The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 21, 2013

When I was teaching science one of the best lessons I learned was about formative assessment. Either way it gave valuable insight to how the students were learning but also could help shape the lesson for the next day. These provide a virtual corkboard for students to leave notes of questions or comments on their learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2011

Like most educators in the blogging world I see the inherit value in educational technology. The rationale for placing IWB''s at the top of the list included the ability to manipulate virtual objects/data and cater to multiple learning styles (tactile, visual). application like Poll Everywhere.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Eamil we and we can talk about a powerful interactive online workshop for educators that models blended learning best practices. As we do this… what lessons can be learned? Thanks so much.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 21, 2010

While learning about Immigration in Rebecca Millan’s American History 2 class during the week of October 4, students created interactive Glogster posters. Manzo asked the students to take out their mobile devices and submit their questionnaire answers using Poll Everywhere. On a side note, Ms.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2018

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Co-Written with my friend and business partner Shaelynn Farnsworth In all the work that Shaelynn and I do with teachers across the US and beyond we see educators creating amazing learning environments for students. On the one hand, they have the traditional methods of accessing content and assessing what students have learned.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2017

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2013

This year educators in NJ, like many other states across the nation, are still adjusting to new mandates related to teacher evaluation and tenure changes. These rich conversations were just not taking place due to the pressure-filled environment that has been created as a result of education reform in this state. Be present!

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2012

Throughout the entire 2011-2012 school year, we worked to refine our approach, implementation, and learning outcomes for the program. Students are permitted to use their devices for learning during non-instructional time (i.e. Mobile learning devices (i.e. tools such as Poll Everywhere and Celly.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 5, 2016

Never could I have imagined giving twenty different educators a voice during a presentation let alone thousands. Mentimeter – Move over Poll Everywhere. Mentimeter is a great tool that allows you to poll your audience in a variety of ways. You can even create a presentation that has multiple polls.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

While taking the time to set up our SMART Board and applicable technology, we were greeted by Jon Bernstein, the director of the event, in addition to a variety of people representing SMART Technology, Common Sense Media- Digital Passport, Pearson Education, and the Director of Hybrid Learning for Washington DC Public Schools, John Rice.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

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. Yes, I was the Principal at that time, but my perspective and philosophy as to what constituted a 21st Century learning environment was vastly different than what it is today.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2016

While pushing students to learn outside our classrooms is a step in the right direction, how do we ensure that these experiences lead to deeper learning ? While ensuring rigorous learning experiences is critical, we also must be mindful that we run the risk of schooling students out of their curiosity.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 2, 2016

I could reflect back on the previous year, examine what I had learned over the summer and plan for a better year coming up. Either way it gave valuable insight to how the students were learning but also could help shape the lesson for the next day. Another great feature of Poll Everywhere is the data analysis you get.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

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 that I am about to pursue either came directly or indirectly from my Personal Learning Network (PLN). The more I learn about the power of PLC''s the more excited I get!

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The post 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Shake Up Learning community is always chatting and sharing digital tools and lesson ideas for the K12 classroom. Check out Leslie Fisher’s review and video to learn more. ” – Rick Stiggins. .

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Fractus Learning

MAY 5, 2015

I am sure every educator looks forward to staff meetings, right? I want them to be positive, collaborative learning communities, where ideas are shared and staff walks away energized. The staff meeting focus is now one of instruction, professional learning and sharing. Poll Everywhere. Today’s Meet.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 25, 2014

Once considered a distraction, smartphones are now being used by teachers to expand teaching options Lisa Nielsen, who blogs at The Innovative Educator and co-authored “ Teaching Generation Text ,” advocates for cellphone use in classrooms. BYOD / BYOT Cell phones in Education' It was a homework assignment I didn’t have to assign.

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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 also had students use Poll Everywhere to check for understanding in the beginning of the lesson.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With the first month of the school year in the books, I am extremely pleased with how more staff members are embracing educational technology and effectively integrating a variety of tools into instruction. The students in Geometry honors have learned how to use the board’s construction tools.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

For those comfortable experimenting with tech, try the Ask a Question feature in Google Classroom, Poll Everywhere , Google Forms, or Answer Garden. You can do this simply and easily using index cards, post its, or pre-printed slips of paper.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 21, 2017

For the next several weeks I’ll be sharing posts that you can use for your summer learning. School may be out for many but the learning we do as educators can last even outside the classroom. We will then move to some non-educational books that you can use to grow as a learner and a professional. Happy Learning!

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WJU EdTech

MARCH 10, 2015

The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a leading proponent of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). “Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. My strength is visual learning.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

As a teacher, and now as a provider of instructional technology professional development, I find that using five simple strategies can guide educators toward providing the most effective PD. If your educational technology doesn't match their lessons and units, then your clever technology integration ideas may be for naught.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

As a teacher, and now as a provider of instructional technology professional development, I find that using five simple strategies can guide educators toward providing the most effective PD. If your educational technology doesn't match their lessons and units, then your clever technology integration ideas may be for naught.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I hear this and think there is a parallel to education. We have around 180 days each year to drive our students’ learning. In education, our GPS is our lesson plan. Your lesson plan is a sequence of well-organized learning experiences that connects instructional events. Think about a highway.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

MARCH 5, 2014

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. Kahoot : is a classroom response system which creates an engaging learning space, through a game-based digital pedagogy.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I began to think about the 15 years in education and my various experiences. There are so many ways that kids can creatively show you their learning in a timely and efficient manner, and ways teachers can conduct assessments that take away the testing anxiety that plagues so many kids. I used to experience so much test anxiety.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

What I’ve learned over my years of teaching, however, is that starting with student interests in my planning actually reduces the workload—instead of being one more thing to think about, it is the place to start in order to make the learning process flow more smoothly and, most important, make it fun.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

You can create an educators account for free. https://blogush.edublogs.org/2013/06/22/15-assessments-that-dont-suck/ Don Goble -6 word video stories [link] METC eNews student bureau Ladue Broadcast Technology students partner each year with the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC) to provide onsite conference videos of their event.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 10, 2017

And he’s spreading what he learns to the broader educator community, hoping what he’s learning from the CS50 experiment spreads beyond Harvard’s walls to K-12 educators working to fire up kids about computer science. Malan said recently that the “less comfortable” group has dominated his 700-person course. “At

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

My school is a shell of what it once was when one looks at how far we have come in terms of effectively integrating technology, re-envisioning learning spaces, and providing a foundation for a more relevant and meaningful learning experience for all of our students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Formative assessment can supercharge your classroom learning. I would go so far to say that formative assessment is one of the greatest gifts of education technology to the classroom. How can we have evidence of learning in the moment? Poll Everywhere. Tony Vincent likes to learn, teach, and make things.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

It being, that technology, if used responsibly is a great asset for teachers to improve instruction and for students to enhance their learning. I believe helping students to apply what they learn in the classroom to the real world is arguably the greatest responsibility of a teacher. Job well done by this mathematics teacher!

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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. Or, go farther by using technology tools live during these professional learning times.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Compilation of research by respected educational technologists across the nation. Publicizes key trends and challenges and predictions for adoption educational technology. Challenges Current tech practices in schools do not support the demand for personalized learning. Remember to educate your community about BYOT, too!

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