A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media. Artifacts such as assessments, lesson plans, unit plans, projects, and examples of student work can easily be converted to a sharable link using Google Docs.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Like any classroom tool, the youngest learners need good guidance and examples when it comes to engaging with technology in the classroom. And with those questions out of the way, I’d like to share a few of the more interesting examples and tools that you may find effective in the primary setting. My answer, always, is, “Of course!”

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

With more access to mobile devices, teachers can also use more digital content in their lessons, creating more opportunities to enhance student learning. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where K–12 schools can go for personalized learning resources! Empower Students to Seize Their Own Learning. by Wendy McMahon.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

For example, if schools want teachers to manage their time better, they should try to reduce the admin work before creating online courses on time management. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction. The Boston students were able to take their concerns about remote education, COVID safety protocols, and in-person learning to the legislative branch and governor of the state. We see action and change taking place in these students’ examples.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

For example, an English teacher might stumble upon this meta-analysis that looked at 41 summer reading programs across 35 studies and found that lower-income students from kindergarten to eighth grade benefit the most from these programs. Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 11, 2019

for example, educators turned another textbook history lesson into an interactive exploration of the story of their students’ home town, culminating in the development of a virtual museum. “And MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these seven steps to create a project-based learning curriculum. At McKissack Middle School in Nashville, Tenn.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Tract can engage students and get them excited about learning. Tract is a personalized Project-Based Learning (PBL) platform with rich, individualized projects for students that can be tracked and managed from a centralized teacher dashboard.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Take Twitter for example. Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. So the lesson examples throughout the book.

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My Island View

APRIL 20, 2015

The basic principle of Twitter is that if you follow ten people on Twitter, you will only see the tweets of those ten people. If you add a Hashtag, #Edchat for example, the range of your tweet is extended beyond your ten followers to thousands of educators who follow that specific #Edchat hashtag on a search column.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Twitter has become the most widely used medium for sharing stories about BCPS.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

There are well-known cost savings with cloud solutions; for example, fewer servers and less hardware. As educators move away from sit-and-get instruction, the spaces where learning takes place need adjustments to foster collaboration and personalized learning, and virtualization is a valuable tool in this endeavor.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Educators can build students’ self-confidence by maintaining communication and encouraging all students to take some control of their own learning. Personalized learning tools provided through one-to-one device programs have proved to be a great help in fostering classroom equity. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

It also found that teachers highly value technology to increase flexible, active and personalized learning opportunities. Increasing personalization is precisely what Google had in mind when it announced a new batch of 2-in-1 Chromebooks in mid-January. CDW Segment. Original or Curated. Customer Focused. Buying Cycle.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

While autonomous school buses may be far down the road, companies like RobotLAB are already designing interactive learning experiences that incorporate autonomous machine s to teach programming. This means schools will need to improve curricula addressing responsible technology use and online presence. . AI-Driven Development. Blockchain.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2017

When a student tweets at their school’s Twitter handle, chances are they don’t expect a response–it’s like tweeting at Starbucks, or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—you feel like you’re talking to an entity that’s far too busy and important to ever respond to you. Twitter’s a great place to spitball ideas with your peers.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. After the course, they have contributed to our collaborative Pinterest boards, created and shared on Twitter, attempted missions and received digital badges, and kept digital portfolios.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

Office 365 Updates Drive Personalized Learning. Personalized learning was the major thread connecting Office 365 updates. Microsoft’s Learning Tools for OneNote already create accessibility by supporting students with disabilities and learning differences. CDW Segment. Original or Curated. Customer Focused.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

Motivated and inspired I then began to seek out research and more examples of successful implementation that aligned with our goals while addressing specific challenges. Since many of my queries when out through Twitter at the time that is how I received the majority of the information for consumption.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 5, 2010

Recently at #ISTE10 a video was shot, interview several members of my PLN as to why they have one, how they use theirs, and more specifically, how Twitter has helped build that PLN. So those are just a few examples of why a PLN. This is a video I will definitely be using in upcoming trainings and talks. Check it out.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. For example, there is a much larger global conversation going on about recycling and reducing our use of certain materials. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

To offer more personalized learning? It’s OK if your class is not ready for the shiny new trend that pops up on your Twitter feed from time to time. For example, a goal can be to: “Spend one hour less each time I grade papers by using an online grading tool”. Why are you attending the exhibition in the first place?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2018

Sir Ken Robinson, a noted thinker on innovation and creative thinking, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, cited the example of a school in Bihar, India , where parents climbed a school building to deliver cheat sheets to their children. Technology Can Incite Change and Personalize Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

SETDA gives the example of “Bobby,” a sophomore in high school who transferred to a new school after his first semester. This is not just a hypothetical example. Utah teachers are now not only able to keep tabs on how students develop, but they can better develop personalized learning initiatives. by Eli Zimmerman.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Enjoy the read and please know you can contect me anytime at mjgormans@gmail.com or on my X(Twitter) Feed mjgormans. It helps us by learning, solving problems, and making decisions, just like we do! It can make learning more personalized for each student. Give four real world examples for each.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Sponsored by Capella University From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Recently, I became familiar with a fascinating new online learning format called FlexPath from Capella University. In this post, I’ll give you an example. Personalizing Learning.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

The National Center on Universal Design for Learning goes deeper referring to the alternate version of the UDL Guidelines found in the book UDL Theory and Practice by David Rose and Ann Meyers where the order of the principles and the guidelines have changed. They may interview, do observations or survey them about the problem.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out opportunities for schools to apply for personalized learning funding! eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 10/16/2018 - 11:44.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Dillon recognizes that moving forward with technology integration in K-12 is about closing the experience gap so that administrators, teachers and students see examples of how to improve education. As you think about personalized learning, you really must ask your students every other week, “How is this classroom serving you?

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Edutopia has a great article by Vicki Davis entitled "A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom" that goes over these concerns, myths about social media in education and some great tips and examples for using social media. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. facebook Google for Educators google plus social media twitter'

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I I use Twitter a lot. With my example of the bilingual students learning their spelling sight words, we start with a simple lesson — learning the words,” says Innes. CDW Segment. Original or Curated.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. After the course, they have contributed to our collaborative Pinterest boards, created and shared on Twitter, attempted missions and received digital badges, and kept digital portfolios.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is just a quick posting to share a session on building your own Personal Learning Network, that I did for teachers in British Council Bilbao recently (25th September 2010). Mb) Tools for growing your PLN Twitter Twitter is a great tool for starting to reach out to a huge network of teachers.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 4, 2015

There are a lot of folks on the vendor floor at national conferences who will sell you products that supposedly personalize learning, and much of the buzz around something like Khan Academy is that it personalizes the learning for kids. That’s the model of personalization we want to see schools move toward.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

Of districts surveyed in the Cisco report, 90 percent said they leverage technology for personalized learning. For example, one fifth-grade class was able to conference with a prosthetics expert after engineering prosthetic tails for injured dolphins, according to the Cisco report. by Eli Zimmerman.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 18, 2012

It was in March of 2009 that I decided to give this social networking tool Twitter a try. Obviously my perception of Twitter early on was completely wrong as it has radically molded me into the leader and educator that I am today. I want to brag about my students and staff while providing examples of innovation.

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