A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2013

In my case, none more than the never-ending time sap dedicated to paperwork and meetings. Even with the seemingly endless burden imposed by state mandates, we developed a walk-through procedure in order to not only know what is going on in our building, but to also better engage teachers and students in learning conversations.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 5, 2016

Whether during a class, meeting, presentation, or workshop it can be at times extremely difficult to give everyone a voice. Even as I moved to a leadership position the same challenge persisted during faculty meetings. Mentimeter – Move over Poll Everywhere. You can even create a presentation that has multiple polls.

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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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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

JULY 11, 2017

Voxer , Flipgrid , Recap , Seesaw , and Today’s Meet are just a few of the tools that can be used to accommodate the shy kids. For those comfortable experimenting with tech, try the Ask a Question feature in Google Classroom, Poll Everywhere , Google Forms, or Answer Garden.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

MARCH 5, 2014

Kahoot : is a classroom response system which creates an engaging learning space, through a game-based digital pedagogy. Free Poll Everywhere : simple response system that works well with live audience by polling them using mobile devices.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. I know that overwhelmed feeling all too well. The problem was that I didn’t let my students teach me.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

This conference was packed with experts sharing their knowledge with cool and exciting ways to integrate technology in the classroom. I co-presented two workshops this year. Take history channel clips and have students annotate the video. Or pre annotate it. The global read aloud : read together and have a hangout and make connections.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

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. Provide and adapt digital tools for assessment that make sense and are appropriate for a particular learning style.

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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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