A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 17, 2013
'I have been extremely blessed to be invited to speak and work with administrators all over the country. There is nothing more exhilarating than sharing the work of my students and teachers as it has radically changed how I lead. Especially during keynote presentations, I talk about the need for school leaders to take calculated risks to initiate meaningful change.
The 21st Century Principal
APRIL 15, 2013
'“School buildings must change because instruction must change. We need creative new designs that will support 21st century learning.” Frank S. Kelly, Ted McCain, and Ian Jukes, Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools A great deal of the reform talk that we engage in focuses on changing how teaching and learning should change to better fit the needs of 21st century learners, but how much of that talk focuses on how we can better redesign our schools so that they bette
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The Innovative Educator
APRIL 19, 2013
'Co-authored by Lisa Nielsen and Lisa Cooley A recent Common Sense Media story about Facebook Home warns parents that the new Facebook Home app will be an ever-present distraction in the lives of young people. It states that as your teen's engagement with friends via Facebook goes up, engagement in the “real world” can go down. Adults need to wake up.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 15, 2013
'Today, though on school vacation week, I was wrapped up in what now seem to be very small problems indeed. I was snapped out of this when my friend texted me and told me to put on the TV, because "something had happened" at the Boston Marathon. This story is still unfolding, with many horrible and tragic details. Many of us in Boston spent the afternoon making sure our friends and loved ones were safe.
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 15, 2013
'Join me Wednesday, April 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski on their new book, Leaving to Learn : How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. The first step to addressing the nation''s dropout rate, Elliot and Charlie argue, is letting students "leave, to learn.
The 21st Century Principal
APRIL 14, 2013
'“Too many organizations not just companies, but governments and nonprofits as well still operate from assumptions about human potential and individual performance that are outdated, unexamined, and rooted more in folklore than in science.” Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us It’s not just businesses that are still caught in outdated assumptions about performance and motivation.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 17, 2013
'In an April column for The ASHA Leader based on some recent consultations in the Boston area, I mentioned the tools offered by Evernote and their potential for helping a variety of students with learning difficulties. I have also mentioned Evernote in the past as a productivity tool and the wonderful Meghan Gallahan Graham of all4mychild wrote a guest post here about her use of Evernote some time back.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 17, 2013
'Join me Thursday, April 18th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Pasi Sahlberg and Vivien Stewart. Our discussion will focus on what we can learn from international education models, and specifically how those models provide students with equal access to an excellent education. This is a special event held in partnership with the Asia Society as part of their year-long Global Learning for Educators webinar series.
The 21st Century Principal
APRIL 17, 2013
'“If time is not fixed, there are lots of possibilities to make schooling more responsive to the individual needs of students and teachers and more economical to operate.” Frank Kelly, Ted McCain, and Ian Jukes, Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cuter High Schools Why do high schools keep the same master schedule from one year to the next?
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 16, 2013
'Students often begin pursuing employment as early as high school, but they are not taught best practices when it comes to managing their money. Everyone should know how to make healthy financial decisions, yet it is rarely found in the high school curriculum. While the new Common Core Standards stress the importance of career readiness, it’s not clear in what context students would learn strategies for real world financial concerns--like staying out of debt and the benefits of having good credi
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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 18, 2013
'I just created this Skitch snapshot for our faculty, to show them how to adjust the flow of information from the Google+ circles they created, and I thought others might find the shot useful as well. Feel free to download and share it. Here are the steps in writing: 1. Go to Home. 2. Choose the Circle (which you''ve already created) you want to adjust. 3.
The Electric Educator
APRIL 15, 2013
'If you are a fan of bookmarking pages in your web browser, you have probably run into the problem of running out of space on your bookmarks bar. The whole point of bookmarking a page is to get to it quickly. Adding folders and additional layers of organization becomes cumbersome and defeats the purpose of bookmarking in the first place! There is a simple "trick" that you can use to save space on your bookmark bar, allowing you to maximize the available space for your most visited pages.
Connecting 2 the World
APRIL 17, 2013
'Each summer, I choose one or two new emerging technologies to learn. Last summer I worked with edmodo and mendeley. I ended up using Edmodo, but not really catching on to mendeley (nor did my students as it was a bit limited in collaborative work, we found). I also started playing around with pintrest, which had mixed reviews with my students, however, I''ve found some use personally.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 15, 2013
'The Student Voice movement was born and grown from using social media as a tool to connect like-minded individuals via weekly #StuVoice Twitter chats (8:30 p.m. EST), a Facebook Book Page to share and celebrate success, a Facebook Group to interact, and a website to get information. The weekend, was the first ever Student Voice Summit. It provided an opportunity for individuals to see the faces of so many of the minds they had already gotten to know through their passion to give students a voic
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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 15, 2013
'The topic tonight for the monthly #tlchat was: EBooks: Advice, Resources, Recommendations, Marketing, etc. and these are my favorite tweets: I love how @ buffyjhamilton shared so freely her saga w/ebooks on her blog theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/category/kindl… #tlchat #ebooks — Nikki D Robertson (@NikkiDRobertson) April 16, 2013 My eBooks page: cybraryman.com/ebooks.html #tlchat — Jerry Blumengarten (@cybraryman1) April 16, 2013 @ joycevalenza @ jkhealy4 We feature #ebooks on our TV Produc
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 17, 2013
'I have enjoyed my short stay here in Doha, Qatar, where I was an invited speaker at the Technology in Higher Education Conference. Doha is a futuristic, high rise city that didn''t exist ten years ago. There is major construction work wherever you look, and the technological infrastructure is impressive. The conference event (#the2013) was organised by the Qatar Foundation in alliance with a number of overseas universities, based within the Education City network.
