A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

'This past September I was fortunate enough to attend a professional development program on the Chromebook at the Google offices in New York City. At the conclusion of the workshop, I immediately began to think about the potential of this computing device in my school. However, something was missing. The missing piece to making a decision of this magnitude was the thoughts and advice from the most important constituency in schools, the students.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

'It''s that time of year again, when bloggers from around the globe submit the best of the best in the education world from the previous year for the Edublog Awards. This is always a tough spot for me. I think everyone is great at what they do. And we should honor everyone who works tirelessly in schools and in education everyday to make learning better for kids.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

'It''s that time already. The Edublog Awards were started about 7 years ago to counteract the trend of blocking social media in school districts and celebrate the educational power of these resources. Obviously social media has been transformative for me and my practice and I wanted to participate for that reason again this year. Additionally, winning the 2010 Best New Blog award in this incentive brought SpeechTechie a lot of recognition and new readership, so THANKS again to those who supporte

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

What do you think is the teacher's worst enemy? Some would say lack of time. Others would say unsupportive leadership, or the dreaded government inspection. Rigid curriculum, lack of resources and bad student behaviour may also be high on the list for many educators. For me, the worst enemy is bad theory. Bad theory, when accepted without challenge, can lead to bad practice.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

'I love awards because it''s a chance to recognize and share those who rock my world. Thank you Edublogs for providing this opportunity to acknowledge amazing educators around the globe, and for raising the awareness of the awesome impact social media and web 2.0 can have on our learning and our learners. Here are my nominations for 2011-2012: Best individual blog: Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom Integrating Tech in the Primary Classroom Hands down, the most influential individua

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

'I have had really high hopes for the Kindle Fire , as an Android tablet lover, especially as it might work as an education device. Amazon is big enough and well-positioned enough to bring to market an inexpensive tablet that combines 1) a virtually unlimited library of public domain and traditional books with 2) access to the Web, and 3) an open development app platform.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

I was quite impressed by Joyce Seitzinger's Professional Learning Environment (PLN) model that she presented at Deakin University in Melbourne this week. The first slide on the left shows a quadrant model in which she has used a work/office metaphor to define four discrete functions of a PLN. The first, the Staffroom is quite public, calling on high levels of communication and high profile, and involves the use of microblogging tools such as Twitter.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

'Why Blog? You don''t start blogging for awards. You blog because you are passionate about your profession, and have ideas & content to share with potential readers. If you blog it, they will come. Eventually. It may just take a while! Don''t give up! I blogged for YEARS out the aethernets and for a handful of readers! (I''m lookin at YOU dear Svetlana in Vladivostock!

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

'For many, Skype has become a essential communication tool. Using Skype on the iPad will not disappoint! Last week I was collaborating with my friends from the Google Educast , a weekly podcast produced by the EdReach network. We hold semi-regular conference calls to discuss upcoming shows, using Skype as our communication platform. Typically I use my Macbook to connect, but this time I decided to try out my iPad.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

'I really love going to the ASHA convention (despite ASHAs tendency to write it in print without the definite article the , I have to insist on it). I''ve gone 6 years in a row: Miami, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Philly, and now San Diego. Clearly I really like the travel, the vibe of learning and whom I get to see at the convention. This is not to say that there couldn''t be some improvements each year, and I struggled with whether to write and publish this post lest it seem negative.

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

(re)Designing Learning Spaces for a Digital World View more presentations from Steve Wheeler My keynote speeches to academic staff at Massey University on the Palmerston North and Wellington campuses this week were accompanied by the slides above. I deliberately inserted a (re) in front of the Designing theme, because I wanted to make it clear that we need to redesign and re-engineer many of our current practices in higher education, including course design, assessment and student support.

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The Mobile Native

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

'SIGML Wiki @sigml SIGML is an ISTE special interest group for mobile learning. This wiki provides mobile learning resources, webinars, discussions and a place to connect with other educators. A new feature added to this site is called "Mobilist Nation". " This site is designed to promote the networking and integration of Mobile Learning into classrooms around the world.

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Comfortably 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

'Recently, I was invited by Dr. Lynne Herr (@lherr) to take some kids from York Elementary to present at the Technology Showcase at the Nebraska Association of School Boards annual conference in Omaha, Nebraska. I was excited for York students to have this opportunity to showcase some of their technological skills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

'Welcome to week six of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and the always-fun podcast with Audrey Watters in which we really drill down on the Amazon Kindle Fire (see my blog post below as well). ANNOUNCEMENTS + EVENTS The 5-day, 300+ session 2011 Global Education Conference wrapped up on Friday, and the recordings are available now here in both HTML and spreadsheet form!

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

I have been keenly interested in the design of learning spaces for some time. I guess my background as a designer (I attended Hereford College of Art and Design in the 70s) and my professional life as an educator draw me back to this again and again. It was with great pleasure then, that I was able to visit Albany Senior High School in North Auckland yesterday to talk to a group of educators from across the city.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

'Join me Tuesday, November 22nd, for another live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Scott Nine, the Executive Director of IDEA , the Institute for Democratic Education in America. IDEA is a national effort "to unite education with our nation’s democratic values" and they believe that "young people ought to be active co-creators of their own learning and valued participants in a vibrant learning community.

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