A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

New Milford High School proudly joined 37 states, 15,000 teachers, and over 2 million students on February 1 for the inaugural Digital Learning Day. This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2023

Families want their children to succeed but they don’t always know how to go about this. Share local learning events around the city. Also, share websites and places to receive free books, such as a map of free mini libraries around the area , Amazon’s free Kindle books , ReadWorks , or Youthpedia.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

But there are still many questions and reasonable concerns about how to make this potential practical. Used properly, faculty and students can explore new ways to approach complex problems, gain insights into data, and make predictions that were previously impossible. Sounds great right? This conversation cleared up a lot.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller. Teachers can use templates created by educators and available from the library or add interactive questions and formative assessments, such as multiple choice, draw response, drag and drop, open discussion questions, and more.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

“Students excel in their learning when they’re encouraged to create projects in a style or format they prefer.” Here are some of her tips to get started and sustain enthusiasm for Minecraft Education: You do not have to know how to use Minecraft Education to use Minecraft Education in your classroom.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

International Literacy Day 2022 focuses on “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces.” As such, many of the activities suggested below will focus on the space (both physical and digital ) in which reading and writing take place and how to use these spaces in creative and exciting ways. Visit a library. You can: .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

“Students excel in their learning when they’re encouraged to create projects in a style or format they prefer.” Here are some of her tips to get started and sustain enthusiasm for Minecraft Education: You do not have to know how to use Minecraft Education to use Minecraft Education in your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ideas to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom – Show Notes 1 – Make a Digital Learning Launchpad Hyperdocs.co 5- Create a Library of Maker Materials Make it easy to tinker and invent with a rich library of resources and materials. This helps students understand who would use those materials.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Digital instruction is commonly divided into “asynchronous” and “synchronous” modes, with “synchronous” referring to real time teaching in a classroom or virtually over Zoom or other video conference tools.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller. Teachers can use templates created by educators and available from the library or add interactive questions and formative assessments, such as multiple choice, draw response, drag and drop, open discussion questions, and more.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 14, 2018

He received a free copy of my book, Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones and BYOT. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. You can usually find free books at thrift stores or libraries or ask for donations from the community.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Not only do students learn how to write a script, but they also have to think about the props, music, background, and other elements. This is an important skill needed for our digital producers. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Check out how people are using Milanote here. Access a library of shapes, containers, stylized fonts and more. Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller. Digital Brainstorming Tools for Students! Lucid Chart is available on the web and on iOS and Android devices.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2017

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom (published in September), students are sent on a mission to instruct others by creating their own video tutorials. Additionally, these videos save you time if you are flipping instruction and need a library of instructional videos.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How about a video plan to help incorporate digital learning into your schools? This series of 50 short videos help schools and districts see how it looks to implement various parts of a personalized learning strategy into their systems. These are: Collaborative leadership.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 2, 2020

As educators, we must be willing to adapt, change from what may be our traditional or comfortable teaching practices, and embrace new things, especially now, as we decide how to best provide for our students through the rest of the academic year. There are ideas to get started with right away in Flipgrid’s Disco Library.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 11, 2020

School districts and policymakers need to plan now for how to respond not only to this public health event, but future ones as well. But implementation requires that care is taken to ensure that 1) every student has access and they know how to use it, and 2) the online experiences are powerful and meaningful.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Poor students often carry around cheap cell phones or access the Internet through a library or Internet cafe. They are my posts from ESL Library and Sprout English where I blog regularly. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. ESL and Technology Posts.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 17, 2017

As teachers kick off the back-to-school season, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the role technology plays in your classrooms and how you empower your students to navigate digital learning. What does Digital Learning mean to you? Elle Patterson: Digital learning was barely used in my schools.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 10, 2017

More than likely we will encounter names we don’t know how to pronounce or are completely new to us. Recently, I wrote a post for ESL Library, Let’s Learn Each Other’s Names , with plenty of activities, web tools, and apps for learning students names. Name Shark is a free iOS app, which helps you learn names.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Make a copy for your personal Workspace library if you’d like to save one and use it this year. Learn more about ethical monitoring and join educators worldwide who have taken the ethical monitoring pledge. Back to School This Workspace is a back-to-school template with fun activities for the beginning of the year.

