A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2015

When speaking at events I often ask leaders and teachers how they measure the impact of technology on learning. Image credit: [link] Here are some questions that will assist in determining if engagement is leading to actual learning: Is the technology being integrated in a purposeful way grounded in sound pedagogy?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2023

For various reasons, educators are enamored by the keynoting circuit, facilitating presentations at both national and international events, and coaching in school systems. I often get asked both through social media and in person how to become a consultant.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The goals of this symposium are three-fold: To present novel techniques in which human rights pedagogy can be advanced. Roper (Florida Atlantic University).

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

At the end of each practice, there was a closure activity where we reflected on the events of that day while preparing for a future contest. Each practice involved modeling, guided practice, and either individual or team practice. The actual game was more or less an assessment of what my players had learned during practice.

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HistoryRewriter

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Adam truly excels at simplifying pedagogy and combines it with an instinctive gift for self-reflection at a depth that I am incapable of. These frameworks help students classify and organize components of a historical event into mental models for higher levels of understanding.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Through a combination of sound pedagogy and effective technology integration, student engagement is on this rise. One of the benefits of using Twitter is that you can communicate information whenever and wherever you want, making it extremely convenient. We are making learning relevant, meaningful, and creative!

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

One that sticks out to me as the most critical is how resilience got us through one of the most disruptive events we have ever experienced. The pandemic leveled down an array of lessons that should pave the way for future success. While the path was fraught with obstacles, we learned to overcome them together through innovative means.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2023

Whether you refer to the strategy as a hook or anticipatory set, they key is to infuse relevance that piques the interest of diverse learners.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Traditional communication has typically referred to those we reach out to as parents , as in parent-teacher conferences , or in more specific roles, as in Mother’s Day events.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2016

It is important to remember that change has to be treated like a process as opposed to one single event. Has staff been trained in digital pedagogy (lesson/project design, assessment, etc.)? Not only were we the first to do it in my state, but there weren't many great examples to pull from at the time.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The premise is simple: One person narrates a series of events that are acted out by a small group of students as if they are the slides or photos. While the events can start as frozen pictures, you can expand the possibility to include short “video” clips. It builds their persuasive and personal writing skills as well.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Professional Learning Typical means of professional development (PD) such as drive-by events, one-off workshops, or book studies, while having value, will not lead to impactful virtual learning at scale. There needs to be a shift from “PD” to professional learning that is ongoing, job-embedded, and research-aligned.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2023

Learning is a process, not an event. Pacing is critical when it comes to personalized pedagogy because it affects a number of factors that are essential for learning, including: Students learn at different paces. If all kids are doing the same thing, the same way, at the same time, the experience is more impersonal than personal.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Pedagogy has been at the forefront of my thinking and work as of late. With all of the great ideas that educators are exposed to thanks to social media and live events, it is essential that we pause to reflect on what it takes to move from what sounds good in theory to successful implementation into practice.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Type A teachers who may see social events as wasted time may need to be reminded that the bonding and community-building that comes from this time is important and will lead to a more cohesive, productive staff.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (TSETC) : I have previously blogged about this event, but am compelled to mention it again. This is going to be a great opportunity for my staff to truly experience the power inherent in educational technology when combined with pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Below are just a few quick ideas that can be implemented quickly: Picture prompt Real-world problem of the day Current event or personal story Open-ended writing prompt that sparks inquiry and creativity Riddle Short, engaging video followed by a turn and talk Sensory exploration Be sure to take advantage of the opening minutes of each class.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. ” In cases when a more general statement or challenge comes up, an effective response is to ask, “Is this a hypothetical situation or is there an actual event or circumstance you would like to discuss?”

