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Chrome Extensions for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

These free extensions not only optimize my Internet experience, but also provide a great deal of enhanced functionality to my work as an educator (especially as a blogger). Diigo : An educator friendly social bookmarking service, this extension allows you to highlight portions of web pages, add sticky notes, archive, and bookmark.

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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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Stop Ignoring Google+

A Principal's Reflections

In case you didn''t know there are thousands of educators and an array of learning communities over at Google+. From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Communities - This is one of my favorite features of Google+.

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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. Illustrate how your opinions have been implemented in some way to change educational practice. Technology will not revolutionize education. Educators who effectively integrate technology to enhance and support learning will.

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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. Try also to read one education book and another related to a different field such as leadership, self-help, or business.

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Recognizing the Digital Assets You Have at Your Disposal

A Principal's Reflections

On the contrary, I have seen this firsthand from some fantastic educators whose schools I have been blessed to work with on a long-term basis in the role of job-embedded coach. We should all want to do better in this area as the field of education needs more practical strategies that are weaved into the rhetoric. More on this later.

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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

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Don’t Use Physical Education As Punishment contributed by Dr. Kymm Ballard, Executive Director for SPARK Think about any time you’ve seen “army boot camp” portrayed in pop culture — are you picturing the traditional drill sergeant, ordering his troops to do endless laps and push-ups, as punishment for their errors that day?

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