A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In education, a lesson makes or breaks a learner’s experience in a classroom. Planning takes time. I remember many nights and weekends that I spent countless hours developing a variety of activities that would keep my students engaged while also following the scope and sequence of the curriculum based on the standards that needed to be addressed. When it is all said and done, it is more about the experience than the lesson, but the latter is necessary to create the former.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

. As a middle school teacher, I often see my colleagues taking pains to keep students quiet during class. After all, the rhythm of the traditional classroom doesn’t leave much room for chatting among students, and socializing in class is often viewed as a proxy for poor behavior or inattentiveness. And yet, a recent study from the World Economic Forum suggests that our chattiest students may be well poised for tomorrow’s world of work — because employers are looking for more than simply the la

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Critical thinking is a disruptive cognitive process that explores alternative ways of thinking about something with the purpose of uncovering silent and untold meanings. Critical thinkers do.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. Photo: Chris Berdik. PANGUITCH, Utah — Both before and after classes at Panguitch High School, a low-slung brick building nestled in the high desert of southern Utah, students find their way to Shawn Caine’s classroom.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Tour Creator is a new tool released by Google a few days ago which allows you to create your own VR tours. Students can use it to create rich 360 experiences using their own 360 photos or images from.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act, more commonly known as COPPA, is a law dealing with how websites, apps, and other online operators collect data and personal information from kids under the age of 13. COPPA has a number of requirements, but some key ones are that tech companies making apps, websites, and online tools for kids under 13 must: provide notice and get parental consent before collecting information from kids; have a “clear and comprehensive” privacy policy; and keep i

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

This week’s #BloggerMondays share is the wonderful blog of Pernille Ripp , creator of The Global Read Aloud and a relentless advocate for creating environments that instill a passion for reading for students. Ripp’s focus, however, goes well beyond developing readers. She is a fierce advocate for all students and she shares routinely about resources that can support our students who are the most vulnerable.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Whatever you know, sharing it outside school walls can inform policymakers, journalists, the public, other teachers, researchers, and professors – who can use your classroom discoveries to better serve students. Educator and writer Jenny Grant Rankin shows how.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: A guide for self-care habits for teachers. See if any of this sounds like you: You’re a teacher who puts everyone else’s needs before your own. You never have enough time and energy for everything, and only what’s left over belongs to you (And I’m guessing on many days, there ISN’T time and energy left over for you).

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EmergingEdTech

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

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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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

“Classroom Ready Collections” include lesson plans, activities, videos, interactives, and worksheets that are searchable and discoverable within Follett Destiny.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

PBL Software Review From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Project Pals is a powerful new tool that lets students organize projects. Starting from a template that you’ve designed to guide your students through the project, they can collaborate or work together to explore, learn, brainstorm, and create. As I’ve been testing this app with my students, I’ve found some exciting features.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

“Technology + Curriculum = Equity” uses the example of the Houston Independent School District to explain how technology and curriculum can improve learning equity

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Most educators are aware of the “Four C’s” (Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication) and their importance in schools for ensuring the development of today’s skills in our students ( I appreciate Will Richardson’s contention that “curiosity” should be the fifth “C” and is more important than the others ). But there are other essential skills and traits that many schools teach, either through learning in the classroom or by providing extra-curricular activities, which

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

School district leaders gathered before the ISTE conference to discuss ways they can encourage better collaboration between their technology & curriculum department leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Enoch Jemmott, right, is a New York City public high school senior struggling with his own college applications while helping his peers in the film “Personal Statement.” Source: VIMEO. BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Enoch Jemmott’s shot at a college education depends entirely on a football scholarship, along with tracking down the financial aid documents he needs from his homeless mother.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

K-12 schools can test Acer's tablet running Chrome OS, with no obligation to purchase

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Titus Learning has been included in two categories.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Sphero Heroes ambassador program application is now open

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