A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

My school is a shell of what it once was when one looks at how far we have come in terms of effectively integrating technology, re-envisioning learning spaces, and providing a foundation for a more relevant and meaningful learning experience for all of our students.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning. Defined as a way to facilitate education through the use of devices like smartphones and tablets, m-learning is also a lot more than that. As a concept, m-learning changes that delivery mechanism and makes it one that can exist anywhere.

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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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Brilliant or Insane

MAY 2, 2015

In a world ruled by content curation, every educator should be passing along social media strategies to students. The post 7 Social Media Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Learn Today and Teach Tomorrow appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. We’re in this together. And they […].

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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. It being, that technology, if used responsibly is a great asset for teachers to improve instruction and for students to enhance their learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2013

For a high school, having its own native mobile application is a tremendously valuable asset as a tool to communicate more rapidly and efficiently within its community and as a means to help administrators, teachers, coaches, students, and parents to organize more productively all school activities. The company has graciously agreed.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

But if you ask teachers who have never used a social network, blog, or mobile device for learning in their classrooms to discuss connected education, you are likely to be met with blank stares, furrowed eyebrows and shrugged shoulders. Enter Corwin Press and the Connected Educators Series. According to DeWitt, we can.

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Brilliant or Insane

MAY 22, 2015

3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students by Brittni Brown The battle between teachers and social media accounts for student attention has been one in which teachers seem quite likely to lose. The post 3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. 7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom. 7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The internet is full of educational videos, websites, software, apps and various other tools, ready to be discovered and used to support students’ learning. Through mobile phones and tablets, of course. Mobile devices in the classroom: from foe to friend. Mobile devices enable anytime anywhere learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

However, the mounting pressure from ridiculous mandates as a result of the current education reform movement and massive budget cuts across the country, have made it a challenge to learn through traditional pathways. These are not the meaningful, rich, and relevant learning opportunities that leaders of today’s schools deserve or yearn for.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Mobile technology is a game changer. I have previously written on this blog about how mobile technology can give the edge and also about some of the social implications of learning on the move. What will happen if your school or business ignores the huge potential of these tools to promote learning? Undoubtedly.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

All teachers who feel they are on a mission to provide meaningful learning are rockstars in my book. Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go. Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 21, 2019

Recently I presented a webinar for Simple K12, 10+ QR Code Activities to Inspire Curiosity and Active Learning. There are so many more activities and ideas I share in the slides to help you ignite curiosity and get your students moving and learning! Scan and Learn! Below are the slides with example activities and resources.

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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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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 3, 2018

What a great time to inspire young people to create and learn with some cool web tools and apps by encouraging them to express their appreciation for an important father figure or male role model. Using technology to create and uplift others are missions students accomplish in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning with Edtech Missions.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Today we’re going back to the beginning to discuss one of the basics tools in e-learning which is the learning management system, LMS, learning platform or whatever you like to call it. Most schools deploy learning platforms to do the heavy lifting of their e-learning. The LMS is the bread and butter of e-learning.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 2, 2017

Social media allows us to connect, to learn, to grow and to reflect not only within ourselves but with each other. She has them write 3 things they need to improve their learning and 3 things they can give to improve the learning of others. Our personal learning networks are all different.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 17, 2018

Learn Emoji. Duolingo offers a free course for anyone to learn emoji in 5 minutes. Students can learn the periodic table of elements by representing each element with an emoji and explaining the connection. Promote active learning with student devices with Google’s Emoji Scavenger Hunt. Activities and Resources.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 17, 2018

Learn Emoji. Duolingo offers a free course for anyone to learn emoji in 5 minutes. Students can learn the periodic table of elements by representing each element with an emoji and explaining the connection. Promote active learning with student devices with Google’s Emoji Scavenger Hunt. Activities and Resources.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 10, 2023

Avatars are especially ideal to use for profile pics on social media or gaming websites. Once the avatar is completed, you can share it on social media websites or download it in png format and use it on your blog or website. Once your avatar is ready, save it and use it on your social media profiles.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 12, 2024

In light of the access of modern technology, social media, and new learning models that reconfigure the time and place learning happens, it doesn’t have to be that way. Technology vs Social Media First, for the purpose of this post let’s think of technology and social media as distinct.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 12, 2022

Interactive posters are great learning and teaching materials that you can use for a wide variety of educational purposes. These are all simple and easy to use platforms that have a minimum to no learning curve. Once your production is ready you can share it in various ways including directly on social media networks.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2023

As teachers and educators, we can draw on the computing and lightweight computing capabilities of Chromebooks to boost our teaching and enhance our students learning. You can share your recordings via email or directly to social media websites. Chromebooks are great devices with huge educational potential.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 5, 2019

With more preparation you can integrate green screen technology in much more imaginative and advanced ways that will send students your students on incredible learning adventures! Below I have curated some of my favorite green screen examples and tutorials on Twitter using Wakelet , the great free curation tool.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 21, 2018

Find out more about mission minded learning in my book, Hacking Digital Learning with EdTech Missions. Find more tips and resources for student video projects here. Student Storyboards. Students are allowed to draw or use copyright-friendly images in their storyboards. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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Brilliant or Insane

APRIL 8, 2015

Mobile Learning Social Media Technology edtech' While many would question abandoning textbooks entirely, [.]. The post 4 Ways to Integrate Today’s Education Technology appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Brilliant or Insane

APRIL 2, 2015

Featured Mobile Learning Social Media Technology BYOD classroom' It’s one thing to tell your students to bring their devices one day, so the class can engage in [.]. The post 5 Strategies for Building a Powerful BYOD Classroom appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In this post, I share with you some of the best new year’s countdown tools and apps to use on your computer as well as mobile devices. Check them out and share with us on our social media profiles if you have other new year’s countdown apps or tools to add to the list.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

12 Principles Of Mobile Learning. Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e., by Terry Heick.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

who has done research on integrating K-12 curriculum (especially in STEM) with mobile learning. Paige Johnson, formerly at Intel and now an advisor with Amazon Web Services, for connecting educators with promising technology (including chairing the Partnership for 21st Century Learning).

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 8, 2017

Social Media Learning: How To leverage Social Media in the Classroom. Mobile Learning: Portable Classroom Interaction. Gamification: Discover Innovative Ways to Engage Students through Gaming. Tech for Kids: Blending Pedagogy and Technology. Instructional Design: Design your online course.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 15, 2022

Jigsaw Explorer also allows you to create your own puzzles based on your photos and you can share these puzzles with others via email or through social media websites. Jigsaw Explorer offers various features that make it an interesting game-based learning platform to use in your instruction.

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The Mobile Native

APRIL 27, 2014

Is it a learned behavior? There are major concerns regarding social media and the fear of allowing students to use their cell phones for educational purposes. There are major concerns regarding social media and the fear of allowing students to use their cell phones for educational purposes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the strategies to get students engaged and motivated to learn is to incorporate materials that they love and use in their daily life. Social media is one of them. An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Here, we provide an umbrella for these people and these organizations to network and to learn from each other. Steve: Lucy’s our social media guru… Lucy: Yes there is. For me, it’s a deep passion belief in the value of and the importance of global in our own personal learning. But you click into your own time zone.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Digital storytelling can be an effective way to engage students in hands-on and creative learning experiences. The tools provide students with diverse media through which to design and share their stories: they can use videos, posters, presentations, and comics to compose and narrate their stories.

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