Sat.Jun 15, 2013 - Fri.Jun 21, 2013

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Learning Artifacts

A Principal's Reflections

'I routinely speak about the need for students to produce learning artifacts that demonstrate conceptual mastery. Knowledge often comes to us via transcribed content or artifacts, which is derived from other''s knowledge. These are facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles (Clark & Chopeta, 2004). Thus, artifacts are used in the learning process for creating knowledge, while in turn, knowledge creates new artifacts.

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Evernote releases some great new features

Educational Technology Guy

'Evernote is my go to app. In fact, in my position as CIO, I use two apps for 90% of my work - Outlook for email and calendar and Evernote for all my notes, project planning and more. I keep meeting notes, project management, reference files, clip websites and even save emails with Evernote clipper for Outlook. I use it on all my devices: desktop, smartphone, Nexus 7, Livescribe pen, and ScanSnap scanner and Chromebook and it is an indispensable app.

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Edmodocon 2013

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

'I am so thrilled to share this news! My best buddy and partner in crime, Liz Calderwood, and I are presenting at Edmodocon 2013 this summer! We are one of 15 presenters chosen for this global, virtual and free conference. Our session is titled Classroom Gymnastics: How to Use Edmodo for BYOD, 1:1 (When you can be), Paperless, and Flipped Learning. I hope you will join us online on August 7th, 2013 and view all the presentations.

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Google Doesn't Care About Grades or Test Scores

The Electric Educator

'In a recent interview with Adam Bryant of the New York Times , the Senior VP of People Operations at Google discussed how Google hires and how they analyze job performance and hiring data. One of the few things that the data has clearly shown is that there is no correlation between job success and GPA: Link to Full Article | Click image to enlarge I have been reminding educators that it is not about what you know, it''s about what you can do with what you know.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Why Wouldn’t We Let Students Blog? Reasons to Get Students Blogging

The 21st Century Principal

'One of the greatest battles I fought as an English teacher was the in-authenticity of my students’ writing. English teachers know exactly what I mean. After slogging through a stack of literary essays, that only English teachers read, your eyes begin to glaze, and if you are really honest with yourself, you realize, “NO ONE READS THIS STUFF! WHY DO I SUBJECT MYSELF TO IT?

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Adobe Announces Updates to Creative Cloud

Educational Technology Guy

'Adobe Creative Cloud was launched last year as a cloud offering of many of it''s most popular applications. This month Adobe has announced a major update to it. The update adds new features, including cross device collaboration, syncing, and publishing. There is also an expanded community of users. Adobe has also launched Create Now: a Celebration of Creativity, where Adobe will hots a variety of projects and programs and projects.

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Not 1:1? There's Still Hope for Implementing iPads! #iPlza13 #not121

EdTechSandyK

'At 10:15 am on June 19th, @DigitalLearners and I are scheduled to present Not 1:1? There''s Still Hope for Implementing iPads! at the 2013 iPadPalooza Learning Festival in Austin, Texas. Below is our presentation as well as a folder of resource documents that schools implementing iPads in any way, shape, or form might benefit from. If you can''t join us in person, follow the hashtag #iPlza13 for Tweets from the Festival, and #not121 for Tweets from our session.

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Establishing a Culture of Creativity by Paying Attention to Failure

The 21st Century Principal

'“An organization’s language in relation to ‘failure’ is crucially important to creativity.” Andrew Grant & Gaia Grant, Who Killed Creativity?…And How Can We Get It Back Those with great accomplishments started out at a stage of zero recognition. They began with little, but they reached the pinnacle of accomplishment only after facing rejection and failure.

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Update on SLP Blogs Bundle: Now Follow Blogs Using Feedly!

