A Principal's Reflections

JULY 15, 2018

Conversations on effective leadership are varied although they focus more or less on the same general points, yet in different contexts. One saying revolves around the notion that the buck stops with the leader. This is true in the case of important decisions that have to be made because that is just the nature of certain positions. Gathering input from a variety of stakeholder groups is vital if the goal is to initiate and sustain transformative change.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 15, 2018

Guest Author: Ben Baker. What is a Powerful Personal Brand and why do you need one? Simply put, if you can understand, codify and communicate your brand effectively, you can gain influence through trust. Branding is not about what you think about yourself, but instead, what others think about you when you are not in the room. In the end, it is about getting the right people to listen, helping them to understand your value to them and enabling them to engage.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 15, 2018

Welcome to Part One of starting a PBL project. In this series, I wish to help educators see ways to get ideas for a PBL unit of learning. I often think that the hardest part in PBL is coming up with an idea. In Part One, I plan on giving you some thoughts that can help you get that idea… and in Part Two, I will provide some valuable web resources.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

CAST Tech is designed to feel like a cutting-edge corporate headquarters, the kind of environment in which students hope to eventually work. Photo: Bekah McNeel/The Hechinger Report. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — CAST Tech, San Antonio’s newest public high school, looks like an outpost of Google. Young people huddle over tablets, fiber optic cables run along the ceilings and a cybersecurity lab occupies the basement.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 15, 2018

John Dewey: We must prepare our students…for their world.’ by Terry Heick “The world is moving at a tremendous rate. No one knows where. We must prepare our children not for the world of the past, not for our world, but for their world–the world of the future.” That’s not Ken Robinson, but John Dewey. […]. The post John Dewey: We must prepare our students…for their world.’ appeared first on TeachThought.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2018

In this video, we walk through my equipment, recording setup, and how I am able to leverage Final Cut Pro X to quickly record, edit, and produce 9 individual podcasts that can be found on iTunes today. The post The @TeacherCast A-Z Guide to Podcast Recording, Editing, and Production appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 15, 2018

From “ How To Win Friends and Influence People “: Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, but why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others—yes, and a lot less dangerous. “Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof,” said Confucius, “when your own doorstep is unclean.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 15, 2018

If you are looking for some good and easy to use platforms to create a website or blog for your classroom, the tools below are worth your consideration. They both offer a very simple website editor,read more.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 15, 2018

Reciprocal teaching (RT) helps students deepen their learning by teaching other students. Curtis Chandler shows how kiddos can tackle new texts and concepts by developing their ability to apply cognitive and metacognitive strategies. He includes helpful videos and online tools.

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EmergingEdTech

JULY 15, 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' … another higher ed. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Ed Tech Now

JULY 15, 2018

Most of our common assumptions about assessment are wrong, perpetuating the poorly performing system in which we are trapped.

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Learning in Hand

JULY 15, 2018

I’m going back to teaching fifth grade after 14 years. When I was at my new school in May, the teacher who inhabited the classroom that will be mine told me that she would be done moving out by the end of the day. I could move in my stuff any time after that. I had to chuckle. “Stuff?” After all this time I don’t really have any “stuff.” Sure, I have some picture books and some office supplies, but that's about it.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Many states provide guidance for the implementation of digital materials in districts to help ensure that they are available to all learners. However, some districts may not have any state guidance at all.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

JULY 15, 2018

13 Awesome Random List Generators for Teachers It might not transform learning, but a good random list generator is a tool that every teacher should have readily available. Generate a list of random, everyday objects to create writing prompts. Make a random list of animals to research or write about. Need a way of assigning. Read more. The post 13 Awesome Random List Generators for Teachers appeared first on Nick's Picks For Educational Technology.

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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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Reading By Example

JULY 15, 2018

Our journey to excellence in teaching begins with a commitment to professional learning. -Regie Routman. I am lucky enough to work in a school that believes in this so much that they allocate the money to have me on staff working with teachers in their classrooms every single day. Yes, that’s right. Every. Single. Day. Every Teacher. This beautiful hidden gem of a school only has one teacher per grade level K-4 so I get to be in their classrooms, learning side by side with the teacher and the st

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

July 11, 2018 – Washington, D.C. — Judge Brett Kavanaugh meets with senators on Capitol Hill ahead of the confirmation hearings for his nomination as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo: © Douglas Christian via ZUMA Wire. Students often find their voices are left out of important discussions that directly affect their education.

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