A Principal's Reflections

JULY 15, 2013

Blogs are an incredible social media tool that can be utilized in a variety of ways. Teachers can set up a class blog to foster creative writing and reflection, or as an alternative to a school newspaper. Blogs are not isolated to just writing, students can add rich media to posts such as pictures, videos, widgets, and gadgets.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

Steve visited New Milford High School on Thursday February 28, 2013. NMHS routinely hosts visits from outside educators, schools, and organizations in an effort to provide insights on our initiatives. It is also interesting that at New Milford High School, there are no mandates for teachers to use technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

This morning I attended a meeting with students that represent New Milford High School and my superintendent. They spoke of the History teacher who was having them blog to reflect critically on world history content where they could interact with each other and share their thoughts. Today was a great day!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 13, 2011

Let me start off by saying that I work at an incredible school. When I came to New Milford High School in 2004 there were many amazing programs in place. Technology now allows the students and staff at NMHS to share in the authentic learning experiences taking place in Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic).

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

This was the one solid solution I had at keeping abreast of my digital footprint as well as the latest news about New Milford High School. It allows users to monitor any keywords related to you, your brands, your schools/districts, or anything else you want to monitor. Now I was downright frustrated.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Several years ago, two high school chemistry teachers from Colorado shifted their teaching practice dramatically. Whether through a podcast, individual blog, classroom wiki, or another Web 2.0 educational technology Opinion'

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 20, 2013

Learn more at Learning With Artifacts One New Milford High School teacher continues to push the envelop in this area. Earlier in the year I blogged about Mrs. Westbrook''s use of Instrgram in her English class as a means for her students to demonstrate conceptual understanding.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

As the school year comes to an end at New Milford High School, I can’t help but begin to think about sustaining the many changes that have taken place over the past few years as well as identifying other areas where change is needed. Change educational leadership educational technology Innovation Opinion'

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2011

There was even a comment on the Facebook page that I manage for my high school stating that I spend too much time on Twitter. 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? Let me first discuss blogging.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Laura DeSena is a Teacher of English at West Milford High School (NJ). She is also the Founder of Innovations in Online Education, Inc. You can check out her blog HERE. 21st Century Education educational technology elearning synchronous learning'

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2014

I stress the fact that we now have a plethora of free tools that compel leaders, or all educators for that matter, to become the storyteller-in-chief. Regardless of whether the stories are being penned by myself, my staff, or the students of New Milford High School , we have done just that at NMHS.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

The following is a guest blog post by Dr. Franklin Turner who recently visited my school. A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to visit schools that are using social media, smartphones, texting, and other digital technologies, as a vital part of daily classroom instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Educators involved in the beta process are already impressed with AXI’s capabilities. For example, Dan Armstrong, a graphic arts teacher at Lake City High School said: “ Adobe Acrobat XI is a problem solver for educators –it’s simple to learn and easy to use. Please check out their blog for more information.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The next week off will enable us to recharge our batteries and continue our efforts to make New Milford High School a model for innovation and student-centered learning. Embracing the role of technology in education and successfully integrating it into daily instruction.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 3, 2010

On a crisp, sunny Saturday morning in October, approximately 400 passionate educators congregated at New Milford High School for the Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (TSETC). New Milford High School alumnus Erica Hartman covered over 20 free tools that any teacher could easily use in the classroom.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, is all done with shushing. based education advocacy group. “It

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

In partnership with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA), we hosted a roundtable with district and organizational leaders to understand how students with learning differences were supported during remote learning necessitated by the pandemic, and to imagine the future.

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Digital Promise

JULY 23, 2020

We know technology can be a transformational tool for improving student achievement and engagement, and for driving school innovation. In this way, said another DLP teacher, the process of collaborating with a coach “really removes a lot of the anxiety around using technology.”

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2021

High school teacher, Tennessee. As students and teachers return to school, many are focused on rebuilding the relationships that 84 percent of teachers felt suffered during the pandemic. Here is where the reach, flexibility, and familiarity of educational technology (edtech) can be leveraged.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Hirsch-Pasek believes that it’s time to change how politicians and society at-large talk about funding preschool and high-quality child care. The need is immediate, she and a colleague wrote in a blog for the Brooking Institute, with economic impacts for parents now and long-term consequences for kids.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2023

The free online conference, called AI x Education , aimed at getting teachers at colleges and high schools up to speed on the latest AI tools like ChatGPT, and to encourage them to try to use them this fall. But one national event for teachers this month had a very unusual trait: It was started and organized by students.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Last school year, we interviewed students from various schools across the district, elementary through high school, about their technology habits at school and home. Our technology team is brainstorming ways to address it, even if it's just making people more aware of it so we can discuss it in more depth.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cuban is an emeritus professor of education at Stanford University. He started his career teaching high school social studies for 14 years. At one point he directed a teacher-education program that prepared returning Peace Corp volunteers to teach in inner-city schools.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Allen says his family couldn’t afford to send him to college when he finished high school, so he joined the Army and suffered an injury while serving in Afghanistan. That’s an idea pitched in a recent blog post co-written by Saraf and entrepreneur Scott Meyer. Students could get in on the action, too.

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ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

For a long time, I lived and breathed teaching,” says Elizabeth Neilson, a former high school English teacher who lives in Minneapolis. “I For Cami Heredia, a former high school English teacher turned technical recruiter, it was partly about the money and partly about the mental exhaustion. “I I wanted to be good at it.

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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 16, 2017

But now, I love school math, because I’m learning better.”. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend. We know how education reform is. Every couple of years, something comes and then it goes.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Human trafficking, social anxiety, immigration, gentrification, global citizenship: these are just a few of the immersive experiences produced by high school students in 360 Filmmakers Challenge, designed to inspire the next generation of virtual reality creators. Can Students Create VR? Short Answer: Yes!

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

Scott Kinney has nearly 25 years of experience in the fields of professional learning and educational technology, and currently serves as Discovery Education Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships. One of my many high school memories is learning the Pythagorean Theorem.

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

Lower high school graduation rates caused by chronic absences can result in an underemployed population , negatively affecting economic productivity and stability. The cumulative effect of chronic absenteeism can result in a less educated and more disengaged citizenry , affecting the overall social fabric of a nation.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, according to a Digital Promise study , 74 percent of districts use more than 26 different education technology products and another 17 percent of districts use over 100. When education technology products don’t play nicely together, educators and administrators pay the price. 10’s data manager.

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All Things Pedagogical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

And I am sure some of you selected the link to this blog hoping to find out what article I am talking about. And this blog post is here to say that both of those kinds of articles make my work extremely difficult to do. I spend a lot more time alone than I used to.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rhode Island also emphasized the importance of involving state government in their efforts (the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, led by former Office of Educational Technology Director Richard Culatta, has been a key partner in EduvateRI). Prioritizing Equity.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2021

I am honored to have helped launch this initiative and hope that you will subscribe to the blog and join the hosts for their weekly discussions (which also are archived for later viewing). . Where (when) there is no school. Delivering education when schools are closed: Lessons from China. Year 1 Episodes. Related Posts.

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Edthena

MAY 20, 2022

Since 2011, Adam has overseen the evolution of Edthena from a paper-based prototype into a research-informed and patented platform used by schools, districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers. And just as a note, I’ll make sure that they know, go to that blog too. So I think that’s cool.

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