Here are my weekly Diigo bookmarks for the week of April 21. Hopefully I will be getting a blog post done this week. Make it a ridiculously amazing week!
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3 Must-Know Tips For Anyone Nervous About EdTech – Edudemic
Nervous about the Chromebooks? Here are 3 GREAT ideas that we all should be doing
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How Staying Uncomfortable Is The Key To Success – Edudemic
This is a great blog on how to encourage and be successful at organizational change. It deals with the implementation of 1:1 student devices. Interesting read.
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25 Highly Rated (And Free!) Mac Apps For The Classroom – Edudemic
Some highly rated and free apps for Macs in the classroom.
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Life of an Educator: 8 ways to spruce up that classroom activity
Some things to think about as we close ion on the end of the year.
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4). Encourage and provide students the opportunity to work collaboratively.
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5). Don’t inadvertently put ‘limiters’ on student learning, discovery, and exploration by making the activity too specific and too detailed.
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6). Get your kids up and moving
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7). Don’t hog the stage by doing all the talking and allow your kids to do the talking.
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8). End the activity with a survey getting feedback and input from your students.
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Life of an Educator: 6 ways to avoid responding ‘defensively’
Great tips on dealing w/difficult people/situations
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Are You Ready for a New Twitter? | The Daring Librarian
Are You Ready for a New Twitter? http://t.co/kwZf7QnnHk
— Erin Klein (@KleinErin) April 22, 2014
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A5: Stinks: US sucks compared 2 others on Stnd Tsting, but Blows everyone out of the water in Critical Thinking and Problem solving #vachat
— Bill Davidson (@BDavidson89) April 22, 2014
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A1: rock. If assigned with a purpose and with Ss choice in mind. To be clear, busy work stinks. #vachat
— Megan Campbell (@MsCsCorner) April 22, 2014
@MelanyStowe there should never be a zero. Ever. #vachat
— Kimberly A. Hurd (@khurdhorst) April 22, 2014
Do you know how many years of being basic or below it takes before a S thinks that’s all he can achieve? #vachat
— Samantha Bates (@sjsbates) April 22, 2014
#vachat A3: If ur doing ur job, u dont need stndzd tests to reveal what ur Ss know & dont know. Stinks.
— Derek Oldfield (@Mr_Oldfield) April 22, 2014
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The secret of developing a technology-based classroom | eSchool News | eSchool News
Some tips on integrating technology (Chromebooks) into your classroom
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Why Leaders Are Poor Communicators
Great article on leadership and communication
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…don’t fundamentally believe communication is important.
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but many leaders don’t buy into it as a personal priority
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…have forgotten what it’s like to not be the boss.
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It’s as if we put blinders on when we assume power– even though leaders have been in their employees’ exact same spots, dealing with similar sets of issues.
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What feels like overkill to the leader can be a pittance to someone with a fraction of the information and context.
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The Importance of Giving Credit – Sachin H. Jain – Harvard Business Review
Some good thoughts on giving credit to those who deserve it
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Build School Morale by Attending to the 5 Cs — Whole Child Education
How are you doing on the 5 C’s?
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10 Iconic Teacher Actions That Technology Should Disrupt –
Some thoughts on what learning will look like in the near future
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