Sat.Jan 18, 2014 - Fri.Jan 24, 2014

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Why Digital Leadership? #digilead

A Principal's Reflections

'If you haven’t noticed, I have been a tad bit excited over the past couple of weeks leading up to the release of my new book. This is something that I could have never dreamed of prior to social media as I felt that writing was definitely not my strong suit. Social media not only helped me find my voice, but it helped me find the voices of so many passionate and amazing educators from across the country and globe.

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Let's Not Lose Perspective

Tom Murray

'They were floating in the water when I first saw them — the paintings of my three-year-old girl. Once a moment of pride and jubilation, now wading in the water that stretched from side to side of my home. It’s an image I’ll never forget and one of the most difficult moments of my life. A few hours earlier, I had just finished a keynote in New York, when I glanced at my phone.

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My top Android Apps for Educators

Educational Technology Guy

'I''m a huge Android user. I have my HTC One Smartphone and my own Nexus 7 tablet. In addition, my department uses Nexus 7 tablets for mobile access and some of our schools have Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets. I have a bunch of apps that I use on a regular basis, both when I was a teachers, as well as now as a CIO. This is my list of top apps for educators: Gmail - email is the main way I communicate with my staff, vendors, and school admin and teachers.

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What does the Net Neutrality Ruling Mean for Schools?

My Paperless Classroom

'Image from Open Media on Flickr Even though I have been down with the flu this week, I did hear the news about the supreme courts "Net Neutrality" ruling. If you don''t yet know what net neutrality is, here is a simple version that you can tell your grandkids: once upon a time there was the idea that all Internet content providers should have the same level of access to the Internet.

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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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Communicating in the Information Age

A Principal's Reflections

'In case you didn''t know we had quite a bit of snow last night in the Northeast. As I was outside in the bone-chilling cold shoveling piles of snow I began to reflect upon how my professional practice has changed in a few short years when it comes to snow days. Typically in the past I would have received a phone call compliments of a meticulously developed phone chain.

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Getting Girls Interested in Computer Science

EdTechSandyK

'Photo by Wolfgang Lonien Used With Permission Under a Creative Commons License Agreement Have you heard? By the year 2020, there''s going to be one million more computer science jobs in the United States than there will be people to fill them. That''s bad news on many levels, including for our economy, because businesses will be forced to look overseas for employees to meet the need.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

'TL;DR. Wizard by seanmgrath. In summary, we’ll have another contentious year. We’ll see big growth in higher education services from outside of the university sector, a continued gnashing of teeth from established providers. Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot.

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Restrictive social media policies don't prevent inappropriate relationships

The Innovative Educator

'Last week NBC news announced that some Colorado school districts are creating tougher social media policies for staff in hopes of preventing inappropriate relationships with students. While banning staff from connecting with students is certainly the easy way out, doing so not only fails to prevent inappropriate relationships, but it also fails to prepare students for success in the 21st century.

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3 Steps to Being Civil on Twitter: It's OK to Block the Trolls!

The 21st Century Principal

'Is there anyone like myself who sometimes feels just a twinge of guilt when blocking the latest troll that responds to your tweet? Part of me believes that in the interest of fairness I should hear what they have to say; that it''s OK for someone to disagree. But a bigger part of me wants to draw the line. Often these "trolls" as they are called do not really add anything to the discussion or conversation; they simply engage in name calling and derogatory language.

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Daisy the Dinosaur

SpeechTechie

'Did you hear about the Hour of Code ? This initiative in computer science education was featured in December 2013 in many schools where students were encouraged to work on programming projects. While programming might seem far removed from special education, it incorporates many skills our students need: language, sequencing, cause-effect, problem solving!

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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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The challenges and strategies for online adjuncts: Adjunctchat Jan 21, 2014

Connecting 2 the World

'There has been a lot of discussion lately about the possibility of all classes going online and MOOC''s (Massive online courses)replacing the traditional classroom. A result has been a backlash in which many still believe that online learning is not as effective as face to face learning (despite the body of work that proves that online learning, if done correctly, has no significant difference to learning outcomes than face to face traditional learning.

