A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'I have written extensively over the past couple of years about our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative at New Milford High School at the Huffington Post and on my own blog. It has been interesting to look back at all my blog posts to see how far we have come with BYOD at NMHS. My first ever post on the topic just provided a small glimpse at the possibilities inherent when students are empowered to use the technology that they already posses to enhance their learning experience.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

'My wife is teaching Forensic Science this year so I was helping her find some resources for the class. I decided to share the resources here. NCIS - another great show to get students interested in science [link] [link] Great listing of resources and sites. [link] - high school forensics class site [link] High School Forensic Science curriculum and resources [link] Forensic Science for high school students.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Recently ASCD released 4 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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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'What are we getting students to do with technology in our schools? Here''s an interesting infographic from Education Week that offers some answers to that very question. One can only hope that "Create presentations and media" doesn''t mean our students are spending a great deal of time engaged in PowerPoint creation. It is interesting, however, that at the high school level that we are getting students to use social media for collaboration fairly often.

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Philly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'To start off the year, I decided to make sure that all of my 9th graders understand what the Internet really is and how it works before they get their Internet-ready laptops in a few weeks. When they came in, they had the first five minutes of class to “draw the Internet.” I got a lot of quizzical looks. “What do you mean?” “You can’t draw the Internet!

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'This article originally appeared at Partners in Learning - 1:1 Hot Topics. It’s no secret that successful 1:1 learning goes beyond simply getting devices into the hands of students and teachers. Many schools have had 1:1 programs long enough that challenges have been identified. However, valuable solutions exist that can be put into place to help ensure such challenges don''t get in the way of a successful 1:1 learning implementation.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

'“PBL (Project Based Learning) offers a unique opportunity for teachers and students to join together in the inquiry process.” Thom Markham, Project Based Learning: Design and Coaching Guide With the advent of Common Core Standards, there''s a great deal of talk from school districts about moving to Project Based Learning because the kinds of learning asked for in those standards can better be approached through a PBL model.

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Philly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Morning grade-wide meeting in the cafeteria this morning. I am so exhausted I can barely keep my eyes awake, but it’s a good kind of tired. After weeks of team building, inquiry into our own pedagogical practices, building units, discussing and working out details on school operations from scheduling the first day to student flow through the building, loading up UHaul trucks with furniture and carrying a conference table up three flights of stairs, today was the ultimate truth.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

'Twitter ( www.Twitter.com ) is a great tool for sharing, discovering, and connecting with others who care about the same ideas and information. You can use Twitter right on your phone without downloading any software and even with just one teacher cell phone per class, contributions can be made and modeled anywhere, anytime. Twitter has become such a popular tool because it asks one question, "What's happening?

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Teachers are constantly searching for new ways to promote good learning. If those methods can also encourage creative thinking, they are even more welcome in the classroom. Technology can provide some of those creative solutions. Here are just five ideas for using technology to support learning, while promoting creative thinking, and I''m sure that with a little thought you will be able to adapt them to your own subject area. 1) Senses: In this picture the five traditional human senses are depi

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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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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Small high schools are necessary because they help school districts fill a niche, that if left unfilled, parents will seek alternatives outside public schools. While I do not consider myself an avid supporter of increasing the number of charter schools and school vouchers, I understand why there''s interest in options for schools. Instead of constantly complaining about the increase of charter schools and vouchers, perhaps school districts need to seriously question the design of those schools

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Utilizing comics in interventions has many applications, from social instruction ( Comic Strip Conversation or Social Thinking ®-style), to sentence and narrative formulation, to modifying curriculum topics into an engaging form. I have often covered these techniques in workshops and lamented that there wasn''t a good free app allowing people to get their feet wet with comic-making.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'One of the most important reasons to be a connected educator is that it allows us to have a voice in conversations that matter. If you are digitally literate you enable your voice to be heard in important conversations on a local, state, national, and global level in ways that were never possible, just a decade ago. Have you ever thought… if only policymakers like our education secretary were hearing from actual educators like [Deb Meier, Chris Lehmann, Angela Maiers, Dennis Littky, Will Ric

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'A little group of Hawaii educators held a Hangout on Air about The Flipped Classroom last evening. It was fun! We''re very casual about the way we pick each week''s theme. It usually happens while we debrief after a hangout. Anne Torige suggested the flipped classroom, for instance, because she was interested in learning more about it. This HOA was our fourth, and also a first for our little group: we had a special guest.

