A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

This response stood out from the second part of Larry’s piece : " Good teaching is not about where or what to click. The biggest problem is that we have been teaching teachers and students how to use technology without giving them the why of technology. Technology will never solve all the ills of education! Nor should it!

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2014

At NMHS we place a great deal of emphasis on creating artifacts to demonstrate conceptual mastery. Another image created by my friend Bill Ferriter puts into perspective the importance of establishing learning outcomes when integrating technology as part of the teaching and learning process.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

Coming home after a fulfilling day of teaching with chalk all over my sleeves was like a badge of honor. Times have changed since I began teaching. In each case, an activity can be designed to get kids using the IWB to collaborate, manipulate, solve problems, and create artifacts of 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. Fossils do not speak, and ancient DNA does not carry recordings of conversations. The researchers propose that language might have played a key role.

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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

APRIL 25, 2021

Here is a short excerpt from Chapter 1: If we are to develop students who think disruptively, we must examine and reflect on our current teaching and learning practices. It’s time to challenge the status quo when it comes to teaching and learning in our classrooms.

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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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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2021

An effective way to shift our students’ thinking about their role in the classroom is to teach them how to treat their learning like they are making a documentary. Teach students to use their devices to capture visual media documenting their learning. In what areas am I struggling to make progress?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2015

Are they creating a learning product/artifact? Digital Learning Day provides a powerful venue for highlighting great teaching practices while showcasing innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes. What are the learning objectives/outcomes? Need more support?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Back in 2009 when we began to transform teaching and learning at New Milford High School we were extremely fortunate at the time to have wireless Internet access throughout the school. Access to the Internet allowed us and our students to harness and leverage thousands of free tools to support teaching and learning as described above.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Image credit: [link] The whole premise of my book Uncommon Learning is it to provide relevancy, meaning, and authenticity in the teaching and learning process. Additionally, it relies on a bold vision to grant students and educators the autonomy to take risks, learn from failure, and then adapt as needed.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), I have worked with a fantastic team to develop services and tools to help districts, schools, and organizations across the world transform teaching, learning, and leadership. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA).

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

He is now working on developing a student project where they will use iMovie to create artifacts of learning related to historical concepts later this year. History teacher Joe Manzo learned how to use iMovie and created a project on the Vietnam War to engage his students in some of the essential concepts.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2017

I think I refuted more hypotheses then validated, but the learning experience kept driving me to pursue eventual degrees and a teaching certificate in the sciences. Even though my science teaching days are long behind me, the scientific method has always stuck with me, as there are direct applications to leadership.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 3, 2014

To fully utilize a new teaching technology you often need to invent new teaching practices as well." - John Seely Brown I absolutely love this quote that Vicki Davis ( @coolcatteacher ) uses in the opening chapter of her new book titled Reinventing Writing.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As the CEO of Aspire Change EDU , I'm dedicated to research-driven, data-enhanced, and evidence-based services and resources to aid districts, schools, and organizations in transforming teaching, learning, and leadership. Step 4 : The IPA report is shared and discussed with the school or district leadership team.

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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 results in various levels of disengagement during the teaching and learning process. To view the entire series click HERE. For many students, school does not reflect real life.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A good example will be Mozilla Webmaker , a suite of open-source tools dedicated to teaching digital skills and web literacy, as well as Scratch , which offers open-source programming for kids. Visitors to both our physical and virtual Makerspaces are greeted with the following message: "What is Worlds of Making @ NMHS?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

Probably the most significant impact, either 1:1 or BYOD can have is in the area of teaching digital responsibility, citizenship, and the creation of positive footprints online. In theory and on paper, a 1:1 program seems to be the best program for schools wanting to integrate technology on a macro level to enhance teaching and learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The bottom line is that all educators yearn for quality professional learning as opposed to development that leads to sustained improvements in teaching, learning, and leadership. However, I would say an equal amount have found little to no benefit. Once an exemplar is shared, give educators time to reflect and then plan their activities.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The whole premise behind this concept it to provide relevancy, meaning, and authenticity in the teaching and learning process. Additionally, it relies on a bold vision to grant students and educators the autonomy to take risks, learn from failure, and then adapt as needed.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

The two needs are related, for there is simply not enough time for those who teach multiple classes, often in multiple disciplines, to stay on top of the flood of specialized writing, to be confident that they are teaching the best that scholars have learned. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 11, 2015

It is important that the resulting artifacts are not too overbearing and afford students the opportunity to be trusted and empowered to take ownership of their learning. To assist in this area check out these mobile learning frameworks.

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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

MAY 5, 2019

It begins with a focus on improving teaching, learning, and leadership followed by utilizing an array of digital assets at every educator’s disposal to share and amplify. Artifacts such as assessments, lesson plans, unit plans, projects, and examples of student work can easily be converted to a sharable link using Google Docs.

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TeachThought

MAY 16, 2024

Exit Slips Whether you call them exit slips or exit tickets, asking students to briefly leave behind some residue of learning–a thought, a definition, a question–is a powerful teaching strategy. In fact, ‘exit-slip teaching’ literally drives how I use data in the classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2016

It fosters personalization, creativity, and collaboration, giving students infinite ways in which to create artifacts of their learning and knowledge. BYOD enhances learning, increases productivity, allows students to grow their research skills, and gives teachers the chance to teach appropriate digital responsibility.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2015

There is a lesson here to teach kids about the inappropriateness of this, but it becomes even tougher when adults constantly model inappropriate behavior. Their unselfish work geared towards kids that is exemplified through sharing, conversation, and artifacts is what sets them apart from others. Things sure have changed.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally. Watching these moments in the field school was eye-opening and convinced us that teaching isn’t just about sharing knowledge; it’s also about keeping our own love for learning alive. Orchard at its core.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

What many people also don’t realize is that even though all eyes were on the digital aspects of our transformation, it was the continuous focus on improving teaching and learning that ultimately led to results. This makes sense on many fronts, as we are accountable first and foremost to our learners as well as our other stakeholders.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2012

I was accompanied by NMHS Adobe guru Walt Pevny, who consistently integrates technology in his classroom to allow students to create artifacts to demonstrate learning. On Thursday May 17, 2012, I was fortunate to attend the Adobe Digital Publishing Summit in New York City.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

By contract all teachers had to teach five periods. When reflecting on this, the light bulb went on and I seized on an area of opportunity embedded in the eight period day schedule. In the end we created our own Google 80/20 model at my school even though Google axed the program last year.

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Artifacts Professional Development Lesson Plan High School 315

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The PLCs are composed of teachers who teach similar grade levels and/or subject areas. Teachers in one subject area, at one grade level, or teaching in one community are likely to face unique challenges and have different interests. What is challenging about their teaching assignments? What are they curious about or wondering?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. The post OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At a time when we are witnessing yet another political battle to restrict students and young people from learning about Black history, I want to remind us all that learning and teaching Black history shouldn’t be a matter of choice or convenience – it is a necessity. For me, the ability to teach Black history is a matter of life and death.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. Yet, some teaching strategies create barriers that impede student progress. This is not unusual. Teachers want all students to be successful.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Co-teaching and Model Lessons. Co-teaching and facilitating model lessons allows the coach to support implementation or model strategies that the teacher wants to see in action before trying themselves. Real-time coaching also presents coaches with an opportunity to provide feedback on the lesson. Blended Learning Coaching Course.

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