Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. When I started Gaggle back in 1999, we were free email for students. The goal was “a million eyeballs,” a familiar term used during the first dot-com bubble.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 17, 2015

Students can benefit from this type of instructional planning because it gives them better opportunities to develop mastery in a specific topic of study. In a follow up to Understanding by Design , or UbD, Jay McTighe and Carol Ann Tomlinson explain in their text the connection between backward design and differentiated instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD. In my own experience, I remember sitting through a class on differentiated instruction. To further make this point, let’s discuss what differentiation is. So, what we have doesn’t seem to be working. She read them to us.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Services include Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. Google Classroom. Understanding Differentiated Instruction: Building a Foundation for Leadership Tomlinson, 2000).

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 21, 2016

To be successful in a knowledge economy, students will require the ability to complete non-routine tasks, solve unstructured problems, and employ technologies for communication, collaboration, and creation (Autor, & Price, 2013; Collet, Hine, & Plessis, 2015).

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Stephen’s Episcopal Day School hosted Miami Device , November 12 & 13, 2015. I didn’t make as many infopics from Miami Device 2015 as I would have liked, but I did create a few. There are also slides with advice for creating your own infographics using Google Drawings. Device-less Memory!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

He then opens up an assignment on a Google Doc and a grading rubric, reviewing the comments and feedback his teacher has left on his work. Its Summit Learning Platform, originally called Summit Basecamp, was first designed by the schools’ leaders using Google spreadsheets. It’s a program for schools that are like us.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What You Say and What They Hear: A Challenge for Teachers and Instructional Coaches Sugata Mitra : Can Kids Teach Themselves? . : “I thought this was impossible, and we are DOING it:” Making Everyday Life Better for Families by Supporting Young Children’s Self-Directed Learning Kate Baker, M.Ed

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 8, 2015

The committee can use a Google Doc to generate discussion and take notes after an initial meeting. Differentiated Instruction. Here are more of the best twitter chats for teachers in 2015. Create a district team of dedicated teachers from all levels who are enthusiastic about the chat. Mobile Learning. Digital Literacy.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2016

Little was left to the imagination when, in 2015, a controversial virtual reality simulator titled 08:46 put users in the perspective of an office worker trapped in the World Trade Center. All the major players, including Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Google and an HTC and Valve partnership are jostling for the consumer headset market.

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