Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. Click to sign up.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 19, 2020

willrich45 on Twitter. Freedom to Learn. Personal Learning Networks. Learning on the Blog. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. The future of learning [VIDEO]. 5 videos on connected learning from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub [VIDEOS].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. Click to sign up.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2017

My primary objective for all multiday workshops is to illustrate the vital role that technology can play in improving teaching, learning, and leadership. Most of the first day is spent on emphasizing the importance of a pedagogy first, technology second mindset. Technology comes and goes. Engagement is one of them.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The Personal Learning Network (PLN) that I''ve built on Twitter over the past couple of months has become an amazing resource for learning about what''s going on in the educational technology world. One thing I''ve learned about using the web and Web 2.0 Tons of informational resources there!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and Google Hangouts to collaborate.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

Webinars Improved bandwidth and increased access to technology have helped learning through webinars gain in popularity. The ability to stop and restart compensates for many of the challenges educators face when it comes to making the time to learn. To learn more about creating or improving a PLN, click HERE.

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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. Links to your resources and work can be archived and annotated using a social bookmarking tool such as Diigo. Images Here is where you can really begin to leverage digital assets.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2014

As a result I chastised my friends and made sure that the environment at my school was not only free of this stupid entity, but also other forms of distracting technologies that would interfere with student learning. This is how I saw social media and mobile technology back in 2009. Here is what I now know and believe.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

In MTI 562 The Tech-infused Teacher, you will use a suite of digital tools to make your lesson plans pop while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assess student technology use organically. Twitter in the Classroom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. Recommended Tools. – Peter Drucker. Add video, pdfs, etc.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 5, 2015

I had the privilege of presenting at the Wisconsin Technology Initiative on December 5, 2015. My topic was how to get started in building one’s personal learning network. Teachers in mathematics, science, technology, physical education, art, social studies, and special education were represented.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

So the other day I tweeted out this comment, “I am amazed each day to see so much educational progress in my Twitter feed. 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. This should be the norm, not the exception.”

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Up until this point I really didn’t have a clue as to what it was all about except that it was a social media tool that functioned like an electronic bulletin board. As I began to piece together resources on Personal Learning Networks(PLN’s) , I lost track of time and ended staying up well past my bedtime.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. Recommended Tools. – Peter Drucker. Add video, pdfs, etc.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

Digs deeper into digital tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Accounts for blog, Google, Twitter, various web-based tools, class wiki.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

It is a shame that the growth of leaders, and all educators for that matter, is a trivial concern to districts and so called reformers, unless it is solely related to the Common Core, PARCC, SGO’s (in NJ at least), or a teacher/principal evaluation tool. Now more than ever leaders need to take control of their learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In my position as K-12 Director of Technology Integration and Innovation in the Spotswood School District, I am assisting with the district’s transition to Google Apps for Education (GAFE) as well as working with teachers on the effective integration of technology. Within minutes I was bombarded with so many new tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Click to join.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 22, 2012

If you''re looking for a social media tool to get started with in your role as a 21st century administrator, start with Twitter. If you are at a loss for some ways to use this technology, here''s some suggestions based on my own experience. Twitter as a listening tool : I have access to two Twitter accounts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They worked together as a Personal Learning Network.

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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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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.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? So when you’re scrolling through your Twitter feed and see something that a fellow teacher shared, you can simply save it for later. Tools such as Mendeley , Zotero , and EndNote help you build and manage a reading list.

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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. Having the technology without a solid lesson plan is no better than having a good lesson plan, but poor tech implementation. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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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. tools and how they can be utilized for teaching and learning. For more information on Twitter check out this video.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Blend technology smoothly into your curriculum making it a tool, not a distraction.

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

The classroom is no longer the only location where learning takes place. If today’s learner has a need to learn something that has meaning to him/her, he/she can access information and tools to curate, communicate, collaborate and create without any help from someone standing at the head of the class.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 17, 2013

What about technology? If I were to ask you what are the sharpest tools in your box, what would you say? What would be the 8 technologies you couldn''t possibly do without? Here are my 8 essential tools: 1) Twitter, because as I recently said in a YouTube video , it is immediate, social and personal.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

What I recall about it now is that he didn’t make use of a bunch of different tools. Instead, he used a familiar set of educational technologies, but often used them in unfamiliar ways. This gave me such a sense of presence and being with the people who were entering into a learning community together.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

After reading an article in the local Sunday paper on Twitter I decided to step outside my comfort zone, disregard the perception that I had, and began to use social media as a leadership tool. What I lacked was education on how all aspects of technology could be used to enhance learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2016

Starting January 18th, I’ll be teaching a class on blending technology into your classroom: the Tech-Infused Teacher — January 18th-February 21st. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Rely on a Personal Learning Network.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. More and more schools have gone 1:1 thanks to the cost-effectiveness of the Chromebook and cloud-based tools. What should be removed?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 27, 2017

When it came to technology and innovation, I was great at telling others what they should be doing. After getting on Twitter in 2009 I realized that we had to be better for our kids. Basically he told me that no one was integrating technology or implementing innovative ideas because I wasn’t doing any of it myself.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

Will and I met virtually on Twitter way back in 2009. At the time he was known as @peoplegogy on Twitter. Our connection began like many other educators who use social media as part of a Personal Learning Network – we wanted to learn, grow, and get better. Image credit https://behappy.me

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

I was devastated to learn a few weeks back that Google Reader was getting the ax. I took solace knowing that many of the other Google tools that I have become quite attached to were still around. My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does.

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