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Twitter as a Tool For Academic Discourse

A Principal's Reflections

New Milford High School teachers Jessica Groff and Joanna Westbrook created a Common Core aligned English Language Arts (ELA) task that incorporated Twitter into their unit on Julius Caesar and built on content authentic to the Shakespeare''s history play – i.e. social media re-purposed with and for academic discourse.

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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

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. History teacher Rebecca Millan started her own blog and is now having her students blog as well in Sociology. She also re-wrote the entire Honors English 11 curriculum.

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Authentic Learning Can't Be Standardized

A Principal's Reflections

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

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Game Design as a Catalyst For Learning

A Principal's Reflections

As someone who loves educational technology and knowing how much my son does as well, my wife and I figured this was an unbelievable opportunity that couldn’t be passed up. VR Quest™ is a fun and educational project-based learning (PBL) model that integrates fully immersive Virtual Reality technology.

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The Opinion That Matters Most

A Principal's Reflections

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. Change educational technology New Milford High School Opinion Students' Today was a great day!

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Chrome Extensions for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

Click & Clean deletes typed URL''s, browsing history, Flash cookies, and other types of online activity. Clip to Evernote : Many educators use Evernote so it just makes sense that there is an extension to save things that you see on the web right to your account. educational technology Google Chrome Opinion'

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My Quick List of iPad Apps

A Principal's Reflections

The Weather Channel : Every educator should know what the weather is going to be like each day. World Book: Today in History : History information when you want it. apps educational technology iPad Opinion' Delicious : Access all your bookmarks quickly and easily. Dropbox : MUST HAVE!