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Climate is Everything

A Principal's Reflections

Manzo asked the students to take out their mobile devices and submit their questionnaire answers using Poll Everywhere. This was an extremely significant event as this represented the first time that a teacher and students used mobile devices in NMHS as a learning tool.

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New Year, New Adventures

A Principal's Reflections

Each September I am excited like most educators to get back to business doing everything I can to help students succeed. Many of the initiatives I am about to briefly discuss are not new to the field of education, but they are to NMHS. So what''s on the horizon at my school? Here is a quick synopsis: 1.

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to produce a live event called Learn@Lunch: Technology as an Engagement Tool. You can view the archive of the event here. The first small change was my philosophical enlightenment as to the educational value to web 2.0

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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Deeper Learning With Personal Devices

Edsurge

If used intentionally, mobile devices can be an express pass to exploring beyond the walls of our schools. To ensure educators maintain a professional demeanor while communicating with students, it's possible to use apps such as Google docs or Evernote rather than basic email/texting on mobile devices. Jennifer R.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. He also had students use Poll Everywhere to check for understanding in the beginning of the lesson. This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day.

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Student Response in the Classroom

Hansen's Link to Tech

Free Socrative: smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Free Poll Everywhere : simple response system that works well with live audience by polling them using mobile devices.

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Here's what you missed at the MidWest Technology Conference 2014 #METC14

MSEDTechie

Have current events section to follow major news stories. You can create an educators account for free. Take a piece of video and add pop ups and images that will pop up. Take history channel clips and have students annotate the video. Or pre annotate it. Fake twitter feeds. Ideas: Include vocab words in a song.