A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In order to empower people at some level, you first need to engage them. It is nearly impossible to create a culture of learning if there are elements of boredom, inactivity, and lack of relevance. This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. Early on, I used more traditional strategies since this was a new arena for me.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

There are too many demands on instructional time in the Covid era to waste very much of it teaching at the lowest level of Bloom's Taxonomy. ELA/ENL teacher Dina Strasser recommends taking a fine-tooth comb to those sometimes necessary TPT plans and removing the fluff.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Otus is an ideal tool for Remote Learning w/ schools being closed. Their learning platform makes it easy for educators to build dynamic engaging lessons, deliver instruction, and then assess student learning. Otus is a all-in-one mobile learning solution for schools that combines the best features of a: learning management system, data management system, and more.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When I ask teachers, “How would you describe a successful online or blended learning course? What would that look like?” Most teachers include some form of the word “engagement” in their answers. So, it makes sense that teachers are frustrated when they feel like students are not engaging. The pandemic is presenting new barriers to student engagement, most obviously the lack of physical proximity.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

I Know It is a fantastic site for interactive Math lessons grades K-5th. This is a super fun easy to use site for practice on a wide range of topics, such as: place value, multiplication, counting coins, time, and more. Best of all, I Know It allows educators to assign lessons and track student progress to make it easy to differentiate instruction. I highly recommend checking out I Know It by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Many schools are now realizing they do not have the tools in place so kids can continue to learn while schools are closed. Socrates personalized learning for the students so they are progressing automatically, and provides teachers with tools to monitor progress and assign topics. Teachers can control the learning remotely or just allow Socrates to adjust automatically - making it a perfect tool for teachers with closed classrooms.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Verse by Verse is an excellent site for creating poetry that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. The way this works is a student selects a famous Poet and then types the first line and Verse by Verse's AI generates ideas for writing the next line. I highly recommend checking out Verse by Verse by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Chronicle Cloud is an innovative educational all-in-one iOS app for teachers. Educators can use Chronicle Cloud in a number of different ways such as: assessing (using their "traffic light" system), note-taking, providing feedback, and much much more. Also, being on the "cloud" teachers can collaborate and share best "teaching" practices in an easy way.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Arludo is an excellent site to create/find educational games and more. Arludo, is a great learning tool that is ideal for teaching Math or Science w/ lots of features for educators such as: generating detail reports, tools to differentiate instruction, and integrating game based learning into the classroom. Arludo has a nice collection of games that focuses on Math/Science areas like: evolution, ecosystems, molecules, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Knowt is an excellent Learning Management System that lets educators automatically create assignments that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. Knowt educational portal allows teachers to track/monitor students, share notes, and generate assignments from uploaded documents, PDFs, etc. Below is a brief demo. I highly recommend checking out Knowt by clicking here !!!

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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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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Mobile Permissions is a fantastic new free tool for educators to virtual send parents permissions slips. Mobile Permissions makes it easy for teachers to send any type of permission slip form to a parents/guardians phone or mobile device. They can then electronically sign and submit payment while educators can track/monitor to it all from their teacher portal.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

iDialouge is an excellent site for educators looking for an alternative to Zoom. This is a great place for educators to teach remotely by creating virtual classrooms w/ built-in conferencing tools. Also, teachers can record lectures, create lessons/quizzes/polls, and use it for "self paced learning and flipped learning". I highly recommend checking out iDialouge by clicking here !!!

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