A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Have you heard of it?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Be on the lookout for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Welcome to this third post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In the first post I provided some reflection on major ideas to support technology and student centered learning. OER Commons. The next post contained my first 10 resource ideas.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I have five powerful ideas on facilitating student centered learning with technology in this post.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. They also can be integrated into the online and blended learning environment.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

There’s a new catch phrase in town, and it has massive implications for blended and online learning, especially as OER use begins to ramp up in schools and institutions across the country. OTT channels are the emerging elephant in the field of opportunity in online learning.”. What Is It? Why Should Education Take Notice?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

Students might not be getting the technology skills they need either. we trained district curriculum leaders in various blended learning models ? like some states and districts, we created open access textbooks and taught teachers how to curate open educational resources (OER), thus freeing up textbook monies for other purposes?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fifth post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The move follows news earlier this year that Amazon Education is working on Inspire , a platform on which schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover such resources, known as OER. While some industry observers see OER as a challenger to the content and curriculum that schools pay for, others are more sanguine.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Part 3: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. In the world of formative learning technology offers possibilities that were never before available.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have often wondered what John Dewey would do in today’s educational setting with our vast amount of knowledge from research and our rapid growth of technology. Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. Block B – Blended in Technology.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum. TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. INQ101x: Teaching With Technology and Inquiry: An Open Course For Teachers. Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom. Managing Behaviour for Learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Korczak - Ruty Hotzen The positive impact of digital exchanges around the globe - Quratulain Hussain 5:00 am My Identity, Your Identity Culture Project: Global Online Collaboration in Action - Nicolle Boujaber-Diederichs, Said Belgra, Asma Albriki 6:00 am Free research-based educational material from Finland - Marianne Juntunen, Ph.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

According to the HyperDocs site , HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. They are created by teachers and given to students to engage, educate, and inspire learning.

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Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

The Layers of ESSA: Educational Technology in Title IV – 21st Century Schools, Part A. While most people surely love a good layer cake, the layers of provisions governing the new educational technology program in Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are nothing if not overly complicated.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” Several participants pointed out limitations on faculty time which block creation and even adoption of OER. But participants were very, very engaged from the start.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 18, 2021

Welcome to a series of posts I am very excited to share on PBL and Blended/eLearning. As I reflect, PBL has always been blended. Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today. In this series, I will look at each of PBLWork’s Gold Standards.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

We don’t have a lack of places to learn new things. Years ago, textbooks served a different purpose. Information was at a premium, and textbooks filled the void. They were chock full of it — a one-stop shop for the curious student. Today, things have changed. Google searches and YouTube are where many of us [.].

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Encourage students create a doll of themselves by using ratios, proportions and technology. Teachers can flip their classroom by using Google Forms to learn about ratios and proportions using Khan Academy videos and exercises. .” They receive instant feedback and a chance to revise their work for ongoing learning.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with digital learning resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at Hāpara. Click To Tweet. (but

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson has been criticized for everything from its deployment of curriculum in districts’ 1-to-1 technology programs to the prominent role it plays in high-stakes testing. The weight of the activity will be in blended learning, and how you combine the benefits of face-to-face with purely online approaches.”. And it takes time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

with Robert Porzak, PhD and Jacek Łukasiewicz, PhD High School Global Issues Class as a Springboard for Creating Young Activists - Adam Carter How can schools be vehicles for creating community wellness? David Stoloff, Ph.D.

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? ” Will schools continue to accelerate the pace of blended learning – which incorporates technology into classes along with in-person instruction? As quoted in: Dobo, Nichole. “ The Hechinger Report. 16 November 2016.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Naomi Ganin-Epstein I speak meme! . Visually Inspire Your Students!

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.” The video learning company has previously raised $1.57

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