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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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2015

What are the school factors that influence student learning and ultimately achievement? When I began to develop a shared vision and strategic plan for change with my staff back in 2009 I referred to the Katgar Model of Change. Today’s leaders have a great advantage when it comes to learning and that is social media.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. How can we reach a place in education where students find their own level and make their own pathways through learning? Students can, and do, create their own personalised learning pathways.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 4, 2013

This is the second post in my series of retrospective reviews on seminal books about learning and technology. I have scoured my personal book library in search of a dozen books that have influenced my own thinking, and share a synopsis of their contents with you. She saw for example that we can easily deceived ourselves: ''.

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My Island View

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I was somewhat disturbed about a recent post by a friend and connected colleague concerning the state of Twitter and its use by some individuals in what is now fast becoming the education social media culture. Social Media has changed that for educators. Sharing Is Not Bragging. That is the goal we want to achieve.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

Six Degrees of Separation is a useful book because it illuminates the science behind our daily use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Watts, for example, discusses the nature of biological viruses and uses the concept as a means to develop his ideas and theories around social connections in a digital world.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 7, 2015

We are inviting others from our networks to help us make sure we have covered the most important aspects of networks, and the most important references and models out there. Because if we are going to write about networks, we may as well leverage our networks to make it even better.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 20, 2015

I have written a lot about Personal Learning Environments in the past, especially when they were emerging as a concept, and sounded quite new. PLEs could be created by anyone, using just about any tool or technology, and we expanded the idea to embrace other elements such as real experiences and people (Personal Learning Networks).

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 29, 2012

Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn) When he made this statement at Babson College in May 2012, Reid Hoffman was referring to startup companies, but he could very well have been giving advice to any undergraduate student, or indeed any teacher or academic. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Let's be honest.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 26, 2013

What can we learn from digital curation of content? I wrote about this new model question recently, and critiqued it in the context of emergent forms of digital learning. But all discussions need a reference point, a starting place from where the arguments can proceed. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

In addition to her solo posts, sharing thoughts and discoveries, Jennifer’s podcasts feature interviews with teachers, learning experts, parents, and other people who make things happen in education. So explore the site, sign up for my weekly tips, or follow along on social media. Kasey Bell’s Shake Up Learning.

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 22, 2015

Social media is unlike any other community, if you want to call it that. The most common reason seems to be for personal beliefs, often conflated by a political party. For example, a few people in a person’s circle will post something that runs counter to his or her belief system. They are just gone.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 22, 2016

(This is more about me reflecting to learn, as opposed to sharing my learning so please excuse the length of the post. Often people refer to the idea of a “personal learning network” when discussing Twitter, yet there are so many posts on how people are using Twitter wrong, that it doesn’t seem that personal.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

I use Twitter as a professional personal learning network builder - not as just a social outlet.though I''m thrilled to say some of my PLN have become my personal friends.so I love to find new blogs to learn from! Yes, a real pic of a real person matters. Ppl I can learn from. Everything!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 16, 2016

There’s one complaint about technology that I hear from almost every single person I talk to: it’s just plain overwhelming. There’s too much to learn. Between ed tech for your classroom and the technology you use in your personal life, there’s always going to be a massive amount of tools you wish you could explore and master.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

It is not that our students are actually learning differently per se, but the environment in which they are learning is dramatically different. Uncommon learning refers to initiatives and pedagogical techniques that are not present in scale in a typical school or district.

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MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

Along with Google search, Wikipedia has become the first point of reference for most of us. At least, it does in the social space. In formal centers of learning, old habits die hard. The tension between open, social learning and the formal, enclosed variety is becoming untenable. Getty By David Price.

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MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

Along with Google search, Wikipedia has become the first point of reference for most of us. At least, it does in the social space. In formal centers of learning, old habits die hard. The tension between open, social learning and the formal, enclosed variety is becoming untenable. By David Price. DO IT YOURSELF.

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