Sat.Jan 04, 2014 - Fri.Jan 10, 2014

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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

'I knew early on in my education career that I wanted to be an administrator. The predominant reason for this was that I wanted to at least attempt to be a fraction of the leader that my father was. My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. To say that he was beloved by all would be a significant understatement.

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Wolfram releases Problem Generator to create practice problems

Educational Technology Guy

'Wolfram, creators of Wolfram|Alpha , have launched Wolfram Problem Generator. This tool allows students and teachers to create unlimited, random practice problems and answers in subjects such as elementary math, algebra, statistics and even college calculus. It provides hints and step-by-step solutions when needed to help the student learn. It can also create printable worksheets and answer sheets for offline work.

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Showing How Awesome You Are-Building Your Brand

The Web20Classroom

'Back when I started this blog in February of 2009 I was trying to create a space to share resources with my teachers in my district. Web 2.0 tools were gaining in popularity so I wanted to capitalize on that, hence the name. The same with my Twitter account. I wanted the two places to be tied together. I wasn''t thinking about branding. Fast forward 5 years and @web20classroom and this blog are who I am.

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#CEL13: Choice

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

'During the 2013 Conference on English Leadership in the Transforming Decisions session lead by Gordon Hultberg , English teacher and department head at Intermountain Christian School in Utah , we discussed the concept of choice in our ELA classrooms. How often do we give students choice and how are teachers'' own personal preferences represented in the choices we allow?

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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 iPads to Support Social Learning in Kindergarten

My Paperless Classroom

'Students Using Puppet Pals in Groups Lesson Objective To help Kindergarten students better understand a complex play situation, and give them tools to effectively communicate in that situation. Time : 30 minutes Tools : iPads 3 students per device, using Puppet pals version 1 Begin by showing the set-up scenario movie: Pig and Sheep are playing a game and Cow approaches Pig : This is a great game!

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Mobile Nations - great resources for all mobile OS's and devices

Educational Technology Guy

'If you own a smartphone or tablet, you should be using Mobile Nations. Mobile Nations is a group of web sites that each focus on a mobile operating systems. Each site has app reviews, hardware reviews, accessory reviews, tips, resources, forums, help topics, and much more. These sites are great for anyone who uses a mobile system, including teachers, students, and others.

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Practical examples of social media in elementary school

The Innovative Educator

'Guest post by Computer Teacher & Tech Coordinator, Chris Casal | Cross posted at The Casal Operating System Editor''s note: Chris Casal is a member of the NYC DOE Social Media Advisory Team. His insights have helped inspire and guide teachers in the effective use of social media in the classroom. Here''s how he does it. I am often asked about how we use "social media" here at PS 10.

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Screencasting with Screenmailer

Kathy Schrock

'Screenmailer is a new screencasting/screen recording tool for Mavericks on the Mac. It is easy to use, quick to render, and can be used as an on-the-spot solution for teacher or student screencasts! As with any screencast, you should first plan your recording, get things set-up on your desktop, practice your script, and then start the recording. Setting up the screencast Screenmailer runs on your Mac, and, once installed, allows you to log-in with Google credentials or create a Screenmailer acc

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Cloudart

SpeechTechie

'Wordle has long been hailed as a great visual way to work with language. Text or a web address (URL) can be pasted into this tool and then a word "cloud" is displayed, with emphasis on more frequently used words. In this way, the tool can be used with any digital text passage or content related website, and the visual that results can be used to develop vocabulary and skills of identifying main idea.

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Social Learning in K with Puppet Pals

My Paperless Classroom

'This is a video only post Social Learning in K with Puppet Pals This is the setup scenario movie for a kindergarten lesson using Puppet Pals to role play complex play situations.

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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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How blogging can give students a voice

The Innovative Educator

'Guest post by Connor Wood Author’s note: Lisa Nielsen offered me the chance to do this guest post after I requested an interview from her for my blog Trismegistus Nab-tu-we. My blog is devoted to writing, politics, and philosophy of education. She was impressed with my blog and asked me if I would share information about my work. This post provides a student’s story about how I’ve used a blog and my personal learning network to share my ideas and give students a voice.

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Glad I Was Disappointed Today

EdTechSandyK

'Photo Used With Permission Under a Creative Commons License NOTE: I''m going to talk a bit about the difficulties I had participating in edcampHOME today. I want to make clear that this is not meant as a complaint about edcampHOME or its organizers. They did a great job getting a ton of people organized into sessions where wonderful networking and learning occurred!

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Breaking down the silos

Learning with 'e's

'I have written previously about the artificial divide between school subjects. Yes, there are practical reasons for teaching art separately to science, or maths in a different room to music. And yet, the separation of the subjects seems increasingly anachronistic in our diverse, post modern, hyper-connected society. If school is where we prepare children to be independent, knowledgeable and reflective individuals, then we may well be doing them a disservice by perpetuating the silo mentality pr

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The Learning Revolution - New Events + Partners - Great Learning 2.0 Videos - Social Network Conversations

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update January 7th A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. - Helen Keller Welcome to the Learning Revolution. The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. The Learning Revolution Project highlights virtual and physical events from Web 2.0 Labs and its partners.

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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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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 NYC blazes trails to prepare students for success.

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How Do You Stay Motivated?

