regular cell phones.
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SpeechTechie
APRIL 17, 2012
'Developing students'' semantic abilities is one of my favorite parts of my job! I think words, and the connections between them, are just really fun! Building semantic networks provides students with a stronger vocabulary base, which in turn gives them points of reference as they learn new words. Enter Go-Togethers , an app I helped design along with Rosie Simms for Smarty Ears Apps.
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 15, 2012
For me, one of the highlights of the Estonian Elearning Conference in Tallinn was listening to Stephen Harris , principal of the Sydney Centre for Innovations in Learning. SCIL is an Australian secondary school that practices teaching and learning within open spaces, where student autonomy and personalisation of learning are top priorities. Under Stephen's leadership, the school enables BYOMD - bring your own multiple devices, which means that students can learn in a number of different spaces a
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A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 18, 2012
'Adobe, a leader in providing creative tools to schools and educators, is preparing to announce some exciting news early next week. Live Streamed Webcast : On April 23rd, Adobe will be hosting a launch event to announce how the company is reinventing creative software with the first release of Adobe Creative Cloud and the new Creative Suite 6. This will be the first full public demonstration of Adobe Creative Cloud in action.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 16, 2012
'Some of you may know but, in my spare time I do presenting for Simple K12. These free webinars are on a wide variety of topics. There are loads of other great presenters too who present on a whole host of topics. Everything from iPads, to flipped classrooms, to time management. (You can view the entire list here.) Yes, they are free. So cool right?
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EdTechSandyK
APRIL 19, 2012
'Today at the Spring TCEA TECSIG meeting, Kim Garcia and I are presenting on Tools for Building a Personal Learning Network in one of the breakout sessions. Below is a link to our Livebinder with resources for the presentation. Tools for Building a Personal Learning Network Hope this is helpful to the participants and others who may find their way to this post!
Connecting 2 the World
APRIL 17, 2012
This is my third finding of my dissertation. I will post the first finding next week. Ownership of Knowledge The greater the level of ownership that an individual feels towards a project or piece of work, the more likely he or she will align that work to personal values and knowledge. An individual’s personal values and knowledge might be related to his or her perceived profession, desire to be accepted by the group (project group, department, organization), or the cultures that informed the ind
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 17, 2012
'Join me early than usual on Wednesday, April 18th, for live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with John Hunter and Chris Farina on their upcoming film, "World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements," being broadcast on American Public Television starting in May. The film interweaves the story of John, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students’ participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game.
The Electric Educator
APRIL 16, 2012
'Every once in a while I come across something that illustrates the amazing power the internet has to connect people and to elevate that which is encouraging and uplifting. The story of Cain''s Arcade is one of those stories. It''s 10 minutes long, but well worth your time. If you like this video, here are some similar titles that I really enjoy: Improv Everywhere: Mudcats little league flashmob.
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.
EdTechSandyK
APRIL 20, 2012
'Image Source Notes from TCEA TECSIG Spring 2012 Breakout Session Ope Bukola, CK12 Flexbooks Scott Floyd, Inst Tech, White Oak ISD Ope Bukola ope@ck12.org info@ck12.org www.ck12.org/flexbook New site in beta at beta.ck12.org CK12 Flexbooks is a nonprofit with over 70 titles including teacher editions. Funded by a Foundation. Founded by one of the cofounders of Sun Microsystems.
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 20, 2012
It's all over for another year, but I really believe that this year's Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference really lived up to its theme - create, connect, collaborate. Many blogs, videos, photos, tweets (at the time of writing almost 20,000 in less than 3 full days - here's the complete archive ) and other content has been created throughout over the course of the conference.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 16, 2012
'Join me Tuesday, April 17th, for live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, author of Society 3.0: How Technology is Reshaping Education, Work, and Society. From the Amazon book description: "Higher education in the U.S. has traditionally prepared students for work and social success, but with families, work, and society itself undergoing revolutionary change, is this preparation sufficient to develop the 21st-century workforce?
Comfortably 2.0
APRIL 19, 2012
'I have been using KIDBLOG.org this year with grades 2-5 and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing our students have the opportunity to express themselves on a platform that is truly authentic. The great thing about KIDBLOG is that it allows you the opportunity to embed HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Many of the Web 2.
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EdTechnocation.com
APRIL 16, 2012
'This is post #1 of a series of posts that I will be publishing involving a new support group that I''ve started at my school. I call it the " Eno Click IWB Support Group." It involves a group of teachers at my school that have recently received an interactive whiteboard (or IWB for short) as well as a "media cart" (which I will get into a little later).
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 17, 2012
Once upon a time, teachers used to close the door behind them, and then begin their lessons. To all intents and purposes, what went on inside the classroom stayed inside the classroom. Then along came technology. New technologies have the potential to undermine the 'sanctity of the classroom' as they open up what is said and done for the world to see.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2012
'Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time. This is a free event, with a focus on inclusion and participation--all are welcome! All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following
The Mobile Native
APRIL 20, 2012
'This is a must watch video from the amazing Sir Ken Robinson!
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Learning with 'e's
APRIL 15, 2012
A recent article written by Audrey Watters carries the emotive headline The Failure of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), and there has been some heated response. In the article, which is actually balanced and measured, Watters comments on recent media reports that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project inspired by Nicolas Negroponte does not increase test scores.
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