SpeechTechie

'For a few years, I have been a strong advocate of following blogs using an aggregator tool such as Google Reader. I even created a "bundle" of SLP blogs that anyone could subscribe to all at once using Reader. Unfortunately, several months ago, Google announced that it was retiring this product, causing much of the edtech world to spin into a panic (NOTE: If you subscribe to this or other blogs via email, none of this affects you, though I recommend reading on to learn about another way to rece

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Common Core practice tests now available online

The Innovative Educator

'From eSchool News " Site of the Week :" View more Sites of the Week The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two collections of states that are designing online tests aligned with the Common Core standards, has released online practice tests in both ELA and math for students in grades 3-8 and 11. The tests will help schools prepare for implementation of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System in the 2014-15 school year, the organization says.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Sugata Mitra - Charlatan or genius?

Learning with 'e's

'''It''s quite fashionable to say that the education system is broken - it''s not broken, it''s wonderfully constructed. It''s just that we don''t need it any more. It''s outdated.'' These are the radical thoughts of Professor Sugata Mitra, the doyen of innovative education and a figure of some controversy. Sugata Mitra recently won a $1 million TED prize to develop his ideas around his ''School in the Cloud'' and building on his notion of minimally invasive education.

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5 Free Summer Professional Development Resources from ASCD

The 21st Century Principal

'ASCD is offering what they call “high-impact, in-depth professional development resources” at no cost. Nothing better than Free! These offerings let educators take professional learning into their hands by selecting desired areas for growth and immersing themselves in targeted learning at their own pace. All five are available anytime and anywhere there is an Internet connection.

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iPLC: Planting the Seed Through Staff Development #iPlza13

EdTechSandyK

'Notes from iPadPalooza 2013 Presentation Errin Jennings Instructional Technology Specialist Dripping Springs ISD kimtag.com/errinjennings Prezi for presentation: [link] We are using [link] to share ideas for whom to follow on different networks to grow our PLN. When you introduce something to faculty (or students), communicate clearly. For example, if using a back channel, let participants know focus of comments should be on topic at hand.

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Innovative Educators named Bammy Awards finalists!

The Innovative Educator

'The Academy of Education Arts and Sciences announced the finalists for the second annual Bammy Awards which recognizes the contributions of educators across 23 categories. Finalists include teachers, principals, superintendents, school nurses, education advocates, researchers, early childhood specialists, education journalists, education school professors, school board members, education bloggers, parents and other members of the broad education community.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Review

Kathy Schrock

'I was contacted to see if I wanted to do a product review for Staples , and, of course, I agreed! I chose the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to review. The model I received has 2GB of RAM, is WiFi only (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, and has 16GB of memory storage, expandable to 64GB via a microSD/HC slot. Some other important specs include: 8" screen with a 1280x800 resolution Quad-Core, 1.6GHz processor Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean).73 pounds in weight 5MP rear and 1.3MP front cameras General overview Th

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Creating a Cultue of Ethics and Integrity in Our Schools and School Districts

The 21st Century Principal

'Because of the seriousness of our mission to educate all children, you would think having a “Culture of Ethics and Integrity” would be standard in all education organizations. Educators do a great deal of talking about being role models for kids, but the question I would ask, “Is your school or school district a model "culture of ethics and integrity?

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Shifting sands

Learning with 'e's

'I have been blogging, writing and talking about our digital learning futures for some time. Although it is very difficult to predict the future, we are aware of the trends and can use these to detect where we may be heading, and that may take us in one or more directions, hence the plurality of ''futures''. Technology is one of the major drivers of change in our society , and it is easy to see where this is being integrated into schools, colleges and universities.

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The hottest posts that everyone's reading!

The Innovative Educator

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Alternative Accreditation as a Means to Create Competition in the University Industry Price Structure

Saving Socrates

'This post is actually inspired by reading the following article by the AEI Institute. [link] I''ve always been intrigued by the process of peer evaluation and critique and I''ve always been a free marketeer. I''d like to think these two concepts are not mutually exclusive, but instead intertwined. I became a JSTOR junkie (Academic Search Engine with the great scholarly journals all aggregated together for research) by first year at Columbia and have not turned back since.

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Evernote Journal App for iPad: Excellent Way to Take Meeting Notes and Keep Logs

The 21st Century Principal

'There are quite a few Evernote apps that extend the note taking program’s functionality, and I have used quite a few of them. Recently, I found Evernote''s Journal iPad app. This app makes it possible to keep a journal right in my Evernote application. Being able to do this makes keeping a log or meeting notes even simpler because this app allows you to create those notes with automatic dates right within an Evernote note.

