A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 27, 2019

When I wrote Uncommon Learning back in 2015, the premise was to set the stage as to how we could create schools that work for kids. A good deal of the strategies presented came from what we successfully implemented at New Milford High School where I was the former principal. To get a better gist of the main focus areas check out my TEDx talk. As I have since transitioned from school principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education ( ICLE ), my work now focuses

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2019

FETC 2019: How Small K–12 Schools Can Keep Their Networks Secure. eli.zimmerman_9856. Sun, 01/27/2019 - 18:48. Independent schools and small districts rely heavily on technology to supplement smaller budgets and staffs , which means it is essential to have airtight cybersecurity measures in place. In order to create the best possible defense systems, schools should build on their technology investments over time , according to education leaders at a Jan. 27 session at the Future of Education Tec

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter While teachers might need to put students first, Dr. Brad Johnson makes the point in his book Putting Teachers First: How to Inspire, Motivate, and Connect with Your Staff that administrators need to focus on teachers in order to help students. He also shares techniques for building positive relationships between administrators and teachers including a different take on classroom visits to make them more positive.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Back in October I blogged that CASTLE and I were launching a 7-day Innovation Academy for school leaders in North Dakota. Generously supported by Ted Dintersmith and in cooperation with the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders , the goal was to kick off a three-year investment in leadership capacity-building across the state for future-ready learning, teaching, and schooling.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 27, 2019

4 Things Every Student Should Do Every Day by Terry Heick Just a quick post meant to be quantitatively modest (only four) and qualitatively useful/practical. A list like this could get long fast. Off the top of my head, any teacher can come up with hundreds of ‘things’ it would be ‘good’ for students to […]. The post 4 Things Every Student Should Do Every Day appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2019

Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. For many, the very real challenges of change management and discovering ways to promote scale with quality dominated 2018. But for those conversations to go a level deeper, we can’t assume that these new measures and new models are fully baked or that everything deemed “new” is at it seems.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Students at Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, work with machinery in the school’s mechatronics lab. Photo: Trxlation for The Hechinger Report. When the Chemours chemical plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, needed workers to maintain its high-tech machinery, it advertised for them as far as 90 miles away in Nashville in one direction and 150 miles away in Memphis on the other.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 27, 2019

PhET is a very good platform that offers free interactive simulations to help students develop a an informed understanding of a variety of phenomena covering science, physics and math.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2019

There’s a classroom in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Penn., where the kids play and sing with the friends they have made. Laughter echoes off the walls adorned with artwork. They read stories aloud, have table time, engage in the latest STEAM activities, and follow the general curriculum. It all sounds so familiar, doesn’t it? Well, this classroom is unlike any other.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 27, 2019

What Is Swarm Problem Solving? contributed by Dr. Jamie Schwandt, (Ed.D.) “It would be unlikely that it would be a fish that discovered water, or a bird air.” – Chinese Proverb A common metaphor used by Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories is that of links, chains, and threads. Alan Macfarlane writes in On Creative […]. The post What Is Swarm Problem Solving?

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 27, 2019

Prior to teaching your lessons, it’s important to gauge where students are in their knowledge of the topic. Instructional expert Barbara Blackburn suggests trying student-friendly strategies for pre-assessment – quick teacher-directed options or focused formal pre-tests.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2019

From early-years learning to adult evening sessions, classroom design is crucial for boosting the effectiveness of teaching and absorbing knowledge. Layouts have a measurable effect on behavior and interaction. The availability of tools and equipment directly impact hands-on engagement opportunities for students. Being able to offer various activity zones allows different learning styles to benefit.… The post Working Smarter: Classroom design ideas that will keep up with the students of th

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 27, 2019

Calculate How Long Between Times I have access to a shared conference room. I wanted to make a report on how often the conference room is being utilized. I coded to extract the list of calendar events and event start and end dates. The problem is that does not tell me how long the room […]. The post Google Sheets: What is the Time Difference appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2019

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick welcome Educoach cofounder Shira Leibowitz and Tech Coach Kitty Tripp onto the podcast to help us learn how to create a culture of professional learning in our school districts. The post Should Tech Coaches Start Thinking Like Administrators? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 27, 2019

Calculate How Long Between Times I have access to a shared conference room. I wanted to make a report on how often the conference room is being utilized. I coded to extract the list of calendar events and event start and end dates. The problem is that does not tell me how long the room […]. The post Google Sheets: What is the Time Difference appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 27, 2019

Smart speakers were " The Gift " of the 2018 holiday season. By the end of 2019 they are expected to be in about half of all American households. Alexa has a 66% share of the market. Google has 29%. HomePod has just 5%. Currently the top use for the device is playing music. This is followed by answering a general question, providing the weather forecast and telling a joke.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 27, 2019

Some things I have been thinking about… Sometimes being “thoughtful” is used as a stall tactic not to move forward or grow. We should be thoughtful of all the decisions that we make (obviously), but that thoughtfulness should be focused in the movement forward. This image created by Demetri Martin shows “success” as not only messy, with ups and downs, but always on an upward trajectory.

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EmergingEdTech

JANUARY 27, 2019

Informative, inspiring, or just plain interesting education and digital technology content from across the web, posted on Twitter over the past week and collected here to share with our blog readers. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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MindShift

JANUARY 27, 2019

Mindfulness is a fast growing trend both in the world generally and in schools. Teachers are turning to the practice as a simple way to restore calm to the classroom , help students find some quiet space, and build self-regulation skills. Some teachers say their personal mindfulness practice has helped them respond more calmly to students and helps them keep perspective.

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Turnitin

JANUARY 27, 2019

Proven Tactics That Combat Contract Cheating, Crowdsourced From our Teacher Network so that you can fight contract cheating.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 27, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: How to deal with difficult parents as a teacher. Overbearing and micromanaging parents can be incredibly stressful to work with, so here are some mindset shifts that will help protect your energy. Today’s episode is in response to a listener question I received. ( Submit your question for the podcast here!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Here in Connecticut, we have been watching closely as Maine experiments with proficiency-based learning. Known by the U.S. Department of Education and think tanks as personalized competency-based education (PCBE), the model is founded on flexibility, as opposed to the time-and-location-bound work that students will face when they graduate. Advocacy groups like Competency Works promote a paradigm shift that includes customized schedules.

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Taos High students work together to untie a “human knot” during an icebreaker led by seniors during the school’s 2018 EQ Retreat. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. TAOS, N.M. — Standing in front of 240 freshmen and 80 fellow seniors in her school’s gymnasium, a slight 17-year-old with her hair in pigtail braids took a long shuddering breath.

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