A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

Technology, most specifically social media, has flattened the world. Remember when we had to get all of our professional literature and information from journals, books, conferences, over the phone, or people that we came in direct contact with? We live in amazing times. Context matters. Finances matter. Facilities matter.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

The exponential evolution if the Internet and social media tools have allowed for the quick sharing of knowledge, ideas, images, videos, and opinions. Since many of my queries when out through Twitter at the time that is how I received the majority of the information for consumption. The result has been a double-edged sword.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

Sure, there are some unique behaviors and characteristics, but for the most part, it is about identifying intended outcomes, applying an innovative lens, and arriving at them in better, more effective ways. The last chapter of the book weaves all the concepts together while emphasizing the importance of efficacy in any change initiative.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

In a previous post I discussed in detail strategies to help ensure the effective use of technology to improve learning outcomes. These are all outcomes that any educator would (or should) openly embrace. The students worked with Mrs. Fleming on Google Chromebooks in the library to design their e-books.

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Mistakengoal.com

AUGUST 10, 2016

Part of that program requires (nearly) all undergraduate students to take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and one of the resolutions updated some of the specific outcomes of that course. All FYS courses, however, are intended to have some common outcomes and it’s those common outcomes that the faculty senate updated.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Another "big" for Texas is education, and when I'm looking to get a pulse on what the current trends and landscape are, I turn to social media! These educators use Twitter as an effective tool to engage others in conversation and share their knowledge—all in an effort to teach the state's future leaders. Tony Bonazzi @GISDMath.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. You can create a community of learners in your school, your department, and through social media. Social Media Social media can be used to safely engage learners.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. Below you will see how the course is structured as well as learner outcomes. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling. Anyone can register HERE.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. While in my book, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds, we go through seven steps to create global projects — here are three simple ones to get any educator started. See Social Media in Schools which is chock full of ideas.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Smith is not one for silence ( he delivered a TED talk about the “danger of silence” in 2014 , in fact) and has used digital venues including Twitter to encourage others to speak up and recognize how history shapes the present. There are so many different teachers who have found good effective ways to use Twitter in their classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

10MT: A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with David Geurin From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. True excellence is a mindset, a desire to serve, a belief that helping others leads to the best outcomes.” Dr. David Guerin, (@ DavidGeurin ) is the 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the year.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

EDTECH: When you talk about the “modern learning environment” in your book, what do you mean? Social media is like a giant search engine that we can tap any time. Around this time, I first got on Twitter. You want a strong connection to a learning outcome in order to use tech successfully. CDW Segment. Engagement.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Remember you can follow me on Twitter at @mjgormans. Check out my Booking Page and please share and subscribe to this Blog. Have students practice Communication using texting, acceptable social media, online discussions, video conferencing, face to face, and discuss these avenues strengths and weaknesses). Mike ( [link].

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

If we want our student outcomes to change, we have to change our adult behaviors. Starting with social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the two make it a priority to celebrate the accomplishments of students and teachers in their school on a daily basis. It has to come from the adult first. Jessica Torres.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page . Check out my Booking Page . Thanks so much.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 14, 2021

From October 1-31, activities are available to join in, whether for a day like during the DigCitSummit held last year, or an entire Digital Citizenship Week event, or Twitter chats and webinars focused on digital citizenship. Book Creator. Books can include audio, images, text, and video.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I feature tools like Adobe Spark in my books Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom and Taming the Wild Text: Literacy Strategies for Today’s Reader because they are open-ended creation tools and give students the flexibility to document their learning in a variety of ways.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 6, 2017

Within the next few days, the group had a domain, a website, a variety of social media accounts, and a spreadsheet to collaboratively generate prompts. Another exciting and unexpected outcome of this viral movement has been the interest of select professional artists and authors to share and inspire #Sketch50 in their own way.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Both medical personnel and educators take care of vulnerable people who depend on them, and they’re responsible for their outcomes. He is the author of The New York Times Best-of-the-Year children’s book Hey Boy (Simon & Schuster), as well as the writer/composer of the Off-Broadway musical Whateverman. Full disclosure!

