Sat.Mar 16, 2013 - Fri.Mar 22, 2013

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Initiating and Sustaining Change

A Principal's Reflections

'This past weekend I was fortunate enough to present at the 2013 Annual ASCD Conference in Chicago. This conference is one of my must attend events of the year and I use it as an opportunity to develop new presentations based on my leadership experiences at New Milford High School. Since we have initiated and sustained quite a few changes that have transformed the teaching and learning culture at my school I felt that sharing the "why" and "how" would benefit others that have experienced difficu

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Google Keep note taking service launched

Educational Technology Guy

'Google has just launched Keep , a note taking service, that is free. It is a cool note taking system, that allows you to quickly jot down notes, checklists, transcribe a voice memo, search your notes, and more. Your notes are saved in Google Drive and synced to all of your devices. There is an Android app for Android 4.0+ and you can access, edit and create new notes on the web at [link] and Google will be adding these functions directly in Google Drive shortly.

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Why Every Conference Should Be A Connected Conference-#ASCD13

The Web20Classroom

'I''ve spent the last several days attending the 2013 ASCD Annual Conference in Chicago. Educators from across the country and across the globe gathered to discuss pressing educational issues and talk about how we can all make teaching and learning better for kids, no matter where they are. I have always been impressed with the caliber of speakers here and the level of educational discussion.

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MOOCs: the big…err, massive…new thing

Mobile Musings

'(cross-posted from K12 Open Ed ). ISTE’s Learning and Leading with Technology (L&L) just published an article I wrote about MOOCs. This article was a step in the progression of some thinking I’ve been doing about deeper professional learning. (Stay tuned for more on that.). As is often the case with print publications, there were several months between the writing of this article and its publication, and a lot has happened since then!

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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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Unwrapping the Common Core Standards

A Principal's Reflections

'Love them or hate them, the Common Core is a reality for the majority of educators and schools across the country. As a principal I am always on the look out for resources that can aid my teachers with the successful implementation of these standards. While attending the 2013 ASCD Conference in Chicago I attended a session entitled Unwrapping Standards to Drive the Adoption of the Common Core State Standards.

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9 Characteristics of 21st Century Mindful School Leadership

The 21st Century Principal

'“Mindfulness is simply noticing the way things are. By being mindful you can transform your life, your organization, and even your community. The first step is to transform yourself.” Maria Gonzalez, Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others “During difficult times,” writes Maria Gonzales, “anyone in a leadership position is scrutinized more closely.

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#macul13 miGoogle Give-Away!

The Electric Educator

'On the 21-22 of March over 4,000 Michigan Educators will descend on Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan for the annual MACUL conference. This conference is the premier EdTech gathering in the state, and one of the largest in the midwest. This annual gathering isn''t the only event sponsored by MACUL. On November 4-5 the second annual miGoogle conference will be held at Brighton High School in Brighton, Michigan.

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mARch: Build Categorization Skills with Adorable AR Animal Flashcards

SpeechTechie

'AR Flashcards-Animal Alphabet ($.99, iPhone/iPad) is another marker-based fun AR visual. After downloading the app, navigate to the website provided to download the animal alphabet flashcards at no additional charge. When printed, they show a 3D animal when viewed within the app. The animals provided here could be used to target letter-sound relationships or categories- sort by farm, pet, forest animal or whatever!

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Tips for Google Reader Users Moving to Feedly

The 21st Century Principal

'For those users who, like myself, who are migrating to using Feedly due to Google Reader''s demise, here''s an excellent blog post from Feedly to help you with that migration process. "Tips for Google Readers Migrating to Feedly" The tips provided even help you customize your RSS reading experience to be more like you are accustom to in Google Reader.

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5 ideas to inspire students to use social media for good

The Innovative Educator

'"High School Musical" star Monique Coleman is a youth empowerment advocate who recently provided advice about using social media to do good. Below is the advice she shared on her site [link] followed by her video where you can hear her for yourself sharing these ideas. If you like what she has to say, you’ll be happy to know you can connect with Monique on Twitter.