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 24, 2018

Backchannel Chat has some good answers to both of these questions below: A backchannel is a conversation that takes place alongside an activity or event. So why and how should one incorporate backchanneling during workshops, presentations, faculty meetings, after hours, or in classrooms?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

I know it’s not flashy, aligned to research, or even directly connected to pedagogy….but During events like concerts, plays, and art shows these devices can easily be temporarily placed in these spaces to meet the power needs of stakeholders visiting the school while showing off some school pride in the process.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2010

This past Friday an exciting event took place at my high school due to the efforts of Colleen Tambuscio, who is a fantastic Holocaust teacher. These educators had many questions for us regarding our approach that led us into great discussions about content and pedagogy.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

When people outside of school ask you what you do say, at a social event how do you describe your work? I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian?

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Living Geography

MAY 21, 2024

The third running of the Practical Pedagogies conference will take place in November 2024. The first two events were rather great - one in Toulouse and one in Cologne. This event will take place in Cologne once again. The keynote speaker who will bookend the event is Hywel Roberts. He was awesome.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of the best events I've attended and presented at has been the Practical Pedagogies events that were held in 2016 and 2018. Russel Tarr is now organising a third running of the event and the call for sessions is now open. The first was held in Toulouse and the second was in Cologne.

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Living Geography

MARCH 3, 2024

The third running of the Practical Pedagogies conference will take place in November 2024. The first two events were rather great - one in Toulouse and one in Cologne. This event will take place in Cologne once again. The keynote speaker who will bookend the event is Hywel Roberts. He was awesome.

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Pedagogy to Share

MAY 17, 2023

This time, we spent three whole days learning, playing, laughing, discussing pedagogy in our unique contexts, and deliberating over issues connected to global citizenship in multilingual and multicultural contexts. The session was deeply relevant to me in light of recent events in Israel. Our visit to the 22.

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In preparation for a class based my 2022 article in Teaching Anthropology, Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing , I provided ChatGPT with the following prompt: Use the research findings below to create 12 marketing ideas for Duncan Hines cake mix. Human Organization. 69 (3): 252-262. Morais, Robert J.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2024

The event attracted more than 3,000 participants from across the country and around the world. In November 2023, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the second annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference.

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Heinemann Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

Math workshop provides teachers a framework for pedagogy that supports student needs using inquiry and cooperative activities.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

For the past four years, applied learning pedagogies, including digital tools like game-based platforms, have been explored within LAUSD to build math, literacy and social-emotional learning competencies using applied learning pedagogy. Celebrate and showcase students’ achievements and learning outcomes.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers at the event were, at times, frank about the existential crisis that higher education is facing during this moment with spiking tuition and student debt levels, rising skepticism of the value of college and following a period of emergency remote learning that exposed many students to online alternatives to campus learning.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 17, 2024

He describes how liberating it can be to understand that there’s a difference between your thoughts and reality, that many people create a lot of unhappiness for themselves because they believe their interpretation of life’s events is an accurate reflection of what’s actually happening.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The job at Course Hero will be full time, and so Morris not only left his university job, but he also will step aside as director of the Digital Pedagogy Lab , which runs an annual event to help professors improve their teaching. That lab will continue as before, and Morris plans to be involved, but not as director, he says.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With other current events, I’m quick to brush up on the latest news, curating articles for my students to discuss in class. Why would one of the world’s biggest athletic events be any different? If the aforementioned events are any indication, it seems impossible to overestimate the significant role soccer plays in many of their lives.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Our collective efforts to craft dynamic civic engagement pedagogies capable of cultivating students with not only the knowledge, but also the civic skills, experiences, and dispositions characteristic of public-spirited participation, has never been more important.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 18, 2023

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. ” The simple definition for trauma that she starts with is “a response to life-threatening events, dangerous or harmful conditions, or a prolonged stressful environment.”

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

I also co-presented at several events with the legend that is Duncan Hawley. This returns the thinking to the idea of knowledge(s) and the implication that to unlock this requires what Margaret Roberts has called "powerful pedagogy" which is where we come in. This is part of what is called curriculum leadership. a powerful knowledge?'

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