A Principal's Reflections
MAY 18, 2011
'The following is a guest post by Disha Dass and Jessica Milne, two New Milford High School students. They approached me with an idea and as a school we let them run with it. Nothing like this had ever been organized at NMHS. The end result of their unwavering commitment to make their peers aware of of an issue had a profound impact on the entire school community.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 19, 2011
'I love my job, but sometimes it can be frustrating trying to meet the needs of all the teachers and staff members in my district. I constantly look for ways to give teachers instruction that they can do on their own or in groups, together. These are not meant to replace the face-to-face training that I do or the other resources I create. They are merely there to provide that additional information some teachers/staff need.
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EdTechSandyK
MAY 14, 2011
'Official Photo of Texas Governor Rick Perry from governor.state.tx.us/about/ Yesterday, I listened to a radio interview Texas Governor Rick Perry did with KRLD 1080 AM radio in Dallas via Scott Braddock''s website. Today, I am writing to say he is wrong about the extent of educator layoffs in Texas and that he is also wrong about the staffing ratio of teachers to administrators in the school districts in our state.
The 21st Century Principal
MAY 19, 2011
'According to the 2011 K-12 Horizon Report released this past week “cloud computing” and “mobiles” are the technologies likely to be adopted in the next 12 months by mainstream education. Our district began using both of these technologies during the past year. Last summer our district migrated to Google Apps for our staff. After providing training using Gmail and Google Docs for our staff last August, the staff at my two schools are more likely to share and collaborate using a Google document,
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A Principal's Reflections
MAY 15, 2011
'Over the past 2 years I have worked collaboratively with my staff to cultivate a culture of learning that engages students, is meaningful/relevant, promotes critical thought/problem-solving, and is flexible in that risk-taking is encouraged in order to promote innovative practices. It has been a gradual transition and we are beginning to see shifts in instructional practices, staff members wanted to integrate technology, and students advocating more for the type of learning culture they prefer.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 17, 2011
'Project Based Learning-Prezi tags: pbl prezi favorite Project Based Learning | BIE tags: pbl favorite Neotake: Your ebook search engine tags: ebooks favorite Developing a ''Tech Bill of Rights'' tags: digitalcitizenship favorite Teach With Your iPad tags: ipad favorite How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Professional Development? tags: PD Leadership favorite professionaldevelopment The Evolution of Classroom Technology - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com tags: technology education edtech fa
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The Daring Librarian
MAY 15, 2011
'Sweet Tweets About Good Reads Here''s an idea for a fun tech-social-media infused creative writing lesson and one I''ll be sure to mention when I''m guest hosting the Twitter #EngChat event May 23rd at 7pm EST. The topic will be The Power of the Product and I''ll be hosting with amazing MHMS co-worker Elizabeth Singleton ( @emsingleton ). This conversation will consist of viable, creative, meaningful, and daring products that demonstrate information mastery, go beyond the regular research repor
EdTechSandyK
MAY 18, 2011
'Yesterday I noticed my blog was getting a great deal of traffic courtesy of the TexasISD.com website. I''m always curious about these things, and when I went to investigate, I found that TexasISD had linked to my blog post about the inaccurate information Governor Perry is spreading regarding teacher layoffs and teacher to administrator ratios in Texas public schools.
The 21st Century Principal
MAY 17, 2011
'“For a blog to be successful, your content needs to be useful and unique to your readers,” according to authors Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett, authors of the book Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income. While Rowse and Garrett mostly define success in the amount of revenue generated by a blog, their advice is also useful to those of use who engage in education blogging for very different reasons.
SpeechTechie
MAY 17, 2011
'Hi Folks, Just a few presos to tell you about in case you might be able to attend: I am very excited to be presenting at Michelle Garcia Winner''s Social Thinking (TM) Provider''s Conference June 26 out in South San Francisco, CA. The topic will expand upon my post on the Social Thinking blog and explore other web resources that can be used in therapy.
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.
The Daring Librarian
MAY 15, 2011
'A week or so ago I was asked by soon to be ISTE president the AWEsome Ms. Holly Jobe to create " a page on the board wiki and/or a word doc with links and descriptions of the tools that would help orient new board members to all the ISTE tools " and I did! Taking the easy way out (this is a very busy time for me!) I curated the info from various ISTE publications, the main ISTE webpage, and used my own graphics wherever possible so that the new ISTE board members would have everything ISTE Soci
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 18, 2011
'Join me Thursday, May 19th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Chris Buillebeau , author of The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World. This is part of the series of interviews I''ve been doing on personal "branding" and the ways that the Internet magnifies the ability for both students and teachers to follow individualized passions and interests.
wwwatanabe
MAY 20, 2011
'I learned so much this year about what it takes to launch and sustain success in peer coaching. We wanted to highlight the "collaboration" needed in successful peer coaching; hence we don''t call them peer coaches, but rather "Collaboration Coaches." From the Beginning Our district made the decision to tap into teachers who naturally collaborated with colleagues, engaged kids with 21st century thinking, and created student-centered classrooms.
SpeechTechie
MAY 16, 2011
'I am really finding a lot of uses for Doodle Buddy , an always-FREE app for iPhone/iPod/iPad. Doodle Buddy is a simple sketchpad app in which you can draw or paint in a variety of colors, then shake the device to erase the drawing area. Doodle Buddy has a set of free "stamps" (and you can also add/use text boxes) and more can be purchased in-app if you''d like.
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The Daring Librarian
MAY 17, 2011
'quirk·y /?kw?rk?/ Adjective: Characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits: " quirky charm" From the Urban Dictionary : quirky "weird funny unique strange awesome cool odd cute fun random different intelligent silly amazing individual dork awkward sarcastic hot." Quirky Hot? Really? Ok! I''ll gladly take the lovely Salem Press 2011 Library Blog Award nomination!
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 16, 2011
'Join me Tuesday, May 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Mark Fenske, co-author of The Winner''s Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success. We''ll explore the current scientific progress on understanding the brain and cognitive processes, how that is informing psychology, and what the implications for education might be.
The 21st Century Principal
MAY 18, 2011
'When you tell someone you were once a high school English teacher, that person often asks, "Who''s your favorite author?" Or, "What''s your favorite book?" I never hesitate; my immediate answer is Pat Conroy. I stumbled upon his book The Lords of Discipline and The Great Santini while in college and have never turned back. I can honestly say I have read every word he has put down on paper.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 15, 2011
'Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile, or you can check the new event time converter on the event page.
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