Think about a meaningful trip you’ve taken far from home. Maybe it was a vacation with family. Maybe it was a study abroad opportunity during college. Regardless, when you got your feet on the ground in that location and took it all in, it probably changed your worldview — and your feelings about that location. […]. Ed Tech classroom video activities video activities for class video projects for students virtual walking tours MORE
Over the past few months, I’ve published several series of guest posts from teachers of English Language Learners: one on teaching math , another on ELLs and Special Needs , and the most recent one on teaching Science to ELL s. I also published a mini-series on evaluating foreign transcripts. MORE
Image: Women’s 100m finals–British Champs & Olympic Trials 2008| Flickr: Paul Foot. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read the term “Disruptive Innovation” cited in relation to health care delivery. MORE
School districts across the country are tackling the toughest challenges in education, including kindergarten readiness, family engagement, and school redesign. MORE
Journalist I.F. Stone said: The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. You mustn’t feel like a martyr. You’ve got to enjoy it.” MORE
Everyone is an innovator. Within the last two decades, the barrier to entry to be innovative has dramatically decreased. Today, people can have multiple careers and innovations within a lifetime. MORE
Youtube is a great source for our English teaching classes but the ads and some offensive comments may distract our students from viewing the videos in a safe and a friendly way. MORE
LeMya Vaughn completes an activity on her kindergarten readiness program, UPSTART. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. MORE
In a workshop, an educator shared their reluctance to try some of the things that I was suggesting with students in their classroom. Luckily, I had students joining me in the workshop and asked them for some feedback. MORE
When I was a Middle School Principal, I worked closely with our school counselor. In so many ways, he was my right arm. MORE
Photo by Art Lasovsky on Unsplash. Our instructional leadership team recently analyzed the last two years of writing assessment data. We use a commercial-based rubric to score student writing in the fall and in the spring. MORE
We know preschool makes a big difference for kids and that its effects can last a lifetime. But to have that kind of impact, early care has to be high quality. MORE
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Start singing “Conjunction junction,” and you’ll likely hear someone continue singing, “what’s your function?” ” Many of us remember singing along to Schoolhouse Rock, Sesame Street, and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The use of music as a learning tool is nothing new, but now, there’s a social media community and app that takes this idea beyond the […]. MORE
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Tumisu / Pixabay. There are tons of podcasts out there for students learning English. There are far fewer designed for teachers of English. Here are the ones I’m aware of – please share ones I’m missing: I’ve got to start with Carol Salva’s excellent one! MORE
Over the past few months, I’ve published two series of guest posts from teachers of English Language Learners: one on teaching math , and the other on ELLs and Special Needs. MORE
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Imagine your class traveling to see the Great Pyramid of Giza, touring the International Space Station, or having a face to face conversation with a beloved author. All of these experiences are possible through virtual field trips. Virtual field trips allow us to take our students on adventures we never could before. They are fun, […]. MORE
People all over the world are flocking to Snapchat to share photos and videos that reflect what’s going on in their lives. To be specific, it’s more than 300 million monthly active users. The magnitude of Snapchat’s impact is huge (source): 3 billion photos and videos are created every day on Snapchat. 78 percent of […]. Ed Tech snapchat classroom activities snapchat in the classroom social media with students using social media in class MORE
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The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Episode 376 with Thomas Arnett on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 10, 2018
People all over the world are flocking to Snapchat to share photos and videos that reflect what’s going on in their lives. To be specific, it’s more than 300 million monthly active users. The magnitude of Snapchat’s impact is huge (source): 3 billion photos and videos are created every day on Snapchat. 78 percent of […]. Ed Tech snapchat classroom activities snapchat in the classroom social media with students using social media in class
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Journalist I.F. Stone said: The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. You mustn’t feel like a martyr. You’ve got to enjoy it.”
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The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 8, 2018
In our next collaborative post, Shaelynn Farnsworth (@shfarnsworth) and I discuss how schools and districts can make the best technology purchasing decisions. Recently I was talking to a Tech Director colleague that was in the middle of a purchasing battle with a principal.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Understanding the appropriate way to seek out help is not a skill every student has. Some children, especially younger ones, meet every assignment with cries of “ I need help! ” — before trying independently.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Tomorrow I have the privilege of launching a 7-day Innovation Academy with school leaders across the state of North Dakota. The dates are spread out across the year. We end next May. .
Education Elements
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Everyone is an innovator. Within the last two decades, the barrier to entry to be innovative has dramatically decreased. Today, people can have multiple careers and innovations within a lifetime.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 8, 2018
October 8-12, 2018 is our fall break on the show. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week — October 8-12, 2018 — we’re taking a fall break on the 10-Minute Teacher.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 9, 2018
This year on the Global Day of Action, over a million people from around the world mobilized to show how they are working to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a better world for all.
