Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

As shared in my previous posts 7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning and 16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools , prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

February 4, 2017 Apps are the backbone of mobile learning. They provide students with limitless learning opportunities and empower them with a variety of educational tools to help them learn anywhere.read more.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Create a Weekly Check In for Google Classroom In previous semesters I used a Google Form to have students check in every week. While Google Forms are the best thing since sliced bread, this semester I switched to using Google Classroom for my weekly check in. Note this is not a 5 a day or […]. The post Google Classroom: Check In with Students appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

February 5, 2017 We are revisiting this visual we shared a couple of years ago on how to cite online sources in MLA style. As is indicated in the poster, the guidelines provided are based.read more.

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The simplicity and reliability of Google Drive makes it an ideal place to host content that you post around the web. This is a bit of a problem when trying to host images, however. While you can store images in Drive, you can't directly link to them because Google doesn't give you the full web URL of an image. The Problem with hosting images in Google Drive If you share an image file to "public on the web" or "anyone with the link" this is what you get: https://drive.google.com/a/sowashventures.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) just launched its new Teen Book Finder Database. Like the Teen Bookfinder App, the database provides recommendations from YALSA’s annual book awards and selected book and media lists going back to 1988. Award winners were selected for young adults–ages 12 to 18–and span a broad range of reading and maturity levels.

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Learning With Lucie

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

This morning I read Bill Ferriter's post challenging his readers to start every faculty meeting writing to students. In his post Bill suggest.starting every faculty meeting with the same agenda item: Writing positive notes to two kids that are hand delivered the next morning. Imagine a room full of teachers spending a few minutes together reflecting on the strengths of individual students.

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Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

As a principal new to a school, trust has been a priority in my first year. Trust is defined in a number of ways. It is doing what we say we will do. Trust involves speaking the truth while having the tact to say it thoughtfully. When literacy leaders hold others accountable, as well as helping others hold themselves accountable, trust can flourish.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

I don't teach technology. I teach rethinking education. Jesus thought that a teacher to student ratio of 12 to 1 was good. I'm of the theory that He should know. If that's the case, what can I do to help teachers find that sweet spot. Leveraging technology in the classroom through blended learning can help do that. Let's face it, the higher the student to teacher ratio the lower the cost of education.

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