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#EDvice: Entry Points for Change

A Principal's Reflections

I shared the following on social media recently: Entry points for change are crucial. Of course, there are also some challenges associated with using laptops in schools. I refer to these as entry points, which can serve as a catalyst for any initiative or strategic plan. Laptops can help students to be more motivated to learn.

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Free computer training resources and courses

Educational Technology Guy

GCFLearnFree is a program of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and provides quality online learning courses for free. The Office 2010 course is great and I am sharing it with our users to help them transition from Office 2003 to Office 2010 because of the different menu system.

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Social Media in Education

A Principal's Reflections

Of course I obliged as we are working on a book together for Solution Tree Press and I have come to know and greatly respect him as a member of my PLN. My answers to Bill''s questions provide a snapshot of my social media in education journey. What made you interested in using social media to reach out to your school community?

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Michelle Luhtala Wins AASL Social Media Superstars Award

edWeb.net

edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I met Michelle Luhtala at the CoSN Conference in March 2010–seven years ago. Time well spent. Thank you to both of you. You never disappoint.'”

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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

Edsurge

The guest, Allison Russell, was talking about the emotional intelligence of young people and mentioned that she’d just learned that her daughter was part of Generation Alpha , which refers to people born after 2010. That, of course, comes with drawbacks. I had questions and I wanted to know more.

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Creating a Culture of Joy

The CoolCatTeacher

How about on social media? Advancement Courses for Your Summer PD. Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! All of the course ideas come from the advancement courses catalog. In 2010 he won the ISTE Award for Outstanding Leader of the Year.

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My 2010 Edublogs Nominees Post

SpeechTechie

The Edublog Awards is an annual online "event" meant to recognize excellent use of social media in educational circles. Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion- #slpeeps , of course! Check out the 2009 nominees/winners , 2010 to follow!