A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 16, 2013
'If someone would have asked me this question a few years ago I honestly would not have had a good answer. I always thought a positive school culture was one where strict rules were created and consistently enforced to keep students focused on learning. In my mind, the more I could control the environment that my students were a part of the better the results.
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'When it comes to mobile learning there are loads of great sites for apps for kids and teachers. Everything from apps organized by Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to apps organized by grade level and subject area. It can be daunting to sort through all those apps to find the special ones for learning something new or curating information. What are they? Well my friend, here are my Top 10 Apps For Learners and Curators (All of these are for iPad but you can find many, or an equivalent, in the Android Ma
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Educational Technology Guy
OCTOBER 28, 2013
'Evernote is one of my favorite and most used apps. I use it for project management, task lists, meeting notes, reference notes, web clippings, personal tasks and more. I just found out about some great training videos on YouTube that show you how to do different tasks in Evenrote. Check them out here: [link] If you don''t use Evernote , check it out.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 30, 2013
'Brian Finke for The New York Times You may have read the recent New York Times story No Child Left Untableted. Like others before it ( Seeing no progress, some schools drop laptops ), these stories have the wrong focus. They narrow in on the tool itself, and draw apocalyptic conclusions -- Technology May Be Destroying Children! -- rather than drawing attention to the goal of the learning experience, and how the tool may best help achieve it.
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EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'A snapshot of the information flowing through my Twitter stream today. I have been actively using Twitter for professional learning for a little over four years. It has become my most valuable professional learning resource during that time. As a result of the tremendous value I''ve gotten from it, I''ve written about and presented on Twitter quite a few times.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'With the start of the school year off to a running start, it is important to address some key items that will insure success of your groups and prevent some not so nice things from occurring. I''m an avid Edmodo with Edmodo serving as the hub of my virtual classroom, but I learned a valuable lesson two weeks ago concerning the security of my groups and the trustworthiness of my students.
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SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 14, 2013
'The App Store is huge and overwhelming. It''s important to have some strategies to find apps; here are some I commonly share in workshops and thought you all might like to know about! 1. Make sure to look at iPhone apps in the App Store App, if you can''t find the app you are looking for. At times people hear about an app and become frustrated because they cannot find it in the App Store.
Educational Technology Guy
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'[link]. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 13, 2013
'Technology provides teachers with a great way to provide evidence with artifacts of their effective practice. Across the country this has been a priority for schools that are incorporating a teacher evaluation based on the Danielson Framework for Teacher Evaluation. The model contains various components organized into the following four domains. Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities This is part of a
EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 14, 2013
'Through a teacher and an educational technologist in my school district, I''ve recently discovered the Tellagami app for creating short animated videos. The video below is only the third Gami (the app maker''s term for a finished product) which I have created. I was able to learn the app very quickly this weekend in preparation for introducing it to secondary fine arts teachers from my school district this morning.
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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'This looks amazing! A summit to explore how digital technology affects conflict. On October 20-22, "In partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Gen Next Foundation, Google Ideas hosts the ''Conflict in a Connected World''. a 2-day summit focused on the intersection between physical and digital conflict." Here''s the kick-off video: The hashtag to follow on both Google+ and Twitter is #ideassummit.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 21, 2013
'This past Saturday (10/19) marked the fourth annual Edscape Conference held at New Milford High School in NJ. The idea for this event evolved from a dire need to fill a void in the type of innovative learning experiences that educators were craving. As a result, a partnership between Teq and New Milford HS was formed to provide a cost-effective, meaningful learning experience for attendees.
SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 17, 2013
'It''s important to emphasize that apps and the iPad itself are simply tools we can use in our work to address student objectives. Apps can provide or extend a context in which we are targeting particular skills, and I love talking about the activities that can be going on "around the app." A few resources related to this recently came to my attention.
Educational Technology Guy
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Evernote , one of my favorite and most used apps, has recently updated the Windows version of their software. If you don''t use Evernote , check it out. It''s free, easy to use, and cross platform. I used it for lesson planning, lesson notes, class notes, student notes and logs, and more as a teacher. As a CIO I use it for meeting notes, project management, contacts, web clippings, research and much more.
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The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'Editor's note: October is National Bullying Prevention Month. It was created to raise awareness about bullying prevention. This post brings attention to a problem that we sometimes forget or are too uncomfortable to discuss. Bullying does not discriminate based on age. If you know better, you can do better. Don't sit by and watch on, stand up and speak out when you notice someone is the target of bullying.
Kathy Schrock
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'I have only been a Mac user for about twelve years, so did not "grow up" with Apple computers as many of you did. I am still making discoveries about the operating system every day! I have been spending some time with Preview (I am using OS 10.8.5) and have learned many of the cool things it can do! The first thing to know is that the Preview.app is located in your Applications folder.
