A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2011

Nor do they care to engage me in a discussion as to why I spend valuable time with Twitter or my blog. by Lyn Hilt Is Blogging Really Worth It? by Justin Tarte Blog on, Principal, but Relationships Come First: Lessons from RISD''s Maeda by Jonathan Martin Let’s face it, we can all agree that we could use more time in the day.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. As we all teach in our Introduction to Anthropology classes, the emic perspective is essential for understanding a cultural practice. Chloe Beckett, M.A., References Chan, C.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2014

After my dear friend Ken Royal gave me a nudge, over four years ago I began to share my thoughts through blogging. I have not shied away from sharing my opinions on educational technology, leadership, politics, policy, and reform. We can change this now Commissioner Hespe.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Embracing the role of technology in education and successfully integrating it into daily instruction. We have also seen a movement to extending learning outside of the traditional day through the use of blogs and Google Sites, something that I hope more teachers will experiment with in 2011.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2012

In addition, the company will unveil new primary research on the impact of creativity on our culture and economy, and reveal new initiatives that encourage creativity in education. For more details read Adobe’s Creative Layer Blog Post. Adobe educational technology' Ready to play? PT on Monday, April 23.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2019

The infusion of technology into our culture is the greatest change that our educational system has ever experienced. Not long ago, many schools required teachers to include the use of technology in their daily lesson plans. Teachers were grasping at anything that could fulfill the “obligation” of using technology.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The scholar’s ideas are suddenly having a moment in tech and innovation circles, thanks to a blog post on a website popular among Silicon Valley insiders. The blog, Astral Codex Ten , has been described by The New York Times as “a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future.”

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2022

Common Sense Education - Digital Citizenship offers free lessons on digital citizenship for grades K-12. This platform also offers a comprehensive educator toolkit focused on news and media literacy. EasyBib has several great blog posts, as well as this super-helpful infographic detailing ways to evaluate an article or news story.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This blog post was originally published by EdSurge. When Digital Promise and EdSurge considered which educator award categories to include in the 2014 Digital Innovation in Learning Awards , we wanted to highlight five areas where exemplary teachers around the world are using innovative strategies to engage and empower students.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Alix Gallagher, director of strategic partnerships for Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), recently wrote about the piloting process for the LEARN Network blog. Examine developer briefs, speak with peers in similar contexts and, if you decide to move forward, conduct a pilot to generate real, localized evidence.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology. “If Bill Fitzgerald, director of the privacy initiative, Common Sense Education. A simple Web search reveals a bonanza of free or nearly free education technology applications to tempt resource-strapped teachers.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some groups call themselves “learning DAOs,” organized to educate members of their communities. Called Crypto, Culture, & Society , the group organizes courses that bring knowledge from the arts, humanities and social sciences into conversations about the Web3 world being dreamed into reality. And what are they learning about?

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

HP Spotlight Schools are also characterized by a school culture in which risk-taking and instructional innovation are supported by leadership. Visitors can expect to see innovative technology use with HP and Microsoft tools. A Closer Look at Our 2019 HP Spotlight School. A Closer Look at Our 2019 HP Spotlight School.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

In May 2017, the Ed Tech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium convened nearly 300 stakeholders that rarely collaborate in support of education technology: academic researchers; entrepreneurs; district and university leaders; investors and philanthropists; and teachers and professors. Participants will walk away with new ideas!

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Digital Promise

MAY 1, 2017

A series of collaborative activities were used to introduce aspects of Chinese language and culture to students in Australia before they spent time on exchange in China. In some educational uses of AR, three-dimensional images, video, audio or text are “triggered” to appear by a printed image.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

” I haven’t covered K-12 educational technology very often, and this one really piqued my interest, as you’ll see. So it really depends on the right culture to be in place. Read more Edthena blog posts about video-powered professional learning. Pretty unique. Until next time, have a great week.

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Edthena

MAY 20, 2022

Adam has written on education technology topics for various publications, including Education Week, Forbes and EdSurge, and he has been an invited speaker about education technology and teacher training for conferences at home and abroad. And just as a note, I’ll make sure that they know, go to that blog too.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

” I haven’t covered K-12 educational technology very often, and this one really piqued my interest, as you’ll see. So it really depends on the right culture to be in place. Read more Edthena blog posts about video-powered professional learning. Pretty unique. Until next time, have a great week.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

How do you build a culture of trust for teachers using video? Adam has written on educational technology topics for various publications, including Education Week, Forbes, and edSurge. And he has been an invited speaker about education, technology, and teacher training for conferences at home and abroad.

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