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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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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

Collaboration is where two or more people work together to achieve a common objective. In education, the common objective is usually to learn specific content, skills or competencies within defined areas. Ostensibly, learning is an individual goal, and each student does tend to learn in their own way, using their own favoured approaches and tools. We refer to this as personalised learning ( a video explains ).

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Top Podcasts for Educators

The Electric Educator

'I grew on on radio. My family didn''t even have a TV until I was in high school and we never had cable. Radio was our TV. Podcasts have always been a favorite form of media for me, fitting nicely into the "on-demand radio" category. Here are the podcasts that I listen to regularly. EntreLeadership (Dave Ramsey) - this is a business focused podcast under the Dave Ramsey brand however the show is hosted is Chris LoCurto who features short excerpts from Dave''s business seminars and interviews wit

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Feedly: An RSS Reader Replacement for Google Reader

The 21st Century Principal

'With the impending demise of Google Reader, I have been in search for an RSS Reader replacement. As soon as the announcement was made, I was one of "500,000 Users Who Turned to Feedly as an Alternative." I also tried other alternatives suggested on Twitter, such as Newsblur and some desktop software readers such as Feedreader. In the end, I think Feedly is the best choice as a replacement to Google Reader.

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Facebook, Edmodo, & Schoology. Oh my! Choosing a social network platform for learning

The Innovative Educator

'When deciding on a social networking platform to use with your students and/or the school community, there are several considerations to keep in mind. What are the age restrictions of a particular platform? Which platform is most comfortable for students? What are the teaching and learning goals you have in mind? What are your school’s filtering settings?

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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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Collaboration Coaching Chronicles

wwwatanabe

'Today is our last Collaboration Coach Meeting of the school year, and we''re celebrating all they''ve accomplished at their sites. Collaboration Coaching is modeled after the research-based Microsoft Peer Coaching Program , developed by the Peer-Ed Team. The training focuses on coaching and collaboration skills; best practices in lesson design and instruction; and, technology integration and engaging practices.

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mARch: Play with Plants in Cactus AR

SpeechTechie

'Cactus AR is a simple, free app for iPhone and iPad (camera required) that provides you with a context to engage students in "taking care of" an augmented reality plant. After downloading the free app, you can email yourself and print a "marker," a piece of paper that functions like a QR Code. Many AR technologies function this way, by scanning a marker that brings up an image- it''s very cool and will give you a "wow!

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Today - Adam Bessie on the GERM Epidemic: The Global Education Reform Movement

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me today, Thursday, March 21st, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Adam Bessie on "G.E.R.M." - the "Global Education Reform Movement." Adam and graphic journalist Dan Archer explore G.E.R.M. in a three-episode comic titled "The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform" (links below). Pasi Sahlberg, author of Finnish Lessons : What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland?

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3 innovative ways to connect with parents via talking on a cell phone

The Innovative Educator

'This piece was originally posted in SmartBlog on Education. We all know we can use cell phone to make calls, but few realize all the innovative ways simple phone calling technology can help us in building the home-school connection. If you know how to pick up a phone and dial, then it’s time to pick it up a notch and learn about some free and easy to use resources that will help you coordinate and connect with parents in powerful and exciting ways. 1) iPadio Wouldn’t it be great to have a we

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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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Observing a 1:1 School

EdTechnocation.com

'Today, I had the privilege of observing 7th grade classes that participate in a 1:1 laptop program. I sat in on four periods, Science, Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts, during the school day at the University Laboratory School , a public charter school in Hawaii. Each student in the 7th grade is given a Chromebook and a school issued Google Apps for Education account.

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Flipped classroom: Is it something for contingent faculty?

Connecting 2 the World

As my previous posts have discussed, I am part of a training project for the flipped classroom. As part of the training, my teaching was observed and the students filled out an evaluation (anonymously) on the class. In reviewing their comments and feedback, I began to think that perhaps I had made a mistake in being part of the project. I currently am looking for a new job for next year.

