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Climate is Everything

A Principal's Reflections

Benjamin Franklin), their biography, and a Facebook template. The nature of the activity was for the students to create a Facebook page for their important Patriot as the students envisioned it would look if they were alive today. Prior to beginning this assignment, Ms.

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

cell phones) responsibly as a tool for learning in certain classes using free programs such as Poll Everywhere. Facebook has been an incredible tool to share realtime information, student achievements, and staff innovations. We also had to trust they would use their mobile learning devices (i.e.

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Draw on Student Interests to Make the Common Core Work for You

Educator Innovator

And Facebook is over ). Poll Everywhere ( [link] ) is a great digital tool that you can use to survey your students about anything, from fun, getting-to-know-you questions to provocative questions related to your subject matter. The problem was that I didn’t let my students teach me.