A Principal's Reflections

MAY 23, 2012

'For those of you who regularly read my blog you know how passionate I am about Twitter and its positive impact on my professional practice as a school leader. I am constantly advocating for other school leaders and educators to embrace this powerful tool to improve communications, enhance public relations, establish a positive brand presence, grow professionally through the formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN), increase student engagement, and discover a world of opportunity.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 25, 2012

'Sometimes, in a group it can be hard to get a conversation started. You need that one focal point for everyone to rally around to get things moving. Videos and images are a great way to get your message out there and get folks talking. The same is true in the classroom. I can be helpful to start a unit or a topic off with some kind of visual stimulant that gets those creative thoughts moving.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 22, 2012

'NearPod is a free service/app that allows you to create interactive lessons and then share them across iPads in your classroom. Teachers create interactive presentations and then share them with the class. Here''s how it works. The teacher uses the Content Tool to create multimedia presentations and then share the content with the students. The Teacher app allows the teacher to control the activity also.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 20, 2012

'In their book Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age authors Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes argue that for school leaders to use social media effectively, they not only use it to communicate out information, they must also engage in listening to what stakeholders are saying. "Listening online gives leaders insight into their communities in a way that face-to-face meetings and surveys do not.

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MAY 19, 2012

'Just a few weeks ago, I was asked by our Governing Board if some students and teachers could share about Project Based Learning at the next Board Meeting, and it was easy to say yes because PBL has found a home at AJUSD. Solar exploration in Mrs. Hamman''s 5th grade class This STEM project was student driven. They researched problems and solutions on their own, and concluded that solar energy could help solve problems with purifying drinking water and eliminating the health hazards and environm

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 22, 2012

'I love my tablets. I carry 2 pretty much where ever I go, especially when I travel. Now, I love my iPad. I can get lots of work done on it, but mostly play some great games. However, I recently got a 10.1 Galaxy Tab and it is quickly becoming my go-to tablet for everything. From writing this blog post to checking my tweets to watching Netflix, I use it more than my laptop some days.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 20, 2012

'In their new book, Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age , authors Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes write: “Skill in communication is a key ingredient for school leaders’ success in today’s complex education environment, and this communication now includes social media.” As these author’s suggest, school leaders “can either learn to use these powerful tools or stand hopelessly by and the information good and bad swirls around them.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 24, 2012

'Because I am a nerd, this blog documents the use of BYOD in the high school English classroom and teaching students how to digitally enhance their study of literature. I started this blog as part of my quest for learning. And because I am a glutton for learning, these posts will also feature activities completed in conjunction with the Stockton Masters in Instructional Technology program.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 23, 2012

In 2002 I was so enthused by the idea that a school could provide one laptop for every child in its school that I launched a major research programme to study one of the first schools in the UK to achieve that goal for each of its 41 Year 6 pupils. We placed a research assistant in a classroom for several hours each week at Broadclyst Community Primary School , near Exeter in Devon, to observe and record what happened.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 23, 2012

'I am a huge user of Google''s many apps and resources. I also was lucky enough to receive a CR-48 Chromebook from Google to use and review. I really love how it works and think Chromebooks are an excellent idea for education. There is no support needed, nothing to install, it updates on it''s own and you can do everything on it. All you need is an internet connection.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 24, 2012

'Join me Thursday, May 24th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Elizabeth Merritt on museums and the future of learning. With co-author with Scott Kratz, in the report " Museums and the Future of Education ," she writes: The U.S. educational system is on the cusp of transformational change. Signals that the current educational structure has been destabilized include rising dissatisfaction with the formal educational system and the proliferation of non-traditional form

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SpeechTechie

MAY 24, 2012

'In my last post, I mentioned using the Passcode Lock feature to protect data on your iPad, as we do use our device as a clinical tool. An additional, and hopefully never necessary, safeguard involves the use of iCloud to delete your iPad''s data. iCloud confuses many people and for good reason- there is a lot to it. Much of what happens with iCloud is actually more for personal than professional use, so I am not going to go into detail about its many features here.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 24, 2012

Much interest was shown in yesterday's post iPad or iFad? It focused on whether schools should provide iPads for all their students. In the UK several schools are already doing this, and all have received great criticism from pressure groups who claim that it is an expensive gimmick. All down through the history of technology, as each new tool is introduced, there are those who will resist and complain, usually without any real evidence to justify their complaints.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 21, 2012

'After posting about SSUITE free office software , I found out about KingSoft Free Office Suite Software on Google+. KingSoft Free Office Suite Software includes word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software and is easy to use, looking very similar to Microsoft Office. It is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats, as well as other file formats, and Microsoft Office can open KingSoft Office files without any additional software.

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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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Nik Peachey

MAY 22, 2012

For a long time now I have been looking for a tool that enables instant polling in the classroom or in the lecture room. I specifically wanted something that: doesn't require registration (especially from the people I'm polling) updates very quickly works on any platform from computers to mobile devices It looks like I have finally found what I've been looking for and best of all it's free.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 20, 2012

'Hi! My name is Gwyneth and I was a Gleek in high school. Though there was no name for that, then. It was the 80''s and I was an alternative / new wave / hardcore punk rock chick with short spiky red & dyed black hair who had a part-time job at Kemp Mill Records (!), wearing skinny vintage men''s ties & round band buttons & who hung out with the other freaks behind the high school on the theater loading dock.

