A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

'So the other day I tweeted out this comment, “I am amazed each day to see so much educational progress in my Twitter feed. This should be the norm, not the exception.” Many people in education talk a great game when it comes to the effective use of technology, but the results (lack there of) speak for themselves. I constantly see and hear about leaders who tout themselves in a way that makes others develop a perception that they actually know something about the effective integration of a varie

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'There are an estimated 300 million PowerPoint users in the world delivering an estimated 30 million PowerPoint presentations each day. Here are some other options that might work better in the classroom. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'It''s been a few weeks since I returned from Doha, Qatar and the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). If you aren''t familiar, this conference centers around scalable, actionable ideas for the future of education worldwide. It is, by far, my favorite conference I get to attend each year because of the level of conversations that are had there.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'On Wednesday, November 19, 110 of the nation’s top superintendents, U.S. Department of Education officials and representatives from a myriad of organizations, convened at the White House for theSuperintendents’ Summit, declared “ConnectED to the Future,” by President Obama. The event was an an extension of theConnectED Initiativelaunched earlier this year.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Richard L. Gay is the purchasing manager at Baltimore County Public Schools , a member of the League of Innovative Schools. This blog post is part of a series that highlight different stakeholders' perspectives on purchasing practices for K-12 personalized learning tools. Also be sure to check out our procurement study: Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing.

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K12 Open Ed

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'A few us have been pondering the question “ How can we best advance the adoption of OER in K-12? ” both online in this document and f2f at the Open Ed 14 conference. As I’ve thought about this, a few conclusions I’ve come to are: The demand problem is more significant than the supply problem. There is currently a good amount of high quality, standards-aligned OER in K-12 with lots more coming online.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

'Formative assessment helps teachers make data-informed decisions to plan for and/or adjust instructional activities, identify potential misconceptions, monitor the pace of instruction, etc. While there are many ways to formatively assess students, I recently saw Eric Sheninger use Plickers during his workshop at the Ventura County Office of Education, and thought, what an easy and inexpensive way to quickly assess groups!

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'Thanksgiving is a great time to think about and celebrate giving. The best teachers are the best givers, but not all teachers believe in giving. In fact some teachers think it is unfair to be expected to share their hard work. I was reminded of this recently during a conversation among innovative educators who were discussing how much they enjoy the opportunity to share best practices and materials across schools.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

'Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! For me, the holiday followed soon upon returning from the ASHA 2014 Convention in Orlando, where I presented and also attended many sessions. It was fun being in Orlando, even with sort of crappy (cold, then rainy) weather. I rented a Yaris just like mine at home! Well, newer and nicer, but. Overall I applaud ASHA for a great event.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'I have always believed that assessment should be primarily for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. I concede that teachers need to know how their students are progressing, and this is very much a part of the assessment process. However, assessment of learning is not as important as assessment for learning. When it comes to supporting a student''s progress, showing them what they can do to improve, or perform better is the key.

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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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Edutopia

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Collaboration during the un-making process, safety gear in place. Photo credit: Scott Bedley Scott Bedley @scotteach Maker Education Find a new dimension to maker education with an un-makerspace, a classroom set up for dismantling obsolete technology to investigate how it works.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

'Looking for a terrific Thanksgiving week activity that teens will love? Facebook brings us their "Say Thank you" video tool. Students can let Facebook auto generate the video, or they can put some thought into selecting meaningful pictures and posts to customize the video. This is a great activity because it opens up the conversation about digital citizenship.

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Saving Socrates

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

'As we approach the epic parent teacher conference season, I stumbled on an article that I found very profound. It''s not often that articles challenge me to rethink the way I approach things and even make me cry, but this one did just that. Thank goodness, I am now responsible for 600 children and their families. I have a distinct pleasure of walking up every day and going into a building knowing I can help children learn better, grow, and blossom.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'Wouldn''t we be foolish if we were faced with huge problems, and couldn''t solve them because we were unable to use our collective intelligence, or the global connectivity we now enjoy? Trying to tackle grand scale problems as individuals is like trying to smash a large boulder with a tendon hammer. I was talking once with a colleague via Skype when our conversation turned to research.

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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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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'FluencyFinder is the amazing mobile (iOS/Android) app that every K-8/parent needs to assess their student''s Reading fluency in real-time. Not only does this app support multiple users ideal for class use, it stores data for easy use on multiple devices, as well as allow for Reading comprehension assessment. Best of all, the latest update (v. 3.0) allows users to upload their very own Reading passages that they can use to assess students.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews Going #BYOD ?

