A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

When principals hear the words Twitter and Facebook they cringe. This is true, in many cases, when these tools are used for personal use. Quite simply, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have improved my effectiveness and efficiency as an educational leader.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. Thanks for joining me for another reflective look at 21st Century Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2015

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to have an article published in the digital version of ASCD's Educational Leadership. The title of the article was Transforming Your School with Digital Communication. Expanded access to learning - In my case digital communications opened my eyes to new and more powerful ways to learn.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does. Not only can you set it up to monitor the Web (news, blogs, videos, forums, images), but you can also have it monitor mentions on Facebook and Twitter if you want. Don’t waste any time. React quickly and efficiently.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 1, 2017

To put it simply, our students are often better at learning about new technologies than we are. Click here to view my article about technophobia amongst teachers. Set students open-ended challenges so they can direct their own learning and push themselves. What strategies can we use to support digital natives? Use the experts!

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

A few weeks back I passed along an Education Week article to administrators in my District that highlighted the many technology challenges that states anticipate with common tests. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and even the banking industry aren’t looking for “schooled followers.”

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 30, 2013

Personal Learning Networks-Holly Atkins Notes- [link] While I am no expert on Personal Learning Networks I do speak a lot about them and profess their usage so I enjoy to hear other perspectives on them and their creation. In this session, the presenters focused on Twitter and Pintrest.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

From popular culture and national conversations to emerging technology and social justice, we have articles that interest every student from any background. Newsela articles really connect to their interests and their lives. Empower teachers to personalize instruction Ultimately, it comes down to the teacher. Source: Newsela.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. Thanks for joining me for another reflective look at 21st Century Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology. More Popular Than Gmail, Facebook and Instagram: The Education App That Hit #1 on the iOS Chart.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Robin: Some of the apps and programs that I like to use to foster human connection are apps that have a platform similar to that of Facebook or Instagram where I can connect with a community of like-minded individuals, share and build upon ideas and engage in challenges together to grow in our learning or personal/professional development.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

But for me real satisfaction comes from making “connections” with other educators and growing my personal learning network. Making personal network connections to learn and interact with other educators is both personally and professionally satisfying, and this is best done when we do so as real people.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Members share articles, ask for advice from peers, give virtual high-fives, and relate to each other's challenges.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Sample Trudacot Question McLeod has devoted decades to writing and teaching about education leadership, innovation, student empowerment, digital technologies and schools relevant for our children and society through an array of books and articles, speaking engagements and his blog, Dangerously Irrelevant.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Online Learning – Strategies and tools to help teachers! Listen to this article. . Choice boards/Learning Menus. Project or problem-based learning. Personalized learning paths. Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning Community or on your favorite social platform.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 16, 2017

Common Sense Educators is our new Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Members share articles, ask for advice from peers, give virtual high-fives, and relate to each other's challenges.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”)

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Listen to this article. . As outlined by the Institute for Personalized Learning , a learner profile contains demographic and academic information. It also houses information on a student’s skill sets and drivers for learning. How can you use student portfolios to demonstrate student learning and growth over time?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

This article from the New York Times, “ I’m Not Texting, I’m Taking Notes “, is pretty interesting. Even if a person is doodling, that could be how some people process information. I would rather have someone on Facebook in a meeting that does amazing work than a person who is writing notes that do a crappy job.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Here''s my Zite home page: Zite works somewhat like music app Pandora in that you can then further customize your feeds by giving a thumbs-up or -down to articles that appear or request more from the author, source, or subtopic.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This exciting collaboration combines Discovery Education’s Streaming Plus digital service with STEM Leader Corp , a four-year system for professional development, to create an exciting new systemic approach to STEM education districtwide that personalizes learning and creates an environment promoting students’ desire to learn and succeed.

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techlearning

MAY 21, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, articles, videos, interactives, and more, and are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Instead, we are looking at the following (not mutually-exclusive) categories: Social networks – as in tools like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and God knows what else lies in the future. We also do not want to ignore the early history of networked learning from the early days of eLearning, pre-social media and MOOCs.

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techlearning

APRIL 11, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, articles, videos, interactives, and more, and are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects. “Our

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

By incorporating Discovery Education’s award-winning digital content into teaching and learning, educators in Archdiocesan schools now have flexible digital resources that not only help them more deeply engage students and personalize learning, but also help create authentic learning experiences combining faith and reason.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 9, 2011

One of the most acclaimed iPad apps of the year is also one that can let you take your Personal Learning Network with you anywhere you go. I''m speaking of FlipBoard , which lets you add a variety of "feeds" (for example, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, or any blog) and access it as an interactive magazine.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

And be sure to follow the Product Development Facebook page for details on cool software! EdTechTeam aims to inspire and empower educators to design the best possible personalized learning experience for students. Want early access to new product releases? Sign up for the Product Development mailing list.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Learners are consuming real time and constant information, media, and news via Google, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and forms of social media via their mobile devices. We will use technology to get the assistance and feedback from folks around the globe for own personalized learning.

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, books on tape, articles, videos, and more, and are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

Then there are the virtual, online spaces where many of us are increasingly spending our time collaborating, conversing and sharing with our personal learning networks. You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example.

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, books on tape, articles, videos, and more, they are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

With Discovery Education’s unique blend of dynamic digital content and professional learning, district educators will be empowered to build digital, inquiry-based learning environments that create new pathways and opportunities for middle and high school students, helping them prepare for their post-secondary educations and careers.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Meanwhile, the schools that shared their ideas focused on student-centered learning and models that honor the differences in students and “think about personalized learning beyond just technology.” Artificial intelligence was a trend among the for-profits that presented. This was the venture’s most-competitive cohort.

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 21, 2012

But most importantly, I had the opportunity to expand my Personal Learning Network this week. I created a website , professional twitter and Facebook , Pinterest EDTECHIE board , and update this blog. I found this great article with a new way to share documents in a more organized and effect way. Student Tutorial.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 19, 2015

What is important is that I find what works for me and sometimes a personal learning network pushes people towards “group think”, where I need to find what works for me to become successful, at different points of the day. That self-assessment and reflection is critical to people in our world today. Not at all.

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