A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

'It''s no secret that educators are always on the lookout for cool new methods to help engage their students and save time. A new trend has emerged as teachers have discovered fun and creative ways to incorporate free online tools to accomplish both of those goals, and the value of such assignments is only becoming more apparent. Recently, a new service has grown in popularity in schools, which gives students the ability to quickly and easily create posts very similar to blogs, but without any o

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

'It was said long ago that video killed the radio star. I dunno anything about that. But, radio (ok, podcasts) are alive and well. And lucky for you there are several good ones out there to listen to online or download on the go. I want to highlight 2 new ones. It is a little self-serving as I am the host of one and a commentator on another but I hope you will look at the content and see some value there.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

'In his book, The New Rules of Marketing & PR , David Meerman Scott perhaps captures why a number of us so heavily engage in using social media: “ It’s fun to blog and tweet, and it makes you feel good to get your ideas out into the world.” It is fun to blog and tweet, and there is satisfaction that comes from “getting your ideas out there.” But for me real satisfaction comes from making “connections” with other educators and growing my personal learning network.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

'A new study conducted by TRU provides a body of research which supports the idea that students use cell phones to learn, and also that schools are not acknowledging or supporting them fully, yet. This research supports the work of innovative educators who are guiding today’s generation text and will help in the effort of getting more schools to stop fighting and start embracing student use of mobile devices for learning in school.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

'The following is a guest post by Westfield Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Paul Pineiro. Underlying the lagging performance of U.S. students in global assessments in math and science is another troubling statistic: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, fifteen-year-old girls in 65 countries generally outperformed boys worldwide, but in the United States, boys outperformed girls in quantitative studies.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

'One of my favorite things about attending the TCEA conference every year is the incidental learning that takes place. Incidental learning happens for me when I''m in a presentation or having a conversation with someone, and I discover a tool I didn''t know about before. It usually isn''t the focus of the particular presentation or conversation; it''s just something the presenter or person I''m talking with uses without a second thought.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

'Guest post by Maddie Witter The new Common Core State Standards list skills to prepare American young people on the path toward the college and careers of their choice. Yet as students are on their journey to and through college, and ultimately through life, I also hope they are lifelong learners with an insatiable thirst for knowledge driven by their unique passions.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Learning is changing. In some ways learning has no need to change. In other ways, it is vital. The human race still has an innate desire to discover, to survive, to innovate, to explore. As we get older, we consolidate what we have learnt, modifying our knowledge and skills as new information and techniques become known to us. What we learn in formalised settings such as school, college and university is merely the foundation of our knowledge and the rudimentary skill sets that enable us to buil

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

'Join me tonight, Monday, February 18th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Alan November on his new book Who Owns the Learning? : Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age. The book is a compelling argument for allowing students to take ownership of their learning, create their own learning tools and participate in meaningful work because, as Alan writes, "we are experiencing an essential change in the culture of teaching and learning.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

'“If tomorrow, every teacher in America spent 20 minutes of class time asking each student what her or his passion was, and then later used that information to understand each student more deeply and differentiate their instruction accordingly, education would take giant positive steps forward overnight.” Marc Prensky, From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning Sometimes the solutions that have the biggest impact on the most difficult issues our schools face

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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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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

'The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends limiting a child's screentime to no more than one or two hours a day because, they say too much screen time has been linked to the following issues: Obesity. Irregular sleep (see #7 ). Behavioral problems. Impaired academic performance. Violence. Less time for play. This begs the questions: How much does this century-old academy really know about screen time?

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Just about every day I find myself embroiled in a discussions about fundamentals of learning, the nature of knowledge and the processes of education. It comes with the territory of working as an academic in a university, and I expect to do it much of the time. When I'm not talking about learning, I'm reading about it, researching it, thinking about it, and writing about it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

'Join me tonight, Thursday, February 21st, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Maurice Gibbons on self-directed learning. Gibbons is the author of The Self-Directed Learning Handbook , was a founding member of Challenge Education Associates that produced The Self-Directed Professional program for teachers, he was the founder and director of Personal Power Press which produced a dozen books on SDL, and he was a founding member of World Citizens for a Universal Curri

