A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 2, 2010

'Yesterday I attended the Bergen County Valedictorian breakfast where New Milford High School''s top student was honored. It was a great event and I am so proud of the accomplishments that are clearly apparent amongst all of the top students in my area. The valedictorians and salutatorians for that matter are recognized for their achievement of academic greatness at events like this and commencement ceremonies across the country.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 4, 2010

'My district is changing website providers over the summer. In anticipation of the change our teachers have been learning how to move their content from their current page to their new one. For most this is just another task in an otherwise busy day. For some of our teachers it is one more stressful thing to do. You see, we just changed providers 4 years ago.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 4, 2010

'Please venture over to see my post on the Mindwing blog about Google Search Stories. This is an incredibly easy and engaging tool that you/students can use to create short movies that demonstrate narrative and expository structure. Enjoy! Here''s one I created while playing around with the tool. It retells the first few epsiodes of one of my favorite shows, Alias.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 1, 2010

'Just discovered Creating a Narrated Tour in Google Earth. Our history and foreign language teachers will love it, I think, and students will take to it too! Here''s Google Earth Outreach''s 3-minute tutorial: You''ll need Google Earth 5, which you can download for free. Enjoy. (??? ? ) This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.

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Personalized Learning

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 4, 2010

'The other night I was invited to attend the New Milford Girl Scouts Awards Ceremony as a "dignitary". As I sat there and listened to the accomplishments of each Troop I was amazed by the service and authentic learning experiences these girls were being exposed to. Their intrinsic motivation to give back to the community and others was inspiring. I quickly realized that the only true dignitaries in the room were the girls being recognized for their incredible accomplishments.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 4, 2010

'100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner tags : tools , resources , favorite A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal - LeaderTalk - Education Week A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal tags : professionaldevelopment , favorite Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students | Edutopia Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students tags : differentiation , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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Connecting 2 the World

MAY 31, 2010

Memorial Day in the US (the last Monday of May) is the unofficial start to summer. Most of the country will have already finished up school last week and will be finishing school this week. But New York state doesn't end until the end of June. Growing up, this was always the toughest time of year as we were expected to keep focused on the end of the school year, tests, and finishing up the last bits that we did not yet cover.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 3, 2010

'This month at the TL Virtual Cafe : Skype an Author June 7th 8pm EST Guests: Dr. Mona Kerby & Sarah Chauncey Ramona N. Kerby and Sarah Chauncey will talk about their groundbreaking project and site, Skype an Author! Join the TL Virtual Cafe to learn about Skype an Author : "The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 2, 2010

'In terms of teaching, this can be the hardest time of year. Yeah, the beginning of the year can be tough. Even that middle between late January to March can be tougher. But if you ask the teachers in my building this time of year is brutal. Our state testing is over. We are in the midsts of re-testing students who didn''t get it the first time. (And that is a whole other issue for another day.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 1, 2010

'Many museums, parks, etc have great interactives that approximate the experience of going to the place itself! Colonial Williamsburg has a surprisingly generous range of interactive games and activities that are well worth exploring for elementary or students who are studing colonial history. Colonial Postcard Maker can be used to construct a historical scene, thus targeting storytelling skills in context.

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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.

Training

The Web20Classroom

JUNE 3, 2010

'Social Networking – Let’s Start Early « The Spicy Learning Blog tags : SocialNetworking , favorite Creative Commons: What every Educator needs to know tags : CreativeCommons , copyright , favorite Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems tags : audiobooks , literature , mp3 , podcasts , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 2, 2010

'Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology | Edutopia tags : technology , differentiation , favorite Multimedia Creation Tools tags : presentation , socialmedia , resources , multimedia , favorite Goofram - Search Google and Wolfram Alpha at the same time! tags : search , goofram , favorite Will You Wave? 25 Google Wave Resources | Teacher Reboot Camp tags : googlewave , favorite Podcasts in Education Made Simple tags : podcasts , podcast , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 1, 2010

'Teaching in a socially networked classroom | Curriculum | eSchoolNews.com tags : social networking , favorite Wrap Up the School Year With a Strong Finish | Scholastic.com tags : endofschoolyear , favorite Introducing Google Docs to the Class | edte.ch tags : googledocs , favorite Wikipedia in the Classroom: Tips for Effective Use tags : wikipedia , favorite Moodle Guide For Teachers tags : Moodle , favorite Improving School Communication with Google | Edutopia tags : edutopia , google , commun

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 2, 2010

'It''s not quite as scary as that hotel from The Shining. The Bad Credit Hotel from the US Treasury would be a fun exploration for MS/HS students, particularly after providing a background context, perhaps with the engaging Common Craft video on Borrowing Money. The site provides you with a creepy/funny tour of a number of aspects of credit, and would be especially appropriate for students studying some functional math or budgeting, etc.

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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.

Technology

The Daring Librarian

MAY 29, 2010

'MOO & Flickr teamed up to offer FREE business cards you just pay for shipping! These sexy cards are powerd up with yummy Flickr Goodness.Only catch.it has the MOO name & logo imprinted on it with a 15% discount for the first order. all in all it''s a GREAT DEAL for a great product! BUT.I was super Ninja sneaky - MOO designs them so that the tiny commercial strip is on the front of the business card but i reversed the design and put it on the back!

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 2, 2010

'Recently in-world, I got this exciting msg from Louise Borgnine of ISTE Island: "If you are attending the conference in Denver and would like a Second Life name tag with your avi pic on it, head on over to ISTE Island HQ and take a pic of yourself. Follow the directions on the board next to the photo booth!" Here''s the SLURL to the photobooth! First I tried to do my field explorers outfit: The same outfit i was wearing (the horror!

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