A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Every excuse in the book was at our disposal not to change and continue down the same path year after year. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012. Image credit: [link] For so long schools have resembled a hamster running on a wheel doing the same things over and over to improve sets of numbers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Failed and tried again. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

With Common Core’s emphasis on understanding and explaining tasks, screencasts are a great way for both students and teachers to share the required steps in completing a math problem, collaborate on close reading, or pursue any other literacy activity. Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning. Booktrack Classroom - A excellent site/app for adding a soundtrack to student''s writing. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions. TedEd – The makers of TED… these really are some wonderful flipped lessons with formative tools built in. My calendar is filling.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2015

Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Next Post – PBL and the Flipped Classroom … along with Hundreds of PBL and Flipped Resources… Sign Up!

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension. Learn how to use digital creation tools like Shadow Puppet Edu, Kid In Story Book Maker, and Toontastic to encourage social storytelling. . MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math. Free Flipped Learning Tools You'll Love.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 2, 2014

Biteslide - A fantastic site where educators create student accounts for making stunning slide book presentations that are ideal for Project Based Learning. BoomWriter - A terrific site for grades 3rd-8th that has students collaboratively writing a story/book while voting chapter by chapter on which one should be included.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Bottom line: As a flipped-classroom or student-creation tool, this tool offers lots of opportunities for use, but teachers will need to be creative if they want students to engage. Unlimited Books for Kids. Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books. Khan Academy. Khan Academy Kids.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now just about booked through the end of February and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. A great resource for the digital classroom! Happy New Year! Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ).

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Crop, customize, and remix online video content with interactive tool Bottom line: As a flipped-classroom or student-creation tool, this tool offers lots of opportunities for use, but teachers will need to be creative if they want students to engage. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy. Khan Academy Kids.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Crop, customize, and remix online video content with interactive tool Bottom line: As a flipped-classroom or student-creation tool, this tool offers lots of opportunities for use, but teachers will need to be creative if they want students to engage. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy. Khan Academy Kids.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Wednesday, March 26th at 6pm Common Core Tech Conference - Virtual Edition , By popular demand we at OpenEd are offering our free Common Core Tech conference virtually. Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core. Conversations Classroom 2.0

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a freemium online education platform that allows students to read a book (or some other document), make comments, answer questions posed by the teacher, and even collaborate with others. in a flipped classroom to upload texts, articles, and multimedia resources. as homework or independent reading.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Wednesday, April 30th at 4pm Free BrainPOP Webinar: ELLs and the Common Core , Are you an ESL teacher struggling to address the Common Core? Karen Cameron introduces us to Booktrack , a free web application that syncs digital books to audio, resulting in an immersive reading experience. See you online!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends…”. ? how to read a book. Not a surprise, Statistic Brain says 80% of adults did not buy a single book in the past year ( Pew reports it as 77%). It alleviates boredom in the bits of free time that pop up between soccer and dinner and it can be done alone or in a group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have time for. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

However: “Increasing student opportunities to engage with technology — such as teachers using flipped classroom strategies, a school computer lab, and computers using digital curriculum in the classroom – are all steps in the right direction, but don’t meet the full potential of blended learning.

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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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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