Nik Peachey
APRIL 18, 2013
Whilst in the process of designing a unit of online learning I started thinking about the qualities and skills that a good educational technology trainer should have. After thinking of a few myself I decided to draw on the wisdom of my PLN and crowd-source a few more ideas. Please feel free to add your ideas and to copy any of the ones you find here.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 17, 2013
'One of the best practices that I recommend for educators who are using Facebook with students is to create a group or a page where teachers and parents or students can connect, collaborate, and create. One of the nice things about groups and pages is they allow you to message members without having to be Facebook "friends" with them. Recently however, a new twist has been put in place that innovative educators should be aware of.
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Saving Socrates
APRIL 19, 2013
'In a recent article posted at [link] John Post quotes, Karie Kuras, a district technology supervisor from Dardanelle Elementary says, "It''s like a standard gmail or google docs account but secure." This is true, but it is actually so much more than this. I first encountered google schools last year when I was asked by my district''s Director of Technology, Ron Watson, to pilot it along with about 5 other teachers.
My Paperless Classroom
APRIL 17, 2013
'I like talking with students, out loud, about their writing because when I speak I can control the tone. When I write my response I have no idea what the voice in their head sounds like, but 9 will give you 10 that the voice is full of the anxiety and self-doubt I always hear when I look at someone''s response to my writing. I was talking with Max, a key member of the team behind Learn.ly, an app that pairs voice comments with highlighting WITHIN GOOGLE DOCS, yes it is so cool I just started sh
The Electric Educator
APRIL 15, 2013
If you are a fan of bookmarking pages in your web browser, you have probably run into the problem of running out of space on your bookmarks bar. The whole point of bookmarking a page is to get to it quickly. Adding folders and additional layers of organization becomes cumbersome and defeats the purpose of bookmarking in the first place! There is a simple "trick" that you can use to save space on your bookmark bar, allowing you to maximize the available space for your most visited pages.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 13, 2013
'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews What''s your digital footprint?
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.
Comfortably 2.0
APRIL 14, 2013
'Here are some of my favorite Chrome extensions. What is a Chrome extension? It is a small program that adds new features to your Chrome browser. I like to use them to make more browsing experience more efficient. Here are my top ten extensions that I like to use: WiseStamp allows you to create a dynamic email signature in no time at all. I get all I need with the free version.
My Paperless Classroom
APRIL 13, 2013
'It is quarter to 10 the night before the chat and I don''t have the questions written yet. This is definitely too late to write a promo for the chat. I guess this page will just be a postscript. I believe in blogging. Writing is a transformative act and sharing it with others creates a community of ideas. Last week''s chat about blogging in teaching focused on the why and the what of blogging.
EdTechnocation.com
APRIL 17, 2013
'I''ve had somewhat of a disdain for the black navigation bar that Google gave us a while back ever since it''s release. I do like it for it''s easy access to Google apps but I hated it for having access to apps that I rarely ever use, and hiding other apps I do use very often in the More and Even More tabs. Well, I was listening to the EdReach Google Educast Podcast #090 this morning on my drive in to work and they mentioned a Google Chrome extension that calmed my nerves and made my day!
Educator Innovator
APRIL 19, 2013
Whether your interests are in DIY or STEM, digital media and arts, or youth civic engagement, you’ve benefitted all summer from great colleagues. So why not maintain those connections into the school year? Educator Innovators are committed to creative and connected learning for all. Educator Innovator is a network of networks, and together the partners in Educator Innovator invite you to join the movement to re-imagine learning for the 21st century— and to have some fun in the process.
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.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 15, 2013
'Join me Tuesday, July 2nd BEING RESCHEDULED!, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Matt Hern on "deschooling." The phrase "deschooling" was popularized by Ivan Illich, and indicates a belief that "most people learn better by themselves, outside of an institutional environment, at a self-determined pace" (see Wikipedia ).
My Paperless Classroom
APRIL 13, 2013
'When I think about what I want TO DO, I keep coming back to the moments in my own education when the world of writing was opened to me. What I want to do is. empower students to use writing to change their lives. So I teach writing as best as I can to as many students as I can. Best case: I teach writing in an immersive camp-style informal education environment.
Saving Socrates
APRIL 16, 2013
'I began using online courses in 2008 when I was introduced to iTunes. I loved the online courses from Yale University and MIT. I took Game Theory, Western Civilization, and more, but that was not "taking" a course in the traditional sense. I would read the material assigned, watch the lecture, and incorporate some of the material into activities I did with my own students.
Educator Innovator
APRIL 19, 2013
What is International Dot Day? Every day is a good day to celebrate creativity in the classroom and all that it unlocks and unleashes for students and teachers. But since 2009, one day – September 15 — has become a great day for teachers, students and people everywhere to re-commit and re-connect to the power and potential that creativity brings to all we do.
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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