A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

'A recent U.S. study, Creativity and Education: Why it Matters , sheds new light on the role of creativity in career success and the growing belief that creativity is not just a personality trait, but a learned skill. A summary of some of the key findings are listed below: Image credit: [link] 85% percent of professionals agree creative thinking is critical for their career success, and 68% of respondents believe creativity is a skill that can be learned.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

'I have had the honor and privilege of spending the last week in Doha, Qatar at the World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE) Conference. This has been an incredible learning experience for me. Reflection is a big part of my learning so I have many thoughts, and ideas going through my mind. Global Thinking-While here I have been exposed to so many different parts of the world and heard about how education works (or doesn''t) in all corners of the global.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

'As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. GCFLearnFree is a program of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and provides quality online learning courses for free. They have a large amount of free computer training resources that are well designed, easy to use and understand, and great for sharing with faculty, staff, and students.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

'I''ve been thinking about writing and how to evolve my students into better writers, but to be honest, I don''t really consider myself an accomplished writer. The irony should be slapping you, dear reader, in the face: I am an English teacher, so shouldn''t I be an accomplished writer? Other than the publishing I''ve done on the copier at school, what I''ve written here on this blog and starting to write for Teachercast , the answer, sadly, is no.

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Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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The Mobile Native

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

'Here are some resources to help start a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiative. 1. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) LiveBinder 2. Infographic: Are Your Going BYOD? 3. Forsyth County Schools BYOT 4. Building on the "Bring Your Own Device" Revolution 5. BYOD Responsible Use Policy 6. BYOD Frequently Asked Questions 7. BYOD Links and Resources.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

'President Obama believes “The quality of math and science teachers is the most important single factor influencing whether students will succeed or fail in science, technology, engineering and math.” The problem is that our “quality” teachers and their administrators are not given the freedom to support children in ways that will produce the scientists and innovators our country needs.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

'It''s that time of year again when the Edublog Awards aim to recognize the best Bloggers, Tweeters and Products. The process to nominate is simple and you can read about it here. I hope you will check out all those that I have nominated and all those nominated by others. The lists of winners and nominated are great ways to build your network and find new voices to follow and read.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

'I love Evernote. It''s no surprise. I use it for everything and even more now in my new job as Chief Information Officer of the district. It allows me to keep everything - notes, files, and more all accessible anywhere on any device. I use the web clipper, Livescribe SkyPen , Android App, web app, and Windows Desktop App. As a teacher, we all used the web version of Outlook.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

'GUEST POST: Continuing the conversation on writing, author MJ Fletcher explains how he first began his adventures with the written word. "What''s that?" I asked my mother as I stared at the explosion of color and action on the cover. "It''s a comic book, do you want it?" Two men locked in mortal combat, one wearing a massive red cape while the other, some type of alien, attacked him.

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

'I''ve been encouraging teachers to use Google Drive (Docs) with their students for several years now. The collaborative and sharing features of Google Drive are unsurpassed and enable tremendous learning opportunities. Managing files to/from students and teachers from Google Drive has always been a bit of a challenge. The advent of shared folders was a great leap forward and provided a much quicker way to setup up the infrastructure to move documents between students and teachers.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

'Music lessons offer children many benefits including aiding mental, physical, emotional and social development. Does your child’s school support this? If not, you may want to share the following benefits of learning to play music. Boosting Brain Power - Taking lessons to learn to play an instrument significantly improves brain power. Research from the University of Kansas suggests that learning at a young age will have an impact on a child’s cognitive skills as they grow older.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

'First year New Milford High School teacher Mrs. Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts. As students engage nonfiction, they learn to grapple with complex ideas and arguments and use those ideas in forming their own opinions.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

'Wanna know more about my Things That Have Me Thinking series? Read more here. Practical PBL-The Challenges of Ongoing Assessment : Problem-Based Learning is growing in its use thanks to multiple resources available. However, one of the challenges that remains is how do we ensure each student in the groups "pull their weight?" Assessing student participation has always been a sticky subject for me.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

'I was putting together a list of free training resources and decided to share it with everyone. If you have some good ones, please share them in the comments. Free Training Resources Windows and Office [link] - great help with Windows and Windows applications [link] - free help and training from Microsoft on their products. Scroll to bottom for older versions.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

'No words can convey the sense of loss and devastation. This is the irony of being an English teacher: I cannot articulate my feelings over this disaster. The island has shaped who I am today and who my children will be. Rebuilding will be a long process that will be ongoing even after the media has turned their eyes to a new story and the fervor for donating has diminished.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

