A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2018

It was this shift that got me thinking about how tools could be used to amplify the fantastic work of my teachers, administrators, and students to showcase efficacy in improving school culture. Along with video , pictures were one of the most potent artifacts that I used to tell our story through greater context. Image credit.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The authors acknowledge the contribution of Abdul Razak Macap, a social anthropologist at the Regional Cultural Heritage Center in Manokwari.) Excavation uncovered several layers of human occupation associated with stone artifacts, animal bones, shells, and charcoal—all physical remains discarded by ancient humans living at the cave.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recent analysis of artifacts from two Lusatian Culture cemeteries suggests that early metallurgists were not only working with iron from terrestrial sources but also incorporating metal from ataxite meteorites—an extremely rare form of nickel-rich iron that originates in space. A Witnessed Meteorite Fall?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Pedagogical leaders recognize that management is a necessary part of the job, but it shouldn't come at the expense of cultivating a positive learning culture to boost academic achievement. If our ultimate goal is to improve, we need to prioritize the aspects of our job that impact student learning most.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Allowing students choice over which tools they will use to create artifacts of their learning that demonstrate conceptual mastery builds a greater appreciation for learning while simultaneously preparing them for the real world. Pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 30, 2014

Many students expressed gratitude for the culture that has been cultivated at NMHS, a culture that supports creativity, choice, and authenticity in learning. We witnessed our students shine when given the autonomy to produce a learning artifact that was meaningful, relevant, and reflected the importance of student voice.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

This is also where it is sustained to the point that it becomes an embedded component of school or district culture. These successes can then be promoted within the school and district to serve as a catalyst for cultural transformation. Image credit: [link] Meaningful change has and always will begin at the individual level.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

All of these examples are at the core of essential skill sets that most schools "want" students to possess, but many schools do a poor job of creating a culture that integrates them across the curriculum. It also requires an open mind, vision, and strategic plan to allow students access to real-world tools to do real-world work.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It begins by examining the strategies in place at each school or district that support student learning with technology in the areas of rigor, relevance, relationships, engagement, and overall culture. It also provides insight on all elements of school culture and student learning.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. Instead, it suggests that the brain's ability to process language may have developed first as an internal cognitive tool, later spilling into outward communication and cultural expression.

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TeachThought

JULY 12, 2024

Share ‘school work’ Ideally authentic products and artifacts produced through new skills and knowledge useful to people and communities. Curate cultural artifacts and ‘local memory’ Today, museums do the work of ‘curating,’ but that’s a crude way to preserve the cultural artifacts that matter.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Their findings underscore the importance of Central Asia not only as a geographical way point but as a cultural and technological nexus where different human populations may have encountered each other over millennia. Artifacts suggest that the Zeravshan Valley was not only a migration route but potentially a place of cultural exchange.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

Among these resources stands the Innovative Practices Assessment (IPA), which was created to fill a void in moving from ideas and innovative practices to results that improve the learning culture. The idea is to engage school leaders in dialogue about their culture, student learning, and practices, regardless of their transformation.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 24, 2014

Administrators and teachers alike will work to establish a shared vision and subsequent plan of action for meaningful change that will hopefully lead to cultural transformation. Administrators will conduct countless observations and walk-throughs while spearheading larger change initiatives to improve achievement and school culture.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. 10 million ($15.4

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Technology was a tool that my teachers harnessed and leveraged to do what they did better while creating a culture of learning that actually meant something to our students. My recent TEDx talk provides insight into how this was accomplished. education reform Leadership Opinion Students teachers TEDx'

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 25, 2021

In this book, my hope was to make a compelling case that the best way to do this is to create a disruptive thinking culture in the classroom and beyond. Packed with ready-to-use ideas and embedded resources, including the latest digital tools, templates, and artifacts from real classrooms, readers will learn….

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 12, 2025

But what sets these artifacts apart is what they reveal: that some of our distant hominin ancestors were not just using stone—they were thinking beyond it. “That would place culture, in its earliest form, hundreds of thousands of years deeper into our past.” “These hominins weren’t just surviving. .