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

'“Social media has offered us a platform where we can learn from and with the smartest people we ‘meet’ from around the world, whenever we need to or are ready to go.” Scott McLeod & Chris Lehman The School Leader’s Guide to Social Media Personal Learning Networks existed long before there was an Internet. I am perhaps showing my age, but my first “Personal Learning Network” used very little of the technologies we use now.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

'Poll Everywhere provides a terrific way to capture the thoughts, ideas, and opinions of parents. Simply set up a multiple choice or free response poll, text parents the code, and have them text in their answers like they do on shows like American Idol. Poll Everywhere provides a quick and easy way to give parents a voice and a vote. Some ideas for using it include the following. 1) Back-to-School engagement Eric Sheninger, principal of New Milford High School in New Jersey suggests using Poll

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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

'February has been busy. I traveled to the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association convention in Chicago last week, which was a great experience (nice meeting Jenna Rayburn !), except for the fact that I got stuck there because of the blizzard in Boston. The ISHA staff were extremely helpful; I found out that my flight was canceled about 45 min before my Saturday presentation, and got on the phone immediately to start the rebooking process.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

'POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 28TH Join me at an earlier-than-normal time on Friday, February 22nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Michael Fullan, Special Advisor to the Premier and Minister of Education in Ontario, and author of (among other books), Motion Leadership and Motion Leadership in Action. Ontario is considered one of the great success stories for education improvement over the last decade.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

'“Mobile phones enable anytime, anyplace, anywhere engagement.” Scott McLeod & Chris Lehmann, What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies We’ve all worked with them, educators who have made it their mission to rid the classrooms and schools of this world of those infernal, disruptive devices called “cell phones.” Those on the front lines in this battle collect cell phones from students as badges of honor.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 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. 5 ideas to make the most of teacher evaluation Feb 10, 2013, 3 comments 2014 8 ways to use social media to connect w/parents.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

'You''re looking at the proud smiling faces of a middle school Game App designer. Howard County Middle School students Tekye (and family friend to MHMS) and our own MHMS 8th grader Lasya, participated in an exciting program called HiTech - wherein they helped to create a super cool APP Game called Escape from Detention. And by the way, it''s NOT EASY!

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Once again, thanks to Don H Taylor and his crew, this year's Learning Technologies conference was a highly successful event. 50 speakers presented talks at the event in London's Olympia over the two days, in what has become one of the premier, must attend events for learning professionals in Europe. High profile speakers including MIT's Nicholas Negroponte, futurist Gerd Leonhard, Lord David Puttnam, Professor Stephen Heppell and author Tony Buzan took to the stage to talk about their visions fo

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

'Today, I had the pleasure of conducting a training session with education professionals regarding Evernote, the note-taking software. Evernote is a “must-have” app for any educator these days. But in order to get even more from Evernote, I suggest obtaining the following apps and Chrome/Firefox Extensions. CamScanner: CamScanner is a fully functional document scanner app for your iPad.

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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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

'Join me for our monthly live and interactive Q and A with Gina Bianchini , founder of Mightybell, Wednesday afternoon/evening (US Time). Gina will both share current developments with Mightybell and also ask for your feedback and suggestions as educators and learners. Following 30 minutes with Gina, I''ll stay on for another 30 to talk about the use of Mightybell for virtual book clubs/discussion spaces--which Mightybell works really, really well for.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

'Yes, this class was definitely more challenging than the first ! Full disclosure: I didn''t do all of the challenges. They were recommended, but not required. I did, however, watch all of the video tutorials. These are some of the cool things I learned: 1. I learned that I can put double-quotes (what I usually refer to as quotation marks) around a single word so that the results will bring up only that word, not recommended synonyms or localized results.

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Saving Socrates

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

'There has been a "crisis" in education since the 1983 study "A Nation At Risk" was first published. This was a groundbreaking report at the time. The memorable report begins with the line" the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." Written amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, President Reagan had commissioned an expert panel to investigate our nations schooling.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

'Stickyboard 2 is an interesting app because of its simplicity. Users might find this app quite useful in note-taking situations, mindmapping, or brainstorming. With Stickyboard 2, users can use a combination of "stickynotes" and handwritten text to do any of these things. Here are a list of features of the Stickyboard 2 iPad app. Create multicolored sticky notes on your Stickyboard.

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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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