A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'I am very excited about my upcoming book titled “ Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times ” which will be published by Corwin Press. The entire book looks at leadership through the lens of practitioners in the digital age. Effective leadership is extremely important in any system, but it is even more imperative in schools if we are to provide all learners with a world-class education.
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'Recently ASCD released several short books that are aimed at packing a big punch in a small package. Each are less that 100 pages but have loads of quality information. Over the next few posts we will look at each one to see what they are all about. Then we will give away 1 copy of each. Sound like fun? In the first post we took a look at Fostering Grit.
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Baker's B.Y.O.D.
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'I haven''t posted much recently about Brody and decided it was time to share some recent pictures from school. Brody is in his 8th year as a therapy dog, and whether it is greeting visitors during my morning hall duty or sleeping while I teach, he is right at home. We even get our yearbook picture taken together. He has become such a fixture over the years that most people greet him instead of me.
Mark Smithers
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'Academic freedom. Dear Faculty Member or Academic (whichever you would prefer), I was delighted to see your response to Joshua Kim’s post on experiences working with Learning Designers which he reports here on the Inside Higher Education web site. I’ll remind you of what you said: “Enough of this professionalization nonsense. Education != instruction–education, to quote the good Cardinal Newman, “is a higher word.” We, faculty, establish the environment for education.
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The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'This article originally appeared at Partners in Learning - 1:1 Hot Topics. Family involvement is important to student success in every classroom. In 1 : 1 classrooms, the traditional note home in the backpack can be replaced with new methods allowing innovative educators to access a whole new set of tools that can strengthen the home-school connection.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'Type "PLN and CoP" into Google, and you''re likely to be redirected to a currency conversion site (PLN is the abbreviation for Polish Zloty and COP stands for Columbian Pesos). That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations.
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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'Sancia, Kyle, Kalan, Xinyun, and Sabrina Five of our upper school students participated in a student-run international hangout on Thursday. It was an interesting experience! The hangout was the brainchild of Burlington High School''s Instructional Technology Specialist Jennifer Scheffer , who wrote about her plan in A Student Run International Hangout.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'A little history. When I first learned of the Bammy Awards I was thrilled to discover there was a formal way to share with the world the work of some seriously amazing educators. Personally, I was thrilled educators had the opportunity to let their peers know what an inspiration their work had been and how it touched the lives of so many. How wonderful to be able to introduce our country to those whose work and ideas were generally only celebrated in the small circle of educators.
The 21st Century Principal
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'The assumption behind "Parent Trigger" laws, according to Diane Ravitch in her new book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America''s Public Schools , is "If parents seize control of their school, they can make it better." As Ravitch points out, with a great deal of data, there is no evidence to support this assumption.
Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Major Revisions The first thing you must determine when faced when major revisions (including total overhaul of organization, reformulating your research, cutting out large amounts of your document) is whether to start the writing process over or try starting over. The reason most people don''t do this is because they feel they will have wasted time writing the first draft.
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
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'Educators: you''re invited to participate in this informal survey! The results will be shown on our Google Rocks! Hawaii Hangout on Air, Tuesday, November 12, 7pm HST. Loading. Survey results (which are also the show notes) bit.ly/gpluscomm4ed Thanks for participating! ? ? ? ? ? Here''s the live broadcast: Linda (??? ? ) @mauilibrarian2 G+ This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews If you''re not preparing your students to use social media.
The 21st Century Principal
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'This weekend, I couldn''t resist the $35 cost to purchase a Chromecast device. To be honest, I have an Apple TV and a Samsung Smart TV, so I did not really need an additional way to stream audio and video to my television. But what the heck! For $35 dollars it seemed to be worth a try. I brought the device home and began setting it up. The physical setup of the Chromecast hardware is easy enough.
Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Introduction My original intent was to have one comprehensive post. But as I was putting the finishing touches on the post, I realized it was a lot of reading (especially for #acwrimo participants who may not have time to read it all in one sitting. So I have decided to divide this into a daily post over the next week. Hope it is helpful. Making Revisions All writing will need revisions.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'We are talking about hosting a 3 hour community event for Hour of Code. I thought I would share my thinking as I put it together. On a first draft I came up with this plan. Possible Outline of activities All ages in CourtYard - Kodable’s Paper-Based programming Activity (page 14) Kinder-1 Kodable on Ipads (6 Kinder Pads, 6 from Bag) Grades 1-2 Daisy The Dinosaur (6 first grade Ipads, 6 second grade Ipads) Donna’s Room Grades 3-4 Hopscotch (6 third grade iPads and 6 fourth Grade Ipads) Grades 5-
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Mobile Education: Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology is a new eBook that features me and some great friends from my learning network including my co-author of Teaching Generation Text - Willyn Webb, #Edchat cofounder - Shelly Terrell, EduClipper founder - Adam Bellow, Geeky Mama - Lee Kolbert, and a couple dozen or so more which you can see below.
