A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'The annual Edscape Conference will once again be held at New Milford High School in New Milford, NJ on Saturday October 13, 2012. Hundreds of educators from over seven different states and Canada will once again descend upon my school to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path. Edscape evolved out of the need to provide educators with relevant, meaningful professional development focusing on digital learning and innovation that wa

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'So, I''m watching American Chopper and Paul Jr. Designs is working on a new motorcycle for a company called Loopster , that has something to do with online video work. I go check it out and, lo and behold, it''s a free online video editor! Very cool. Loopster is a free service that let''s you easily create and edit videos online. This is great for student projects and teachers looking to create videos.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'On the Moose River near Jackman, ME Brody is 8.5 years old and with his graying muzzle, it is evident that he is starting to show his age. I''m reminded that my super-hero dog is mortal. This scares me. Brody has been a faithful companion, trail buddy, swim partner, and emotional rock for 8.5 years now. For 7 of those years he has walked the halls of Southern Regional with me, saying hi to students and staff, offering an ear for reading, snoozing while I teach, and soothing anyone in need.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

'If you follow my posts here, you know I have a strong interest in social learning, and I am always looking for ways to engage my students in developing social cognition. Video is definitely an engaging medium to help students discuss social interactions in context. The problem with finding fun, engaging video is, well, finding it and knowing the timing of clips, etc.

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EdTechSandyK

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

'Photo Used Under a Creative Commons License Some Typical EdTech Scenarios Ms. Jones calls in a panic - her students are trying to get to the documents she shared with them on the school server and no one can find them. "The folder was just there," she says, "and now it''s gone!" Knowing her history of "organizing" things, I run down to her classroom and in two shakes I move the folder students need access to out of the other folder where she''s stored it.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'Google Course Builder is a new resource from Google that allows you to create your own online courses. Google used it to create their Power Searching with Google online course. It has all of the software and instructions for creating an online course. Your course can contain lesson materials, student activities, and assessments. There are also instructions for integrating other Google products into your course.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

The transmission model of learning is still dominant in education. Whether you are in a primary or secondary school classroom, or in a lecture hall or laboratory in a university, you will almost always see the teacher or lecturer directing proceedings, often from the front, usually 'instructing' their students in same way. You may also witness other, underlying pedagogical models playing out, usually where students are asked to do some group work or find out for themselves through individual pro

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

'Last night I was working with twitter open in another window and I hadn''t clicked over for about an hour and I noticed I had 423 new tweets. I honestly don''t know when the traffic is heaviest on my feed, I am sure I could find out (if you know how, leave a comment). In one hour last night I had over 400 tweets and I only follow slightly more than 600 people.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'Citelighter is a free tool that helps you to do research online and capture your research notes easier. Using a toolbar in your browser, you can easily clip the important information and notes and then save it all to your account. You can organize it and even format a bibliography. It is being touted as "Evernote for Education". While it can clip and organize your research like Evernote, it adds the bibliography function.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and “Choose Your Own Adventure” style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice.

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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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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We live in exponential times. Change is rapid and events often take us all by surprise. Social, economic, environmental and political challenges roll across our screens every day. Now, more than ever, we need good education to negotiate our way through the turbulence of our times. There is a distinct separation forming between those who are teachers and those who aspire to be educators.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'One of the best ways to build your PLN, is to connect with people. I love twitter chats for just this purpose. Below is a great storify capture of the #teaching2030 chat I participated in. (thanks @dlaufenberg) I didn''t know the chat was happening, saw a question posted and I responded using the hashtag #teaching2030. An hour later I had new professional contacts, new ideas, and a renewed sense of worth.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

'CamScanner is a great app that I use quite often. The app is available for iOS and Android and the free version is very useful. The paid version, $4.99 on both platforms, adds some useful features, like uploading directly to Evernote. You get a 7 day trial of the paid version free, and can get an additional 60 day trial by sharing it on social networks.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'It''s the weekend ya''ll. Every Friday, I plan to post about a great resource that you can explore in your spare weekend time :) Well you want to hear it? here it goes. What are sponge activities you might ask? No, I am not referring to the sponge we use to clean dirty tables, and soak up liquid spills in the classroom. Actually, this is a term referring to activities used to produce learning during that "extra few minutes" you have in the classroom.