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 17, 2017

r/Scholar on Reddit is a forum where users post requests for articles and books. ICanHazPDF is a Twitter hashtag where users plea for open pdfs of named articles. (I’ve Social media in general – Charlie Rapple shared some fine research at the Scholarly Kitchen concerning how scholars use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. This past week, because of their hard work, this book has been published through Amazon. What follows is: The Book Description. Book Description. The Table of Contents. Through Education 2.0

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 31, 2011

In this first of my 10Q posts, I interview David Mitchell, Deputy Head Teacher of Heathfield Community Primary School in Bolton, who talks about his hopes and aspirations for schools in the future, and how social media tools such as blogs, and his concept of QuadBlogging are having a positive impact on primary education at an international level.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 17, 2017

r/Scholar on Reddit is a forum where users post requests for articles and books. ICanHazPDF is a Twitter hashtag where users plea for open pdfs of named articles. (I’ve Social media in general – Charlie Rapple shared some fine research at the Scholarly Kitchen concerning how scholars use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 22, 2019

The good thing about appointment slots is that there won’t be any double booking since the time will disappear on the viewers end once it’s “claimed” by someone else. Beth Heller : keep track and log my coaching interactions and reflect on the outcome. Follow Pam on Twitter: @specialtechie. Google Forms.

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techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

We are discovering new ways to marry technology into curriculum, and are finding successful outcomes. Lightweight new laptops and digital books can easily take the place of heavy, cumbersome books and notebooks. [ Using social media such as Twitter can help the teacher make connections with educators in other parts of the world.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 24, 2020

You know up until this point, if you’re subscribed to my email list or if you follow me on social media, that I’ve been advocating for teachers to use this first part of your summer break to rest and recuperate. You can find me on Facebook , Instagram , or Twitter. Resist this deflection of responsibility at every turn. .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The strands include Making, Design and Innovation , Student Technology Clubs , Technology in Schools – Projects and Collaborations , Educational Technology Tools , Students and Social Media , and Entrepreneurship. Check out the community''s forum and social media channels to see how you can get involved. Read more here.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 13, 2020

The learners in a self-directed learning environment where learner agency prevails: Determine what they want to learn and develop their own learning plan for their learning, based on a broad range of desired outcomes. Form their own learning communities possibly using social networking tools suggested and/or set up by the educator.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2014

Spread the word about World Read Aloud Day on social media to help us grow the movement. Thursday, March 6th at 8pm #globaledchat on Twitter , This is a conversation of all things global ed, ranging from classroom best practices to conversations around global issues. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. Read Aloud.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2020

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Construct and implement measures that ensure the outcome of student learning demonstrates understanding.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Educational innovators might: Write a book - publish on Kindle or iTunes. Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. They might sell some content they created, write a book, or build an app, for example. UNC MEITE website.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

Vicki Davis on episode 307 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Now, this was the perfect outcome, but it was a perfect outcome because THEY decided it. Sometimes we’ll have Marketers doing something with social media. I’m so excited!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2018

social media. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Construct and implement measures that ensure the outcome of student learning demonstrates understanding.

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Tom Murray

APRIL 12, 2016

From professional learning modules to social media, opportunities for learning through high quality digital content must be available for both teachers and kids. Move from Hours-based to Outcome-based Accountability. Social media and technology tools offer global networks of educators looking to connect and grow professionally.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 19, 2019

” Then, what was really huge for me was that I started to realize that all of those hours spent weren’t necessarily improving my teaching or the student outcomes. Because when I talk to teachers about this, what I hear from them is, “It’s important to socialize with colleagues. That was really a big one for me.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 8, 2017

In case you don’t know him, Tim Ferriss was named one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People" and is the author of several books including The 4-Hour Workweek and his latest, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Looks like he already did that [link].

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