A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

One of the best parts about job-embedded, on-going work with school districts is facilitating a variety of professional learning opportunities. Recently the district asked me to be a part of their professional development day, which consisted of seven different learning strands specific to the needs and interests of their teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As each teacher downloads their favorites, students spend as much time learning the app as applying it academically. Educational Applications. Educreations. One of the standouts in this screencasting field is Educreations. Educational Applications. Educational Applications. full access to Google Drive.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 26, 2015

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Remember to add these through the Admin Console as pushed or recommended apps for your users.( Scroll down to Force-Installed Apps and Extensions ). Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The only catch was that each staff member had to create and present a learning portfolio at his/ her end of year evaluation conference.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Like Kerpoof , thousands of educators are scrambling to replace a fundamental tool that was to be an integral part of their 2016-17 lesson plans. The education account includes a teacher dashboard (there are some differences between teacher log-in on the app and the website), ability to grade assignments, and more. Drawp for School.

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Tom Murray

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Today’s digital world is littered with drill and kill technology, much of it no different than a digital version of the worksheets of years past. Simply digitizing past practice serves little instructional purpose and ultimately leads to low levels of learning.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

. “The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative … productive … learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” Find out more in this post about learning missions.

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 1, 2013

One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Students learn to annotate their thoughts as part of the process. I''ve created the Close Read poster based on the training I received at the Arizona Department of Education, which is largely based on the work of Fisher, Frey, and Lapp. So what makes a text complex ?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Draw and Dash – Each student will need to use a piece of paper or a drawing app like Tackk, Educreations, Magic Paintbrush, or Sketchbook Express. Find the Knowledge Swap handout that accompanies this activity in Learning to Go. Then give each pair a stuffed animal, doll, character, or sock puppet. Give them 30 seconds.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

How can we craft learning environments that take advantage of technology to help students become independent, engaged, and reflective of their work? Having technology is just one important piece. Knowing how to use the technology with the curriculum is critical to crafting a digital age learning environment.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Tech & Learning asked readers. Tech & Learning asked readers. 7% Furniture/New Learning Spaces 3% Security technology (cameras, ID systems, etc.) 7% Furniture/New Learning Spaces 3% Security technology (cameras, ID systems, etc.) Avital Aharon, Director of Educational Technology, TanenbaumCHAT) ?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair questions considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. Most educational conferences have one.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Basically, it turns a classroom upside down (or on it's head) where the learning of a topic is done at home and then they applied practice or "work" is done at school. Top 15 Sites and Apps for a Flipped Learning Answer Pad - The ultimate assessment tool for teachers to use w/ their mobile devices or browser to gauge student's learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day. New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. He used an app on his iPad called Educreations to create the lesson.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 19, 2016

There are some ways to integrate technology in your classroom that adds value to your learning environment and pretty much can be a go to no matter what the lesson plan. It also allows them to be in charge of the path of their learning no matter how "locked down" the requirements for the lesson are. Mind mapping. Collaboration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation.

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MSEDTechie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Using technology everyday and teaching others about it is my passion. As a 21st century educator, it is quite a difficult task, rather a huge challenge to prepare students for college and work-place experiences that don''t even exist yet. Afterall, that''s when real learning takes place right?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Others will bypass weighty sessions at NewSchools Venture Fund summit altogether, preferring to tinker with dozens of new tools and products that promise to “transform teaching and learning.’’.

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Leading with Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Having experienced the iPad in all aspect of their day and learning process for two years, what new learning would they possibly get from the device? ” I was trying not to show disappointment, I was hoping to hear, “we finally get to use our learning tool” and “cool learning apps.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. BreakoutEDU.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. Adobe Spark . BreakoutEDU.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Technology is changing the way we see literacy. From the book " Blended Learning in Action " (Corwin) How to Use These 4 Social Media Tools Here are four picting apps that will give your students ownership of their learning, share your classroom culture, and make your classroom more engaging. In short, picting has arrived.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 26, 2013

As educators we want to create awesome lessons and projects for our students, but we all struggle with just one problem. I had a the opportunity to attend a workshop on "5 Minute Mobile Projects" for students at the Midwest Technology conference. The awesome presenter was Greg Lawrence.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

” Unfortunately, what may be next is the same as all the other tech industries: an over reliance on the big 5 (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon) Well, what is Imagine K12, and why do they have to do with education? Imagine K12 is a startup incubator out of California based on education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” Why switch to personalized learning?

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. Lessons learned from above district: Don''t jump in to quickly.

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MSEDTechie

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

They can be used to transform learning inside and outside of the classroom, and offer limitless opportunities. Many educators are effectively integrating technology in the classroom using iPads to achieve the 4C’s , or “super skills,” that digital learners need to compete in our global society. What’s the SAMR Model?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I read an interesting article in EdSurge last week about how current educational technologies do little to move learners beyond rote recall of knowledge and it caught me off guard. It was not the belief that technology has yet to be harnessed to its highest potential that surprised me.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2015

Suzy Brooks ( @SimplySuzy ) first introduced me to the concept of using technology to create learning centers through her creative use of her SMARTBoard. Meghan has her students use the free apps from the Math Learning Center , take screenshots, and then share their thinking by using the recording features in Explain Everything.

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

Over the last 13 years, I have spent my career in education in the Springdale School District in Springdale, AR. As I have seen the boom in EdTech over the recent years in our district, I have really paid attention to the technology tools that are available to help our ELL students succeed.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Whether your role is as an administrator, teacher, parent, or student leader, if you’re reading this, you are probably interested in helping other school community stakeholders understand the power of technology in a teaching and learning environment.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Tis the season when our learners love to learn from stuff of our nightmares as they celebrate Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls’ Day and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Frightful Learning! “There is magic, but you have to be the magician.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Tis the season when our learners love to learn from stuff of our nightmares as they celebrate Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls’ Day and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Frightful Learning! “There is magic, but you have to be the magician.

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Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 7, 2019

#OneWord2019 My colleagues at the Fayetteville School District and I often have conversations about how we want students to use educational technology for more than just consumption. We want them to contribute while engaged in blended learning lesions and tasks. EduCreations 6. My Top Tools for Contribution 1. FlipGrid 4.

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