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Wednesday Live: Gina Bianchini on Lean In Circles, the Power of Groups, New Mightybell Features, and Q+A

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me for a live and interactive Webinar with Gina Bianchini, founder of Mightybell , on Wednesday, March 20th, to discuss: how Mightybell Lean In Circles are supporting Sherly Sandberg''s Lean In book and movement; Gina''s LinkedIn post on the power of groups; Mightybell''s new ability to add multiple files, videos, and photos to the same post; and your questions about using Mightybell!

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Happy Birthday to The Innovative Educator! You are 5 today, March 19th.

The Innovative Educator

'It was exactly five years ago today that The Innovative Educator took its first step in an effort to publicly become a part of the conversation on learning innovatively. As I shared in my post Why I started a blog and why maybe you should too , this blog was born in great part due to the prodding of blogevangelist Will Richardson who I have since named my Blogfather.

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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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Network technology, disruptive innovation and the future of higher education

Mark Smithers

'Network technology, disruptive innovation and the future from Mark Smithers. This is the invited presentation that I gave at the launch of the SAFFIRE project at the University of Canberra on Monday 18 March, 2013. I was asked by @JonPowles to be provocative and I think I was suitably so. The focus for me was on how disruptive innovations are/will effect higher education.

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Dear Santa Google, All I Want for Christmas is Google Reader Back

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Dear Santa Google, Is there anything we can say or do to change your mind? Christmas in July! -- Now wouldn''t it be something if on July 1st, instead of closing Google Reader, you announced that you will continue to support it? I know it''s not a total pipe dream because you listened to the people and kept Appointment Slots. Please don''t be swayed by those who have no clue as to what the fuss is all about.

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Tuesday Live: Jay Cross on Informal Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me Tuesday, March 19th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Jay Cross on his book Informal Learning : Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance. If you are like me, you are going to love this book, and then you are going to spend hours trying to bridge lessons from its work-world and training focus to students in school.

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The inner net - tool of con (or discon) nection ?

The Innovative Educator

'The problems of our world used to be too big and too distant to know of it widespread existence, but with the internet, our world is small and close for us now to make a difference. We can now get crowds around a cause. Connect ignorance to knowledge The isolated to college Orphans to their fathers Donors to non profits Injustices to those who can stop it.

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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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MentorMob & the Secrets of the Remix Mash-Up YouTube Generation

The Daring Librarian

'as seen through the eyes of a curated MentorMob playlist! Create your own Playlist on MentorMob! What is MentoMob Mentor Mob Features You can easily add steps to your Playlist. A curated & vetted web link, including a YouTube video (make sure to grab the "share" link not the "watch" link) a file, you can write an article card with a preset headline, subhead, & you can add extra text or a graphic.

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Flipping the Writer's conference with a Livescribe Echo Pen

My Paperless Classroom

'This is a second in a series of blog posts looking specifically at flipping the writer''s conference. In this post I use the Livescribe Echo pen. The echo is Livescribe''s wired pen and the output of the pen is a flash-dependent (foreshadowing music) audio-embedded PDF The Fact : Simply stated, writers get to be better writers through conferences. Direct knowledgable response to writing is an absolute game changer.

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The School Leadership Summit Is March 28th - All Welcome! Plus, Call for Volunteers

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Thursday, March 28th, is our inaugural, online, and free School Leadership Summit. [link]. Below you will find information about the event, how to attend, the current schedule of presentations, and a call for volunteers to help moderate sessions (we need you!). Please distribute this information wherever you can. The Summit : The School Leadership Summit is a unique chance to participate in a virtual and collaborative global conversation on school leadership with presentations by practitioners.

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The hottest posts that everyone's reading

The Innovative Educator

'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. Entry Views Why College Kids Shouldn’t Act Like College Kids Mar 7, 2013 3625 John Stossel hated school.

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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.