A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2013

'Recently Jeff Fiscina , one of my math teachers, submitted a guest post on my blog that emphasized some of his grading practices that best support and promote student learning. That post got me thinking about the process we went through to assist Jeff in developing and embracing his current grading practices as well as that of other teachers. It was about a year ago that I decided to tackle the grading culture here at New Milford High School, which wasn''t much different than the majority of sc

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2013

'I originally wrote this post way back in 2009. Lots has changed since then. So let''s dust it off and do some updating. Most schools and districts spend lot of time and effort trying to get their teachers up to speed on technology and its use/place in the classroom. And honestly that is where a majority of effort should be spent; working with those on the frontlines of instruction.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 10, 2013

'In case you missed it, last week, John Stossel did a segment on unschooling as part of his “ Education Blob ” special. In the segment he pointed out that the number of homeschoolers is on the rise nationally, a whopping 75% since 1999. This puts the number of homeschoolers in the nation about equal to those attending charter schools. He shares that the number of families that homeschool today for religious purposes is on the decline as the choice today is more likely to be the result of dissat

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 9, 2013

'What should be a school leader’s response when a student uses social media in an inappropriate manner? This Winston-Salem Journal Editorial “More Education, Guidelines Needed for Officials, Students on Social Media and School Security,” makes the usual call for more rules and education about improper use of social media. But was this event a “social media problem” or was it “a behavioral or crime problem?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

'The following is a guest post by Steve D’Ascoli. Steve visited New Milford High School on Thursday February 28, 2013. NMHS routinely hosts visits from outside educators, schools, and organizations in an effort to provide insights on our initiatives. Below is a reflection by Steve on his recent visit. Today I had the opportunity to meet with Eric Sheninger before he headed off to the 2013 NASSP Conference.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MARCH 11, 2013

'Lacking time and energy (and talent perhaps), I haven''t written poetry in awhile. Using the Blogger app, I "wrote" this with the voice recorder keyboard on my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone. The voice recorder is close, but not exact (I was also on my Bluetooth ear piece while cooking dinner dictating this piece--multitasking as always). I didn''t say the word "whiskey" but evidently my phone heard it (subliminal?

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 15, 2013

'“When people adopt technology, they do old things in new ways. When people internalize technology, they find new things to do.” James McQuivey, Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation James McQuivey’s book, Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation , makes very clear the difference between businesses who adopt technology versus those who internalize it.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 9, 2013

After seemingly stalling for a short time, MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ) seem to be graining ground again. First there were the cMOOCs, free and open online courses that focused more on learning than they did on accreditation. Learning was fun and informal, and learning was often self or peer assessed. With the potential for thousands of students to enrol together on MOOCs, learning through connection to this large network of learners became the foundation and the cornerstone.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 11, 2013

'Hi Folks- Just wanted to give you an idea of where I will be the next few months: March 23, 2013- EdCamp Access , organizing and facilitating a session or two. If you are in the Boston area and can come to this free unconference dedicated to ideas and issues in special education, please do. Click through to find out more about the EdCamp model and to register.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 9, 2013

'By Sarah Mulhern Gross. Cross posted on March 6, 2013 on The Reading Zone Cum hoc non propter hoc. In last week’s NY Daily News, Robert Pondiscio, a former public school teacher and now the executive director of CitizenshipFirst, lauds the "… abandoning the literacy curriculum used to teach a generation of our children to read”. In the shift to the Common Core, he says we are leaving behind the balanced literacy approach of Lucy Calkins and the Teachers College Reading and Writing Pro

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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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Mark Smithers

MARCH 12, 2013

'This morning Richard Grusin posted a series of twenty tweets presenting a highly critical and thought provoking view of MOOCs. These are valuable so I’ve presented them here in this post. What do you think of Grusin’s ideas? 1.MOOCs are the bastard children of 1980s cyber-utopianism and post-1945 economic neoliberalism. — Richard Grusin (@rgrusin) March 12, 2013. 2.MOOCs are a 21st century manifestation of cyberspace’s revolutionary ideology of information freedom. — Richard Grusin

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 11, 2013

'I build a lot of Google sites and have long been on the lookout for a rotating "slider" that would work well with Google Sites. I looked at several options, but was never satisfied with the result. Recently, I stumbled across a great little Google Gadget created by Apps Script developer Romain Vialard that turns a Google Drive presentation into a rotating slider on a Google Site, like the one here.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 13, 2013

