The Web20Classroom

JULY 30, 2010

'It is that time of year again. Scott McLeod over at Dangerously Irrelevant has challenged all Edu-Bloggers to write posts today on Leadership in Education. I took part in my first Leadership Day last year and it was a lot of fun both writing the post and reading all the other posts as well. I write a lot about leadership. In the past I have written about how if we ever want to achieve the change we desire in education we have to look at the top.

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EdTechSandyK

JULY 25, 2010

'I don''t know when the new school year or term starts for you, but in our little corner of the planet known as Texas , most public K-12 schools start up in late August. The closer that start date gets, the more we educators start thinking of plans and goals for the new year. Over the past couple of weeks, several links have come my way via Twitter which I think would be valuable for educators to visit as the summer begins to wind down and preparation for the new school year gears up.

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The Electric Educator

JULY 27, 2010

'I recently read an interesting blog post by Clayton M. Christenson, author of Disrupting Class , who quoted Sarah Lacey of Tech Crunch who was discussing some of the perceived drawbacks of online learning: “It’s easy to say that online education can never capture the full experience of being in a classroom, the one-on-one chats with the teacher, the face-to-face bonding with classmates, the simplicity of raising your hand when you have a question.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 27, 2010

'Social Media Dim Sum: One Small Plate at a Time I love my PLN! When I have an idea I am struggling with I can go to them and ask for opinions, brainstorming, & help and - I get it! Here was my idea: a graphic that showed the tastiest bits of a PLN all in one place setting.with a side dish of other ways to build your PLN that were a bit more.ummm challenging.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 28, 2010

'Last weekend I finished up a week of speaking and leading professional development by attending NTCamp in Philadelphia.The purpose was to try and give new teachers a jump start on their year by talking about issues that they might face in their first years and to give them ideas on how to make it and stay in the profession. There were sessions about assessment, technology, professional development and others.

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The Electric Educator

JULY 30, 2010

'Millions of dollars are invested by commercial companies to create brands that customers follow. The advantages and goals of branding include: Encourage loyalty Create community Communicate values Apple, Starbucks, and the New York Yankees are examples of brands which have engendered amazing loyalty, engagement and support. This year I am creating a brand for my 9th grade biology classroom.

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