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Inspiring a Vision for Learning
Johnny Bevacqua highlights the process he went through in his school community to create a common vision.
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Feedback Should be More Work for the Recipient
Great thoughts on feedback from Bill Ferriter
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Cool New Things in Google Drive | Transform Learning ~ written by Samantha Morra
A good overview of some of the new functions available in Google Drive from Sam Morra
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3 Lasting Lessons For Teachers From Grant Wiggins
Great article from Jay Mctighe on most important takeaways from the work of Grant Wiggins.
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The website finds interesting and real tweets at your language level easy, medium, or difficult. It uses the word lists from Cambridge University’s English Vocabulary Profile project which lists more than 15,000 of the most common English words, ranked by difficulty level.
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Google Classroom Meet Google Extension
New Chrome extension, Share to Classroom, is great for that BYOD classroom or 1:1 classroom. It allows teachers to push out a webpage to everyone so that learning can begin and headaches can end.
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TeachersFirst: The web resource by teachers, for teachers
A collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format.
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graphite | The best apps, games, websites, and digital curricula rated for learning
Great site for teachers to get reviews on Digital Resources and find tech-infused lesson plans.
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The Principal of Change | Stories of learning and leading
Great blog to follow for classroom teachers and administrators
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Moving from Digital Citizenship to Leadership
Great post from Jennifer Casa Todd
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Micro-Credentials: The Future of Professional Learning
From Tom Vander Ark Like students, educators deserve a clear map of what they need to know and be able to do, multiple ways to learn, and options for demonstrating mastery. In most cases we think progress will be marked with a stackable series of micro-credentials. No more random courses for continuing ed credits, just highly relevant job-linked learning.
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Unplug: Raising Kids In a Technology Addicted World:
A book to add to the reading list. About kids and technology.
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Good technology tips for parents
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What is content curation? Why does it matter to teachers?
From John Spencer - The term "curate" has become a buzzword in education. I've seen it referenced in TEDx Talks and tossed around in Twitter chats. A few years ago, the term "curation" would have conjured up images of art galleries but now I associate it with conversations about the future of education.
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Good ideas from Edutopia on Back to School Night and engaging families during the year.
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Relax, Turn Off Your Phone, and Go to Sleep
From Harvard Biz - The students who were more anxious about being apart from their phones used their phones more during a typical day, and woke up to check their phones more often at night. The latter two results — more daily smartphone use and more nighttime awakenings — led directly to sleep problems
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Lots of great resources here on @rubenp’s blog -http://t.co/M9NaY3Im8h #FLITEplan
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iTunes U - A good overview of how to use iTunes U in the classroom.
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From Forbes - The answer is, we have to take our professional and personal development into our own hands, this must happen inside of our companies and outside of them. We can no longer rely on educational institutions or corporations to give us all the tools and all the training we need to be successful.
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The Case for Teaching Ignorance
Great idea for an elective course.
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