A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2014

The following post was written by Bill Brennan and originally appeared on Peter DeWitt''s Finding Common Ground blog found at Education Week. Albrecht (2003) borrows two terms from physics - Entropy and Syntropy. In the midst of education reform efforts, many of us educators may feel as if we are stuck in the proverbial quicksand.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Examples include mean texts or emails, insulting snapchats, rumors posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing photos or videos.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

By the end of the first decade of this new century, participatory elements of the Web had consolidated their hold, and the social technologies - social media, social games, social networks - were gaining momentum. Unported License.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

By the end of the first decade of this new century, participatory elements of the Web had consolidated their hold, and the social technologies - social media, social games, social networks - were gaining momentum. Unported License.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Essentially, the Web has become more social.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 13, 2017

3 types of thoughts that run through my mind when I see a really awesome idea on social media. The question that I want to answer today is not, “How can we stop other teachers from creating beautiful learning spaces and sharing them on social media?’ I “should” have thought of it myself. It seems so obvious.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. ANDERSON, T (2003). References: Brooks, D.C.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

Futurologist Ray Kurzweil's argument looks beyond these issues, holding that the tools we have available to us as a result of networked social media and personal devices, actually enable us to increase our cognitive abilities. 2003) Natural Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence. Jonassen, D.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Mightybell Space : Resources, videos, links, and conversation about the interview can be found HERE. Dave Cormier is an educational activist, researcher, online community advocate and the Manager of Web Communications and Innovations at the University of Prince Edward Island. psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

We invite all library professionals, educators, students, and others to participate this event. Register and you will also be sent a special list of resources and links for this event and the topic, curated by our keynote panelists and our speakers. What are appropriate uses for social media when conducting research?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 19, 2018

That’s why I’m so happy in my current role, where I get to just make the resources , and teachers who wish they could just teach can focus on the part that THEY love. I have lots of days when it’s hard for me to get motivated, and I am especially distracted by social media. Plus, I am constantly learning and growing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

Gross (more on each below), who will take a look forward at the skills and knowledge needed to support successful libraries of the future, examining educational programs and employer expectations. Presentation and discussion will include requirements and expectations from educators and from both the employee and employer’s perspective.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

Invited panelists will take a look forward at the skills and knowledge needed to support successful libraries of the future, examining educational programs and employer expectations. Presentation and discussion will include requirements and expectations from educators and from both the employee and employer’s perspective.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Media Literacy Week is November 5 - 9 , spearheaded by the National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). I want to urge you to join the NAMLE email/membership list (free) to get information and resources around media literacy and Media Literacy Week. More information at [link].

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

The purpose of the Librarians Network is to promote librarians as leaders and champions of educational technology and digital literacy. We’ve championed equitable access and unbanning critical resources. We’ve leveraged social media to connect themselves and their learning communities, often globally.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

I just gave them to the teachers I was coaching and shared them on my blog or put them on TpT, and it became part of how I made a living and supported my family, but making curriculum resources still felt like a hobby. I’ve attended dozens of education conferences. I would spend hours and hours a day on it, and I loved it. .

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Media literacy is a way for us to better understand our world and have our say in it. It involves understanding how -- and why -- a media message is constructed as well as its impact on the world. In this collection, you'll find hand-picked, regularly updated resources to help you better understand and practice media literacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The views, values and experiences of students taking part in these digital learning initiatives are compared with students in more traditional classroom-based education. “We For instance, 66 percent of students with assigned laptops report creating presentations, compared to 49 percent of students with no assigned technology.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Records obtained from 16 districts in 11 different states show just how broadly schools block content, forcing students to jump through hoops to complete assignments and keeping them from resources that could support their health and safety. Some of the censorship inhibits the ability to do basic research on sites like Wikipedia and Quora.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education at the University of Kansas Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Yong Zhao, Ph.D

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. And that is saying a lot. ” This is terrible and will hurt poor people.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. The politics overlap with privacy. The US Presidential Campaign.

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