A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

Growing up as a child I played numerous sports recreationally and in high school. Upon entering high school I was not the best athlete by any means, but football was one sport where I excelled more than others, and this led to some time playing in college. Even though I had some fantastic coaches throughout my days playing competitive sports, I never gave much thought to becoming one myself.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 19, 2018

30 Questions Teachers Could Ask At Their Next Job Interview by Terry Heick So you’re considering taking a teaching job? Or at least interviewing? What should you be asking to make sure it’s a good fit for both you and the school? Understanding The Point Of The Interview First, understand that you are interviewing the […]. The post 30 Questions Teachers Could Ask At Their Next Job Interview appeared first on TeachThought.

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 19, 2018

Use Webcam Record to Add Directions to Google Classroom The most influential element in a classroom: the teacher. You work hard to build relationships and students like you. Putting your face into your digital assignments makes a personal connection with students, even when they are using a computer. When creating an assignment in Google Classroom […].

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 19, 2018

In yesterday’s post we talked about grading and we featured a number of apps to help teachers with their grading. In today’s post we cover a closely related concept: rubrics. These are.read more.

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 19, 2018

Use Webcam Record to Add Directions to Google Classroom The most influential element in a classroom: the teacher. You work hard to build relationships and students like you. Putting your face into your digital assignments makes a personal connection with students, even when they are using a computer. When creating an assignment in Google Classroom […].

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 19, 2018

Recently, I wrote about the “ 3 E’s of Building a Great School Culture ,” and they were as follows: The Environment is about the space(s) around us and the “stuff” that is needed to serve students learners. The Experience is about what we design for learning and what we empower others to create for themselves. The Energy is what we bring in ourselves to our schools and what others help unleash in others.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 19, 2018

Cross posted at the #NYCSchoolsTech blog. Learn about the innovative practices going on with some of New York City’s most passionate educators and supporters. The latest #NYCSchoolsTech Podcast was recorded live at our annual #NYCSchoolsTech Summit where NYC Schools most innovative teachers come together to share ideas, network, and learn from one another and about what’s new in the world of ed tech.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 19, 2018

A new school year brings excitement and organizational challenges. Expert Frank Buck suggests ways to streamline online communications, simplify classroom policies through teacher collaboration, and help kids develop as responsible members of a purposeful community.

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 19, 2018

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … how to never run out of. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2018

A social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum adds valuable lessons to a student’s normal school day that will help propel them beyond academic success and onto success in life too. No matter the program, there are common practices that lead to creating a successful and sustainable SEL environment. The presenters of “ 7 Must-Haves for Successful and Sustainable Social-Emotional Learning ” reviewed these common practices and shared how they work in their district and school.

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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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Fractus Learning

AUGUST 19, 2018

Having boundaries is perhaps the most common skill I teach to clients as a clinical therapist. In our childhood we learn that sharing is caring, we learn about the golden rule (doing unto others as you would […].

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 19, 2018

I’ve heard podcasters in other niches do this episode format, and it was really interesting to listen to. I felt like I knew them much better afterward. I also related to a lot of what they shared — it made me feel less alone to hear someone else admit the things that a lot of people think and feel, even if we’re not always talking about it.

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MindShift

AUGUST 19, 2018

Some have called summer the “most unequal time of the year,” and Johns Hopkins researchers found that summer learning loss in elementary school accounts for two-thirds of the achievement gap between low-income children and their middle-income peers by ninth grade. And yet, swimming is a crucial part of the Horizons program , a public-private partnership to give local public school students the kind of summer experiences that more affluent families pay for over the break.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 19, 2018

Actively Learn is a site I've blogged about in the past that is ideal for increasing reading comprehension or adding "depth" to any text. AL reminds me a lot of EDpuzzle but instead of "making a video your own" it is "making reading material your own". This can be done using any text and lets educators track student's learning and understanding of a passage through the use of asking questions, annotating, collaborating, and more all in real-time.

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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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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 19, 2018

For students, establishing strong, trustful relationships with their teachers is fundamental to the learning process. Also, creating positive relationships within the classroom can provide students with higher self-esteem, a feeling of connection, and can create a welcoming “family-type,” of an environment. As Dr. Rita Pierson stated in her famous TedTalk, “Every child deserves a champion; an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insi

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