A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 3, 2017
“ We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C. There is nothing easy about change. The process is fraught with many obstacles and challenges.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 3, 2017
“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” – Joseph Pulitzer. When I was a child, my father only accepted homemade gifts. My sisters and I spent several days creating various publications with construction paper and markers, including magazines.
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EdNews Daily
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Op-ed. Personalized learning needs to go away. I could sit here and argue that it needs to go away because companies are trying to replace our most valued resource – teachers – with computers and algorithms that will sterilize learning. I could also easily argue it’s because privatizing education and giving learning data to closed corporations are the biggest mistakes we’ll ever make.
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 3, 2017
10 Ways Teaching Has Changed In The Last 10 Years by Terry Heick Teachers are the arbitrators of knowledge and culture. Knowledge and culture are each dynamic, endlessly crashing and churning. This makes teaching significantly important and difficult work, and can leave teaching—as a craft—wide-eyed and nonplussed in response. Worse, those outside the bubble of education […].
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MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Teacher read alouds work with middle graders, too. Literacy specialist and ELL coach Valentina Gonzalez describes why and how reading fiction, nonfiction, even picture books, aloud to young adolescents can advance learning. Included: specific strategies and resources.
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Knowledge Is Power And Teaching Is The Fuel by Terry Heick That knowledge = power isn’t a new idea. ’Knowledge is power’ is a common refrain in the education community, at least in spirit. Everything we do as educators has the idea that knowledge changes lives underpinning it. And that teachers are important is, […]. The post Knowledge Is Power And Teaching Is The Fuel appeared first on TeachThought.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 3, 2017
December 3, 2017 Google's 'Best of 2017' collection for this year features what Google labelled as the 'top-selling' books of 2017. We went through the titles there and handpicked for you the.read more.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2017
A large percentage of public school districts across the U.S. are comprised of 15 or fewer schools; 46 percent of districts have fewer than 1,000 students and a third that have fewer than two schools. While many of these smaller school districts face the same challenges as larger school systems, they often lack the infrastructure and supports of larger districts—especially in the form of peer collaboration.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 3, 2017
December 3, 2017 Below is a selection of some good iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. This deal is valid at least in the Canadian and American iTunes App Stores.read more.
Turning Learning On Its Head
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Flipped Learning at Work. Today I was catching up on news feeds about Flipped Learning. As I read, I was struck once again by the evidence that Flipped Learning continues to transform schools, teachers, and students. In the past month there have been some exciting reports and studies about Flipped Learning: A student with learning disabilities who gets help through Flipped Learning.
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.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2017
It’s that time of year again–the Hour of Code is (almost) here. The Hour of Code is just that–one hour of coding, done at any point during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4-10). Educators can find all the information they need here, such as how to get started, which activities to choose and how to promote computer science on a regular basis.
EmergingEdTech
DECEMBER 3, 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 … learn how to create a. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Since discovering how easy it is to make movies with Google photos at the start of the school year, I've made several movies. Most movies were made to capture a day of learning with other innovative educators. I also made a movie to capture a vacation getaway. Another to commemorate an award a colleague received. And another movie to share with a friend the fun day her puppy had with my pup while I was pet sitting.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Ed. note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education. Video Description: Privacy can be a complex, intimidating topic.
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.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Each day in Sarah Cooper's 8th grade U.S. history class, they begin with a 5-minute discussion of current events. The sheer number of mass attacks in the United States this semester has pummeled Sarah and her students. She ponders how she and other teachers can continue to respond.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. GooseChase EDU. What’s It Like?
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Many educators and schools have reached out to me regarding what their students are doing online. Unfortunately, it is often in reaction to an issue that they are trying to fix, not a plan to be proactive in leading their students. I have even heard of schools that do some extra monitoring of students online so that they can find out when students are doing something wrong online, and that has raised some concerns.
Reflections
DECEMBER 3, 2017
In my position, I have the opportunity to sit in on a number of conversations that turn to the topic of school improvement. These conversations are with a variety of stakeholders including teachers, support staff, parents, principals and even colleagues in other schools. The topic is often handled differently. For some, improvement can be stated in terms of the new.
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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
DECEMBER 3, 2017
The Best STEM Toys Under $25 – 2017 Nick’s Picks for Educational Toys 2017 There are so many great choices for STEM toys under $25, proving that STEM isn’t limited to expensive electronics and fancy gadgets. Here are five of my favorites. Be sure to check the other two posts of this series: The Best. Read more. The post The Best STEM Toys Under $25 – 2017 appeared first on Nick's Picks For Educational Technology.
techlearning
DECEMBER 3, 2017
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The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Edison Estes. There’s something of a social expectation that one “peaks in high school” and that the best years of one’s life are spent running the tiled halls. I’d like to say I enjoyed the last four years of school. But in many ways, my experience has been more complicated than that perception of high school allows for. If I were forced to summarize it with a single word, I would have to answer “struggle.”.
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