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Must-Have iPad and Smartphone Apps for Educators: Revised Edition

The 21st Century Principal

Next week, I will be presenting to a group of educators in my district on the subject of "Must-Have iPad and Smartphone Apps." I did a blog post a short time ago, and that list hasn''t change much, but there have been a few additions and deletions, mostly due to suggestions of those in my Personal Learning Network.

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To Disconnect or Not

A Principal's Reflections

We did take our smartphones and allowed our kids to each pack their iPod touches. It is cool in my opinion to make the best use of even vacation time to learn a little. Twitter has long been my number one tool for professional learning as the main tool to form my Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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What is Collaboration for Professional Learning?

My Island View

After being involved in social media for over a decade, I have made a few observations that might be helpful to folks who use social media, more specifically Twitter, to develop and maintain a Personal Learning Network. Using Twitter for professional learning requires a collaborative mindset. This requires work.

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5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray

The CoolCatTeacher

Google Cardboard costs like, what — $12 – and every kid has a smartphone. And because they’re so connected, it also makes sure that their learning and their teaching is more relevant to their students. See “ Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLC’s to PLN’s ” on Edutopia. Kecia: Yeah!

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Cybersecurity is Still Paramount for Schools

edWeb.net

All of the presenters said that due to the growing sophistication of attacks, they include cybersecurity training as part of professional learning. In 2017, the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class.

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The Technological Transformation of Districts to Benefit All Learners

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Malloy now sees blended learning as a design strategy and opportunity where “choice and voice are more present,” though the use of online technologies also revealed that some educators need more support in order to use the technologies effectively. Professional Learning, Family Connections, and Community Engagement.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. Ann is the co-author of Life Lessons in Leadership , available on Amazon.com.