A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

It is time to realize that social media, technology, and the change process are not the enemy. We have learned to give up control, view failure as not always a bad thing as long as we learn from our mistakes, to be flexible, provide adequate support, and take calculated risks if we are to truly innovate.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to visit schools that are using social media, smartphones, texting, and other digital technologies, as a vital part of daily classroom instruction. Principal Sheninger obviously sees that social media and students bringing in their own technology are great educational tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2015

This ends up resulting in the formation of rules and policies that severely restrict or prohibit student use of mobile technology and social media as tools to support and/or enhance learning. As the presentation began to focus on mobile learning initiatives a hand immediately went up. Here we go!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

The Tools Of Mobile Learning. Many schools have proceeded through various stages of student tech, from BYOD (‘Bring Your Own Devices’) to iPads, to Chromebooks. However, despite the technology, many educators often have difficulty offering flexibility and spontaneity within their blended learning instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 10, 2016

Through my work I have seen in person, and through social media, some amazing examples of what education can and should be. Image credit: [link] This change process recipe can be applied to virtually any initiative from homework to mobile learning (BYOD, 1:1), to changes to the school schedule, and anything else.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

Those who presented raised questions around the digital divide, the changing shape of schools, the impact of information and communication technology on learning gain, the ongoing debate about whether schools should filter social media sites, and the use of new and emerging technologies in education.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

But because students are saturated with media, the quality of the videos they consume need to be sleeker, more polished and to the point to maintain their interest. Video plays an important role in all of these alternative modes of learning experience (Brame, 2015) and will continue to do so with future developments. Parlour, A.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 19, 2015

1:1 Flipping Makerspace Genius Hour Common Core Mobile Learning Design Thinking Google Classroom Brain Based Learning Project Based Learning Learning Management Systems Transformative Brain Based Learning Spaces Sheesh.I We''re not a 1:1 or total BYOD school. How about Social Media?

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

Technology makes it easier to personalize every lesson for different students with tools like Books That Grow , an online, leveled reading platform, or Activate Instruction , a personalized learning “playlist” tool. Some teachers are understandably unsure about bringing social networks like Facebook or Twitter into their classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Thursday, April 24th Learning Revolution Conference All Day , Join us for a full day of conference sessions, plus five (yes, five!) great keynote speakers - 7am with Pat Farenga on "What is the role of the teacher when children learn on their own?," Hot Topic: BYOD. There''s a lot of talk around BYOD this week in Classroom 2.0.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is often used interchangeably with other acronyms such as BYOT (Bring Your own Technology), BYOPC ( Bring your Own PC), BYOP ( Bring Your Own Phone). The essence of BYOD revolves around encouraging and permitting students to bring their own personally-owned electronic gadgets to class.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2013

I think ultimately, the biggest game changer which has been going on for some time now, is mobile learning. Using your own personal devices to access learning, access peer groups, access social networking, access the ability to create and share content, anywhere and everywhere.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Pulling from practitioner examples, this chapter will look at many variations of the flipped classroom with an emphasis on how educators themselves can create short, interactive learning experiences that provide more time for the application of concepts during class.

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