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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Even in the face of adversity in the form of education reform mandates, Common Core alignment, impending PARCC exams, new educator evaluation systems, loss of funding, and an aging infrastructure we have not only persevered, but proven that positive change can happen with the right mindset. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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My Edublogs Best Free Education Web Tool 2013 *Favorites, *Ones I'll explore, and *Not on the list but on my radar screen for 2014

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Inspired by Shannon McLintock Miller ''s list of favorites from the Edublogs Best Free Education Web Tool 2013 list, I put together three lists of my own. What does your list of favorites look like, what would you like to explore, and what''s not on the Edublogs Best Free Education Web Tool 2013 list that''s on your radar screen?

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May this Gobstopper (Now Called Curriculet) be Ever Lasting!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

While students can create projects, take quizzes, write responses digitally via BYOD and 1:1 using Google forms and docs, I''ve been missing a digital method for close reading of texts in my bag of instructional tricks. I got to meet Jason, Sean, and Marika at EdmodoCon 2013. I almost dropped my phone. A highlight of my experience!

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Striving for Higher-Order Thinking and Depth of Knowledge

wwwatanabe

One teacher records teacher questions and the other records student responses on a shared Google Doc ; then teams sort through their own data, plotting teacher questions by Bloom''s Revised Taxonomy , and student responses to those questions/tasks with Webb''s Depth of Knowledge (DOK). Isn''t this what the Common Core is trying to accomplish?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” You can learn anything online, Siegler argued.

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Addressing the CCSS with the Use of Infographics

Kathy Schrock

First published in the AWSA Update Bulletin , October 16, 2013. How can the use of infographics be used to address the Common Core State Standards? ELA Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7 Some of these include: • Google Drawings ( https://support.google.com/drive/answer/177123?hl=en

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

edWeb.net

During her administrative tenure, Dr. Removcik has led professional development trainings on several state initiatives including Common Core Standards, educator effectiveness, and data analysis. Having substantial experience in curriculum design, Dr. Removcik oversees the district’s K-12 curricular and assessment programming.