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Leading With Video

A Principal's Reflections

Below I break down four main categories of digital tools: Archived video (moderate/long length) YouTube has long been the video tool of choice for digital leaders. Archived video (short length) Tools such as Vine and Instagram have revolutionized the way leaders can share innovative practices in brevity. Want to learn something new?

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Internet Archive: Go Back in Time with the Wayback Machine

Catlin Tucker

Although tertiary sources provide an overview of historical events, I encourage teachers to use the Wayback Machine , an internet archive. The information they find online when they visit sites like Wikipedia is dry and lacks a narrative quality. The Wayback Machine makes it possible for students to see news on the day an event took place.

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Stop Ignoring Google+

A Principal's Reflections

Another cool picture feature is that all pictures include in my Google Blogger posts are archived in the photo section of Google+. If you use Picasa all of the pictures you upload will also go to your Google+ page. Hangouts - Many educators are aware of Google Hangouts (GHO''s) that allow users to engage in free group video chat.

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The Role of a Leader in Building Capacity

A Principal's Reflections

As you come across research that supports the types of effective pedagogical techniques you wish to see in your classrooms, archive it in a document that you can refer to when writing up observations. I made an effort to align every point of critical feedback to current research.

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Musings on Leadership, Change, and #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

The idea then popped into my head that I should archive all of these in a blog post. As I looked through my updates I noticed that I had posted quite a few quotes, ideas, thoughts, and opinions on leading change. Maybe some of you will find value in them (or maybe not). Make the tough decisions instead of trying to please everyone.

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Recognizing the Digital Assets You Have at Your Disposal

A Principal's Reflections

Links to your resources and work can be archived and annotated using a social bookmarking tool such as Diigo. Once my live video is shared on Twitter using Periscope, I then upload the archive to both IGTV and YouTube. Images Here is where you can really begin to leverage digital assets.

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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

Teachers can share any entry, or collection of entries, from Bunk with students, who can also explore the evolving archives for themselves. Bunk demonstrates that our discipline matters in ways young people cannot see in textbooks, static documents, and often outdated historiographic debates.

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