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Comfortably 2.0

MAY 24, 2012

'I find myself asking "Where did the school year go?" as I close the book that represents my 2011-2012 school year. One of the best things about being a teacher is that you get your summers "off". Now I know that the word "off" has been misconstrued by many that aren''t involved in education.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 21, 2012

'Morganize is a free organizational tool that has features for groups to work together. You can find the best date and time for a meeting, take polls and surveys, and even work with a shared To-Do list. It''s free, no registration is required, and it''s easy to use. Educators can use this to schedule study sessions, meetings, take polls and surveys of students or faculty and work on shared To-Do lists as part of student projects or school projects.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 23, 2012

"Dennis Littky provides a setting where young people and adults can explore the world together, discover their passions and apply themselves to solving their own and the world's problems! " - Deborah Meir Big Picture Schools help ignite student's passions Many high school students complain they don’t like school for some very good reasons.

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My Paperless Classroom

MAY 23, 2012

'On May 16th Kehillah ''s Jacklyn Guzman hosted a awesome guest speaker for her US History Class. They had the amazing honor to hear Minnijean Brown Trickey speak about her experience as one of the Little Rock Nine, nine students selected to integrate Central high school in Little Rock. Minnijean was a member of the Little Rock Nine during the Civil Rights movement and continues her work today with the Sojourn to the Past Project.

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Some guy named Rae...

MAY 22, 2012

'We received the following ticket at the Help Desk today, courtesy of a former IT student worker and all-around great guy (apparently, super creative too!): Subject: I Think I Broke the Internet Dear Menlo IT badasses, Today I decided I would be a little reckless. I decided it was a good idea to Google Google. […].

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 23, 2012

'InstallFree Nexus is an application I just learned about that allows you to use different applications on any device you want, while optimizing for that device. You can use Microsoft Office or LibreOffice on an iPad , Android Tablet, Chromebook or any device with a web browser. You can view and edit documents that you have stored in Dropbox , Google Drive , Office 365 and others and even access web apps that are written in Flash, Silverlight or Java.

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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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Comfortably 2.0

MAY 21, 2012

'For the last two years I have had some of the most amazing experiences in my 13 years in education. I have grown as an educator in ways that I did not think possible, and it was all because I was a member of the York Dukes. Two years ago I walked into Dr.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 22, 2012

'Simutrans is a free simulation game with the goal to establish a successful transportation company. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship and air. Interconnect cities, districts, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions by buiding a transport network you always dreamed of.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 25, 2012

'eduClipper is a new app coming from EduTecher Adam Bellow. eduClipper is in sign up mode now and promises to provide a way to clip anything from the web and then share it with anyone. Knowing Adam, this will be a great resource for educators and students. Sign up to be notified when it''s ready to go. Related: EduTecher - explore and share educational web tools.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 25, 2012

'EngineerGuy is a very cool site by Bill Hammack. He explores and explains technology and the human side of technology, in videos and radio pieces, along with some books. He teaches at the University of Illinois, was a US Diplomat (Senior Science Adviser at the Department of State), and has received awards for his work. The videos and radio shows have explored nanotechnology, smart phones, mood rings, new inventions, light bulbs, smoke detectors, the accelerometer in a smart phone and much more.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 22, 2012

'Discovery Education Science Techbook is an incredible resource for educators. It''s more than a digital textbook. "It’s a different way of thinking. Thinking outside the box, perhaps. Or more appropriately, thinking outside the book." "The Techbook not only provides awesome content aligned to each state’s standards (there are currently Science Techbooks available for most grades K-8 in 30 states across the U.S.), but includes a model lesson for teachers to use with every concept, assessment que

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 24, 2012

'Public Service Announcement: DNSCharger is malware botnet shut down in 2011 by the FBI and computer groups through some re-routing of internet servers. Most people are fine, but many computers - personal, corporate, and government - are still at risk. The FBI is shutting down the fix in July and many people will lose internet access if they don''t apply the fix by then.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 24, 2012

'I love rockets. My Bachelor''s degree is in Aerospace Engineering and I''ve been interested in rockets since I was a kid. My dad worked on the main engines for the Saturn V rocket when he worked at Pratt & Whitney as a chemist, I''ve designed and manufactured parts for the space program as an engineer, and my senior project in college was designing a two-state-to-orbit space vehicle (and we got to work with NASA engineers on the project - very cool!).

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 23, 2012

'Earlier today I wrote about InstallFree Nexus and Rndr , apps that allow you to use other apps, like LibreOffice and Java, on any device. Here''s the full article: [link] I''ve been using them all day on my CR-48 Chromebook and they work great! The biggest thing that I was not able to do on my Chromebook was accessing our Gradebook system, which runs on Java.

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