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BYOT Network

JANUARY 9, 2017

Now, many teachers are engaged in a time-intensive daily process of designing digital instruction from resources they find on the Internet, in addition to learning how to use new technology tools, while attempting to increase student engagement and academic performance. Content Curation Activities. Reasons for Content Curation.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

Our team at Lexington County School District One in South Carolina has focused on mitigating one of these complexities by addressing the human need for connection, support, and ongoing professional learning. Supporting Educators through the Shift to Digital Learning. Supporting Teachers through Virtual, Personalized Coaching.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 17, 2017

As teachers kick off the back-to-school season, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the role technology plays in your classrooms and how you empower your students to navigate digital learning. What does Digital Learning mean to you? Elle Patterson: Digital learning was barely used in my schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Let’s create a trajectory of learning opportunities for future-ready learners! How to Create Accessible and Equitable Library Collections. Learn how to support neurodivergent students’ executive functioning skills with 30 apps that promote time management, self-control, planning, goal setting, and problem solving.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Join us to learn how to plan and execute an instructional technology strategy that supports your digital learning needs. Discover how to prioritize goals and implement a strategy to meet the reading needs of your students and maintain critical efficiencies and measures for your educators.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In an effort to reach more patrons and spread innovation, librarians are taking their digital learning and staff development programs on the road. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers everything you would expect at a library: books, computers, story time for the little ones. and Catherine T.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

This made clear the sheer need and readiness for offline-first edtech tools that address challenges in connectivity and access to quality digital learning materials in low-resource contexts. Often, these learners developed the skills to become mentors or coaches within the system, supporting others to learn.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Check out how people are using Milanote here. Access a library of shapes, containers, stylized fonts and more. Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller. Digital Brainstorming Tools for Students! Lucid Chart is available on the web and on iOS and Android devices.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

You can also download my slide presentation, Merry Learning Activities for December. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Celebrating and Learning During the December Holidays from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Record a funny video to send to friends.

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techlearning

JULY 18, 2018

FREE Webinar | September 13, 2018 | 3:00 PM EDT Join us to learn how to plan and execute an instructional technology strategy that supports your digital learning needs. Increase the success in your classroom!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This is a GREAT week for library learning and conversations! Then our fourth annual (and free) Future of Libraries conference, Library 2.014, starts on Wednesday, October 8th, at 10:00am US-Eastern Time with the opening keynote by conference co-chair Dr. Sandra Hirsh from the School of Information at San José State University.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

This 3D printer comes with free software and provides students and teachers with simple instructions on how to 3D print parts that break. Hello Ruby – Many makerspaces are in libraries. Some charge for their software or are expensive to fix. Hello Ruby is a series of books that helps students understand coding and programming.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Jacksonville, FL — TeacherMade, the online platform for making interactive digital learning activities, has released a software update that allows Teachers to share account access with other Teachers, paraprofessionals, substitutes, administrators, IEP/504 teams, or any other stakeholder.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Plus, they’ll learn best practices and current trends to best leverage educational technology resources. 23, 2024 in Orlando. They’ll share best practices, innovative ideas, leadership strategies and provide valuable perspectives and solutions to challenging edtech problems.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 31, 2017

In my newest book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom (out soon), I’ve dedicated one of the missions to citizen science projects. A teacher toolkit , animation, video, webinar, and activities by PBS Learning Media. ebook, Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 29, 2018

I add a digital component to each writing, because our students need to learn how to read, write, and conduct research with technology. These are critical skills needed for learners surrounded by technology, which is the focus of my new book, Hacking Digital Learning with Edtech Missions. Project Details.

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