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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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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'At the recent ALT-C Conference in Nottingham (which I couldn''t attend) a very good question was asked by Renee Filius on Twitter: How can we enable true two-way interaction between lecturers and students that is not too time consuming? This is a perennial question, one that often exercises the minds of many higher education lecturers. It''s vitally important that lecturers and their students maintain dialogue throughout the academic year, but often it doesn''t happen, or is sporadic, due mainl

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'SPECIAL NOTE: Michelle''s power went out during the interview, so we will be rescheduling. Join me today, Wednesday, September 11th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Michelle Cordy on what it means to "hack your classroom." Michelle teaches grade 3 and 4 with one to one iPad in London, Ontario with the Thames Valley District School Board.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 7, 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 5 #BacktoSchool management tips for innovative educators.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'This is my second Google+ embedded post, and what a rich resource this post is for Google plussers who love Pinterest! Social media marketer Peg Fitzpatrick shares Pinterest Power Users also on Google+ by Stephan Hovnavian , with a shared circle. I''ll be looking for lists like this that feature Educators on Google+. Enjoy! (??? ? ) @mauilibrarian2 G+ This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.

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Philly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

To start off the year, I decided to make sure that all of my 9th graders understand what the Internet really is and how it works before they get their Internet-ready laptops in a few weeks. When they came in, they had the first five minutes of class to “draw the Internet.” I got a lot of quizzical looks. “What do you mean?” “You can’t draw the Internet!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Join me today, Tuesday, September 10th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Doug Johnson on his new book, a second edition of The Indispensable Librarian : Surviving and Thriving in School Libraries in the Information Age. In the book, Doug "offers more practical methods and sage advice for leveraging technology''s popularity and effectiveness to build stronger programs and cultivate beneficial professional connections and friendships.

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Saving Socrates

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'Last night I had the privilege to attend Magen David''s freshman parent orientation. In addition to a ton of information parents were given about how to help their children succeed at the high school, there was one speech by a young Rabbi that resonated with me as particularly appropriate for all high school educators and administrators to be thinking about as the school year begins.

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Education with Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Technology can play a critical role in the learning process. Here are some questions about assessment and mobile learning to think about as you plan for your mobile learning. Who/ What will assess the students’ mobile learning? A) the same mobile app that the student worked on. B) a different mobile app. C) the teacher corrects a paper and pencil quiz.

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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.

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Philly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Morning grade-wide meeting in the cafeteria this morning. I am so exhausted I can barely keep my eyes awake, but it’s a good kind of tired. After weeks of team building, inquiry into our own pedagogical practices, building units, discussing and working out details on school operations from scheduling the first day to student flow through the building, loading up UHaul trucks with furniture and carrying a conference table up three flights of stairs, today was the ultimate truth.

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

'Author: Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr) This week marks the beginning of the How to Teach Online MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). What is a MOOC you may ask? According to the Mooc-List.com , a repository of MOOCs across the web, MOOC is " an online course aimed at large-scale participation and open (free) access via the internet. " A MOOC is very similar to university courses but typically do not offer course credits.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'How can your “back-to-graduate school” or even undergraduate experience be paperless? It is actually done quite easily by committing to a few simple principles and with a few web tools, desktop apps and tablet applications. Recently, I began working on my EdD, and I made a vow that I was going to avoid the stacks of 3-ring binders, file folders, and textbooks from my previous graduate degree experiences.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas! We have an absolutely terrific lineup of keynote speakers. They are listed below, and after the reminder plea for moderator volunteers, you''ll also find the current list of all conference sessions.

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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.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

'Came across this fascinating article by Edudemic this morning: The Biggest Myths (And Realities) Of Online Learning Here''s the extremely cool interactive Report Card (which might take a little while to load) Check out the full report: 2012 Digital Learning Report Card. Getting Smart adds the backstory behind the infographic. Definitely food for thought.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'There is a disconnect between teaching and learning. Not everything that is taught in school is learnt. And not everything that is learnt in school is actually taught. Many of the things we know as adults may have been propagated in school, but it is only through experience that we actually consolidate that knowledge, usually in later life, post-schooling.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Earlier, I posted in "We Must Redesign Our High Schools Or Else!" that we needed to redesign our high schools, or risk losing more and more students to other options. "The one-size-fits-all factory assembly-line high school is perfect for producing credentialed students, but often falls short of meeting the needs of all students." Instead of having a single high school model, we really need multiple models and multiple sizes of high schools to meet the educational needs of all students.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

As the traditional lecture has come increasingly under fire for being completely out of touch with modern teaching and learning methods, there has been a move by many teachers, conference presenters and lecturers to make their teaching techniques more modern and interactive. One of the key technologies for enabling this has been a range of audience response systems that provide real time responses to polls, questions and surveys while the speakers is actually presenting.

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