The 21st Century Principal
OCTOBER 20, 2013
'“ A new study reminds us that poverty is the giant backpack dragging down American students.” Jordan Weissmann, “Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income,” Start talking about the poverty of American students and you’re quickly accused of making excuses for a bad education system, or of pushing a political agenda. Truth is, poverty is real, and if speaking out against is political, then so be it!
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'The following post appeared on the blog of Robert Dillon. In this piece he describes what he saw at New Milford High School during his visit while the students were present the Friday before the Edscape Conference. His reflection has been posted with permission below. Make sure to follow Robert on Twitter ( @ideaguy42 ). I have also added some of my personal thoughts at the bottom of this post.
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SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Often pretty simple stimuli can add quite a bit of engagement. Free Game Show Soundboard (found at this link or in App Store under iPhone apps) is just a screen of buttons that, when tapped, play sounds such as a bell ding, applause, audience laughter and cheers, etc. The app also has countdown timers and scorekeepers for two players. I try to avoid too much competition in my sessions, however, this app can be used to add engagement and reinforcement when students are involved in tasks of earni
EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Over the past year, the school district I work for has made tremendous strides in the realm of mobile learning. I am proud of all that our school board, administration, technology department, educational technology staff, and teachers have done and are continuing to do on a daily basis to move students'' educational experience forward through integration of district-owned and student-owned mobile devices.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'Student to teachers at #tltf13 "You don''t need to teach us. That is what Google is for." #StuVoice #edchat — Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu) October 18, 2013 This is what a passionate student told a room full of educators at the 2013 Tech Forum in New York in response to a question from social studies teacher Melissa Seideman. She was asking how Digital Native students prefer learning when it comes to technology use.
Saving Socrates
OCTOBER 17, 2013
'When I first started teaching, I use to use the phrase "I do not care, " frequently. In fact, it became a catch phrase among my students. I didn''t mean that I didn''t genuinely care for my students, it was obvious to them and me that I did. I spent countless hours grading papers and tests to give them comprehensive feedback within a 24 hour period of whatever they did.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
OCTOBER 30, 2013
'University Laboratory Public Charter School teacher and H?k?le‘a crew member Miki Tomita agreed to hang out with Google Rocks! Hawaii HOA panelists* to talk about the H?k?le‘a’s World Wide Voyage 2014-2017. What an eye opener! ? ? ? ? ? Background : The Polynesian Voyaging Society built the H?k?le‘a ("Star of Gladness") in 1973 for scientific inquiry.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 2, 2013
'I often tell educators to be the change they want to see in education. This requires speaking up in any and all ways possible if you ever have the hopes of actually changing things. In education we often quip that our voices are not heard, opinions not valued, and our presence at the table when major decisions are made is absent. These statements are quite accurate from what I have experienced or seen as of late.
SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'I am often asked for resources for clinicians working with older students. The relative scarcity of tech-based material for middle and high schoolers, particularly apps with relevant and age-appropriate content, has even been termed " the app gap." When working with older students, it pays to be creative and even more focused on the contexts they struggle with every day in the classroom.
EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'Yesterday I had the exciting opportunity to participate in the first ever EdCamp to be held online. If you are not familiar with EdCamps, they differ from traditional professional development experiences in that they are organized by the participants on the day of the event. This EdCamp video gives a brief introduction to EdCamps, and this TEDxPhiladelphia talk by Kristen Swanson gives a much more in depth story of how the EdCamp movement came to be and what it seeks to provide to educators.
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 15, 2013
'Guest post by David Price “Dave Price casts a penetrating light on how the new dynamics of digital culture are transforming not only on how we work and play but how we think, feel and learn.” - Sir Ken Robinson When my eldest son was 13, I used to drag him out of bed each morning to go to school. Eventually I learned the reason for his excessive tiredness.
Connecting 2 the World
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'We''ve all been there. The student who takes over the class while others role their eyes; the student that wants feedback on every section of their project within the next 24 hours; the student that insists that you graded him or her unfairly; the student that wants just a little more time on their paper because they were busy over the weekend; the student that plagiarizes; the student who needs a letter of recommendation for grad school, a job, an internship, or study abroad program.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'This summer has been amazing, revitalizing, evolutionary, and. and. and. for my professional development. I could have written 20 posts about the events this summer, but I had no time to write! So, I will just sum it all up here. I''m still having trouble slowing down my brain to get the thoughts on this page. Stop me in the hall, catch me on Edmodo, tweet to me, and I will just start gushing out of control.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 31, 2013
'The following is a guest post by Danielle Shanley, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for New Milford Public Schools, NJ. Here she reflects on what she say in New Milford HS on a Friday before our annual Spirit Week pep rally. I am sure there will be plenty of people out there who will publicly chastise me for what may seem like my inner Scrooge, but the truth is most Teachers HATE pep rallies!
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