A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

However, there is a big difference between talk or desire to innovate and an evidence base that illustrates an actual improvement grounded in better outcomes. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

As such, teaching, learning, and leadership must change if growth and improvement are the goals. It requires all leaders, regardless of title, to seek out answers to crucial questions that can pave the way for innovative ideas aimed at improving outcomes for all learners while fostering better relationships with stakeholders.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2017

The bottom line is that if we don’t get the instructional design right first, then the chances of technology improving learning outcomes is slim to none. How would you manage if one day you walked into your classroom or school to discover that Google Classroom, Seesaw, or any other tool that was thoroughly embraced no longer existed?

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today’s classrooms have more devices, more educational software, more opportunities to differentiate learning based on various student needs, and educators are under more pressure to do more, preferably as fast as possible, with excellent results. Each student learns differently. Embrace variety. Teachers know that.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2020

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

To assist in taking a critical lens to what we see or hear consider the following questions: Why is this idea or strategy good for my classroom, school, district, organization or professional growth? What qualitative and quantitative measures can be used as evidence to validate whether or not it is effective at improving outcomes?

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes and mind to an array of ideas, strategies, and tools to support and enhance learning through the assistance of technology. The outcome is in your hands. I love technology for its ability to transform lives and professional practice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2018

Resources include a blend of videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects, and classroom discussion to share suggestions with classmates in a collaborative environment. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

From a growth perspective, the Personal Learning Network ( PLN ) concept has dramatically impacted countless educators across the globe. There is so much more than I can say, but to sum it all up digital leadership in our classrooms, schools, districts, and organizations is needed now more than ever.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. It enhances teaching practices, fosters professional growth, and significantly improves student outcomes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. Solve common tech problems that arise in the classroom. INTASC 1, 7.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Pacansky-Brock emphasizes that taking an online course is the “…best way to gain empathy for students and an outcome no book can provide.” Brookfield’s The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (3e). As I conclude, I realize that you asked for a list of three books.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

What are the best ways for a teacher to engage their classroom in a global conversation? As I shared in Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds, students are the greatest textbook ever written for each other. We all have a lot to learn!). Every classroom can help their students join the global conversation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

As my experiences grew, my personal learning network broadened and my perspectives became less myopic. I realized that talking pedagogy means very little if you don’t have a number of critical things in place before you get to the learning. Educators are looking to be inspired, to learn and to make connections.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

The book focuses on the following innovative practices: Digital learning across the curriculum : Today’s learner yearns to use real-world tools to do real-world work. Effective digital learning environments focus on learning outcomes as opposed to the tools themselves. It also will discuss the flipped classroom approach.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Use active learning techniques. Pepper your discussions with topics that meet outcomes but also can garner student interest,” tweeted JJ Johnson. Effective learning cultures should also extend beyond the classroom, some #DLNchat-ters argued. DLNchat-ters offered ideas about how to better use tools for online discussions.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Innovation is now rarely the product of individuals working in isolation; instead, it is an outcome of how we mobilise, share and integrate knowledge.” Moreover, those opportunities involve fostering new collaborative interactions both in and outside the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. However, school leaders Sarah Pedrotti and Jessica Torres are on a mission to flip the failure narrative and rebrand their school by motivating their teachers through personalized professional development. “You

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 16, 2011

I run what is arguably the largest social network for educators, Classroom 2.0 If someone had called, I would have said that this is project has at it''s core a mistaken idea: that social media and personal learning networks can be directed from the top down. with 54,000 members.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started. We voted on five project to to focus on right away with a set of basic questions for each: " What do you want to do?

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Physically attending class has also broadened my personal learning network. The connections I make in person could lead to future collaborations down the road. This topic comes back to a traditional aspect of school: the relationships and discussions that can be facilitated within a physical classroom.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Physically attending class has also broadened my personal learning network. The connections I make in person could lead to future collaborations down the road. This topic comes back to a traditional aspect of school: the relationships and discussions that can be facilitated within a physical classroom.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Technologically-based tools provide opportunities for students to learn both in and out of the classroom. The use of technological innovations such as cloud computing, mobile learning, bring?your?own?device Holding vendors accountable for the teaching and learning outcomes they promote.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Teaching en masse has emerged as a significant trend because of a lessening need to create co-present learning environments such as classrooms and lecture halls. Other terms have also been introduced: One controversial term - e-Learning - was coined to describe electronic versions of learning, essentially the same thing.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

They want to be engaged in learning. However, technology is a tool and not a learning outcome. Technology is to expand learning, amplify voice, and put them in positions to have powerful discussions. Students could learn anywhere that they like. Eric asks, would you want to be a student in your classroom?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

This short book offers 4 standards for prioritizing in your classroom: Rigor, Thought, Diversity, and Authenticity. It defines each, and offers a helpful rubrics to begin measuring how each standard does or does not function in your classroom. The Classroom Management Book by Harry Wong. Silver , Matthew J. by Wendell Berry.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

We also have adopted the Google Suite for Education and have a Learning Management System. In our lower school, our classrooms are 1:1 iPads. In fact, another valuable outcome of having someone support teachers and students in their innovative endeavors is that the culture of the school will eventually be affected by this.

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