A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2012

'Cross-posted at the Huffington Post. Recently my school was recognized as the “ School of theMonth ” for November/December by eSchool News. The resulting article described New Milford High School’s many accomplishments pertaining to the use of educational technology to enhance the teaching and learning process. We are extremely proud of the current culture that now exists where technology is seen as one of many necessary tools that are pivotal to student achievement and overall success.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2012

'I just wrote about Evernote Clearly having text-to-speech and I just found out that Google Play Books does too. It has a read aloud function that will read books to you. It has to have an internet access at the time, but it is another resource for students who struggle to read. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 18, 2012

'I have the good fortune to be able to call Deven Black a colleague and friend who has never disappointed when it comes to stretching my thinking. Deven helps me become smarter and look at things in new ways. Every time Deven and I communicate, I''m always surprised by some other amazing accomplishment of his that he mentions in passing. As I was writing my Teens Guide to Opting Out of School for Success , Deven mentioned he was one such teen and he agreed to contribute to my guide.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 21, 2012

'After the Sandy Hook incident in Newtown, Connecticut, there have been a flood of calls by lawmakers and news pundits on the news networks to call for allowing educators and school employees to carry weapons as a part of their regular duties. That is a Bad idea! While I understand some people place a lot of faith in Smith and Wesson, I however, do not share that same faith.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

'Newtown has every parent, educator, law enforcement professional, politician, and anyone who cares about children and schools reeling. As part of that reaction, we should all be asking how our schools can do better. The sobering and sad fact is this: Nothing we do can ever put in place a 100% guarantee that an event like Newtown won''t happen again.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2012

'Evernote , the app I talk about way too much, has some other great apps that work with it. Skitch is one of them. Skitch is a free image editing and screen capture app that has been on mobile devices for a while and is now, finally, on Windows. It is easy to use, has enough features for most users, and is free. Hard to beat that. You can use it to take screen captures, annotate images, and it integrates with Evernote.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 17, 2012

'Join me Tuesday, December 18th, for a live conversation with good friend Adam Frey, co-founder of Wikispaces , and co-author (with his Wikispaces co-founder James Byers) of the recent primer " How to Succeed in Ed-Tech." In "How to Succeed in Ed-Tech," Adam and James look at the current boom in ed tech ventures, and try to distinguish hype from reality while acknowledging their own serendipitous route to the lessons they have learned.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 18, 2012

'Andrew Ng, Stanford University computer science professor, is the co-founder of Coursera, a for-profit company that partners with colleges and universities to provide free MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). It''s hard to believe that the company only started up in April! Stanford Professors Launch Coursera With $16M From Kleiner Perkins and NEA. The list of participating colleges and universities is impressive -- thirty-three as of this date.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 20, 2012

'Evernote is one of my most used apps, ever. I''ll be sharing the apps I use, and how I use them, in my new job as CIO shortly. Evernote has a very cool product called Clearly. Evernote Clearly is a browser extension for Google Chrome (other browsers will be added soon) that allows you to read online with less distractions. You simply click the extension and it hides all the distractions from blogs and articles, allowing you to read with less distractions and more easily.It use it a lot, especia

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 20, 2012

'I was recently asked 8 questions about education for The Daily Journalist. Here are the questions: Is there something wrong with the system and education in the U.S.? Are high school students in the U.S. unprepared and surprisingly unaware of the hardness college presents to them, once they decide to get a higher education? Is the transition from high school to college to harsh?

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2012

They have finally done it. Someone has come up with a way to control computers using mind power. And the device is non-invasive. At least, that's what InteraXon, the company who has designed the Muse 'brain sensing' headband wish to achieve. 'It lets you control things with your mind' runs the sensational strapline for the Muse Headband promotional video.

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Comfortably 2.0

DECEMBER 16, 2012

'"Christmas waves a magical wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer, and more beautiful. " ~Norman Vincent Peale There is just something magical about this time of year. Getting together with families, going to Church, sharing stories and just plain relaxing. One of my favorite websites to use this time of year is the Norad Tracks Santa website.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 17, 2012

'Friday was a shocking day. I was at one of our elementary schools working with a principal on some technology ideas when we started to get the news about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, just 15 miles north of us. We were shocked and saddened even without knowing any details. Staff members live in that town and were trying to get more information about their own children.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 15, 2012

'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. Article Views Why the flip’s a flop ( With new addendum!!!

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 21, 2012

'As we close out 2012, let''s take a look back at the most popular posts here. With the release of the Apple iBooks Author many educators jumped at the chance to create their own textbooks and books for the classroom. But what if you don''t have access to it or don''t use Apple in your district? There are lots of other ways to make living textbooks and books.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 19, 2012

'I''ll be a guest again on the Connected Learning weekly webinar series tomorrow, with esteemed host Howard Rheingold, and getting provocative. Read the following at your own risk. Date : Thursday, Dec 20 Time : 10-11am US Pacific Time ( international times ) Event page and participation instructions : [link] Hacking at the Roots : I see two larger education reform movements.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2012

'Adobe Photoshop Touch is a great app for tablets and smartphones that I wrote about before. It has just been updated for 7 inch devices like the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire and iPad mini. This is a great app for students and educators to use for photo editing and effects and now it is available for the smaller tablets. I happen to love my Nexus 7 and the 7 inch table size, so I''m very happy.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 19, 2012

'Guest post by Lisa Cooley - Cross posted at The Minds of Kids The blog of the Institute for Democratic Education in America now features an autobiographical post by John Dubie , a senior at the Big Picture South Burlington school in Vermont. Dubie writes, "When I got to high school, I was a particularly snarky and jaded student. Every teacher I saw was an enemy and every classmate was a douche.

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