A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try in 2009. This should never have happened either as I was convinced that any and all social media tools were a complete waste of my time and would not lead to any improvement in professional practice. It is important to note that we weren’t doing a bad job per se.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

Back in 2009, I began calling for an evolved construct of leadership that would better serve schools in meeting the diverse needs of learners and stakeholders alike. Over time I realized that the digital aspect was a supporting element and amplifier of what leaders in classrooms, schools, organizations, and districts do every day.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 25, 2016

Go a step further and have your students design social media videos and graphics introducing us to their passion and projects where they need support. Design social media graphics on Canva , use a video editing tool like Blender , or you can hire someone to make a video for you cheaply using Fiverr. Enjoyed this post?

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 16, 2009

85+ Resources: Educator Guide for Integrating Social Media « emergent by design tags : socialmedia , favorite Twitter in the Classroom: Studies Find Increased Student Engagement tags : Twitter , favorite 50 Web Applications for Teachers tags : web2.0 , favorite Using Wordle in the classroom (1 of 2) tags : wordle , favorite Cell Size and Scale tags (..)

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2018

With an array of social media tools at our disposal, every educator should aspire to be the storyteller-in-chief. Provide stakeholders with REALITY by sharing all the awesomeness in your classroom, school, district, or organization. Once I started drinking the Twitter Kool-Aid back in 2009 I quickly learned the error of my ways.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. Recent research reinforces this perspective.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Part of me wondered, had my role shifted towards helping them find resources and less toward managing classroom engagement? However, after taking matters into her own hands, Sheliya was able to find a person on social media that secured housing via Open Homes. This disaster turned many of my students into evacuees.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2017

Free Webinar: 5 Habits You can Start Now to Help Your classroom Thrive in the Fall by Vicki Davis. Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. Richard became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009. LucidPress. Richard Byrne.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2017

As I have been writing since 2009, if you don’t tell your story someone else will. When someone else controls the narrative, chances are it might not paint an accurate picture of what is truly happening in your classroom, school, or district. Want to program specific times to send out tweets and other social media messages?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2015

When I first dipped my toe into the social media waters in March 2009 I really did not know what to expect. Little did I know that my tweeting would lead to a feature story on CBS Channel 2 NYC during November 2009 and in the process catch the eye of business maven Trish Ruben.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Luckily change came in the form of a little blue bird that gave me the kick in the butt that I desperately needed back in 2009. So many of my teachers are making the choice to integrate social media as a learning tool that I just can''t list all of the examples. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 6, 2014

Back when I started this blog in February of 2009 I was trying to create a space to share resources with my teachers in my district. And parents too, looking at the digital spaces their classrooms, teachers and schools create. Oh and you can link to all your social media accounts too. The same with my Twitter account.

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Student engagement, described as the tendency to be behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively involved in academic activities, is a key construct in motivation research (Thijs & Verkuyten, 2009). Given a growth and flexible mindset, educators can easily implement these ideas within their own classrooms.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

As a classroom teacher I felt that my impact was limited based on the number of students I had contact with on a daily basis. If I was graded I would have probably received an A for running my school where strict rules had to be followed by students, mobile devices banned, and all social media blocked.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 17, 2016

Awesomeness happens in districts, schools, and classrooms every day. As I have said since 2009, if you don't tell your story someone else will. Once your post is complete share on social media using mainstream hash tags. If you are not blogging about these daily wins, you are selling your kids and community short.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2011

I orginially wrote this post back in 2009. Since that time so much has gone on in the world of Social Media in Education, I decided it needed some updating. However, I believe there are 5 simple things that school leadership can do to help teachers as they transition their classrooms to Web 2.0 Leadership Social Media'

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours. Studies show that students spend 20% of their in-class time texting, emailing, and checking social media. Walk Around the Classroom to verify behavior.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

My oldest son, who’s 12 now, was born in 2009, and he kind of grew up on it. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. It's not that a classroom is “good” or a classroom is “bad.” We're like, “This is kind of working.”

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 27, 2017

I’ve had this blog since 2009. Not only to share the resources they find and use in and out of the classroom but to look back on our personal practices of both learning and growing as professional educators. Who are your favorite people to follow on Twitter or other social media channels? Are you an elementary teacher?

