A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2011

'Ask yourself why you or someone you know chose a profession in education for a living. Is it because of the paycheck? Do you like the hours? Do the working conditions suit you? Is it because you couldn’t decide on a major until halfway through your Bachelor’s Degree and figured that teaching would be your best option? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you are definitely in the wrong line of work.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 12, 2011

'If you haven''t heard You Tube Education officially launched today. It''s actually been around for a few weeks but today was the unavailing of the site and the announcement of major content partners. First, a video: So basically as as district or school you can (if your filtering allows) unblock just the subdomain of You Tube Education, have access to the content there while keeping the rest of You Tube blocked for end-users.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 15, 2011

'In October, I posted “Top 10 Signs Your School Is Caught in a Time Warp: List for School Leaders.” Of course the whole idea behind that post was to call attention to those leadership proclivities that are actually hindering movement toward a 21st century learning environment. Now, let me be just a bit more direct in this post. Here’s the list of indications that your school leadership is obsolete and in need of a big upgrade. 1.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I think it's about time we reconsidered the way curricula in schools are presented. The tired, just in case model of curriculum just doesn't make sense anymore. Content is still very much king in schools, because 'content as curriculum' is easy and cost effective to deliver, and that is what most governments require and impose. But most teachers will tell you it's not the best approach.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 11, 2011

'Used With Permission from Morguefile.com A Lesson from my Classroom Years When I was a newish 6th Grade language arts teacher, I learned about a Christmas time activity from a veteran teacher down the hall, and I incorporated it into my classroom every December after that. We would take a break from the normal class routine one day and bust out the markers and white construction paper.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 15, 2011

'Yep. Pulled that trigger earlier this evening. For those that don''t know, Klout aims to measure social influence across the web. Basically you connect your Twitter account, Facebook page, Foursquare account, pretty much any social network you use and through their "sophisticated algorithm" they assign you a score based on the number of people you influence, how much you influence them and your reach.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 13, 2011

'The Kid Should See This is a cute curation of videos and other materials from around the internet related to culture and education, kind of like a kids'' version of Open Culture. From the author: There''s just so much science, nature, music, arts, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven''t seen.

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wwwatanabe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

'Ever wonder what math looks like in an one-to-one environment? Is it just worksheets and math problems online, or is there an advantage to learning math in one-to-one classrooms? Math in one-to-one When I was in Tina Jada''s class, I saw students actively engaged, engrossed in their learning the standards at a deeper level, with a context for why they were learning and when they''d use these standards in the real world.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 10, 2011

'View more documents from gwyneth jones Does it ever seem that when your students go into the computer lab to compose & to write they''ve forgotten EVERYTHING they ever learned about formatting their MS Word documents? You get docs with wonky space bar spacing, 18pt comic sans (ick!), left justified headings, and strangely double spaced pages! Eeep!

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 14, 2011

'Clearly from Evernote is yet another one of those quite useful Chrome browser extensions, especially for those who have an Evernote account. One click of the button and a Web article is transformed into a simplified and uncluttered read. Four basic functions make this browser extension and addition to the must-have list for your Chrome browser. The basic function of Clearly is to transform blog posts and Web articles into a format that is easy and clean to read.

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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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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 14, 2011

'As someone who has made social media somewhat of a way of life, it is interesting to see other people I know get involved online for quite different reasons. I am speaking of my personal friend Kristin McCarthy Macchi and her funny and moving blog Running to be Still , in which she documents the trials and triumphs of her son James, who is on the autism spectrum.

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Comfortably 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2011

'Every once in awhile you stumble upon that one app that makes you say, "Wow!" Well, I stumbled upon that app a couple of weeks ago. The app is called "Silent Film Director" and my kids absolutely love it! . I have had to turn kids away the last two days in the media center because I don''t have enough devices with the app.

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Learning Confluence

DECEMBER 12, 2011

'Hello! My name is Julie Lindsay. I am an international educator, innovator in global learning, and leader in educational technology and curriculum. This portfolio will provide details about my professional experience and share past as well as current activities. I invite you to also read my blog at E-Learning Journeys. Welcome also to my Learning Confluence.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 13, 2011

'Yesterday, I posted about the “Send to Kindle” extension and how useful it was to Kindle users. Amazingly, there are quite a few other extensions in the Chrome Web Store that are just as useful. One of those versatile Chrome Extensions is the Awesome Screenshot Extension. This is another must-have Extension for the Chrome browser user. (Firefox and Safari users can add the extension to their browsers too.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

'As a kid, I really loved Peanuts. I definitely identified with Linus (and yes, I had a security blanket that I kept around way too long). As an adult, I guess I wasn''t totally surprised to find out that Charles Schulz struggled with depression. The blog 3eanuts plays with the conventions of the strip by posting truncated versions of the comic without its generally uplifting 4th panel.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 10, 2011

'Join me Thursday, December 15th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion with students, teachers, and business leaders involved in the Blue Valley Schools - CAPS Program. CAPS, the Blue Valley''s Center for Advanced Professional Studies in Kansas, brings juniors and seniors from all Blue Valley high schools for a "unique learning opportunity to deeply explore their interests in a profession-based learning approach.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In my last blog post Content as curriculum? I lamented the current state of formal education and pointed to linear, content laden and outmoded curricula as a contributing factor. The post provoked a number of comments, some supportive, some antagonistic to my position. Both sides fought their corners well, each arguing from a stance on the fundamental nature of teaching and learning, and the specific role that school plays in education.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 12, 2011

'Yesterday, I posted my favorite Chrome Apps and Extensions , and there was one of those extensions that I just have to mention again, the “Send to Kindle” Extension. I am a converted Kindle user and anything I can employ to increase its functionality, I will use. The “Send to Kindle” Extension is one of those extensions every Kindle user must have.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 12, 2011

'I bumped into Mindpop when a friend of mine (a friend of the author) posted it on Facebook. The author, Nina Mitchell, introduces her blog: "I am a quirky young woman whose Mind went Pop. I was 26 when a stroke took away my limbs and speech. This stroke comic book is designed to make you think. Mindpop. Strokes are hell. They have dark comedy too. I live in Boston, just finished grad school, back to work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2011

'Welcome to week eight of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and the always-fun podcast with Audrey Watters in which we kept finding ourselves asking: "what would Finland do?" "is a sophisticated factory education still a factory education?," and "do institutions perpetuate the problems they were created to solve?

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 14, 2011

'Every year for the past four or five years I have attended the North Carolina Technology in Education Society (NCTIES) Annual Conference. The NCTIES Conference this year will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 7-9, 2012. This is the premier educational technology event in the entire state. NCTIES is the North Carolina affiliate organization to ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 10, 2011

'Join me Tuesday, December 13th, for a special live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with David Maxfield , coauthor of two New York Times bestsellers, Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success and Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. David will draw from his academic and business background to discuss the lesson of counter-intuitive courage which is required to avoid teacher burnout and to help effect educational change--and the five crucial conversations that theref

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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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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 16, 2011

'The Edublog awards is sometimes the recipient of criticism for being about things educators supposedly shouldn''t care about: validation, self-promotion, competition. Fair enough, sure, there are elements of these things during "awards season." For me, though, it is really about ensuring that all these people who are sharing great ideas are actually READ.

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