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Students Yearn For Creativity, Not Tests

A Principal's Reflections

'The other day as I was sitting in my office, sophomore Sarah Almeda popped into my office, as she usually does. After day three of PARCC field-testing I was catching up on some dreaded paperwork, one of the least favorite aspects of my job. Sarah, bubbly as ever, asked if she could email me her presentation as part of the Academies at New Milford High School.

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Be Inspired! Free! Online! #RSCON5, Sun. Apr. 6

Teacher Reboot Camp

'Join us this Sunday, April 6th! Professional Development in your PJs. Only 4 hours. You can even join our Technology Smackdown and present your favorite web tools or apps. Find all the web room links here. Just click on the green links on this page and a Blackboard Collaborate room will popup. Check your time zone here, Bit.ly/rscontz46. If you enjoyed this post, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates or subscribe to the Teacher Reboot Camp free eNewsletter to receive

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It's World Backup Day - make sure your data is backed up

Educational Technology Guy

'Today is World Backup Day! Everyone needs to have their files backed up. It is very easy to have your flash drive, hard drive, or computer crash, get damaged, or have your flash drive or laptop get lost or stolen. And it always happens at the worst possible time. There are many different ways to backup your files. You can use an external hard drive, backup to a flash drive, or backup your files to the cloud.

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Equality and Equity in Education

EdTechSandyK

'Original Source Unknown. Please let me know if you know the original source! Earlier this month, I participated on a panel about BYOD Equit y at SXSWedu. In the weeks leading up to the panel, the graphic to the right came across my radar. I thought it was an excellent visual of the difference between equality and equity. I used it when introducing our SXSWedu panel, and it seemed to resonate with others as well, as it was photographed and Tweeted during the presentation several times.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Makerspaces Provide a World of Opportunities

A Principal's Reflections

'As of late it seems that I have been blogging a great deal about our makerspace here at New Milford High School and with good reason. Not only is the space being overrun with students during their lunch periods, but teachers here have begun to explore how the process of making can enhance the learning experience for the students in their classes. Just last week I shared on my blog how physics classes were exploring concepts related to circuitry in a more hands-on, authentic fashion in our const

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Webquest Introduction

My Paperless Classroom

'Webquest introduction Sam and Wokka introduce the 3rd grade US government Web quest. This video is a good example of the videos I make to intro a lesson, giving me a chance to handout iPads and other resources as the video plays.

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Don’t be fooled on Facebook

The Innovative Educator

'This week a relative of mine, who is a senior citizen, friend-requested me on Facebook. Not only do I love to see more and more seniors connecting online, I also love that this provides further opportunity for generations to share their lives. Especially these days when families tend to have busy lives and be spread out. The relative was a cousin who I don’t see much beyond big family gatherings like weddings and funerals.

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Goodbye

Learning with 'e's

'As this will be my last ever blog post, I thought I would explain why I have decided to quit blogging. In the 5 years since I first took up blogging, I have written just over 1160 posts, and have received over 4600 comments. Readership is averaging at around 80-100 thousand views each month, and I have just passed the 4 million views mark. Now I have decided to stop.

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5th Grade Learns about Quality Videos

My Paperless Classroom

'Our 5th grade has been making videos all year and they started off silly and now we are really looking to get kids critically engaged in making meaningful video lessons to illustrate their own understanding. This is the lesson I started off our conversation with. I tried to include engaging examples and several different types of onscreen interactions.

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StudentFirst Charter School Found to Be Putting Administrators First in Charlotte NC

The 21st Century Principal

'In a recent Charlotte Observer article entitled "StudentFirst Charter School to Close Next Week" 300 students will find themselves without a school next week due to the foundering of this charter school on the rocks of mismanagement and downright incompetence. According to the article, state consultants hired to investigate this charter school found: academic shortcomings unopened mail unpaid bills overpaid and overstaffed administration tens of thousands of spending not properly documented Of

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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How to change your Facebook administrator from a personal to professional account

The Innovative Educator

'Innovative educators know it''s not a great idea to use your personal account to administrate Facebook pages or groups that you are using for your school i.e. school page, library page, sports page. However, for some, especially us early adopters, you may have a page that has been up and running for years using your personal account. Don''t worry! Switching it to a professional account is easy!

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What do adjuncts do? #adjunctchat April 1

Connecting 2 the World

'A few weeks ago, I read something that made me think of this topic. I''m sorry I didn''t save the link, but someone stated, "If we were lawyers, we would get paid for billable hours." This got me to thinking, what if we as education professionals, started billing for the work we did as accountants, lawyers, or even "trainers" (who ARE educators, by the way, even though there are some who continue to make the division) do?

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Seriously.

Learning with 'e's

'Thank you to all those who read and commented on my blog post on April 1st. I''m not really going to stop blogging. Some may have found it funny, others less amused. It wasn''t merely a ''joke''. There was a serious side to this. I used April Fool''s day to explore many of the issues that confront educational bloggers. Hopefully I succeeded - albeit in a tongue in cheek way - to illustrate that blogging is never easy, but it can have great rewards.

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Comments Welcomed (Not Really)

Learning401

'Recently I shared an article [via Facebook and Twitter]on the topic of play at school that was refused by a local school PTO Facebook page. The potential for controvery aside,given recent parental concerns regardingreduced recess time, the article did not meet the PTO''s standards for sharing only school-related information. [Here''s the articlelink in case you missed it: "When one New Zealand school tossed its playground rules.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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 hottest posts everyone's reading

The Innovative Educator

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews Is boredom the real epidemic in our schools?