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Keep up with Twitter conversations with Conweets

The Innovative Educator

'Have you ever wanted to recall what you Tweeted with someone else or have an easy way to know what two tweeps have been tweeting about to each other? Some of you may have used Bettween for this, but unfortunately, they have ceased operations. Fortunately, Conweets has jumped in to do just that! Simply sign in via Twitter, enter the handles of two users and Conweets will display conversations.

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Learners promoting change

Learning with 'e's

'Recently I blogged two posts about Student Voices and how learners are bringing their own technology into the classroom to enhance and extend their learning experiences. They use Twitter backchannels and hashtags to track the conversation around their learning, and also connect with others beyond the classroom walls to continue discussions around the content they are learning.

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30/30

SpeechTechie

'30/30 is a free app that I have used in lessons specific to teaching kids about executive functioning, but it can be used with many contextual tasks (e.g. a game, project, or assignment) to help students build planning, time estimation and self-monitoring, including social behaviors that contribute to effective task completion. The app is basically a timer, but it allows you to break down tasks into their component parts and guesstimate time for each. 30/30 also allows you to color code task el

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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 PD Challenge

Comfortably 2.0

'I recently blogged about how I had begun creating App Task Challenges for the teachers in our district. The challenges have been well received and I think teachers actually enjoy the process of completing the challenges and then having an idea on how to easily integrate an app into their curriculum.

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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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Backchannels, hashtags and learning

Learning with 'e's

'As a part of my BETT Show presentation, I featured some of my students on video talking about their use of technology. I wanted to capture the student voice on learning in Higher Education. One of the questions I asked my students was: ''How have you used technology to enhance your learning?'' The short video below features Tyla Elworthy, Alex Druce and Aaron Fisher, who are training to be teachers and in the second year of their degree programmes at Plymouth University.

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Still Space Available- 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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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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Learning Revolution - NYC GlobalEd Meetup - FutureofEd on YouTube - CMK 14 - Goodbye Dean Fred

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update January 21st The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Welcome to the Learning Revolution. The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn.

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Increase Literacy with these Great Digital Reading Resources!

MSEDTechie

'One of Digital Learning Day’s partners, myON , is offering unlimited access to their award-winning, enhanced digital books for PreK – Grade 8, through June 30, 2014. myON books include flexible supports like word and sentence highlighting, an embedded dictionary, and even naturally-recorded audio by professional actors and actresses, at just the right tempo for the reading level of each book.

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Bett interview

Learning with 'e's

'The main arena wall is turned into a giant whiteboard at Bett 2014 While speaking at the Higher Education Summit at the BETT Show this week, one of my students who was participating in my session drew my attention to an interview with me in the conference brochure. It took me a little by surprise, because frankly, I had forgotten I had done it. I had to read it through to remember what I had said, and actually, it captures quite well where I am right now.

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Lustworthy Fonts Made of Win!

The Daring Librarian

'Lustworthy Fonts I''ve made no secret that I have a great love for graphic design, fonts, and the FREE site PicMonkey ; which makes even the novice dabbler feel like their creations are Made of WIN! As Joyce Valenza said in a recent blog post "my love for PicMonkey, in general, is so great that a premium subscription is critical!" But you don''t have to have a Royale subscription (but it''s worth it!

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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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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

TL;DR. Wizard by seanmgrath. In summary, we’ll have another contentious year. We’ll see big growth in higher education services from outside of the university sector, a continued gnashing of teeth from established providers. Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot.

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#make4DLDay: What’s Your Story?

Educator Innovator

We’re inviting teachers, afterschool leaders and educators everywhere to celebrate Digital Learning Day by accepting the #make4DLDay challenge , a set of digital storytelling activities that allow youth and adults to be makers for Digital Learning Day. Both the maker education and digital learning movements are grounded in the belief that kids learn best by doing.

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Student voices

Learning with 'e's

'My presentation at the 2014 BETT Show is a little different from my normal presentations. It features several significant contributions from my students on video and also live on stage. I can only say so much myself about what goes on in the learning environments I work within. After a while, because it comes from me, it tends to sound like hyperbole, and I''m sure some of my audience leave with a ''so what?

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