A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
'Cross-posted at The Educator''s Royal Treatment. As I mentioned in a previous post I have been working on a educational technology presentation for principals in a NJ school district. The title I chose was "Harnessing the Power of Educational Technology" as I firmly believe that the many free tools available at our fingertips possess the ability to enhance our effectiveness and efficiency as administrators.
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
'This was a post I wrote over a year ago. I am reviving it in the hopes you will find it useful. I use this site almost once a week. It is a valuable resource to me and I hope you will feel the same. It is very challenging sometimes to provide the help that teachers and staff need. Wouldn''t it be great if you could just point them to a website that answered some of the basic questions you get everyday like what is a cookie, or how do I teach my students what Netiquette is, or how do I use Garag
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SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 12, 2010
'Wherein I start (and end) my campaign to get us SLPs and other Special Educators a bit more recognized in the edublogosphere. The Edublog Awards is an annual online "event" meant to recognize excellent use of social media in educational circles. Nominations are open to any blogger, and instructions on nominating are available here at the Edublog Awards Homepage (they involve creating a post like this one with your nominations, linking to the Edublogs page, and notifying Edublogs of your post vi
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 26, 2010
'The Art of the Follow: One of the hardest things on Twitter is to master is the art of the Follow. When I started I was so thrilled when ANYone followed me - I didn''t look too closely and would immediately follow them back. Now.I follow selectively because useless chatter & only FourSquare posts does not move the conversation forward. ( Twitter Comic Tutorial At-A-Glance Part Deux that coordinates to this blog is below- thanks!
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The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 20, 2010
'Google Apps for Education is quickly becoming a significant force in education. Google recently announced that over 10 million students have gone Google. Google is an engineering company that has created some unbelievably useful products. Computer engineering is what they do and they do a great job at it. Training, support, and marketing are not their strongest suites.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
'The online 2010 Global Education Conference kicks off on November 15th for 5 days. As co-chair of the conference, I''m both nervous and excited! The conference has garnered incredible support--we currently have over 90 partner organizations , 120 international educator advisors , 36 keynote speakers , and over 300 worldwide presentations --all around helping students and educators to connect globally.
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The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
'Recently I asked this: We encourage our kids to be life-long learners. And when they ask why we tell them all kinds of things like it is important to stay relevant in our careers and it is important for humanity to have people who enjoy learning, etc. (You probably have something much more creative and fun than mine.) But that lead me to educators and life-long learners.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
'It takes one a lot of time to consolidate all we learn at a conference like the ASHA Convention. Unfortunately some years we never fully do consolidate the information, because we are thrown back into the busy schedule and, well, it''s HARD to integrate new practices. I think it''s helpful to have realistic expectations of ourselves and consider a conference successful if we have a few new ideas that we implement.
Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
I recently read two good blog posts about higher education: one by Clark Quinn and the other by Andy Cloverdale. In both posts they point out the need for change in the way that education is provided at the University and the way instructors/professors are trained to teach in the University. This and the extreme budget cuts to our university in the face of rising enrollments got me thinking about the call for "reform" in how our universities are run in the US today.
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 6, 2010
'Hi, My name is Gwyneth and I use Wikipedia every day. There, I said it. Somehow that''s pretty freeing! Wikipedia is NOT a dirty word. We''re doing a disservice not teaching our kids HOW to use it and how to cite it.as in - ummm selectively & with forethought. Sadly, I don''t believe teachers & college professors are ready to wrap their mind around or admit recent studies that show: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica.
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The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 20, 2010
'This past week I had the opportunity to fly down to Glendale, Arizona (just outside of Phoenix) to attend iNACOL''s annual Virtual School Symposium. The conference brought together 1,800 leaders in the field of online and virtual education. Keynote presenters included Susan Patrick (iNACOL president), a fun panel of students in grades 6-12 who gave their perspective online learning, Deputy Secretary of Education Jim Shelton and former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise who spoke on policy issues r
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
'The following interview took place after Education Week''s Leadership Forum "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning" on 10/5/10 in Washington D.C. In order to increase access and use I am now utilizing Facebook with students and parents in my District. There are so many people already using Facebook to interact with their friends and family.
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
'I realized today that I have talked a lot about my various Livebinders but never really have taken the time to explain what they are or how they work. First, a video. Think of Livebinders as a virtual 3 ring binder that you can put pretty much anything in. Webpage, PDF, image, video, text, they all can go into a page organized for you. Each item can be on it''s own tab or you can further organize by using sub-tabs.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
'This was my fifth ASHA experience- I have been fortunate enough to make it to Miami, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans and Philly. I know that it can be overwhelming at first, and I usually get so discombobulated that I commit some kind of major faux pas. I recall back in Chicago, I saw a gentleman walking toward the escalator, spied his last name on his badge, and thought I knew him from Boston University.
