A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2015

Digital leadership calls for a multifaceted approach using both traditional and new age strategies to ensure that the right message is reaching stakeholders in a timely fashion. Flexibility - A multifaceted digital communications strategy allows all stakeholders a choice as to how they want to consume information and interact with the school.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

You can view the Google Hangout video HERE. We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

As social media embracement was not even a blip on the radar at this time, these teacher leaders were quite skeptical about the alleged benefits I described. Undeterred, I continued to talk about the concept of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and what it had done for my professional growth.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

In particular, my PLN provides me with a constant supply of resources, thought-provoking discussions, knowledge, leadership strategies, and ways to successfully integrate technology. Image Credit [link] Most educators I talk to have no idea where to begin when attempting to create a PLN that meets their teaching and learning needs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. social media.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Common Core 79

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

The advent of social media introduced yet another responsibility into my already packed schedule: digital leadership. To help you get started, I've compiled ten specific strategies that I used during my tenure as a high school principal and now help other leaders with during coaching cycles.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. This means being open to change and ready to modify teaching methods and strategies as needed.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 18, 2016

For those in education, summer is a time for relaxation, reflecting, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The brainchild of Schoology and myself, we set out in mid-August to plan an unprecedented free conference that would provide educators of varying experience with practical strategies to successfully integrate technology in the classroom. Google Doc of resources from TSETC courtesy of Chuck Poole.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

For most teachers, summer is both a time to recharge and a time to reflect on the past school year and consider new teaching strategies and curriculum. But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting more traditional professional learning opportunities like in-person conferences and workshops, it's time for you to chart your own course.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without. Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 23, 2015

For those in education, summer is a time for relaxation, regrouping, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new technologies and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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Social Media Edcamps Common Core Learning 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Starting with social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the two make it a priority to celebrate the accomplishments of students and teachers in their school on a daily basis. If we want our student outcomes to change, we have to change our adult behaviors. Jessica Torres.

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 5, 2013

My last post on 10 Powerful Media Tools Every Educator Show Be Using Yesterday was all about how educators need to create a Personal Learning Network, but our students need authentic audiences too. tools, such as Social Media. Classrooms Without Walls- Connect Your Classroom With The World!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 376

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

delivered via Google Classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. social media. Student joins an ongoing Google Classroom-based class.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Self-paced via Google Classroom.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 222

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Integrate and adapt blogs, wikis, Twitter, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. social media.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 244

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 205

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2020

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. social media. social media.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 151

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety Assessment 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

Tips on Better Searches (from Google) Infographic on Better Searches Common Craft Video on Web Search Strategies UPDATED thanks to a great comment below. Businesses still use MS Office for the most part, but iWorks, OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and Google Docs are all getting more popular. Most teachers know the basics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2018

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose, and audience.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Wiki Common Core 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2018

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Guide students in selecting writing strategies that differentiate for task, purpose and audience.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2010

McLuhan (see the video) predicted we’d have to leave the bookworld behind to be “with it” in the electronic world but with social media we can do it all. Come to this webinar to learn various tips and tricks to using Google Presentation and Google Drawing. link] MATH 2.0

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My Island View

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

They are the very people who one needs in a Personal Learning Network to continue following and interacting within meaningful ways. Every chat should offer up some new people to follow on Twitter, or to engage further in Google Hangouts or Skype calls. To bullet point the chat strategy: Set up a column to follow the Chat.

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Twitter Social Media Personal Learning Network Course 48

MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

Along with Google search, Wikipedia has become the first point of reference for most of us. The students’ personal learning networks of friends, forum users, Twitter followers and Facebook friends provide a rich source of knowledge gathering when they are at home, but use of such networks is excluded from their classrooms.

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