More Verbs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

As I mentioned in my previous post , I finally have the opportunity to help shape an entire district toward More Verbs, Fewer Nouns. We were, with the Superintendent’s direction and blessing, going from a previous Tech Director who focused on techie things (Nouns) to my becoming Tech Director focused on learning and teaching (Verbs). But that’s easier said than done!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In her 2018 bestseller “ The Library Book ,” author Susan Orlean uses the history of a fire that destroyed parts of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 to explore transformations that libraries and librarians have undergone over the last hundred years. One need only walk into any reasonably sized public library where rows of books and quiet reading spaces sit alongside banks of public computers, teen rooms and meeting facilities hosting daily community events to see the physical manifestation

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Noteflight is an interesting web tool for music teachers. It allows users to create, store, listen to and share notated music online. Teachers can use it to create and share music sheets and help.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Imagine this: Someone you admire sets aside time to meet, sharing how they accomplished their goals, cheering you on and giving you feedback and advice. That is what we call a mentor. The right mentoring relationship can be a powerful tool for professional growth — it can lead to a new job, a promotion or even a better work-life balance. One of the trickiest things about mentoring though, is that it’s often informal, and that can make it difficult to find an entry point.

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Personalized Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Looking for some good music apps to use with your students? The updated list below has you covered. This is a collection of some useful apps we curated from iTunes App Store specifically for middle.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Image from Wikimedia Commons Have you heard of Pandora's box? Sure you have. Anyway, it wasn't a box, it was a jar, but I'll use 'box' here because it sounds more familiar. And that's a moot point, because Pandora was a myth. And if she had been male, she would have been a mythter (Enough! Not only is that sexist, it's also a crap joke - Editor). Oh, I could stop here and no-one would care.

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