A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 5, 2010
'After reading a great blog post this morning entitled " The Wisdom to Learn From Failure " I quickly began to reflect on how the majority of educational systems are set up in a way where failure, or even the thought of it, is unacceptable. Early on in both my teaching and administrative careers I often found myself trying to avoid failure at all costs.
The Web20Classroom
DECEMBER 8, 2010
'One of my favorite parts of many conferences is the Smackdown. What is a Smackdown you ask? Well, it can take on many differnt forms depending on who you ask but for the sake of our discussion a Smackdown is when people get up and they have a very limited time to share information about their favorite technology tool or trick. It could be anywhere from 60 seconds to 3 minutes.
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SpeechTechie
DECEMBER 5, 2010
'The 2010 Edublogs awards are here, and I am REALLY excited and thankful to have been shortlisted in the Best New Blog category (thanks again to Chris Burgaj ). Voting is open until December 14, so please click on over and give me a vote! Click on the Badge to vote for SpeechTechie in the Best New Blog Category! Please also consider voting for my Speechie Slate (great to see so many of us, if unfortunately not everyone I nominated, represented)-click where it says "The Edublog Award Categories"
EdTechSandyK
DECEMBER 6, 2010
'Yesterday the New York Times published the article As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up. It received a great deal of buzz on Twitter and with good reason - it''s one of the best articles on this subject that I''ve seen, touching on many sides of this complicated issue. I reshared it on Twitter and also shared it on Facebook and now I''m blogging about it.
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A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 9, 2010
'Upon becoming Principal of New Milford High School in June of 2007 I made it one of my primary goals to work hard at sharing with my stakeholders all of the accomplishments centered around teaching and learning occurring on a routine basis. As Principal I was aware of these things, but I was pretty sure that the majority of the educational community was not.
The Web20Classroom
DECEMBER 9, 2010
'Globe Genie tags: maps googlemaps favorite A Primer on Personal Learning Networks For Administrators tags: pln socialnetworking favorite The Importance of Student Journals and How to Respond Efficiently | Edutopia tags: journals criticalthinking writing favorite 12 Coolest Search Engines You’ve Never Heard Of tags: search favorite Podcasts From The Library of Congress tags: podcasts libraryofcongress favorite Posted from Diigo.
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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 8, 2010
'Had to share this wonderful video of a person (me) taking a video of one of our students taking a video of a YouTube video. The reason? -- portability of course. The student''s video was to be used to practice for a history project outside , and if you live on Maui where the weather is mild, outside is a much more desirable place to be! (??? ? ) This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 6, 2010
'Last year I had the honor of sharing two guest posts written by New Milford High School Students. I am excited to welcome senior Meredith McCann to A Principal''s Reflections. This is the first of two posts written by Meredith that I will be sharing. Please leave comments as they will be shared with her. Decision-making is not always easy, especially when one decision will affect how you will spend the next four years of your life.
The Web20Classroom
DECEMBER 4, 2010
'Cross Posted At [link] Depending on who you listen to, this is a really great time to be an educator or a really bad time to be one. On one side you have those that would have you believe our education system is broken, un-fixable, so far beyond repair that they reach at straws trying to find something that will bring us back from the brink of disaster.
SpeechTechie
DECEMBER 9, 2010
'Many of us shy away from math curricula and concepts ( or are teaching skills that classroom teachers consider to be mathematical without knowing it, as SLPTanya recently pointed out ), but truth is, there is a TON of language in current math curricula, from vocabulary to sequencing of steps, etc. Valerie Lill, one of my co-bloggers at ADVANCE also wrote a great post on this topic recently.
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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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 5, 2010
'Created this page for our history teacher to access the series "A Class Divided". A Class Divided, from PBS The nice thing about this simple set-up is that students can submit comments. In fact, I set it up so that anyone can comment, but "Always Moderate" is my safety net. (??? ? ) This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
DECEMBER 6, 2010
'In their 7th year, the Edublog Awards are a chance to celebrate blogging, social media, and Web 2.0 in education. I should note that I am co-host of the actual awards ceremony, that Classroom 2.0 is both a previous winner of an Edublog Award and the co-sponsor of the event, and that projects of mine have received 10 nominations this year. With those appropriate caveats, let me encourage you to go to the award site and vote !
The Web20Classroom
DECEMBER 10, 2010
'How to Teach With Google Earth tags: googleearth favorite Plagiarism Tutorial tags: plagiarism favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
SpeechTechie
DECEMBER 8, 2010
'Hi folks, Two posts to tell you about that recently published elsewhere: Please check out my post on ADVANCE about YouTube, an amazing therapy resource. The post contains strategies for minimizing student distraction when using a YouTube video, and also how you can still avail yourself of the site if your district blocks YouTube. Gingerbread! It''s a reasonably non-sectarian topic for speech and language therapy around the holidays.
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The Daring Librarian
DECEMBER 5, 2010
'photo © 2007 Darren Stone | more info (via: Wylio ) A Year in Review What an amazing & astonishing year it has been for our PLN (that''s you, too dear reader!), Geek Tribe, & Librarians! So many of our tribe have been recognized by the Edublog Award Nominations for our achievements in the last year - it''s astonishing! This posting is an unashamed and repentant thank you & celebration of what we ALL have done in the last year.
Connecting 2 the World
DECEMBER 7, 2010
This has been some time in coming. I wanted to think through some of the options based on my earlier post on this issue. In reviewing all the factors, I wanted to develop an economic or funding model that could be implemented sooner, rather than later. However, I realized that I have seen at least 3 models in use that have been effective over the last decade.
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