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Today’s universities and colleges face many challenges ranging from reconciling financial pressures, to ensuring student success, to managing complicated workforce dynamics. One thing they all have in common: Their head of HR must align the HR function to best support the institution as it navigates this current landscape.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Think about a meaningful trip you’ve taken far from home. Maybe it was a vacation with family. Maybe it was a study abroad opportunity during college. Regardless, when you got your feet on the ground in that location and took it all in, it probably changed your worldview — and your feelings about that location. […]. Ed Tech classroom video activities video activities for class video projects for students virtual walking tours
The Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Advocates for personalized learning have bold and plentiful ambitions for students: higher rates of engagement, greater persistence, healthy development, and expanded opportunity—not to mention improved academics.
Education Elements
OCTOBER 10, 2018
As an education consulting organization we work with hundreds of schools and districts to improve the way teaching, learning, work, and collaboration happen. In projects with clients, we rarely ask leaders to try something we haven’t tried ourselves.
Larry Ferlazzo
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Over the past few months, I’ve published several series of guest posts from teachers of English Language Learners: one on teaching math , another on ELLs and Special Needs , and the most recent one on teaching Science to ELL s. I also published a mini-series on evaluating foreign transcripts.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 10, 2018
School districts across the country are tackling the toughest challenges in education, including kindergarten readiness, family engagement, and school redesign.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Start singing “Conjunction junction,” and you’ll likely hear someone continue singing, “what’s your function?” ” Many of us remember singing along to Schoolhouse Rock, Sesame Street, and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The use of music as a learning tool is nothing new, but now, there’s a social media community and app that takes this idea beyond the […].
The Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Image: Women’s 100m finals–British Champs & Olympic Trials 2008| Flickr: Paul Foot. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read the term “Disruptive Innovation” cited in relation to health care delivery.
Education Elements
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Everyone is an innovator. Within the last two decades, the barrier to entry to be innovative has dramatically decreased. Today, people can have multiple careers and innovations within a lifetime.
Larry Ferlazzo
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Tumisu / Pixabay. There are tons of podcasts out there for students learning English. There are far fewer designed for teachers of English. Here are the ones I’m aware of – please share ones I’m missing: I’ve got to start with Carol Salva’s excellent one!
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 11, 2018
In a workshop, an educator shared their reluctance to try some of the things that I was suggesting with students in their classroom. Luckily, I had students joining me in the workshop and asked them for some feedback.
The Jose Vilson
OCTOBER 9, 2018
As a boy, I used to say my prayers at night. Nothing and everything triggered these prayers. While a light buzz pretended silence before the eventual gunshot outside, I’d kneel on both knees, hands clasped, eyes closed, talking to what Catholics refer to as God.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 8, 2018
. High failure rates in math, especially for low-income and minority students, and small numbers of students enrolled in advanced courses: Like many educational systems, San Francisco Unified School District faced this dual problem.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Larry Ferlazzo
OCTOBER 10, 2018
niekverlaan / Pixabay. Thanks to Richard Byrne and his fabulous blog , I just learned about Synth. As the headline of this post indicates, it will immediately become one of the favorite online tool for any teacher of English Language Learners.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 14, 2018
I shared this post recently, “ These Are The Skills That Your Kids Will Need For The Future (Hint: It’s Not Coding), ” and I want to start with a quote from the end of the article first.
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Photo by Art Lasovsky on Unsplash. Our instructional leadership team recently analyzed the last two years of writing assessment data. We use a commercial-based rubric to score student writing in the fall and in the spring.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 10, 2018
LeMya Vaughn completes an activity on her kindergarten readiness program, UPSTART. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 14, 2018
What do you believe in professionally? We all possess a particular set of beliefs that are shaped by our respective value system. These impact our work and ultimately determine whether we are successful or not. Mark Lenz provides this great perspective: Beliefs. We all have them.
Larry Ferlazzo
OCTOBER 14, 2018
With this post, I’m beginning to publish my end-of-year “The Best….” lists. There are over 1,700 regularly updated lists now. You can see them all here. You can also find many of them organized a bit differently here.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 11, 2018
5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning by TeachThought Staff Personalized learning is something that many teachers strive for, but it can be easier to want it than make it happen.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 9, 2018
I first heard about the idea of “Problem-Finders” from Ewan McIntosh , and it always struck me as something we should be focusing on in education: “Currently, the world’s education systems are crazy about problem-based learning, but they’re obsessed with the wrong bit of it.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2018
We know preschool makes a big difference for kids and that its effects can last a lifetime. But to have that kind of impact, early care has to be high quality.
techlearning
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Youtube is a great source for our English teaching classes but the ads and some offensive comments may distract our students from viewing the videos in a safe and a friendly way.
Larry Ferlazzo
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Over the past few months, I’ve published two series of guest posts from teachers of English Language Learners: one on teaching math , and the other on ELLs and Special Needs.
Reflections
OCTOBER 13, 2018
When I was a Middle School Principal, I worked closely with our school counselor. In so many ways, he was my right arm.
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