My Island View

JULY 5, 2017

I have always found it challenging to be provocative in promoting change in education in a blog post, while remaining positive in tone. That overriding positive tone however is one constant in Edutopia posts that engenders loyalty, trust and a reliance from about a million followers who want to know more about education.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool. conference edcamp PBL reflection social media technology'

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 3rd, 2014 Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. And finally, the 2014 Global Education Conference will feature Rana Dajani, Daniel Edelson, Kern Kelley, Jennifer D. More information at [link]. For more information, click here.

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EdTechnocation.com

AUGUST 12, 2014

Michael will be presenting at the following upcoming events: Hawaii Association of Middle Schools Conference 2014 Schools of the Future Conference 2014 Edcamp Honolulu 2014. Classroom GAFE Google Google Apps for Education' Keep the updates and new features coming, Google!

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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 15, 2014

We would love your feedback as we continue to develop workshops to educate teachers in the tools of flipping and the magic of puppets. Sam: In my life as an educator I have lead workshops in responding to student writing, writing college essays, writing blogs with students, and sharing student writing. Cheryl and I co-wrote this post.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool. This is a huge shift from two years ago when there were very few people tweeting at the conference and Twitter wasn’t widely considered a tool for schools and teachers (and students).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2018

Today, Jarod Bormann, author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD talks about designing PD that works and interests teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. Then he said, “So, what are we doing for the educators that don’t need any of that?

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Educator Innovator and its network of partners is leading a theme on youth agency and voice as part of this year’s Connected Educator Month , which starts next week. More than 14 million educators and others reached around the world via Twitter alone (more than triple the reach of 2012).

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This past weekend (September 6 & 7), CUE and the Learning Revolution Project held the first ever Online Summit Featuring Google for Education. Another important reason for virtual PD becoming so popular is because it allows educators a choice in how we want to learn and grow. That''s why I help plan Edcamp Honolulu!

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Notes from a concurrent session at TASA Midwinter 2014. Must have an education email account to set up an account. Follow hashtags on Twitter like #txed, #txlege, #digilead, #txidea, #txeduchat edweb.net - Professional social network for the education community - watch their webinars and webcasts live or in recording.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Jeffrey Bradbury is clearly an innovator and a mover and shaker in the educational technology world. Great information June 12, 2015 by jjbs21 from United States Great podcast with a lot of valuable tips for educators! If you want to grow as a learner and an educator, you should be plugged into Teachercast.net's channels.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In this Episode, we discuss and demonstrate our favorite Google Apps for Education Tips, Tricks, and Chrome Extensions. The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology. Google Apps for Education Tricks Mentioned on Todays Show. Educational Podcasting Today ( [link] ).

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EdTechnocation.com

JULY 25, 2014

Paper Form While working with a group of teachers last school year on Google Apps for Education in the classroom, one of them came up with the brilliant idea of converting their outdated and difficult to handle Parent Contact Information paper form into a Google Form. Google Google Apps for Education Google Form Google Sheets'

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 18, 2015

Having an insatiable hunger to learn, I first dove into the professional education pool through Twitter. Discovering we have similar educational mindsets, they connected me to the #flipclass chat. Presenting at ISTE 2014 was not an overwhelming experience because I had Liz and Kyle showing me the ropes of attending a big conference.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Brain Friendly Learning Spaces AJ Juliani writes: "As we look towards the 2014-2015 school year, one question continually jumps out to me as an educator: How do our learning spaces impact our students? Throughout this process I have tried my best to stay on top of where education is headed and what are the emerging “next” practices.

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The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. This one of a kind professional learning event is designed to support K-12 educators’ digital transition needs in districts supported by the Golden Leaf Foundation , our partner for this institute.

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Kyle Pace

MARCH 21, 2014

That you don’t have insight to offer into making education better; whether that be at the district or school level. It could look like sharing at a faculty meeting, joining in a chat on Twitter to share your expertise, joining a Google Hangout, joining a Google+ community, leading a conversation at an edcamp, or writing a blog post.

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Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

PAECT is a wonderful organization that connects educators involved in educational technology across the state of Pennsylvania. I have met some amazing educators through my involvement with the organization. This work will continue through 2014. 2014 will no doubt require me to change those habits.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The Trifecta of Rural PD, Part 1: Social Chat Platforms Problem One: How do you gather a group of like-minded educators in one place in order to share ideas, when so many miles separate you? Take #CatholicEdChat (geared towards educators in Catholic schools), which I moderate every Saturday. Let’s get into the specifics.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

More and more, educators are becoming both consumers and creators of information, which is accelerating the opportunities for our students. Rationale: If we want innovative students, we need to focus on becoming innovative educators. Idea: The idea for this is simple. Opportunities for Innovation. Self-Assessment.

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Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

PAECT is a wonderful organization that connects educators involved in educational technology across the state of Pennsylvania. I have met some amazing educators through my involvement with the organization. This work will continue through 2014. 2014 will no doubt require me to change those habits.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 7, 2017

To the point where they said they could go no further on my post regarding discussing the “basics” of education. When I think about my own education as a student, the same amount of criticism on things that seemed to be simply nitpicking, kind of killed my love of writing, and sometimes even learning in general.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 8, 2016

In my workshops, I always encourage people that if the session doesn’t work for them, they are more than welcome to leave (but not in a threatening way, more in the idea of the Edcamp model of “voting with your feet”), or they can work on things that they are interested in learning.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2015

There is a lot of talk in education about Carol Dweck’s “growth mindset” , in which she discusses the idea that beliefs that “abilities, intelligence, and talents can be developed.” This could be something to applied the idea of educators using Twitter. Not every educator shows a willingness to leave those zones of comfort.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 6, 2015

As someone who is a big believer in creating experiences for educators where they partake in the types of learning that should happen in the classroom, I thought this suggestion made total sense. But how many educators are really excited about the types of professional learning opportunities that are offered in their school?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

A 2014 Gates Foundation study shows only 29% of teachers satisfied with current teacher PD. This is a contribution to Cathy Rubin’s Global Search for Education Top Global Teacher Blogger’s Column. ” Education does have “instructional coaches.” So, what we have doesn’t seem to be working.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I was an early adopter of Twitter as a means of connecting with other educators, thanks in large part to Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. I loved the energy and collaboration that was happening there, as educators around the world found each other and built a network. We held the first Edcamp in Philadelphia in May, 2010.

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