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#ISTE13 - San Antonio Highlights & FUN!

The Daring Librarian

'It''s my last year serving you as your PK-12 Schools rep on the ISTE Board of Directors - and a bittersweet time. In the last four years it''s been a lot of work but it''s been a great honor (and FUN!) to represent school based educators, teacher librarians, and to be your big mouthed unfiltered advocate for what''s really important, our kiddos! OK sweeties.

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An interview with Michael G Moore

Learning with 'e's

'I agreed to do a series of video interviews with notable scholars at the Annual EDEN Conference in Oslo earlier this month, and I was really spoilt for choice. There were so many prominent distance education and e-learning practitioners and theorists in attendance, it was a little difficult to know where to start. I managed to get Professor Michael G Moore (formerly of Madison-Wisconsin and Penn State Universities) to sit down and have a chat with me about his life in distance education, the hi

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Commenting on the Ramaz Yom Iyun on Jewish Philosophy for Judaic Teachers

Saving Socrates

'Ramaz''s Yom Iyun (Day of Learning) came on the heels of a round of much heated debate on Lookjed about how to ensure religious observance in students post high school. Extremely relevant, very timely, and incredibly well run, the conference provided educators with a number of options for the first lecture to attend and then followed up with two amazing lectures by Dr.

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Top 5 Blog Posts of the Week on The 21st Century Principal

The 21st Century Principal

'What is everyone reading this week? Here’s the most often visited blog posts on the 21st Century Principal this week. 1. “Evernote Journal App for the iPad: Excellent Way to Take Meeting Notes and Keep Logs” Review of a free app for your iPad that allows you to take journal-like notes and sync them to your Evernote account. 2. “Establishing a Culture of Creativity by Paying Attention to Failure” We spend a great of time paying attention to success and winning.

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Correlation and Causation

The Innovative Educator

'My latest cartoon; check them all out at branzburg.blogspot.

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Math & Excel

Hansen's Link to Tech

'Microsoft Office support has a great section on their website full of short training videos. Here is a great one I found for using Math in Excel 2010. Just a quick FYI, Office 2010 or 13 are very similar in layout and this particular video should help you regardless what version you are using. The video will cover basic functions, formulas, and basic commands.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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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Make Your Chrome TweetDeck App Operate as a Windows Desktop App

The 21st Century Principal

'I am a heavy Chrome browser user. It''s not usual for me to operate with multiple tabs open throughout the day. I might have one open to my Blog, another in Facebook, another in my Gmail, and so on. When the version of TweetDeck you''re using is the Chrome Browser App, it also normally operates within a Chrome tab. You have to click on a TweetDeck Chrome tab to view the program.

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Quick Access Toolbar

Hansen's Link to Tech

'In any Microsoft Office application, you''ll see on the very top of the screen a thin toolbar section called the Quick Access Toolbar. Here you can add quick shortcuts such as: New, Open, Print, Spell check Insert Picture, Screenshot, and many many more! If you want to save a tremendous amount of time in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, or Access start thinking about adding typical tools you use into the Quick Access Toolbar.

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Google Apps Status Dashboard

Hansen's Link to Tech

'The Google Apps Status Dashboard offers performance information for Google Apps services. Viewing this webpage will let you know if any Google Apps services have no issues , service disruption , or service outage. Click Here to access the dashboard. Classroom Integration: Having access to the Google Apps dashboard will allow your school, teachers, and students the ability to determine if any app service is interrupted or down.

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Interactive Websites for Interactive Whiteboards

Hansen's Link to Tech

'Whether you have a SMART Board, Promethean Board or any other type of interactive whiteboard, you may want more activity resources for you or your students to use. Here are a few websites that could help you find pre-made files and templates for your classroom lessons, in-class activities, or centers. SMART Exchange Click Here to view Promethean Planet Click Here to view Birmingham Grid for Learning Click Here to view Scholastic Click Here to view Everything Literacy Click Here to view Sheppard

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.