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Selfless Acts Exemplify Who We Are

A Principal's Reflections

" A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. " - James Keller The other day I headed out to run some errands. It is common practice for me to use this time listening to a variety of radio stations. If there is any talk between the disc jockeys (are they even still called this) or commercials I quickly press the tuning button to get some real music playing.

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8 Ways to Redesign on a Minimal Budget

Tom Murray

Redesigning learning spaces is far easier feat if the money exists to support it. However, the vast reality is many, if not most districts, don’t have the budget available to purchase new furniture, no less at scale. Thus when redesigning spaces, affordability and sustainability most always remain part of the conversation. Educators are some of the most creative, problem solvers on the planet, as many continue to develop cost saving hacks to create dynamic spaces for kids.

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How To Get Started Teaching Online

EdNews Daily

Welcome back to our “Teacher Feature Series,” where we chat with educators who work online across borders. Today, please read about Shaundra Schlapia’s journey with HAWO American Academy. Shaundra, please tell us all about you! HAWO American Academy Educator, Shaundra Schlapia. My name is Shaundra Schlapia, and I teach students in various elementary grades and middle grades one-on-one lessons with HAWO American Academy.

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OPINION: Advice about how to raise the high school graduation rate — from students themselves

The Hechinger Report

. “Ask how we’re doing and mean it. Ask the follow-up question, even when we brush you off the first time. And be willing to listen to the answers.”. If you want to know what young people need to succeed, it turns out you should just ask them. They’ll tell you. And they’ll make it clear that neither miracles nor miracle workers are required to help more students graduate from high school and be prepared for the future.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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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Students Over Profit: The Entrepreneurial Approach To Education

EdNews Daily

Can your institution be entrepreneurial and put students over profit at the same time? When a company offers exceptional customer service and high-quality products that are cost-effective, it will reap a profit. Consumers desire and seek out such businesses, so why wouldn’t an educational institution offer the same for today’s students? By positioning yourself as an entrepreneurial institution that not only values a superior educational experience, but also provides first-rate studen

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How can we use Minecraft Education to enhance our curricular activities?

TeacherCast

This year at ISTE, I had the opportunity to sit down with Sara Cornish and Trish Cloud from the Minecraft Education team at the Microsoft Education booth. The big announcement at this years ISTE Conference revolved around the two new updates for Minecraft. The post How can we use Minecraft Education to enhance our curricular activities? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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How three California communities are trying to improve preschool for vulnerable students

The Hechinger Report

A California preschool teacher reads to students. The state has the largest population of children 4 and under in the nation. Photo by Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. California’s early education system is still not fully funded more than a decade after the Great Recession even though the need is vast. The state has the largest population of children 4 and under in the nation.

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3 Good Web Tools for Poetry Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here are 3 good web tools from ReadWriteThink to help students with their poem writing. Students will get to learn how to write different poem types (e.g., acrostic poems and diamente poems ) and in.read more.

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Exploring the Joy of Math with Students in India

MiddleWeb

Math educator Jerry Burkhart expanded his horizons this summer when he taught a 3-week math exploration course to a class of 22 gifted middle level students from across India. Learn what he discovered about the similarities and differences in U.S. and India math education.

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Confessions from a Former "Grades Driven" Helicopter Parent

Tech Helpful

Our school has a student information system (SIS) that allows parents to receive notifications via email for a variety of things: grades, missing assignments, etc. Being what I thought was a diligent parent I signed up to receive emails when an assignment was missing and weekly grade updates for both my girls when they attended CCS. My thought was "Wonderful!

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Students would just wander, she said, sliding out a random spine and, if they found the book’s cover appealing, reading the blurb on the back—usually to their disappointment.

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On practicing safe search: fine tuning and meeting Swisscows and other privacy-friendly searches

NeverEndingSearch

As librarians, we need to be concerned about privacy. ALA’s Policy Statement on Privacy reminds us. Libraries, librarians, and library workers have an ethical obligation, expressed in the ALA Code of Ethics , to preserve users’ right to privacy and prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of users’ personally identifiable information or the data associated with their use of the library’s resources.

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4 Elements of a Killer Calendar Invite

The Innovative Educator

If there is anything innovative educators need more of, it’s time. By being as complete and accurate as possible when creating a calendar invite, no one wastes time searching for location or materials. Creating calendar invites is an activity that today's modern learners should be engaging in daily. Doing this correctly, is a skill that saves everyone time and should replace outdated practices like moving staff and students by bells and paper planners.

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Teaching and Technology Tweet Recap, w/e 07-21-18

EmergingEdTech

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 … for students in K-12 (and. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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How to Become the Storyteller-In-Chief for Your School

edWeb.net

When polled about public perception of K-12 schools in the United States, attendees of the recent edWebinar, “ Transform Your School’s Brand by Becoming a Storyteller-In-Chief ,” offered mixed results. While there are some positive stories, many seemed to think that there isn’t much faith in public education. Trish Rubin, founder of Trish Rubin Ltd. and co-author with Eric Sheninger of BrandED: Tell Your Story, Build Relationships, and Empower Learning , explained that much of the issue stems fr

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Five Major Differences Between The Chinese And American Education System

EdNews Daily

Classrooms across the world are different, typically built upon government policy and cultural norms. In recent years, classrooms across the Western world have gone through some changes. However, one of the most prominent concerns and discussions across school districts is the need for more innovation, creativity, personalized learning, as well as the freedom to prepare our youth for the 21st-century.

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3 Ways to Help Move Your Boss Forward

The Principal of Change

I had a great conversation with a friend of mine about how they felt under-appreciated and under-utilized in their work by their boss. When they asked me for suggestions on how to move their boss forward from their position, I decided to ask the following question on Twitter to see what other people would suggest: Would love thoughts on this question…Was asked the following – You are an educator and an administrator needs growth.

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MathEdge

Technology Tidbits

MathEdge is a excellent iOS app for young students working on their addition and subtraction skills. This is done in a nice step-by-step process that shows students how to work the problem. Also, it uses a familiar flash card system. I highly recommend checking out MathEdge by clicking here !!!

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Answerables

Technology Tidbits

Answerables the innovative educational tool that combines the best features of game based learning w/ a learning management system has just released their free iPad app. Answerables is being used by educators in a variety of ways from collaborating w/ other classes, to browsing the web, all in a secure 3D virtual environment. Answerables is used as a: • Virtual classroom • Lesson planner • Learning manager • Quest creator • Resource manager • Web browser (managed) • Social Network • Student port