A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 23, 2011
'As a result of being off the entire week for spring break I have had the opportunity to explore the many extensions available for Google Chrome. These free extensions not only optimize my Internet experience, but also provide a great deal of enhanced functionality to my work as an educator (especially as a blogger). I have begun to compile a short list of extensions that I am currently using.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 29, 2011
'If you have read any of my leadership posts in the past you know I am all about reflection. One of the most important things good leaders do is reflect. Time must be taken to think about the direction our organizations are going and if any adjustments, at any level, need to be made. Many leaders, schools and districts have done a great job with reflection.
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The Electric Educator
APRIL 27, 2011
'Two years ago I "flipped" my high school Anatomy & Physiology class. Read my previous post for the full story. I learned by trial and error. I have also found some very helpful resources that I would like to share with you. 1. Camtasia Studio : The leading screen casting software title on the market. Easily zoom, pan, and create call-outs on your screen captures.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 27, 2011
'My Garden is a great springtime activity that is part of the incredibly rich Busytown Mysteries site, based on Richard Scarry''s books. I think this site would be great to explore further and implement as part of programming for K-1 or developmentally equivalent students. When you arrive in Busytown, to get to this activity, pick Countryside, then the Barn!
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A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 28, 2011
'A slightly altered version of this post entitled " The Social Media Time Debate " can be found at the Huffington Post There has been a great deal of discussion lately as to the necessity of Administrators utilizing social media as a part of their professional practice. There was even a comment on the Facebook page that I manage for my high school stating that I spend too much time on Twitter.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 26, 2011
'Whenever I do a workshop, training or talk I like to start out with a video. And I always try to find one to capture what I am going to be doing or saying. For example, in a recent talk about teacher leadership I showed this video to a group of administrators to get them thinking about how they lead and how teachers in their buildings might lead as well.
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 27, 2011
'Join me Thursday, April 28th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Dale Stephens, who has received a great deal of public notice lately for his launch of UnCollege - a "social movement supporting self-directed higher education." Date : Thursday, April 28th, 2011 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day-- international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 29, 2011
'This post originally appeared on TherapyApp411 App Name/Publisher: Garageband for iPad/Apple Description : Garageband’s app allows you to explore musical instruments, make recordings of digital instruments and voice, and combine your recordings and prerecorded loops into songs. Songs can be saved to the iPad, sent to iTunes or via email. Therapy Use : The app allows students to have hands-on, multisensory experience with musical instruments, a key language category.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 24, 2011
'Using Voicethread TO Promote Learning Engagement and Success For All Students tags: voicethread favorite Eleven More Incredible iPad Resources Waiting To Raise Your iPad App…titude! | 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning tags: ipad favorite Dropbox Forms Is the Easiest Way to Let Anyone Send a File to Your Dropbox Account Dropbox Forms Is the Easiest Way to Let Anyone Send a File to Your Dropbox Account tags: dropbox favorite Mobile Learning Resources tags: mobile favorite Classroo
The Electric Educator
APRIL 25, 2011
'I have been doing a lot of research on online learning lately. I''ve read several reports on the state of online learning across the country and around the world. Most of what I have read I had heard anecdotally from other sources. One statistic, however, shocked me: Although online enrollments have increased by 40% in 2009-2010, two state virtual schools, North Carolina and Florida, account for 96% of the net growth meaning that the total enrollment increases and decreases in other state virtu
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.
EdTechSandyK
APRIL 27, 2011
'The more I read about Texas HB 400 , the more concerned I become about its provisions, and the more grateful I am that it was sent back to committee on a technical point of order yesterday. I hope that time runs out on this bill before it passes. After reading the information below, if you agree that HB 400 is bad news for teachers and students, be sure to contact your representative today and let him or her know how you feel.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 28, 2011
'Sensory Garden is one of those great resources you can return to for many thematic lessons, with countless opportunities to model and elicit a skill. This interactive website presents you with a garden scene that changes across all 4 seasons, with each season providing different activities. In the " Activities ," um, activity, students are tasked to find all the actions one can do in the garden.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 26, 2011
'Join me Wednesday, May 11th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Hugh McGuire , the founder of LibriVox.org , the terrific crowd-sourced audiobooks service. We''ll talk Web 2.0, books, learning, and more in the context of thinking about education. Date : Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day-- international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate.
