Sat.Aug 13, 2016

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Are You Willing to Be Your True Self This School Year?

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane. We are just over three weeks from the start of school in Canada. Some districts in the US have already begun their 2016-2017 year, so the start of school is quickly becoming a hot topic. A quick venture onto my Twitter feed shows an abundance of back to school blogs, lists, and articles. With that […]. The post Are You Willing to Be Your True Self This School Year?

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

Edsurge

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. Comments from both established learning companies like McGraw-Hill , as well as more recent entrants like D2L and Udemy , reveal a strong push among edtech companies seeking to position themselves as "education's answer to Netflix.

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Google Classroom: Use Someone Else’s Template

Teacher Tech

Attach Other Teacher’s Templates in Google Classroom This job is too hard to go it alone. As Harry Wong said… “Steal Steal Steal.” Many teachers create activities in Google Docs that you can just grab and go! If you want to customize the template you will need to create a copy of the Google Doc. […]. The post Google Classroom: Use Someone Else’s Template appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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10 things you should throw out in your classroom NOW

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I wrote an article called Classroom clutter–what to keep and what to toss awhile back, in which I told the story of how for my first six years in the classroom, I refused to throw anything out because I might need it one day. I remember washing every plastic container that came into my household; empty butter containers, detergent boxes, take-out packaging, and so on.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Essential Google Docs Skill: Anyone With The Link Can View

Teacher Tech

Share Google Docs By default Google Docs (Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings) are private. If you share the link to a Google Drive document with someone they will not be able to view the document. Google Classroom automatically solves the sharing problem. Classroom explicitly shares docs with your students when attached. If you want parents […].

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3 Good Text to Speech Tools for Struggling Readers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

We have received a few requests over the last couple of weeks to share our recommendations for text to speech tools designed specifically for struggling readers.While all text to voice converters can.read more.

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Being the New Kid

Reflections

We were discussing the pros and cons of starting over in a new high school and he stopped me mid-conversation. Abruptly, he remarked. " Mom, what are you most afraid of? ". I told him that staying where he already knew everyone had its advantages. Many of them. Including the one about already knowing who the " bad guys" were or where the rough spots could be.

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Google Sites for Portfolios and Project

The Electric Educator

Google Classroom has quickly become one of the most popular classroom management tool for teachers- a task formerly handled by Google Sites (for me anyway). So what about Sites? Does it have a place in the classroom? Absolutely! Google Sites is an ideal tool for student portfolios and projects. Don’t ask your students to create a poster board project or (another) presentation.

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Leading Digital Innovation – A Podcast

The Principal of Change

This summer, I had the opportunity to speak to Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, and was lucky enough to get to do a podcast with Kerissa Bearce. Take a listen below: Here is one of the elements from the podcast that I talked about and hopefully it resonates. Enjoy the podcast! May 22, 2013 10 Ideas To Move Innovation Forward December 5, 2012 The Need for Innovative Leadership June 5, 2013 Building the Culture of an Empowered Mindset Towards Technology Innovation February 3, 2013 4 Attributes of a Gr