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Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
More and more people have recently been writing about a new economic model for higher education ( Andy Coverdale , Clark Quinn , and Tom Haskins , just to name a few). However, as we grapple around the world with how higher education should be structured and funded, we aren't willing to reexamine the underlying beliefs upon which the funding and academic structures were created.
wwwatanabe
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
'Fun little editor combined with appreciation for our AJUSD teachers. and voila, my first Vuvox collage: P.S. For those of you wondering, I changed the music to something I made on GarageBand so that I wouldn''t be breaking any copyright laws.
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 19, 2010
'I get really excited when, after I give a keynote or do a preso at a conference, people from those events contact me later with questions about new things they are trying that is making them feel that awkward growing feeling! Much like I felt a few weeks ago with creating my first Wikipedia page. Several of these wonderful educators are trying to create new blogs and Twittering for the first time!
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 28, 2010
'I was re-reading a recent post by George Couros ( Is Change the True Barrier? ) and began to reflect on some of the comments made directly on his site as well as those in the Twitter stream. The following comment by David Jakes really got me thinking: " Perpetual never-ending conversation about change is the barrier." As I looked more into the recent pleas for change in education I came across this video: Talk is cheap (I do think this is a pretty good video though)!
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The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
'Over the past few weeks I have collected some great classroom resources surrounding the use of Google for various classroom activities. Here are a few of my favorites. (In no particular order. I don''t want to make anyone jealous or anything.) Googlios [link] E-portfolios are becoming more and more popular. This site teaches educators and students how to organize all of their digital content in one place (a Google Site) for showing off their best work.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
'Voice Cards is an iPhone/iPod/iPad app you can use to create stacks of "flash" cards with auditory rather than written information. The app is currently priced at $.99- very reasonable for such a versatile therapy resource. Voice Cards is really easy to use and has many applications for SLPs- it would be motivating to use with students'' vocabulary lists.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
'Join me Tuesday, November 23rd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Matt Levinson , author of From Fear to Facebook: One Schools Journey. Date : Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Log in at [link]. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early.
The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
'I''d like to invite you to participate in the 2010 Global Education Conference November 15-19, 2010. Organized by Steve Hargadon and Lucy Gray , the conference is a "collaborative and world-wide community effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives." Don''t worry about arranging flights or hotels, the conference takes place entirely online!
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The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
'Problem: Teacher Wants to Show a YouTube Video A few days ago one of my awesome 7th grade math teachers came to me in the library with her laptop & a problem. She had downloaded a kick butt Math video (above) from YouTube but couldn''t get it to work. (she had downloaded it as.html) Could I help? Sure! Solution! KeepVid.com Now.of course YouTube is blocked in my school (yeah, I''m fighting that, too!
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 6, 2010
'Over the past couple of days I have been preparing a presentation for K-12 Principals entitled "Harnessing the Power of Educational Technology" (I''ll share more about this at a later time). I must say that I have been quite impressed with myself as I decided to create the entire full day presentation using Google Sites. During what seemed to be countless hours of tweaking presentations, searching for videos, and deciding what content I wanted to cover I found myself reflecting on my growth as
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 26, 2010
'Bing and Donors Choose are teaming up over this holiday season to give schools all over the country $1 Million bucks. And the best part is you can help out. Simply visit The Bing Cares Homepage and click the button. It is that simple. You can take it one step further and sign up to get a free $5 code that you can use to support a Donors Choose project of your choice.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
'The Make a Stuffed Turkey game at Primary Games is a fun way to work on sequencing and helping kids understand all that goes into a Turkey Dinner. The click-and-drag activity prompts each step in "making" a stuffed turkey, and is great fun (though the music is annoying). Language Lens Consider a predictive pre-activity- brainstorm ingredients that go into making a turkey!
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 5, 2010
'A few months ago I interviewed John Taylor Gatto for my “ Future of Education ” interview series. From 1989-1991 Mr. Gatto was recognized as the New York City teacher of the year, as well in 1991 as the New York State teacher of the year. In the summer of 1991 he retired abrubptly, and in a very public way: in an op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal where he claimed by being a part of the public school system he was harming students more than helping them.
Connecting 2 the World
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
This post is as much a work in progress to help me understand some of what I am seeing in my dissertation. So I apologize for the lack of specific references at this point. I am hoping to find some to support some of the ideas I have uncovered. Defining Culture and Technology There has been a lot written over the last 2 decades on the impact of culture on technology and the impact of technology on culture.
Nik Peachey
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
I recently spotted this very interesting site called Vyou.com which exploits video to create asynchronous conversations. I find it interesting because of the simple way it creates presence. As you can see below, it looks like the person (me in this case) is waiting ready for your question. All visitors need to do is type a question into the text line below the video and the creator will get a message with the question and post a reply.
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
'Large classrooms can make students feel anonymous, and as a result, many may feel less compelled to actively participate or pay attention during class. Whether it is in primary or secondary school, or in a college classroom, getting students to become engaged in the materials being presented can be a frustrating battle. This is especially true now that students can become distracted during class by a number of things, including the Internet and technology.
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