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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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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The Plymouth University Vice Chancellor Enterprise Awards and Gala Dinner took place in a large marquee on Plymouth Hoe this weekend. It was a grand event, with chandeliers, live music and an excellent dinner, and it was a black tie affair (you may never see me dressed so smartly again). My colleagues Peter Yeomans , Oliver Quinlan and I were delighted to be nominated for this year's inspirational teacher award, and we attended in the hope that we might be in with a chance.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

'I got a note from my friend Michelle, she teaches at Andrew Cook elementary in Waukegan. She is a second year teacher. Michelle asked me to pass along a plea for her school for a "chase giving" competition. I believe in her and her school, so I voted. Here is the information: Andrew Cooke Magnet School PTO - economically depressed area, budget slashed to almost nothing to the point of not having enough laminating paper. a magnet school for the arts and sciences with an antiquated sound system s

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

'Celly is a free service that offers group text messaging and polling. You can have open group chats, one-way alerts or even moderated chats. It is set up as a "cell" with a unique name so that you can invite the people you want to join. It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

'Join me Tuesday, September 18th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Jamie Vollmer, author of Schools Cannot Do It Alone : Building public Support for America''s Public Schools. Jamie "has spent the last twenty years working with school districts, education associations, foundations, and chambers of commerce across the nation to halt the erosion of public trust and build support for America’s public schools.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

It's extremely difficult to predict the future accurately, because as futurologist Ray Kurzweil once said, change isn't linear, it's exponential. I often consult The Horizon Report , which is published every year and attempts to predict what will be the widespread adoptions of technologies in education and training. The annual report is published after extensive consultation with an international panel of technology and pedagogy experts.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

'Very Cool Apps for Preschoolers, and KG too! Preschool apps to help build routines – USATODAY.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'This week, Tech & Learning and Intel released their improve K-12 Blueprint web site. The site has resources for educators about planning and implementing technology initiatives. The site has resources about one-to-one programs, BYOD, digital content, reviews about technology, success stories and case studies, tips and ideas, webinars, educational technology news, and much more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

'Proposals for the free Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference were due at the end of last week (September 15th), but since the conference dates are earlier this year, we know that the submission process for many of you has been smack dab at the start of the school year--and you may have been too overwhelmed to get your proposal in. If this is the case for you, we really hope you will still consider submitting to present!

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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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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

'“Where a school is located and how it sets up internal structures determine its possibilities,” writes Heidi Hayes Jacob in the book Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World. As she argues in this book, we have inherited spaces in our buildings that were designed for learning of another era. Tearing down and rebuilding our schools is hardly a tasteful option in an era of tight budgets and a total lack of funding.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'Education World: How to Blog With Young Students'

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

'Google Translate is a great app for translating written words and even supports translating spoken words (and it will speak it in the other language). This is a great resource for teachers and ESL/ELL learners. And, it''s free. There was a recent update to the Android app for Google Translate that makes it even more useful. You can now translate text in images using the smartphone''s camera.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

'Breaking Down the First Week: 1. BWP 2. Class Contract for Mid-level classes 3. Class Procedures for all 4. Using Edmodo for posting activities and assignments and having online discussions 5. Using Quizlet as a study resource 6. Student reflection responses Blank White Page Project was a big hit for starting off the year. Students were intrigued about the idea of questioning and researching for the sake of questioning and researching.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'Join me Thursday, September 20th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with returning guest Bob Gliner about his new film, Schools That Change Communities. "While the classroom as a vehicle for educational success remains largely unchallenged, despite often questionable levels of achievement, a few public schools across the country are trying a different approach to engaging students in the learning process, using the communities and neighborhoods where students live as clas

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

'Google Accessibility is a collection of resources that Google has to make Google''s products more accessible and usable by people with disabilities. Last year, Google added enhanced accessibility for Google Docs, Sites and Calendar , and continues to improve the features and resources for accessibility. Other improvements to accessibility features of Google''s many apps include more fixes in Google Calendar, adding Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to Google Drive, increased support for scree

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

'Backstitch is a great personal start page that is a great replacement for the soon to be shutdown iGoogle. Backstich is a nice personalized homepage that allows users to personalize the content delivered. The design of the website stays the same. You can use Backstitch to have your Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, RSS feeds and more all brought to one page.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

'The Discovery Educator Network Day of Discovery is a free educational conference being held this coming Saturday in Groton, CT. This is going to be an interactive day of free professional development which will highlight creative ways to engage students and invigorate your curriculum using the latest 21st century tools. There is NO COST to you to attend this event.

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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.

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