The Electric Educator
APRIL 29, 2011
'Flickr: Originauk Moose " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This familiar proverb of Biblical origins is just as true in the 21st century as it was in the first century: If you want to have followers, you need to be a follower. If you want to have friends, you need to be a friend. If you want people to respond to your tweets, than you should be commenting and helping others.
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EdTechSandyK
APRIL 26, 2011
'I just took advantage of the coolest opportunity to donate $100 to a classroom project which will leverage technology to help preschool students with special needs expand their communication skills. The opportunity came thanks to Bing - yes, the search engine folks! It all started yesterday when I received the innocent looking Tweet you see at the start of this blog.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 25, 2011
'This review also appears on TherapyApp411. App Name/Publisher : Helicopter Taxi/Toca Boca Description : Helicopter Taxi and Toca Boca''s other apps are based on research about different kinds of play and how to engage kids in play via technology. Helicopter Taxi itself is a very unique app that turns your device (iOS later-generation device such as iPhone 3GS or later, iPad 2- with cameras) into a toy.
The 21st Century Principal
APRIL 23, 2011
'For almost 2 years, I have been using Chrome as my default browser. I enjoy its simplicity, its speed, and most of all the extensions that are available for it. Recently, Eric Sheninger posted “Chrome Extensions for Educators” on his blog, and he provides an excellent list of must have extensions that educators would find useful. He included my all time favorite in that list, The Diigo Extension.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 29, 2011
'The normal Classroom 2.0 LIVE show isn''t being held this Saturday, April 30th, 2011 because of the Way Out West (WOW) Virtual Conference being streamed live from 8am - 4pm Pacific Daylight Time (thanks Blackboard Collaborate / Elluminate). To attend the sessions you need to register, but the conference is free (make sure you follow both registration steps to get into the Moodle!
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The Electric Educator
APRIL 27, 2011
Two years ago I "flipped" my high school Anatomy & Physiology class. Read my previous post for the full story. I learned by trial and error. I have also found some very helpful resources that I would like to share with you. 1. Camtasia Studio : The leading screen casting software title on the market. Easily zoom, pan, and create call-outs on your screen captures.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 27, 2011
'This cool infographic looks at the effect of social media on students, from a variety of angles. From OnlineEducation.net, via @Ziteapp and @mluhtala (thanks): Click to enlarge: Via: OnlineEducation.net (??? ? ) This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
wwwatanabe
APRIL 26, 2011
'Forbes blog post, " Suddenly Noticed By Big Investors, Kevin Tanner''s RIA Is Bracing For Billions Of AUM ," caught my attention as I thought about educational leadership. Kevi n Tanner focused on his strengths and passions. "He was never as interested in financial planning and spent his time perfecting his investing methodologies." He wasn''t co ntent with running things the way others did just because that''s how it''s always been done.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 25, 2011
'This post originally ran on ASHAsphere: the Blog of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. Sometimes big things can start with 140 (or fewer) characters: At least we hope it’s going to be big! This tweet from Deb, an SLP pal practicing in Pennsylvania, started a conversation between four bloggers that over the period of one weekend resulted in a new blog, TherapyApp411 , which we are happy to announce launched last week!
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.
The Daring Librarian
APRIL 24, 2011
'It came as no surprise to me to see that the CNN headline: Mac vs. PC: The stereotypes may be true that Mac computer ad campaigns have been spot on! Then dear Mashable of course picked up on that and gave us this brilliant infographic from Hunch , You see, I''ve been a MacGrrl since the beginning of the Interwebs.my first foray into teaching with the web was when I brought into my school library a 14.4k modem and a 100 foot phone line - I dialed up to the University of Maryland''s server becaus
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 27, 2011
'This was sent to me from Miss Dearden, one of our history teachers: Study Tour for School Librarians 2011 The Goethe-Institut (German Cultural Centre) in North America is now accepting applications from school librarians working in schools with a strong focus on German language programs and German-related topics, for a study tour of German libraries, schools and historical points of interest.
wwwatanabe
APRIL 24, 2011
'I don''t want to make the same mistake I''ve made in the past of going all in teaching everything I know about a topic all at once. Professional development needs to be tailored to the readiness level and rolled out in layers over time. To be honest, it requires discipline on my part to not share everything because I''m excited and want to push on to the next step.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 25, 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 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.
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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