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Found in different parts of Europe, these two industries have often been grouped together as “transitional industries,” implying that they might share a common technological or cultural origin. To correct this, the team organized a workshop where archaeologists directly examined artifacts from both traditions side by side.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Pillar #5: Student Engagement and Learning Many of us firmly believe in technology’s potential to transform the teaching and learning cultures of schools. This becomes a reality when school cultures are transformed to meet and anticipate the needs of learners in the Digital Age. To view the entire series click HERE.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

In the 8th century CE, the Avars—an enigmatic group with roots in the East Asian steppes—settled in Central Europe, weaving a tapestry of cultural cohesion amid genetic diversity. Their findings reveal an intriguing story of cultural integration despite distinct genetic divides.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2012

As a leader this is the type of teaching and learning culture that I want to foster and cultivate, one where creativity flourishes, students find relevancy and meaning in their learning, and teachers are given the support to be innovative. A teaching and learning culture powered by intrinsic motivation will achieve this.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 7, 2019

Thriving cultures focus on empowerment, support, feedback, and autonomy to take risks to build self-efficacy. Achievement is important, but there are many other facets of school culture that can be improved. It provides a baseline as to what has been found to really work when it comes to student learning and improving culture.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 27, 2025

Through statistical comparisons of genetic distances, geographic relationships, and the distribution of mythological motifs, the study reveals that both population movements and cultural diffusion have shaped the stories we tell today. The models tested also oversimplify the complexity of cultural transmission.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This discovery reshapes our understanding of early animal domestication and its cultural significance in Predynastic Egypt. 2024.106104 The Discovery at Hierakonpolis Hierakonpolis, located about 100 kilometers from modern-day Luxor, was a thriving center of Predynastic Egyptian culture and an early hub of political power.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Our Makerspace is about creating a genuine and committed culture of innovation at New Milford High School, encouraging tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all students. For example, we have provided computers designated for students specifically to disassemble and investigate.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

It hinges upon our ability to provide an environment and activities that unleash our students'' passion for learning and allows them to create artifacts of learning with the tools of their choice to demonstrate conceptual mastery. Teachers are being empowered and embracing digital learning methodologies to improve professional practice.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 16, 2025

Researchers led by Rune Iversen from the University of Copenhagen have pieced together evidence that connects these enigmatic artifacts to a period of climate upheaval. These sites, associated with the Funnel Beaker culture, were active around 2900 BCE.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Cultural Relativism Cultural Relativism expresses the idea that the beliefs and practices of others are best understood in the light of the particular cultures in which they are found. Most societies are not relativist: they view their own ways as good, other people's as bad, inferior, or immoral a form of ETHNOCENTRISM.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

In my opinion, schools that wish to create the most relevant and meaningful learning culture will go in one of these directions. As we continue to advance in the digital age schools and districts are beginning to re-think pedagogy and learning environments by instituting either 1:1 device programs or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 18, 2017

We ensured accountability through numerous unannounced observations, collection of artifacts, and adding a portfolio component to the evaluation process. Unearthing the why became engrained in the very DNA of our culture. Relevance should be a non-negotiable in any learning task. This conversation should also translate to our own work.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2016

As they published their own work in the form of learning artifacts, they begin to create a positive digital footprint that they could be proud of.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Human Behaviour 1 , researchers delve into the intricate world of ancient jewelry, unearthing evidence of nine distinct lost cultures that thrived across Europe between 34,000 and 24,000 years ago. From social status to cultural affiliations, what people wore spoke volumes about their identity.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 5, 2025

Credit: CSIC This finding changes the way we think about early human cognition, technological adaptability, and cultural innovation. These were not simply used fragments but carefully shaped artifacts, demonstrating intentional knapping—striking the bones with stone tools to modify their shape.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts. Many historians, faced with the difficulty of reaching beyond a narrow audience, have chosen to write for the burgeoning array of online publications.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I mention this, as it is important to note that it isn’t one particular action or person that ultimately moves an idea or initiative into something that positively impacts school culture. This applies to the success that my staff and I were able to be a part of during our digital transformation a few years back.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

Once we got rolling though we realized that our improving school culture did not warrant so much attention to, and supervision of, duties, which eventually made it much easier on all of us. In order to free up our teachers, my Administrative team and I assumed the duties that were cut to pick up the slack.

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