A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2010

'Last month I unveiled the first ever guest post on my blog written by one of my students. The success and impact of this tiny experiment motivated me to seek out other students whose stories and reflections could provide an inspiration to educators from all over the world. It is my honor to introduce Diane Montecuollo, a senior at NMHS. Diane not only accepted my invitation to write this post, but she wrote it during the most hectic time for any senior just days before graduation.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 22, 2010

'Google Wave - Wave in the Classroom tags : googlewave , favorite Using the iPod Touch in Education: Technology Tips for Teachers tags : IpodTouch , favorite 44 Benefits of Collaborative Learning tags : collaborative , collaborative_learning , favorite 100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online | Online Universities tags : science , documentaries , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 23, 2010

'I don''t know how many of you are caught up in the madness excitement that is the iOS4/iPhone 4 release, but I sure am. My device is a 3G, so this is a big upgrade, not only to the video features that I didn''t have, but also new amazements such as multitasking. I put my 3G up to the new operating system on Monday, and was impressed by some of the new things that it could do, but mostly frustrated by what it couldn''t.

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Connecting 2 the World

JUNE 24, 2010

I realized yesterday as my son was teaching me how to text (yes, I couldn't figure out how to text on my phone!) that not only is this a generation of learners, but also a generation of teachers. I see this all the time in my class (online and face to face) and with my children and their friends. So how are they different from my generation? My generation looked to the teacher for answers.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 20, 2010

'I''m about halfway through the book The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins. It''s a very practical and challenging book that seeks to help new leaders transition into new roles and assignments. Watkins wrote, in my opinion, the most lucid and clear explanation of the essential elements for success in an organization that I have ever read: "Aligning an organization is like preparing for a long sailing trip.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 22, 2010

'ISTE10 is right around the corner. Many participants of #edchat had said they will be in Denver. Why not have an #edchat Tweetup/Informational Session and a live #edchat? Here are all the details. Myself (Co-Creator), Kyle Pace (Moderator), and Mary Beth (Moderator) will be hosting a Live #Edchat on Tuesday June 29th in the Social Butterfly Lounge in the Denver Convention Center.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 23, 2010

'If you''re an educator in Second Life you can experience the 21st Century Library Media Center Playground also on the grid! Can''t get to Denver but want to experience the 21st Century Playground? A duplicate and decidedly different set of kiosks have been created in Second Life to mirror those set up in Denver! The informational kiosk topics are: Libraries in Second Life Whiteboards Virtual Bldg Glogster Wikis Twitter Mobile Tech Digital Storytelling This year''s theme is the Wild, Wild Steamp

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 23, 2010

'I think many educators with good intentions use techniques like the one I''m about to describe below to support their students'' learning without ever even thinking about the possibility that they might be infringing on someone''s copyright. In the course I am currently taking, one of the topics that has been addressed on the discussion boards is podcasting and its various uses in education.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 19, 2010

'At the end of the year I ask my students to complete a course evaluation. They typically enjoy this because I tell them that this is their opportunity to give me a grade for my performance as a teacher. I take this survey seriously and try to make adjustments the following year based on the feedback that I get. In typical high school fashion some students leave suggestions that are completely ridiculous ("let us play video games all the time"), impossible ("don''t give homework"), and just plai

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 24, 2010

'What to do with our kids with social cognitive deficits who have trouble establishing "reference," such that you or their peers don''t really know whom they are talking about? On the flip side, what else can we do to cue the ones who spend hours and hours in spaces with other human beings and retain no information on them, perhaps even neglecting to to learn the names of teachers and other oft-seen peers?

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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 Daring Librarian

JUNE 25, 2010

'Advocacy in Education is so important.now more than ever. ISTE10 Denver has many opportunities to involve yourself for advocating for our customers.the KIDS! Wanna know how? The following is from Hilary Goldmann, ISTE’s Director of Government Affairs : "Once again we have a dynamic line-up of advocacy activities at ISTE2010!! Thanks to all of you for your ideas, help, advice, support, guidance etc… Below is the line-up. • ETAN Booth - Raffle prize is an interactive white board donated by SMART,

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 25, 2010

'Huh, I just realized this is my 101st post! Cool. I have been a big fan of iMovie on the Mac ever since I had to learn it really quickly and stressfully to produce a slideshow for my Dad''s retirement party. Ever since then I have found it, in its various iterations (we are now on iMovie ''09) to be a pretty intuitive way to produce a nice movie. At my elementary school, I became known as "the slideshow guy," and that moniker has followed me up to middle school, though in truth I usually use iP

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