A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 16, 2019

“ Don’t prepare kids for something. Prepare them for anything !” I remember a world without the Internet, smart devices, mobile phones, 3D printers, and 4K televisions sets. After all, this was the world that many of us grew up in. There was an abundance of playing outside, reading, walking around the mall, going to the movies, and talking on the phone.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Eric Curts from Ctrl Alt Achieve From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts @ ericcurts teaches us twenty-three ways to use Gsuite tools in our classroom. With ideas for Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings for all subjects and ages, you’ll want to scroll down and follow the links in our enhanced show notes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

Teachers know what it takes to guide students toward success. Personalization, real-life connections and differentiation can stir genuine excitement in learners. But it takes hefty behind-the-scenes work to find high-quality content and adapt it to multiple ability levels and learning styles while also piquing student interest. We're aiming to support educators in finding and using essential content, to save them time and to help them be more effective in the classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 16, 2019

Google Sheets add-ons' store embeds some really handy tools to use to expand and add new functionalities to your spreadsheets. We have reviewed several of these add-ons in the past and today we have.

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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

For Suzy Brooks, Director of Instructional Technology for Mashpee Public Schools, data analytics is like a secret decoder tool. It reveals the mystery behind which technology is used (or not used) in her district for teaching and learning. With the right data, we can make informed decisions about technology. “With the right data, we can make informed decisions about technology and get the most effective tools into the hands of our teachers so it can affect students in their classrooms,” explains

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 16, 2019

Preparing our students for their future requires that we understand the need to change, to innovate, as our new modus operandi. Innovativeness is the pedagogy of the future. Where do you fit in on the innovation adoption curve? To embrace this constant state of change, we must be ready and willing to try new things. Ask Yourself. When the first iPhone came out, did you have to have it or did you wait to see if this crazy new phone was for real?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 16, 2019

GoNoodle is an excellent free classroom resource to use with your students. It provides tons of brain break activities to physically, mentally and emotionally engage students. Some of these brain.

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MiddleWeb

JUNE 16, 2019

As much as we love teaching, summer break presents valuable time and opportunity to reflect and rejuvenate – and also retool and sharpen our skills through self-directed professional learning. To help, Curtis Chandler presents an awesome collection of free PD options.

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Teacher Tech

JUNE 16, 2019

View All Assignments in a Topic Google Classroom is designed to be organized by topic. When you click on the Classwork tab the assignments are shown under topic headers. The problem is that if you have more than 10 assignments in a topic the 11th and up assignments are hidden under an inconspicuous “View More.” […]. The post Google Classroom: Get Past View More appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 16, 2019

In the post, “ The Most Surprising Thing that Came from NOT Achieving My Dreams” via Marc and Angel , they share this idea of an “Unbucket List.” I had never heard of that until now, and it was an interesting exercise focused not on the future, but appreciating the past. The author shares the following: As I approached my 40th birthday last year I decided I would do something concrete to combat the disillusionment I could be feeling about my thwarted dreams.

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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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Tech Helpful

JUNE 16, 2019

Help your students think like a robot? What is the value in that? Sequential, computational thinking allows students to understand the reasons computers do the things they do. Learning how to think computationally allows users to get the most of their tools. In a tech-rich environment, this looks like teaching students coding, or introducing them to spreadsheet functions to analyze data, or using 3D printers to create models for learning different components in order to answer a bigger problem.

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techlearning

JUNE 16, 2019

HoverCam demonstrated its 21st century digital learning solutions at InfoComm 2019, June 12-14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

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MindShift

JUNE 16, 2019

By Kendal Rolley. A teary-eyed student approached me after class asking me to help her understand the grade she had received on a piece of writing. We discussed what she could do next time to achieve a higher grade, and I was pleased that in just 30 minutes her confidence increased and she felt more able to tackle the next writing assignment. But who has 30 minutes for every student?

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techlearning

JUNE 16, 2019

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Best of Infocomm contest!

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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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