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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

I spent about 30 minutes making my first creation with Canva; if you haven’t given it a try it’s really easy to use and a lot of fun. Students can create all sorts of graphic images to use in various projects or as a stand alone item. Be sure to also check out their new Design School too. I wrote up this thought about a week ago about the power that having a learner first mindset has not only for ourselves but also for our students and children.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

'I''ve had several conversations with my students in the past few weeks about how Vygotskiian theory informs our understanding of learning. But social constructivist theory, particularly Vygotsky''s socio-cultural focus, extends greatly beyond the concept of ZPD - the zone of proximal development - that most people are familar with. Whilst this is an important explanation of how we learn, we limit our understanding if we focus exclusively on this aspect of the theory.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'Buncee is quickly becoming one of the most popular "web 2.0" tools in school and for good reason. W/ their educational portal for student creation, tracking, and more, educators are using it for a variety of educational purposes such as: project based learning, presentations, digital storytelling, etc. Also, this is a great place to find holiday based themes and clip art for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and much much more.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

In my last post I introduced a method for deconstructing learning games to estimate their effectiveness. Now, let’s test this method by using it to analyze a classic learning game that many of us who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s will have played: The Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail, first published in 1985, puts players in the role of pioneers from the 1840s making their way from Missouri to Oregon via covered wagon, and encountering many obstacles and dangers along the way.

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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

I was recently asked by my good friends as EasyBib if I would provide a free webinar about Google Drive and best practices around its use in the classroom. I have a presentation I have given many times in the past called, “Creating Even More with Google Drive” This is a version of that which covers some Google Drives basics, tips and tricks for teacher and student use, as well as apps to connect to your Google Drive for tasks such as graphing, photo editing, and video editing.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'In a formal sense, distance learning has been a familiar concept since at least 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand system using typed instruction cards mailed through the universal Penny Postal service to his students across England. Students returned the cards containing their answers for marking via the same affordable postal system in what eventually became known as correspondence courses.

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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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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'Bookopolis is a wonderful site for students to rate and review books in a safe environment. It kind of reminds me of Shelfari but w/ an educational portal for teachers where they can track and review student''s work. This a great way to assign book reports, track reading logs, and more. I highly recommend checking out Bookopolis by clicking here !!!

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Hansen's Link to Tech

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Next time you observe a teacher, student, friend, or anyone select Internet Explorer as their browser, think about what that browser is really offering them Is it a force of habit? If it''s a habit thing, take steps to break that habit. Unpin the unwanted browser from your task-bar/dock/desktop. With the icon missing you will find yourself selecting Chrome more often providing you more experience opportunities.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'A recent interest of mine has been the Growth Mindset. I have blogged and presented on this topic: The Educator and the Growth Mindset. The Educator with a Growth Mindset: A Staff Workshop. Growth Mindset: Personal Accountability and Reflection. How Educators Can Assist Learners in Developing a Growth Mindset. Due to my interests, Carol Reiley contacted me about her initiatives about growth mindsets.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'When psychologist Philip Zimbardo embarked on a new social experiment in 1971, he could not possibly have predicted its outcome nor the repercussions. The Stanford prison experiment was a study that sought to investigate what happened to people when they were imprisoned. 24 student volunteers were randomly assigned as either guards or prisoners. The former were kitted out with guard uniforms and other associated paraphernalia.

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The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'Storyboard That is one of my favorite new Web 2.0 sites for education. This amazing site w/ educational portal allows educators to create/manage student accounts while creating fun and engaging assignments. Educators around the world are using Storyboard That for project based learning, flipping a classroom, and much much more. Students can easily create a storyboard and then convert it into a slideshow, find writing prompts, character maps, etc etc.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

'“The research-based truth is that the teacher effect (i.e., 10-20% of the variance in test scores) is not strong enough to supersede the powers of the student-level and out-of-school influences and effects (i.e., 80-90% of the variance in test scores) from one year to the next.” Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education The current push by the Obama administration, Arne Duncan, and many state departments of education to solely tie student achievement to teachers, demon

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

'I love buying gifts for family and friends! So, I thought I would share a few of my favourite finds both luxury and geeky to help give some good gifting ideas for the season. Most of the links take you to Amazon because I''m a Prime member and their delivery and prices are the BEST. I want to assure you though, I haven''t gotten any kickbacks from writing this post.

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

'www.gEducator.com For the past two years I have been developing the Google Certification Academy (GCA), a program designed to help educators become Google Education Trainers (GETs). Becoming a Google Education Trainer has been one of the most beneficial and helpful experiences of my life professional life and I would love to provide others with the same opportunity.

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