A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

Below are some simple strategies that can be used to integrate reflection into any lesson: Writing - A daily journal, blog, and LMS (i.e., During a coaching visit I observed Zaina Hussein , a 4th-grade teacher at Wells Elementary , use this with her students (see image below). It can also be used as a form of closure.

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EdTechSandyK

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

After watching the Edublog Awards process for a few years, and even voting in the final round before, I''ve decided it''s time for me to get involved at the grass-roots level by making some of my own nominations in 2011! Vicki''s blog helped inspire me to start blogging myself. Best New Blog: Terice T.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

When we met for her annual review this year, one of her goals revolved around her learning how to extend her writing. She would create her own blog! In conversations with teachers, I consistently recommend that they allow students to experience blogging because of the many benefits. "You want me to do what?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Learning games that have compelling, obvious goals are significantly more popular among elementary school children than those that don’t. Riconscente says one example of balancing free choice and difficulty level is when games have an exploratory nature to them, with embedded challenges. Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975, 67, 776–783.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. After a 14-year career in student & worship ministry, public speaking, and starting churches, in 2011, Chris began working for Burleson ISD in Burleson, TX as a 4th and 5th Grade Math and Reading Special Education Teacher at J.W.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ A Revolution in PK-2 Literacy: Invest in Prevention and Do Less Intervention ,” three pathfinding school leaders revealed how to revolutionize your district. Dunbar Elementary School (NY). The results speak for themselves,” said Luis Quan, Principal of P.S. 126X Dr. Marjorie H.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Immediately, we can start to help new teachers and help each other in the process. The research gives us some insight into how each of us can help other teachers thrive. How will you help new teachers? How will you help other teaches?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 5, 2011

Shannon Miller, librarian at Van Meter Schools in Iowa, and Mark Moran, Founder of Dulcinea Media, will offer guidance and insight that helps teacher librarians teach students - and faculty - how to use the Web effectively, safely, efficiently and responsibly. What place does blogging have in eLearning?

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edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

Renwick recommends that teachers collaborate with their students to teach them how to learn and develop a love for learning. For example, students can use a blogging tool to post summer book reviews for students, and the librarian can mediate a conversation around their reading and writing. About the Presenter.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 10, 2014

In 2011, I explored the topic of "Test Pep Rallies" in a blog post entitled " Test Pep Rallies: Good Practice or Waste of Time". In Nebraska, Elkhorn Elementary also had a Test Pep Rally on March 28 to " Fire Up Kids for the Test. These rallies continue in other states too.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. Wikipedia’s openness leads a number of students to categorize it as a blog. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He shares how you can use this tool to teach vocabulary and save time for other things! So I taught my kids how to self-correct. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 19, 2020

In my newly released, self-paced course, “ Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning ,” there is a focus throughout on the following question: “How do we build relationships in remote learning environments and address the social-emotional needs of our students?”

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Bren Elliott, Chief School Improvement and Supports Officer for District of Columbia Public Schools, “everyone needs foundational training in the origins of racism, how bias takes root in the classroom, and the negative impact it has on how we treat and what we expect of children. About the Host.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I can''t help but be psyched that I was nominated for Best Librarian/Library blog ! But I am blogging saying YAY! Both here to you my dear Daring Librarian blog readers and to my students, family, & community at the Daring School Library Blog! Here''s how you can vote for us! So yeah, WOW! Is that shameless?

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 7, 2016

As a mother/son team, we are determined to model for others how to turn negatives into positives and help create problem solvers and justice-oriented digital citizens. We are learning more than just the rules for safety; we are learning how to navigate the world of social media in today’s interconnected global world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Because even the adults can use a lesson these days on how to treat one another with humanity, compassion and respect online. And then again by probably 2011, things changed drastically for me. So I put a blog post out. What are simple ways to talk to adults about how to use the internet for good?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

A conversation with Liz Kolb on episode 81 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Liz Kolb @lkolb talks about how we can put learning first and a very important reason technology should be second. Blog: [link]. Her blog is at [link]. Listen Now.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Through a five-year radical book-weeding process from 2011- 2016, the NCHS library had eliminated all of the library’s free-standing bookshelves. The irony was not lost on Luhtala and Burns when they rescued much-needed shelving from the elementary school. Redesigning the Space.

