A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Consider giving students a series of assignments over a period of time where only one or two, not all, will be assessed for a grade. The overall goal is to move to a more personalized approach that focuses on student agency through path, pace, place, voice, and choice. If grading is mandated, make sure it is realistic and fair.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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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. 4 Virtual Meetings. Assess student technology use organically.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

As technology changes, so must pedagogy, especially assessment and feedback. Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. Communication : You will not find an effective leader who is not an effective communicator.

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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. Teachers have to assess the resources and capacities of both schools before starting a project. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly. See #globalclassroom for inspiration.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Instructional leadership was a routine part of the job along with the budget, master schedule, curriculum development, meetings, email, phone calls, and many other duties. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment. Collect and review assessments two weeks into the future. There is no perfect lesson.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes and mind to an array of ideas, strategies, and tools to support and enhance learning through the assistance of technology. The key to learning success resides in always focusing on building a strong instructional foundation.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. For the past year and a half, my team and I at ICLE have been assisting the district with doing Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) K-12, incorporating blended learning, and aligning sound pedagogy to the use of flex spaces.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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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. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

The article details how a principal has created the same kind of atmosphere for the teachers, giving them time each week to come up with interdisciplinary projects, new assessments and ways to integrate technology into their students'' learning. Too much time in school is wasted on irrelevant meetings. Technologies.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 27, 2017

I spent a great deal of time writing numerous detailed memos on everything from technology tools to improve assessment, developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN), and embracing innovative ideas. I drafted memos and emails that provided guidance and examples. Then I waited.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

As she explained the project to me I immediately asked her if she could email it to me so I could not only share it, but also gather some feedback for her from my Personal Learning Network (PLN). Meeting family obligations is more important than individual desires. Poverty level has little impact on quality of life.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

The fear of not being able to meet national and state standards, as well as mandates, leaves no time in the minds of many educators to either work technology into lessons, the will to do so, or the desire to learn how to. Some of the reasons for not embracing technology have to do with several misconceptions revolving around fear.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be a fully-involved and eager risk-taker. That’s three weeks, five hours a week, plus a one-hour weekend virtual meeting each week. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be a fully-involved and eager risk-taker. Complete one weekly project using what you learned and add it to your digital portfolio. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Common learning goals and objectives A set of common goals, along with a designated meeting time for focused effort, helps each participant get the most out of a PLC. By setting measurable objectives, educators can use meetings to work together, track progress, and achieve shared teaching goals.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 27, 2019

are all fantastic assessment apps, but students may benefit from a variety of learning experiences to truly engage their class content. For the more adventurous, you can search YouTube for tutorials on a particular app or reach out to your personal learning network (i.e., “Has Step 2: Choose a Strategy.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

Not quite sure how you're going to run formative assessment in your classroom, or lead professional development workshops? For example, learn how a South Dakota district is getting rid of grade levels in favor of student-centered learning. Making Data Work : Data, privacy, assessments--you’ve heard all about it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be a fully-involved and eager risk-taker. That’s three weeks, five hours a week, plus a one-hour weekend virtual meeting each week. Your Personal Learning Network.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Managing budgets, developing memos, attending meetings, responding to emails and phone calls, and other tasks also consumed a significant portion of my time. For learning, consider curating data weekly and present at an upcoming staff meeting. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Students begin to understand their own ways of learning and what methods best meet their individual needs. Interdisciplinary Learning -In these classrooms there will be a variety of content sources that naturally lend themselves to interdisciplinary study. Furniture can be moved so that students can collaborate more easily.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. ” (p. Sources Brouwer, N., & Korthagen, F.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand. Here are 17 take-aways I heard from class members or experienced myself: They enjoyed meeting online to chat on blogs, help each other on the Discussion Forums, mull over ideas on the Google Hangouts, and explore TweetUps. Failed and tried again.

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Digital Citizenship Gamification Common Core Flipped Classroom 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. However and more importantly, I learned many new instruction and assessment strategies (along with some new tech tools) that I can now use and apply to improve the learning in my classroom. How to create professional blogs. Thanks everyone!

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. Combining improved professional learning experiences with the power of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) sets the stage for meaningful improvement that can be transformational.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Our emails led to phone conversations and eventually an in-person meeting—then another one. I didn’t know what “personalized learning” or “mastery-based grading and assessment” meant. Meeting Alex changed me from a resentful and cautious teacher to an active and involved participant in my community.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Exhibit a positive attitude toward technology that supports learning. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 378

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Teach Writing with Tech.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Exhibit a positive attitude toward technology that supports learning. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 371

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Exhibit a positive attitude toward technology that supports learning. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Foster your Personal Learning Network (PLN) with educators both locally and globally to build your own capacity, and create a dedicated team to support your work on the ground. Model, use questioning strategies, create open ended questions and consider giving educators a chance in telling you what they want to learn.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 26, 2019

are all fantastic assessment apps, but students may benefit from a variety of learning experiences to truly engage their class content. For the more adventurous, you can search YouTube for tutorials on a particular app or reach out to your personal learning network (i.e., “has Step 2: Choose a Strategy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In addition to the rising popularity of social media use by individuals, community organizations and businesses, I expect we’ll also see a proliferation of virtual town squares where people will meet to begin working and collaborating together.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Each year students in Texas are required to take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam, also known as the STAAR exam. Schools that do not meet the state standards on the exam are listed as “improvement required” campuses. “We

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Whether it be in the form of endless piles of paperwork, never ending observations, meetings with parents, attending events, developing a master schedule, or constructing a school budget – there never seemed like enough time in my day to even get those responsibilities done. Consider flipping your faculty meetings.

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