A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2012

'Last week I had the honor of presenting a webinar for NASSP, my national association. This was the first of three in a series presented by the 2012 Digital Principal Award winners. Below is a synopsis of the webinar I did: NASSP Digital Principal Award winner Eric Sheninger, principal of New Milford (NJ) High School, kicks-off the Digital Principal webinar series with his presentation on ways school leaders can effectively use social media in their schools.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

'Google has a unique idea, called the 80/20 rule. Google engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally. It is a great idea and has spawned many of Google''s apps and resources and made Google very successful, and a very good place to work. Last week, I read an article on Converge Magazine''s site entitled "Google''s 80/20 Principle Adopted at New Jersey School".

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 17, 2012

'In 2009, Beth Still started the ISTE Newbie Project to serve as an example of how people who are connected to one another on Twitter can work together to do great things. There were still a lot of people who discounted the value of Twitter and she was determined to show the naysayers that it really did have a valuable place in education. For three years in a row she tapped into her personal learning network to raise money to send three different Newbies to ISTE.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 12, 2012

'Today, I was attempting to read an article from our local newspaper''s website. I was trying to access an article through my RSS Reader, when I got the following pop-up: Subscribe Now Thanks for being a frequent visitor to HickoryRecord.com. You''ve now viewed your monthly allowance of 5 free premium articles. We''re glad you enjoy our site. Want to read more?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2012

'On Thursday May 17, 2012, I was fortunate to attend the Adobe Digital Publishing Summit in New York City. I was accompanied by NMHS Adobe guru Walt Pevny, who consistently integrates technology in his classroom to allow students to create artifacts to demonstrate learning. Through the use of iMacs, Adobe Creative Design Suite, and digital cameras, students flock to his courses to unleash their creativity and partake in innovative learning activities.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

'Technology in education has been a hot topic for a while now and understandably so, especially as it continues to grow in importance in our personal, educational, and professional lives. Each facet of technology plays a different part in the way that both teachers teach and students learn. And the best part about it is that you can access a lot of it for free.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 16, 2012

'For this post in my series on iPad essentials, I wanted to discuss the use of passcodes, which is important as a confidentiality measure. Many of us have our iPad set to unlock immediately when you perform the "slide to unlock": As you might know, your iPad goes into this state when you push the "Lock" button at the top of the iPad, officially known as the Sleep/Wake Button: Image from official iPad User Guide The iPad also goes to sleep and is locked when you close a Smart Cover on it or a pre

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 12, 2012

'You can receive free text messages on your Android tablet by installing the Google Voice app on your device, and by setting up a Google voice number on your Google Apps account. Begin by setting up a Google Voice account if you do not already have one. Here’s a easy-to-follow set of instructions from ehow.com: Instructions to Set Up Google Voice. Download the Google Voice app to your Android tablet and set it up.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 12, 2012

'ChartTool is a free tool from Google that lets you create great looking charts. It''s very easy to use. You can select a chart from the gallery, or import your own chart. Each chart can be edited and customized: title, size, data, data style, axis labels and much more. The charts can be saved, shared, or embedded in a site. The gallery has line, bar, pie, map, scatter, Venn, Radar charts, QR Codes that can be edited, and even Google-O-Meter charts.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

MAY 15, 2012

'Considering 14 busy people dropped in to the conference during the day and I would have been happy with 5, I declare the first Google EdTech Conference a success for us! It was fantastic to have fellow tech staffer Louis Turbeville there to help throughout the day! Louis'' thoughts about the day: "I thought it was a very unique concept and very convenient for busy people.

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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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Learning with 'e's

MAY 16, 2012

For many years, e-safety education in schools has focused on raising children's awareness of the 'stranger danger'. Campaigns dwelt on the dangers of talking to strangers, and since the age of the internet and mobile phones, the focus has been on warning children against sharing their photos or personal information with people they don't know. There has also been an emphasis on stamping out cyberbullying - the use of technology to invade a child's privacy, threaten, cajole or otherwise exert pow

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Comfortably 2.0

MAY 16, 2012

'A couple of weeks ago one of our awesome 5th grade teachers, Mr. Luce (@5luce) showed me the movie trailer feature on iMovie for the iPad. I hadn''t really had time to play around with it.until today. Last week at York Elementary it was "Jump-Up Day." The last hour of the day our students find out who their teacher will be next year and they get to "jump-up" for the remainder of the day.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

'Today Google is announcing a new tool in search: The Knowledge Graph. It will be phased in over the next few days for all users. The Knowledge Graph adds new results to your search. You will see panels on the right side of the search results page with additional, factual, information about the search topic. This will have more relevant, factual information about your search (like historical, biographical, news, etc.) and list related topics.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 14, 2012

'I think collaboration and reflection are 2 of the biggest skills that kids need but aren''t really getting enough of. Having the opportunity to work together in meaningful ways and to reflect on their work and the work of their peers is key to being a learner. There are lots of tools that you can use to help kids collaborate and reflect. Blogs are a great example.

