A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 20, 2022

In a world where technology is embedded in so many facets of society, it is incumbent upon leaders to look for ways to level up. Social media is, and still represents, one of the most powerful ways to move a learning culture forward and engage with stakeholders. You get what you model, for better or for worse.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2020

If you do not have a PLC at your school but you want to engage in an online conversation with other educators, check out my Facebook page ! How do you make time to connect with your students so they feel supported in their learning? How have you used technology in your class to spark student creativity and foster collaboration?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Volunteer Facebook engineers helped a district create something truly personal. Building any technology platform from the ground up can be a monumental task, but in the educational sector everything from tight budgets to a lack of support to spare technical resources can make the task that much more difficult.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

The future of education is technological. In order to prepare students for the future, the practices of teaching and learning – indeed the whole notion of “school” – must embrace tech-centered courseware and curriculum. To resist technology, therefore, is to undermine students’ opportunities.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Talk about the real human beings who create and manage the technology as well as the real human beings who are impacted by technology. Williams, who serves as a Learning and Technology Resources Specialist with Florida Diagnostic & Resources Learning System ( FDLRS ). with parents? with students?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In 2015, Travis was named TIE Technology Leader of the Year, which recognized his work integrating technology into his classroom. Travis believes that by empowering learners to drive their learning we can start to create a new system that honors all learners and their cultures.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

Although it has been challenging, it has also provided a good opportunity for educators to embrace and create new learning experiences and design collaborative learning environments for students. It may have been a year with more technology used than in the past few years for some educators.

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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. Text There is nothing easier than whipping up a tweet or update to be posted on Facebook or LinkedIn. The link is then shared across LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 2, 2017

The post Join the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready to Shake Up Learning in 2017? Join our Facebook Group! Looking to connect and learn with like-minded educators? I just joined the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group! You asked, and I listened.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 13, 2017

If Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters looked deep into the world of personalized learning, they would quickly note that one of the biggest misconceptions schools and teachers have is that personalization equals technology.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Escape technology, people, and worries. Facebook groups, pages and live events. Tips and Resources. “Take rest; a ?eld

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

“Social media has offered us a platform where we can learn from and with the smartest people we ‘meet’ from around the world, whenever we need to or are ready to go.” Scott McLeod & Chris Lehman The School Leader’s Guide to Social Media Personal Learning Networks existed long before there was an Internet.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Impressed by the learning environment at Summit Public Schools, Facebook said Thursday that the social network teamed up with the charter school network to revamp an online education tool. ” Facebook joins other tech firms that have donated money and tech skills to better educate students nationwide. .

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 1, 2016

Many school leaders and education professionals tout personalized learning as the future of learning. With this information, you can start the personalization process, whether that dictates how students continue using the tool or how they will complete other class assignments. Step 2: Prepare Your Learning Formats.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books !

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Not yet convinced?

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible.

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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. But that communications strategy went beyond just sharing stories with families and teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Technology has vastly disrupted and improved numerous sectors around the world, be it the government and banking, or retail and marketing. Unsurprisingly, technology is also impacting the world of education. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 19, 2024

Department of Education issued the 2010 National Education Technology Plan. I saw what my daughter and her friends were doing on Facebook and immediately saw how “social networking” could benefit the entire education community and enable us to break down the silos that have always existed in education.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. Thanks for joining me for another reflective look at 21st Century Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them. PleIQ makes it easy to teach and reinforce skills through a variety of learning styles while appealing to all intelligences. Here’s the link to their Facebook page. More on AR .

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 26, 2012

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The following interview took place after Education Week''s Leadership Forum "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning" on 10/5/10 in Washington D.C. In order to increase access and use I am now utilizing Facebook with students and parents in my District.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

The construction of a PLN enables educators to harness the power inherent in 21st Century technologies in order to create a professional growth tool that is accessible whenever, wherever. Image Credit [link] Most educators I talk to have no idea where to begin when attempting to create a PLN that meets their teaching and learning needs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Personalized learning is all the rage. Personalized learning environments can help unleash the power and potential of students to do just that. Fortunately, a tried-and-trued model of personalized learning has been around for more than 100 years. I’d never learned to do that before.”.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does. Not only can you set it up to monitor the Web (news, blogs, videos, forums, images), but you can also have it monitor mentions on Facebook and Twitter if you want.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

When principals hear the words Twitter and Facebook they cringe. This is true, in many cases, when these tools are used for personal use. Quite simply, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have improved my effectiveness and efficiency as an educational leader. We are making learning relevant, meaningful, and creative!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Think Facebook. What is a “Platform”?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Many people in education talk a great game when it comes to the effective use of technology, but the results (lack there of) speak for themselves. Don''t wait another second to start building a Personal Learning Network (PLN). Consistency aligned with intent is key. Our students deserve and demand better.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 1, 2017

Digital natives are individuals who were born during or after the surge of digital technologies (the internet, mobile devices etc.). In addition, because technology changes so quickly, they have adapted to it and are not scared of new innovation; in fact most get very excited about it. Learn from the digital natives!

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them. PleIQ makes it easy to teach and reinforce skills though a variety of learning styles while appealing to all intelligences. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Learning how to behave online responsibly and safely—a concept known as digital citizenship—requires access to social media tools in schools, they note. They also invite in experts into the Facebook groups who can guide dialog or answer student questions. We must keep learning first. We cannot be governed by fear.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 21, 2019

The thought of a machine capable of learning is indeed scary. You may remember some headlines a while ago about Facebook shutting down its AI program after it has invented its own language. What if such a machine would assess the learning progress of students and then be able to decide what one student or another should learn next?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

About 95% of educators anticipate that their districts will provide technology to support learning. Educators also felt more prepared to incorporate technology into classroom teaching. Lexia has helped teachers and students to keep literacy learning progressing even through the disruptions in the 2020-21 academic year.

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