'Moving into other applications of augmented reality (AR) in interventions, today I am going to talk about Tour Wrist (Free for iPhone, iPod, iPad). TourWrist is one of the most dazzling, yet simple to use AR apps, transporting you to geographic locations where professional photographers, businesses, and your average Joe have recorded and uploaded "tours.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 15, 2013

'By Ashley Naranjo, Education Technician for the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies For some time now, the education community has discussed and explored how to get out of the standardized-testing rut and make learning enjoyable again. Online games and challenges, real-world work, and point systems have been a few of the ideas kicked around by educators and tech-enthusiasts alike.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 10, 2013

'Join me Monday, March 11th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Paul Thomas on his book Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. : The Corporate Takeover of Public Education. In the book, Paul "examines the divide between a commitment to public education and our cultural myths and more powerful commitment to consumerism and corporate America," and it attempts to "confront the growing misinformation about the interplay among poverty, public schools, and what schools can accomp

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 13, 2013

'Have You Ever. Gotten in trouble with your administration because of something you wrote? Had a student tell you how much they hate your class? Tried something new and had it fail miserably? Upset another faculty member because of something you are doing in your class? Upset a parent because of your "unorthodox" teaching methods or projects? Had someone criticize you on their blog, social media, etc?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2013

The following is an exclusive interview that was organised by EDEN and is mirrored from the EDEN homepage. It was conducted in the run up to the EDEN Annual Conference which will take place in Oslo, Norway on 12-15 June, 2013. The media and education worlds have been buzzing for the last few weeks over the ground breaking work of a quiet, unassuming Indian-born professor.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 14, 2013

'Feelings of isolation occur with some regularity among educators, especially those who teach in specialty areas and/or small schools. Teachers spend much of their day separated from peers in classrooms that can become silos. However, technology is providing new ways for teachers to connect with peers both near and far. This is part two of the show on this topic.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2013

'Join me Thursday, March 14th, for a special FutureofEducation.com virtual book club conversation on Seymour Papert''s book Mindstorms : Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas. There is also a Mightybell conversation space for Mindstorms is at https://mightybell.com/spaces/21657 , and the conversation that has been started there will continue to live on after our live meeting.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 15, 2013

'Google Chrome is the world''s second most popular web browser. Chrome features fast and reliable access to the web. This series of posts highlights Chrome extension and web applications, which enhance and extend what can be done with the Chrome web browser. While I don''t consider myself a web-designer, I work very hard to make the web resources I create are as visually attractive as possible.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 12, 2013

'The last several posts here focused on using the Aurasma app to "augment," or layer discoverable visual information, over an image, specifically a book page. These same steps can be used to augment other materials- flash cards, posters, bulletin boards, printed images or student-created art. Part one showed how to use Aurasma''s library of images and animations , and part 2 gave steps for using your own images and video as "auras. " In my previous series, I showed how QR codes could be used to

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 12, 2013

'One of the greatest joys of youth is their optimism. Every year school kids across the country optimistically believe they can change the world for the better. From collecting bottle tops to toys to food, children have a never ending desire to give. Last Oct, the students of Osbourn Park High School shared the same level of optimism when they set out to buy 50 pairs of shoes for a near-by Title I school.

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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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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 10, 2013

'There''s a new tablet & smart phone browser in town, it''s for both Apple & Android, it''s wicked fast, and it''s FREE! (But honestly, I paid for it, keep reading to find out why!) Puffin is a Beta cloud accelerated web browser for mobile devices. With the free version you get the FLASH cloud enabled player for 14 days only.UNLESS you use this link and you gotta enter this secret code jembifpahhkka then you get DOUBLE!

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 9, 2013

'“While it has been many years since I was in high school, there is a tradition that has continued since I was a student at Staunton River High tests are given at the end of each course.” June Atkinson, Superintendent, North Carolina Public Schools In a recent blog post entitled “How Many Tests Do North Carolina Students Have to Take?” North Carolina State Superintendent Dr.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2013

'Join me today, Tuesday, March 12th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Idit Harel Caperton about her work and research on learning. Dr. Caperton is a pioneer in using new-media technology for creative learning, innovation, and globalization through constructionist learning theory. She founded the World Wide Workshop in 2004 to leverage her unique blend of award-winning research, business acumen, and leadership in spreading innovative new-media learning projects f

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 9, 2013

'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. Why College Kids Shouldn’t Act Like College Kids Mar 7, 2013 5275 Don''t hide your online self when applying for coll.

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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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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 11, 2013

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