Sat.Jul 17, 2010 - Fri.Jul 23, 2010

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Top 10 Roadblocks to Change

A Principal's Reflections

'Yesterday I was granted an opportunity to deliver a keynote at the NYSCATE Leadership Summit in Troy, NY. The topic of my talk was, "Leadership in the Digital Age." During my talk I spoke about two paths that a leader could take, telling people what they want to hear, or taking them where they need to be. This theme served as a catalyst for my discussion on leading change in the 21st Century.

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Thoughts On School Leaders And Technology Integration.

The Web20Classroom

'Earlier this week I had the honor of delivering a Keynote Address for the NYSCATE Summer Leadership Summit in Albany, New York. Others involved in the conference were Tom Whitby and Eric Sheninger , both of which gave awesome talks, and the National Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling from Iowa. I got to meet lots of great people and have some pretty awesome conversations.

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ASHA Session Accepted!

SpeechTechie

'After a week down in Cape Cod with an unexpected lack of internet access (won''t be renting that house again), I''m back on the grid, but only for a few days as I am off to Europe. Really, I am not a jet-setter, but this summer it seems that way! I was excited to learn that my submission to the ASHA Convention in Philly this November was accepted! I will be presenting a 1-hour seminar, Links to Language: Leveraging the Interactive Web in Your Interventions , on Friday 11/19 from 11:00-12:00.

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How to Find your Web Persona

The Electric Educator

'I discovered an interesting and provocative tool from MIT researcher Aaron Zinman , which was shared by fellow ed. tech blogger Lisa Thumann. The tool is called " Personas " and is designed to "show how the internet sees you," mistakes, inaccuracies, and all. It couldn''t be much simpler. Type your full name in the box and Personas will scour the web for references to you and attempt to place the results into broad categories such as books, education, family, art, etc.

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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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Are Forums obsolete?

Connecting 2 the World

Tony Karrer posted a query for suggestions of how a financial institution can replicate an online forum which they had previously been successful in creating. This was my comment: Part of the problem in financial institutions today (as opposed to two years ago) is that they are under the scrutiny of regulators. I have been an employee in an atmosphere of high government regulation (I was an internal auditor) and learned never to put anything in writing that I was not absolutely sure of.

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The Value Of Getting Away From It All.

The Web20Classroom

'Last week I was on vacation. Before I left I vowed to my wife and my family I would completely unplug. After my wife picked herself off the floor because she was laughing so much she said I couldn''t do it. Even on Twitter, there were bets going around that I would "show up" at some point and send a tweet. I vacationed on the North Carolina Outer Banks, some of the most beautiful country around.

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How to Create a Digital Signature

The Daring Librarian

'A month or so ago I had to coordinate getting the video releases of all those on the ISTE Smackdown panel.and to get them to sign the release - electronically. The ISTE video release was a. PDF and like I''ve never signed a. PDF before electronically - I *have* signed & faxed them before.so to make it easier I converted the. PDF into a.DOC and then did a little research and found a good resource with tips on How to Sign Documents Electronically I think the easiest way is sign your name with

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