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

The model combines paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction. registered apprenticeship programs grew 73 percent between 2009 and 2019. Multiverse is doing outreach through Instagram and other social media networks. they have mostly been reserved for the skilled trades. One of them is Generation USA.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 8, 2010

Why Schools Should Not Block Social Media Sites tags : socialmedia , blocking , favorite synchtube beta : Watch Videos With Friends in Real Time tags : youtube , favorite Facebook | Facebook in Education tags : facebook , favorite 6 Resources For Learning About Fair Use tags : fairuse , copyright , favorite Education News Archive :: 100+ Google Tricks (..)

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2021

While social media can play a big part in where our students get their information, it is paramount for educators to design news and media lessons on straight news. He began his career as a classroom teacher in the New York City schools through Teach For America.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

In my own classroom, I have my students run Hour of Code each December for the whole school – grades K5- sixth grade. Pairing her with an older girl in sixth grade at that time – one who wasn’t one who was really excited about turning in homework or engaging other classroom content – really worked well with this girl.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

DALLAS — In Levar Dobbins’ eighth grade classroom, a dozen students were learning about workforce trends. More social media platforms,” a girl said. If you told someone a decade ago that you could have a career as a social media influencer, they wouldn’t have believed you.”. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today’s students are inundated with information from myriad media sources—social media, blogs, podcasts, text messages, television, internet searches, radio, email, and other communication apps. He began his career as a classroom teacher in New York City schools through Teach For America. By Ginny Kirkland.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Someone with a high-profile brand, who's promising you a whole range of benefits and admiration that will never come your way in the classroom. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Someone with a high-profile brand, who's promising you a whole range of benefits and admiration that will never come your way in the classroom. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom?

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 13, 2010

He has taught Participatory Media and Collective Action (UC Berkeley, SIMS , Fall 2005, 2006, 2007), Virtual Community/Social Media (Stanford, Fall 2007, 2008; UC Berkeley, Spring 2008, 2009), Toward a Literacy of Cooperation (Stanford, Winter, 2005), and Digital Journalism (Stanford University Winter, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008).

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

(June 25, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, today announced that upcoming enhancements to its award-winning Techbook series will help educators maximize instructional time by making engaging digital content even more accessible to teachers and students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, the American public has struggled to be scientifically literate enough to separate well-grounded scientific findings from social media-driven fiction. To make up the gap, states are putting teachers without a strong science background in front of classrooms. Data show many of the 69,000 U.S.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 26, 2011

I will be there with my buddy Tom Whitby where we are going to talk about the effects we believe Educational Twitter Chats are having on making change in the classroom. kyraocity) – TED Fellow 2009. Voicing the unspoken thru song, scholarship & social media. But now we have a focus on just education. Gaunt, Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

To harness student passion without bogging down in partisan muck, teachers are wielding a bevy of ed-tech tools — ranging from online role-playing games and issue quizzes to social media platforms where teachers share strategies for leading political discussions and students collaborate to try to influence public policy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 1, 2013

Findings are based on a National study of building principals using social media as a means to enhance professional learning, organizational change and innovative teaching and learning practices. Eric has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The Edublog Awards is an annual online "event" meant to recognize excellent use of social media in educational circles. Best teacher blog- It''s Not All Flowers and Sausages , celebrating the ups and downs of life in a classroom. Check out the 2009 nominees/winners , 2010 to follow!

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 9, 2018

In an SLJ post from way back in 2009, I faced an experience that painfully amplified that chasm on a local level. If your high school librarian partnered with your classroom teachers in teaching your courses, take a step forward. If you learned how to use social media critically to find and share information, take a step forward.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. This theory requires the student to passively accept information and knowledge as presented by the instructor (Pogue, 2009, para. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously.

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Philly Teacher

APRIL 16, 2019

It got me thinking about how I’ve been feeling catching back up on social media over the last month, and I reflected on how it felt when I first discovered Twitter back in 2009. Needless to say, there hasn’t been much time in my life for social media as there used to be.

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