'Like many of us who attended ASHA this week, I still have what is known as the "ASHA Hangover." This does not have to do with consuming adult beverages (though there were a few, I admit) so much as consuming knowledge, walking yards and yards of various carpets and traversing escalators (lots of escalators!) occasionally waiting in long lines, and pretty much talking incessantly leading to my vocal folds going on strike.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

'Last night, the #edchat topic was, "How should teachers deal with colleagues who are comfortable with 19th century and punitive measures for non-compliant students?" Judging by the responses, many teachers either felt they could gently prod this colleague to changing his or her practice. Others did not see this their responsibility at all. They saw it as the responsibility of the administrator.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

'Original post can be found at Teachercast. Dear Friends, The last few days have seen some of the most heartbreaking photos and videos coming out of the state of New Jersey. Even days after the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy, over 1 million New Jersey residents are still without running water or power. Today, we are announcing, along with other great educators across the state the #NJED Hurricane Sandy Supply Relief program.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

'Wanna know more about my Things That Have Me Thinking series? Read more here. Why I Unfollowed 5000 People -It was really Tony who did the unfollowing and this post is thoughtful, full of things we all need to think about when it comes to our own social networks and social learning. George wrote a follow up post that takes the opposite point of view, both of which have thinking about my own place in my social networks.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

'Google , one of my favorite resources (in addition to Evernote ) has lots of great things for education, including free apps and services. They also have a great library of lesson plans for educators. There are thousands of lesson plans available and all are searchable and sortable. Sorting can be done by type of Google product used, subject, or age group.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

'Students often view presenting in front of the whole class with the same disdain as facing a firing squad or are so self-conscience that they act like idiots. Additionally, finding precious time for whole class presentations can eat into high-paced curricular calendars. We are still trying to get back on track from Hurricane Sandy, so this project was a quick way to get students to present and share without the stress of being in front of the class or take up class time.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

'My nominations for the 2012 EduBlogs Awards are all about being inspired and helped throughout this year. I highly recommend and nominate: Best group blog - Hawaii Book Blog (soon to be Hawaii Reads). Yes, I know it''s a local blog, but Misty-Lynn and Alex give me hope for the future. Every state should have young people like these to carry on and spread the love of books and reading.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

'Guest post from diana laufenberg | Cross posted at Living the Dream Editor's note: Group work can suck because teachers sometimes do a poor job of giving credit where credit is due. Innovative educator Diana Laufenberg has some thoughts on how to make group work better. I will be working with a group of roughly 65 professors at West Chester University.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

'Success at the Core is a free resource available to teachers and leaders to assist in the successful implementation of the Common Core Standards. All materials are designed to complement—not supplant—existing school improvement initiatives. Video, print, and online materials can be selected by leadership teams or teachers, and tailored to fit their needs.

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EdTechSandyK

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

'Do We Understand We''re Shouting to the World? Photo Used With Permission Under a Creative Commons License Wow! Talk about a chance to really teach students about the consequences of what they post via social media. This post on Jezebel.com captures some no-holes-barred racist Tweets sent out in the wake of President Obama''s re-election. The fact that anyone holds these views is unfortunate, that they would openly spew such hate disturbing, and the fact that most of them appear to be young peo

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

'Prezi, the zooming presentation editor , has a new version of it''s interface. Prezi is a nice alternative to things like PowerPoint for making presentations. Instead of slides, you create presentations using any thing as the basis, from a word to an image. You can change how the presentation moves from part to part and integrate video directly into the presentation.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

'Teaching students to infer and formulate arguments can easily be in context of a novel. Using Steinbeck''s Of Mice & Men , students can analyze the text to create an outline for a mock trial for either George or Lennie. The final project can be completed on paper, using word processing skills and completed using a student''s BYOD device. A student''s smartphone or tablet does not have to just be used for a special occasion in the classroom.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

'In my previous series on using QR codes in speech and language intervention, we covered how clinicians can use this engaging visual strategy to easily "hide" text and images behind a code scannable by mobile devices. The result is kind of a high-tech (but simple) hide and seek where stimuli related to articulation, vocabulary, sentence structure, narrative skills, you name it, can be accessed by your students.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

'Imagine if students were as motivated to do their schoolwork as they are to beat Halo 4. “Gamification” is a fancy word to describe how to achieve exactly that - bringing game-like engagement to non-game settings - and it’s beginning to pervade all aspects of life, including education. For example, Sam Webster, a 4th grade teacher, gamified her class using a teacher-created project called SuperFunner.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

'Now that 45 states (and 3 territories) have adopted the Common Core Standards, edu-preneurs and opportunists have gone into overdrive, churning out tons of materials, programs, and trainings to help schools and school districts implement these standards. Not a day goes by that I don''t receive 15 or so emails from companies and individuals offering their wares and promising successful and complete implementation of the Common Core Standards.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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