A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 2, 2010
'The other day I was reading an article in the New York Times entitled " In Reassessing Schools, a Lot of Bad News to Break ". The following comment in the article stuck out to me and others on Twitter: “There are two reactions those of us in this business can have,” said Geoffrey Canada, the chief executive of the Harlem Children’s Zone, which operates the school.
The Web20Classroom
AUGUST 6, 2010
'Last week I asked for your ideas on how you make connections with kids on the first days of school. I am overwhelmed by the response. With right at 80 ideas there is surely something here for everyone, or at least a new idea to try. I wanted to highlight a few of my favorites: On day 1, I introduce my new gr. 7 students to their Google Docs account, along with the help of the my gr. 8 students who used it last year.
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SpeechTechie
AUGUST 6, 2010
'TODAY for free on iTunes Store, iTouchiLearn Words , a cute app that can be used to review basic vocabulary and written word to word/picture matching. I also really like the app''s animations, which are funny and can be used to model and elicit complex sentences and semantic associations. For example: This fun animation (selected when you tap the picture of a pool on the animations menu) illustrates the words pool, splash, jump, wet.
The Daring Librarian
JULY 31, 2010
'Learning Something Every Day! Mark Moran of Finding Dulcinea told me in Denver about this AWEsome new site that Sweet Search created and was launching for schools but it wasn''t ready yet for me to tell you, dear reader.until NOW! YAY! As someone who helps to run a TV Studio every day in their school this site is going to be a lifesaver! Our MHTV studio uses news sources on our MHTV Wiki like Britannica''s StudentNews.net to create our national news stories.
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A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 6, 2010
'Yesterday was a particularly busy day for me. In the midst of interviewing candidates for an open vice principal position, calling prospective teachers, and going through mounds of paperwork I managed to make the time to video conference with administrators and educational stakeholders in Virginia, Iowa, New York, and Florida. Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to m
The Web20Classroom
AUGUST 1, 2010
'Well, Summer, at least in my part of the world is coming to an end. In 3 weeks our kids will be back in school. Others have either already started or getting ready to start and others will wait until after Labor Day. Last year around this time I ran a post asking for your tips, tricks, ideas and resources for the first days of school. There were so many cool and neat ideas for starting the school year.
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The Daring Librarian
AUGUST 2, 2010
'WOW! Thank you Lauren Barak & School Library Journal for the lovely article - (update: that doesn''t work anymore! Doh!) pinch me! I hope my principal Mr. Donyall Dickey doesn''t get irked by the last line.but I''m ready to help him set up his blog.when he''s ready! He''s a great Admin, very supportive & inspiring, and has a lot to share! He also wrote a book!
SpeechTechie
AUGUST 2, 2010
'Hi Folks- sorry for the radio silence but I was away on a great trip to Amsterdam, Paris, and London. Had so much fun and it was wonderful to see some (slightly) different cultures. I missed writing here, so I am ready to get going again. I''m wondering how many of you are already back at school? It''s helpful to know, as people are probably in various stages of readiness to think about school at all!
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