The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 3, 2011

Next week, I will be presenting to a group of educators in my district on the subject of "Must-Have iPad and Smartphone Apps." I did a blog post a short time ago, and that list hasn''t change much, but there have been a few additions and deletions, mostly due to suggestions of those in my Personal Learning Network.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2020

“Technology Tools for Online Education,” a mini book focused on teaching education leaders how to harness their smartphone, leverage the cloud, and connect with students using online communications, is now available. The book is part of a blended learning environment and has an accompanying four-hour, on-demand Udemy course.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

One way to achieve this is to use technology games and platforms that can be used for both learning and relationship-building. . Even before the pandemic, I’ve always been in pursuit of learning about ways to engage students without long periods of lecture. It helps with accountability and also keeps the students stimulated.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 18, 2021

Schools and teachers play an essential role in making parents or caretakers as involved in their children’s learning as possible, but they themselves can also take matters into their own hands if they truly want it. Either way, education technology is here to help. How edtech strengthens parental engagement in online learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

With Smartphones. In response to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s not surprising to see that trend continue now that technology has caught up with our inherently rebellious ways. Modern smartphones have the chance to change all of this. Permanently Disrupting Education. by Terry Heick. They facebook.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

While post-pandemic growth has slowed as schools resume in-person learning, the company is still flush with cash, reporting over $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2021. Personalization and … humanification? Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2020

I designed the series with teachers in mind, especially those who have been compelled by the recent crisis to migrate all of their teaching to online and technology supported education. Integrating technology by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

One way to achieve this is to use technology games and platforms that can be used for both learning and relationship-building. Even before the pandemic, I’ve always been in pursuit of learning about ways to engage students without long periods of lecture. It helps with accountability and also keeps the students stimulated.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With smartphones in our hands, virtual assistants in our homes and various ed-tech tools in our classrooms, we all rely on technology to make our lives easier during this stressful period. Technology does help; this month, next month and next year as well. Here are five of them: Access to learning materials anytime, anywhere.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Kalysta title: 4 tools that make it easier to personalize learning & differentiate lessons. Social media caption: Technology platforms that differentiate and personalize your lesson plans. One way to achieve this is to use technology games and platforms that can be used for both learning and relationship-building.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

How can digital technology help middle schoolers thrive? After years of researching the effects of digital technology, we have found that most of the evidence to date does not support the view that social media and smartphones are the cause of these problems. Smartphones are making it worse.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2016

It’s safe to say that the seismic shifts we are witnessing as a result of technological advances will continue to reshape our world in ways that we could never have imagined. They also aligned nicely with the technological changes that were occurring. How many of us had a Blackberry as our first smartphone?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Finally, the authors themselves caution that the findings of this study should not be considered generalizable to deployments of tablets, desktops, smartphones or other classroom technologies, as those technologies have different affordances.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

utilize digital technologies in academic- and work-productive ways that go far beyond social uses or mere replication of analog instructional practices. utilize digital technologies in academic- and work-productive ways that go far beyond social uses or mere replication of analog instructional practices. Principal 2.0 (new new book!).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment. Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Further, research validates the use of mobile technology in education. by Amy Moynihan , Ph.D.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2019

An estimated 26 million students have learning differences, including tens of thousands of students with dyslexia, a neurological condition that affects reading and related language-based processing skills. Students with learning differences are more likely to struggle academically, socially and emotionally. The power of technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

Google is investing in the education startup Edwin , an AI-powered English tutor that was one of eight education technology companies to come out of Y Combinator’s latest demo day. The integration between Google Assistant and Edwin will be accessible on smartphones that run Google Assistant, as well as Google Home smart speakers.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Digital media and technology are increasingly a part of our lives, but it's important that we're conscious of the media choices we're making. It’s also important to remember that things will vary quite a bit from person to person and class to class. See Google's cookie information for details.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 27, 2022

We live in a world where there is no shortage of technology and that also holds true for classroom technology. However, in the long run, only those study tools with innovative features and capabilities that reduce cognitive overload and facilitate personalized learning will survive the test of time. Conclusion.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2023

What is a Digital Learning Platform? Gone are the days when learning was restricted to the classroom, with the instructor being the primary source of knowledge. The learning material can be in the form of courses, multimedia content, archives and evaluations.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 12, 2015

We did take our smartphones and allowed our kids to each pack their iPod touches. From a parent''s point of view technology really did enhance our vacation experience. Each park was jam packed every day, but our technology helped us make the best of it. Technology used wisely and with purpose in my opinion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. We know that this is what was happening … with learning during the pandemic, but now we're all back together again.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of the core ideas of the Christensen Institute’s research on innovation is that technologies improve over time to better meet the needs of the people they serve. Blended learning provides a fresh opportunity for education to break past these cycles of change without progress.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2017

This is easier than ever, they are just a smartphone away. Empower — students should be in charge of their own learning. Taking prior knowledge and students’ interest into consideration, every teacher can create a personalized learning path for each of them. Wire — technology is the servant, not the master.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. FCPS Office of Instructional Technology. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Alice Keeler.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“We’re thrilled to join Renaissance and to support the mission of accelerating learning for all,” said Pep Carrera, chief executive officer at Nearpod. million Nearpod teachers delivers on the full promise of personalizing learning across remote, hybrid, and in-person classrooms.”.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) covers any topic in short but powerful talks lasting 18 minutes or less in more than 110 languages.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

The world continues to change as a result of technological advances. It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Make no mistake about it; technology is shaping the world in ways that we could never have imagined.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The 21 st -century classroom has undergone many changes, from the growing implementation of new tools and technologies, to new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. One of these new mindsets has to do with the how much control students have over their own learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Most high schoolers have a way to send an email from home, whether it’s from a smartphone or a family computer. But technology can help facilitate these classroom experiences, Evans said. And when they go to class the next day, they can arrive knowing their teacher is already aware of the problem.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. When it comes to technology, the best options for teachers during this crisis are usually the simplest.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Jada said she learned facts about wolves and monarch butterflies in the hunt. When you’re doing cool new technology, you want to try it and learn it all,” she said. Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a way to provide deeper learning in K-12 schools. Related: Students apply geometry lessons to build tiny houses.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Employers support their staff as they bring their personal devices such as smartphones and tablets into the workplace, enabling a technical infrastructure that scales to the screens being used. Just for Me' learning will epitomise the next decade of learning and development. Unported License.

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