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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

MAY 15, 2012

Do we really need measures of online reputation? Can our worth be measured by the amount of Twitter followers we have or by how many +1s we receive on Google+? Klout, Peerindex and other social reputation measuring sites are constantly bombarding web users with statistics about their 'true reach', 'amplification' and 'influence'. It all sounds very grand.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 14, 2012

'Join me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking , and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning. This is an incredible compilation of essays by significant thinkers-- ten of whom, including Mark, have been guests on the Future of Education show--on the "perils and promise of the social- me

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 17, 2012

'Vid.ly is a site that will take a video and convert it so it can be viewed on any device. You It gives you a unique Vid.ly URL and embed code for the video that you can share via email, web site, social network or you can embed the video on a site or mobile app. The video conversions are stored on their site and when someone clicks on the video/link, it detects their device and operating system and then delivers the correct video to them.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

'ScanURL is a site that will check a URL (web address or domain) and see if it has been reported for phishing, malware, viruses or a poor reputation. It uses multiple 3rd party services, including Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic to scan the websites and report back to you. This is a great tool to check web sites before you visit them, especially if you are unsure about them.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

'GCFLearnFree is a program of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and provides quality online learning courses for free. There are over 750 different lessons available, including Careers, Google, Microsoft, Apple, software, apps, internet basics, email, math and everyday life topics like personal finances and cooking. You can view one tutorial or complete a whole class.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 17, 2012

'WhatWasThere is an excellent resource for geography, history, and fun. It connects historical photos to Google Maps, letting you see what places looked like in the past. You can tour locations, browse photos and even upload your own historical photos. This is a great way to explore the world historically, or just take a look at what your hometown looked like in the past.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

'The OSA Foundation ( Optical Society of America foundation) has some excellent, free resources for educators on the topics of light, optics, lasers, and waves. There are posters, videos, workbooks, demonstrations, and more. You can print your own posters or order a set for free. I received my posters and DVD today and the posters are really nice (and available in different languages) and the DVD''s are very interesting and entertaining.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 17, 2012

'Stickr is an interesting site that allows you to create sticker notes on any web page, and comment on videos, pictures, and more on the web. You can share your stickers through sites like Facebook and Twitter and discuss your stickers in the feed on the site. It is another way to bookmark and share resources online and can be used by teachers and students in class.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

'(note - I''m guessing that I''m going to get hammered by some Apple fans here, but this is my honest opinion). So, most who know me know I''m not a fan of Apple. I think they are the biggest monopoly in the world with their closed system and need to have everything through them. I hate iTunes. Some say that''s a benefit. I also think that their products are over hyped and over priced for what they do.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 15, 2012

'Google Groups has been around for a while, but sometimes gets overshadowed by things like Twitter, Facebook , Edmodo , and other social/learning networks. Google Groups is free, very easy to use and a great way to connect with people, access information and communicate. Teachers can set up a group for each of their classes, schools can have a whole school group, student groups, parents, faculty, and even groups by department.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 18, 2012

'Nature Works Everywhere is a great, free site from The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Education. The site has resources to help learn about how nature works and the fact that nature is a factory, making many of the things we need. There is an interactive online game that helps students discover the connections between everyday items and nature''s resources, interactive lesson plans about topics like pollinators, forestry, coastal erosion and more, videos about how nature works to benefit us a

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 15, 2012

'VoiceThread is a service that I had tried out a while ago and never posted about. It allows you to create collaborative multimedia slide shows using videos, images, text, and documents. There is a free version for educators. If you want to have student accounts you need to subscribe to it. The free version does have some great features and it is easy to use.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 18, 2012

'ISTE (International Society of Technology in Education) puts on a great, huge, educational conference each year. I was lucky enough to attend ISTE 2011 in Philadelphia last year (thanks to winning a Discovery Education contest that paid for it for me) and had a great time, learning, sharing, and connecting with educators from around the world. Philadelphia is also a great town!

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 15, 2012

'Zoho is a service that provides online business, productivity, and collaboration apps, many of them for free. While Zoho is very focused on businesses and enterprise, it does have a huge number of apps for personal and educational use. Every app has a free personal version. It is a direct competitor to Google''s apps. Today, Zoho is launching Zoho Sites , a free, easy to use web site builder.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

'Although the rapid advance of technology has offered teachers a range of methods with which to revitalise the learning process to the benefit of pupils, it’s probably fair to say that there’s an ongoing battle to keep the attentions of pupils. After all, modern children are so adept at using a wide range of cutting-edge gadgets that simply retaining their attention is a considerable achievement in itself.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 17, 2012

'Udemy is a site that enables anyone to take and build courses online. It is free to sign up and there are both free and paid courses available. You can also create your own online course on the site. It''s very easy to use, and there are some great features. You pick a subject, title the course and describe it, upload videos, audio files, PowerPoints, PDF files, documents and more, import media, organize everything with a drag-and-drop interface and then publish the course.

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