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techlearning

MAY 2, 2018

2011, Elizabeth Bishop: “Bright objects hypnotize the mind.” Consonance, assonance, dissonance and meter How to crystallize an image in the mind of your reader.… After 10 years as an elementary teacher, Suzy Brooks is a Director of Instructional Technology for Mashpee Public Schools in Massachusetts. I LEFT ALL MY POSTERS UP!

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 16, 2011

Last year around this time I blogged about using Google forms to create community conversations and decorating your library media center & classroom. Featuring how Google tools (forms, docs, & presentation, and more!) BTSN Preso 2011-12 View more presentations from gwyneth jones. It''s back to school time again!

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. For those that give up, I typically find it is due to one or more of the following: Not planning for how to deal with students who take a longer time to master concepts. So we “invented” what we began to call the Flipped Mastery Model.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. She wrote a blog post about her experience and added a photo of herself with the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer.

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 19, 2015

However, I have this idea where we would just reprint some of your more salient posts from your blog and your articles for Education Week. You can book your blog? The Case Against Grades (Educational Leadership, November 2011). I’m kind of busy with public speaking and posting my one tweet per day. Kohn: Really?

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JANUARY 5, 2011

I know some of you already use them (I would love to hear about which ones you use) Here''s a great, quick tutorial on: YouTube - Using Google Forms to Create a (sic) online Quiz I just learned how to use Google Forms and I love it. 12th Day Well, here it is: Day of the Epiphany -- the day before, actually -- how did that happen? :D

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MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

Taylor was able to purge a third of her collection as she discovered just how many books fell into categories the students didn’t care about; she also realized McCaffrey had far too much Fantasy and not enough Adventure. Reader Pants,” reports a 36% increase after she genrefied a middle school library in Fort Worth, Texas in 2011.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Vernon has achieved widespread involvement in interactive parent workshops, which have been online since last spring, by focusing on relevant topics such as understanding teenage language and behavior, and how to support virtual learning.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to the generations before who had to adapt to the Internet, how are those who grew up using the Internet — the so-called “Google generation” — different? ‘I’m Always On My Computer’ Michele Nelson, an art teacher at Estes Hills Elementary School in Chapel Hill, N.C.,

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Learn how to use the iPad apps “Book Creator” and “Creative Book Builder” to create and share enhanced/multimedia eBooks using DropBox for free cloud storage/distribution. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? Receive practical tips to implement your own PBL projects. If You Challenge Them.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. A 2011 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that school desegregation increased education attainment and adult earnings, and decreased the likelihood of incarceration for black students, mainly because of access to more resources. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 10, 2011

Sees it as an answer to having to find third party solutions for wikis, blogging, etc. Feels Epsilen is a robust platform once you get past how overwhelming all of the features are. Presented first to elementary faculty with principal support, then other teachers found out and wanted to do more.)

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

She wrote a blog post about her experience and added a photo of herself with the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer. Third-grader Alessandra Gudino Aguilar, 9, adjusts the simple machine, a lever, that she and her classmates are experimenting with during their STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

link] TECH TALK TUESDAYS: BLOGGING ISN''T JUST FOR BIG KIDS (THE AUSTRALIA SERIES) Mon 8 Nov 11:45PM New York / Tue 8 Nov 04:45AM GMT / Tue 8 Nov 02:45PM Sydney Anne Mirtschin. In this session, Kathleen McGeady, whose class blog reached 20,000 visitors this week, will cover some of the following in regard to blogging with her grade 2 class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean Nank on episode 228 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He also continues to consult for various districts across the country at the elementary, middle, and secondary level training teachers and administrators. Blog: www.SeanNank.com. Nank (Ed.),

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

This new weekly blog post / email is replacing the regular email I have sent out for the last couple of years for the now-defunct Host-Your-Own-Webinar program (I still have hopes of resurrecting that near-to-my-heart program, and when that happens we''ll wrap it into this weekly missive). We have attendees signed up from 133 countries!

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Evolving school services: It’s not just the learning that’s become virtual; schools need to figure out how to continue all of their offerings, like speech therapy and counseling. in educational leadership in 2011 from Trevecca Nazarene University. You can read his blog and listen to his podcasts, Shift Your Paradigm and TL Talk Radio.

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