A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 15, 2017

When it comes to work, I have had to battle some internal conflicts over the years. Early on in my career as a school administrator, and then again in my work in my current position as an ICLE Senior Fellow , I had to be put in place, thankfully, by those who care a great deal about me. In the past, the challenge for me had always been putting too much focus on the job and not enough time and effort on my family or personal well-being.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Many people don’t know how to argue respectfully or intellectually online. Differences of opinion often lead to personal attacks, cyberbullying and trolling. Even world leaders lack professionalism and tact when they share their disagreements and opinions on social media. Their posts and tweets incite conflicts with other countries and instigate mass protests.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that promotes PBL and 21st Century Learning through the examination of Seven Building Blocks. In this post, I would like to provide thoughts involving the importance of supporting inquiry in the classroom. Student owned inquiry is at the heart of powerful learning opportunities. It is my intent to provide some answers and instill some new questions.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2017

October 15, 2017 Here is an interesting visual we designed based on Marcus Guido’s article “20 Differentiated Instruction Strategies and Examples”. The visual contains ideas and tips on how to.read more.

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OCTOBER 15, 2017

Educators talk about giving students "voice, choice and agency," says NBCT Rita Platt, but how does that actually happen in a practical, curriculum-friendly way? Platt believes the secret is teaching students to set goals. Learn about her 5-step process (tools included).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 15, 2017

One of the biggest stressors for teachers is the possibility of being moved to another grade level or school (and in some cases, being “surplussed” or pink-slipped and having no position at all). I’ve heard rumors about who might be surplussed the following year as early as November of the current school year! And throughout May and June, the teacher’s lounge is always abuzz with nervous energy and speculation about who’s retiring, who’s taking leave, and what

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2017

October 15, 2017 Below are 9 good apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: edit your computer's Textedit documents on.read more.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Just trying to work my way through some thoughts here…This post is more focused on writing to learn, not writing to share my learning. . There has been a lot of pushback on the topic of innovation and how it fits into the idea of research in education. Personally, I think that education needs to find the variance of having schools and educators use evidence-based practice (with the ability to iterate, but I will get to that in a bit) and innovative methods.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2017

100 Free Halloween STEM Activities I’m a big believer in leveraging student interests for instructional engagement rather than fighting against their excitement (check out my posts on Fidget Spinners and Pokemon Go). Halloween is an exciting holiday for students and a quick search will return tons of lesson ideas. I’ve rounded up 100 Halloween STEM.

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techieMusings

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I have hit the half-way mark in my email challenge. I will start by saying that one of the strongest takeaways from this experience has been the importance of setting a daily intention. I am no yogi, but I do incorporate yoga into my regular routine. At the beginning of a yoga practice, I start by setting my intention. This helps me ground myself and actively work towards something.

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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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SpeechTechie

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I wanted to share here a presentation I recently made which is online and may be of interest. I was happy to be asked by SpeechScience and Yapp Guru University to participate in their online AAC After Work conference with an "intermission" talk. As I explain frequently, I'm not much of an AAC expert as in my career I have mostly worked with students with more moderate communication needs.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 15, 2017

More and more we communicate through video. And I’ll bet you know the feeling when you record that very effective screencast or tutorial, and it just doesn’t feel ready for primetime. Post-production is what makes your media feel professional and done. But not everyone has access to, or the chops to use, a robust video editor like Final Cut Pro or Adobe After Effects.

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EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 15, 2017

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 … a deeper look at PBL, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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techlearning

OCTOBER 15, 2017

This lesson will challenge students' critical thinking, literacy and drawing skills as they share impressions of a book they have read.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2017

My edtech career began in a summer school Algebra class at Envision Academy for Arts and Technology in Oakland, where we piloted Khan Academy on Google CR-47s , the technology that would become the now-ubiquitous Chromebook. I went on to EdSurge, helping to found the first online community connecting educators, entrepreneurs and funders, and learning a thing or two about edtech marketplaces along the way.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Lively community for bookworms to share their love of lit.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 15, 2017

If you provide professional development or work with those who do, you want to make sure, that participants have the best experience possible. To help with that, you can use this handy dandy checklist for effective PD that I wrote about and which the graphically talented and innovative educator, Eileen Lennon turned into an infographic. Check it out and print it out ( here's the PDF ) to place in the rooms where educators are likely to give or get professional learning delivered.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Children at school in Eastern Finland. Photo: William Doyle. In Finland, teachers are trusted, appreciated and educated in advanced degree programs. Becoming and being a teacher starts with earning a placement at one of the country’s highly selective teacher education programs. I vividly recall the two educational books I was required to study for the first part of Finland’s initial classroom teacher education entrance exam.

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