Here are my Diigo posts for the week of September 22. This was a big week for our school. We distributed over 1300 Chromebooks to our students. Read about our journey in my blog post “A Bright New World”.
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Ideas to Make Lectures and Presentations Interactive
Lecture has its place but it doesn’t have to be boring
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More reasons why social media is no longer an option for public schools
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LeadLearner: Help your New Teachers Catch their Breath
Have some new teachers this year? Help them breathe
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LeadLearner: Rage “with” the Testing Machine
Interesting take on the testing dilemma
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Edutech for Teachers » Blog Archive » Turn Meaningful Words into Images with Quozio
Awesome tool for turning words into visual images
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More with the Google Maps Gallery | doug — off the record
Some Google maps resources for Social Studies teachers
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Great article on the daily interactions of a principal
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This Is How Google Recommends You Stay Safe Online | Edudemic
via Edudemic http://www.edudemic.com
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Free Technology for Teachers: Frequently Overlooked Google Search Tools and Strategies
via Free Technology for Teachers: Frequently Overlooked Google Search Tools and Strategies
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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ideas for Using Padlet In School – Suggestions Welcome
via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
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Free Technology for Teachers: Send Reminders to Parents and Students Through Class Messenger
via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
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Teaching History: The Five-Minute Lecture Rule | MiddleWeb
Based on Social Studies, this is a great rule for all teachers
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More specifically, I have been trying to keep myself to a very stringent five-minute rule when talking to (at) my class as a whole.
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I settled on five minutes for the same reason I tell my students they have three minutes to work on something I will actually give them 10 minutes to complete. A 10-minute rule would result in 15- minute lectures, which would eventually allow me to cheat to 20 minutes, and so on.
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One is the idea that lecture is likely to leave a student with a lasting understanding of the historical events you are covering. Most people remember very little from lectures.
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The Reflective Teacher: Taking a Long Look | Edutopia
Some excellent reflective practices for teachers
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The Wejr Board – 10 Belief Statements About Student Discipline
What are your beliefs about student discipline? Here is a place to start
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The Wejr Board – Start With Strengths: Change the Lens. Change the Story.
Great article on teaming
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You guys need to read this
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In my first year as an intermediate teacher and vice principal, I struggled to reach some students; I especially struggled to reach a student named Dom. After about 6 weeks of trying, I went to my principal, Roxanne Watson, and asked for help. I sat with her and listed off all the things he could NOT and would NOT do. After about 8 examples of things he could not do, she said, “Stop, tell me what he is GOOD at.”
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It’s a Snap! 4 Ways to Use Music with Special Needs Students | Edutopia
Good article for our music peeps
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8 Tips to Create a Twitter-Driven School Culture | Edutopia
Want to get more out of Twitter? Here you go
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Creating a Dynamic Facebook Page for Your School | Edutopia
Is your schools FaceBook page alive? Here are some tips for getting the most from your page
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The perspective of our Ss is often forgotten. Great reminder for all of us
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TeachThought Staff, Author at TeachThought
4 Characteristics Of Critical Digital Pedagogy via @TeachThought http://t.co/gpYrS0i44t
— Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) September 24, 2014
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Teaching Above the Line | Franklin West Supervisory Union
A4 – we are putting a focus on the #SAMR model #vaadminchat http://t.co/ooqV8bfTpm
— ned kirsch (@betavt) September 24, 2014
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@TCMSPrincipal Here is my site where I have linked some resources for Ts. https://t.co/1ZfcdhAmgd #vaadminchat
— Amy Heavin (@AmyHeavin) September 24, 2014
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A3: I designed a school webpage over the summer that is chock full of resources for all stakeholders: http://t.co/WNvtqgjpec
— Brad Currie (@bradmcurrie) September 24, 2014
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Digital Age Learning @ FWSU | Scoop.it
A3 — a quick and easy way to share resources http://t.co/HHg2pUIU2p #vaadminchat
— ned kirsch (@betavt) September 24, 2014
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feedly beta – Login issues – Community – Google+
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Edwin
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Six Alternatives to Book Reports | Education Rethink
via @edrethink Six Alternatives to Book Reports http://t.co/1FrU95VvW6 #edreform #edchat
— Shelly S Terrell (@ShellTerrell) September 23, 2014
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5 ways to be a leader who gets it | @thehrgoddess SmartBlogs
Are you a leader who “gets it”? Here are some ways to tell
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Critical Thinking Pathways | Edutopia
Great article and resources on critical thinking
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