Some guy named Rae...
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
I came across the phrase “high tech or high touch” in something I was reading recently, can’t remember what. The expression presumes that there’s a dichotomy between the two — that they are in essence, mutually exclusive. Why can’t we have both? We tend to think about technology as isolating.
Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Introduction My original intent was to have one comprehensive post. But as I was putting the finishing touches on the post, I realized it was a lot of reading (especially for #acwrimo participants who may not have time to read it all in one sitting. So I have decided to divide this into a daily post over the next week. Hope it is helpful. Making Revisions All writing will need revisions.
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My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'I started working with the Livescribe 3 pen recently, the most recent offering from Livescribe, the smart pen people. Photo By Sam Patterson, pen provided for review I am pretty impressed with the pen. Unlike the previous pens, this one works in tandem with an iPad. All of the audio recording is handled by the iOs device. The iPad app called "Livescribe +" is a great interface offering multiple views of the written work, notebook view, feed, and pencast view.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Our 2013 Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday, November 18th, and runs 24-hours a day for five days. It''s online, awesome, free, and all about increasing opportunities for connecting classrooms, supporting cultural awareness, and recognizing diversity and educational access for all. The call for proposals is being extended until November 17th, the day before the conference.
Some guy named Rae...
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'I came across the phrase “high tech or high touch” in something I was reading recently, can’t remember what. The expression presumes that there’s a dichotomy between the two — that they are in essence, mutually exclusive. Why can’t we have both? We tend to think about technology as isolating. We don’t really talk to […].
Mark Smithers
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Academic freedom. Dear Faculty Member or Academic (whichever you would prefer), I was delighted to see your response to Joshua Kim’s post on experiences working with Learning Designers which he reports here on the Inside Higher Education web site. I’ll remind you of what you said: “Enough of this professionalization nonsense. Education != instruction–education, to quote the good Cardinal Newman, “is a higher word.” We, faculty, establish the environment for education.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'I was just working on the questions for the 48th #PATUE chat. #PATUE is the chat I began as the Palo Alto Tech Using Educators, I have since co-branded it as the Pedagogy and Technology chat. I started this chat to build community around the conversation about mindful tech integration. I have had a great deal of help along the way. From moderators of other chats welcoming my questions to co-moderators that have helped keeping the conversation going, there have been many hands in building this c
Educator Innovator
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
SimCityEDU , an Educator Innovator partner, is proudly releasing its first game-based learning and assessment product built on the popular SimCity video game platform. And now the just-released SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge! will be showcased today, November 14, at the fifth annual Washington Ideas Forum—a gathering of U.S. policymakers and industry innovators, presented by The Atlantic , the Aspen Institute , and the Newseum.
The 21st Century Principal
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'It''s clear that North Carolina governor Pat McCrory still doesn''t get it. In today''s Charlotte Observer , he once again is pushing that same old tried and failed thinking that for some reason he just can''t let go: merit pay for teachers. He doesn''t realize that it has been tried, and it does not work. In fact, North Carolina even had merit pay bonuses for test scores throughout the early part of the 2000''s and it was dropped when the budget shortfalls started.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'+Chad Nacapuy , who comes up with many of the ideas for our Google Rocks! Hawaii HOA shows, has listed here several Hawaii-created , educational Google+ communities for our Best Google+ Communities for Educators show tonight. I thought I''d add to Chad''s list and post it here. Are there others? Let me know and I''ll add them to this list. (Public communities are a click away to join, many private communities require a request to join.) 1.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'S cience T echnology E ngineering and M athematics illustration by Sam Patterson What I like most about the STEM education movement is the co-mingling of disciplines and the emphasis on real world project based learning. At its best STEM education engages students in a process of design, implementation and revision. There are many schools and education programs that are adopting the label STEM to show their commitment to teaching students math and science skills, as well as a commitment to proj
My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'illustration by Sam Patterson ACSD has released a great series of books, their Arias series. These are short, texts that run about 50 pages on paper, the busy teacher''s version of a chapter book. There are four in the series and the second I read was Fostering Grit by Thomas R. Hoerr A copy of each title was provided to me for review, by ASCD. Fostering Grit is a great primer on active teaching for socio-emotional growth.
My Paperless Classroom
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'While some my find the "unboxing" a bit cliche, I love it. When I found out that I was going to get to review the new LIvescribe 3, I was more than excited. There are apple Fanboys and Android fanboys and I am a Livescribe fanboy. I wish I had one of their first pens, the Pulse, but I don''t. I do have an Echo , which connected by USB and stored pencasts online in a Flash-based audio embedded PDF.
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