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Fixing a Bothersome Evernote Sync Error

The 21st Century Principal

'Have you been receiving the message “Sync failed due to error on client side” when your desktop Evernote application fails to sync? While it does not stop the other files from syncing, receiving message over time is annoying. It is most likely due to one note that is causing a conflict with the desktop and web versions of the software. The fix is relatively easy, though I discovered after uninstalling and re-installing the Evernote desktop client. 1.

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Remind101 Attach - Send Photos, Assignments and Presentations

The Mobile Native

'Check out the new features for Remind101. (Send Photos, Assignments and Presentations) Directions from Remind101.

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Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - Reinventing the Classroom - Library 2.014 - The Real 1:1 - Reclaim Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 1st A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert. - Andrew Carnegie The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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5 Tech Tools, Innumerable Possibilities -- from the Hawaii #GafeSummit

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Five tech tools -- innumerable possibilities. I think our teachers and students will absolutely love these tech tools! I learned about them at the Hawaii #gafesummit, which was a delightfully surprising experience. Have you had any experience with these tools? 1. PearDeck I learned about this very promising now-in-private-beta tool from +Chris Bell ''s demo slam.

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Top 40 Web 2.0 Sites w/ Educational Portal

Technology Tidbits

'A while back I compiled a very important list of Web 2.0 sites that can be used in education. The reason for this was a lot of sites that are beneficial for education require that a student has an email account to login. This is very frustrating for educators that have to worry about district policy and CIPA/COPPA compliance to maintain student safety/privacy.

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Calling All App Smashers!

Comfortably 2.0

'I have been feeling a bit guilty lately about my inability to consistently push out a blog post or two during the week. I won''t use the "time" excuse that I hear too often, I am simply just shutting down during some evenings of the week and leaving my computer alone. Not a bad thing, right? Okay, so here''s the deal.

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Adjuncts doing research Adjunctchat April 8

Connecting 2 the World

'One of the common myths in society is that only tenure track faculty or Phd students who are forced to do research are doing so at universities. In fact, many adjuncts either want to or are doing research, in some cases on their own, in other cases as part of a full time job out of the academy. However, there are a number of issues that come up. If adjuncts aren''t being paid for the work, then should they have control over their work?

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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5 Year Plans- Alignment is the Key

Saving Socrates

'The past few months, thanks to Middle States reaccreditation, I have been immersed in creating 5 Year plans for the school both in curriculum revision and professional development. At first, I found this process incredibly daunting and unbelievably time consuming. I also wondered whether it was even feasible given the fact that so much can change in a school in 5 years that cannot be planned for.

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LOTR Map of Middle Earth

Technology Tidbits

'Recently, I came across a interactive Lord of the Rings Map of Middle Earth. I know lots of schools and students are reading this so I thought I''d do a brief post on this. This is a great place to find facts about the interesting locations in Middle Earth as well as being able to zoom in/out, click on items, and find out other interesting facts (i.e. age, population, life expectancy, etc.

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#appsmash4 Challenge: Zoobe/Tellagmi in the Classroom

Comfortably 2.0

'Day three of our #appsmash4 challenge brings us a very easy App Smash that can be done at any grade level in any subject. This App Smash was introduced to me by our two fabulous Spanish teachers Rebecca Huls and Kara McNeese. They do an outstanding job of enhancing their curriculums with technology in their classrooms and this App Smash is one of my favorites!

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MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 3 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

'For Unit 3 of the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , we explored the TPACK and SAMR frameworks. These are two great models to help teachers find the most effective way of integrating educational technology. The video link below is the introduction video for unit 3, but I also thought it gave a excellent, brief explanation of the TPACK and SAMR framework.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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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YOUmedia Teens Make Their Creative Mark

Educator Innovator

When Chancellor Bennett was suspended during his senior year at Jones College Prep in 2011, few would have guessed that just two years later he would be featured in major news publications and headlining Lollapalooza. During the ten-day suspension, Bennett, who is now more commonly known as “ Chance the Rapper ,” took to Chicago’s YOUmedia space to cut his first mixtape, aptly titled “10 Day.

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Quick Key

Technology Tidbits

'Quick Key is an excellent free iOS app that allows educators to scan a paper test/quiz and then has the app do the grading. The way this works is by snapping a pic of the quiz/test/survey (up to 30 questions long) and then app does the grading/assessment right on the mobile device. It can then be exported into any electronic grade book and a teacher can track student/classes as well.

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Calling All App Smashers--Day #2 App Smash

Comfortably 2.0

'Day two of our #appsmash4 challenge is here. Again, there are lots of great app smashes coming in via the #appsmash4 hashtag and personal blog posts. Thank you to all that are participating. You all are doing some amazing things with the technology that you have in your classrooms. I appreciate what you are doing, and more importantly your students are loving it!

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MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 2 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

'Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. Unit 2 focuses on the development of your PLN (Professional Learning Network) and becoming a "Connected Educator". What do you see as the most important advantages of adding social media tools to your personal learning network? I think that social media tools play an integral role in my Professional Learning Network and without them, my PLN would not be very effective.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.