EdTechSandyK

'Photo by rosipaw used under a Creative Commons license I am a K-12 educational technology specialist, but due to the nature of my job duties, I go through long stretches where I do not have direct interaction with classroom teachers or students. My office is in an administrative building, not on a school campus. Often, I am working on district initiatives, such as supporting the use of iPads in classrooms or planning for staff development.

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Beyond The Hour of Code

My Paperless Classroom

'Thank you Rae Fearing for hosting this great conversation on the next steps after hour of Code. The Hour of Code was really a tipping point for my campus, it allowed us to bring the community in and let our students share their tech experience with their families. In this conversation Rae and I discussed our approach to Hour of Code in our schools and how we hope tyo build on this experience. we focused on empowering teachers to "Be Brave" (thanks Matt Gomez) and to "Be Fierce" (thanks Rafranz

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Our First #edchatHI Twitter Chat was a success, with a little help from G+ Hangouts

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Our inaugural #edchatHI Twitter chat on January 6 was a success! We wanted to be sure everything went smoothly, so we decided to do a private Google+ hangout as we moderated. We highly recommend doing this. It makes moderating easy and fun. Our behind-the-scenes team? Michelle Carlson Colte , Ellen Cordeiro , Megan Cummings , JoAnn Jacobs , Michael Fricano II , and myself.

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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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Altered perceptions

Learning with 'e's

'When my son was still quite young, he was diagnosed with semantic pragmatic disorder , on the autistic spectrum. It took many years before he was able to express himself effectively, and he would become extremely agitated when he couldn''t make himself understood. If this happened in the school, many of the teachers were understanding, and intervention was usually taken sensitively to ensure he didn''t hurt himself or other children, and that disruption and emotional upset was minimised for the

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Giving Students a Voice in App Selection

Education with Technology

'Traditionally, teachers research apps for their class. They assign apps to students. The teachers assign a specific app or give students a choice of several pre-selected apps. As a Modern Language teacher, I suggested apps to my students in the early part of the year. However, in January, I let my students select which apps they wanted to use based on their own app searching and a minimal checklist.

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Publishing 3.0 - A new model for independent educational publishing

Nik Peachey

My New Years resolution this year was to start work on a series of ebooks for iPads, e-readers and other digital devices. This has been my ambition since I published my first book Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers back in 2009, but I’ve never felt that the time, the technology or the market was at the right place. Significant changes over the last couple of years though have led me to believe that now is the time to look at a new model of ELT publishing, at least for the realm of teacher development bo

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2 Ways to Learn from #edcampHome 2.0: A YouTube Playlist and a Pinterest Collection of Reflections

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Here are two convenient ways to learn from EdcampHome 2.0 , a spectacular online event held on January 4, 2014: a YouTube playlist , and a Pinterest Collection of Reflections. A big MAHALO to the organizers! YouTube playlist of recorded sessions Direct link Originals at EdCampHOME EdCampHOME 2.0 Reflections Direct link Enjoy! (??? ? ) @mauilibrarian2 G+ This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.

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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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PD Opportunity in Boston Area

SpeechTechie

'I am happy once again to be offering the "Technology Links to Language Intervention" course starting in February. This is a hybrid course with a 6-hr face-to-face workshop in Waltham on February 6, 2014 followed by an required online component, offered for PDPs and an optional graduate credit available from Framingham State College (not for official ASHA CEUs).

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One Device to Rule Them All

Kyle Pace

We see posts all the time that tote one device’s superiority over another. Things like, “Why the _ is the clear winner in K-12 education” or “The __ is now in percent of all classrooms in America” You know what I’m talking about. It’s no secret that there’s competition among companies to have their device most widely adopted.

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Education is the Best Medicine

Comfortably 2.0

'I created the Smore that you see below awhile back in order to better educate the parents of our K-12 students. We have been 1:1 with iPads at the school I teach at for a year and I am constantly trying to stay ahead of our students when it comes to the social media apps that they are using.

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Youth and Participatory Politics: A New Agenda for Civics and Literacy

Educator Innovator

New digital literacies have affected all areas of life, including the way that we practice politics and experience political life. So it is no surprise that educators who focus on civic engagement and the civic mission of schools are looking at new ways to involve youth in community life through digital tools, and in productive and interesting ways their work crosses the traditional borders between civics and literacy education.

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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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Column Archive

SpeechTechie

'I am excited to have been asked to contribute more columns to The ASHA Leader in 2014. This is a great opportunity and I am grateful to the editors there for helping me with the writing! I started an archive of these columns and it is now displayed on the FIVES Criteria, Columns and Free Booklets page of this blog (accessible via the links under the banner when viewing the full site).

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4 Easy Steps to Embed a Tweet

The Daring Librarian

'Did ya know that you can easily embed your Tweets in blog posts or wikis? Sure can! It''s sorta buried, but I''ll show you in 4 easy steps! — The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) January 4, 2014 Super thanks to Sasha Reinhardt or @MiddleGrdReads for letting me use our Tweet convo as the embed examples and inspiration for the graphic! Cheers! @GwynethJones That''s awesome!

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Youth Maker Spaces and Staff Development: A Letter from Thailand

Educator Innovator

By K-Fai Steele, first posted at MakerJawn. Libraries and museums across the United States are building youth maker spaces and programming in an effort to broaden free, community-embedded educational opportunities. However, the tech enthusiasts who are championing the programming comprise a small percentage of library or museum staff. Many remain skeptical or unconvinced; they may already be stretched too thin in their job, or they may think of 3D printers as a fad that doesn’t relate to traditi