Below is my interview from the Voki blog explaining how I use this tool.GoalMy goal with using Voki is to give every student a voice and a face in a fun and engaging way even if they only have access to a phone.How I use VokiVoki is a great tool that allows the 21st century student to capture, publish, celebrate and converse about any topic or subject. I love helping innovative educators use Voki. Here are some of the things they are doing.Students can use Voki in the revision process of their writing by recording a Voki to make sure...
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Cel.ly Supports Schools: Group texting for education
Cel.ly is primarily a free group texting service. Group texting saves time, improves communication, provides documentation of texts, and sets the stage for easily using many other cell phone tools. The Cells referred to in Cel.ly are instant mobile networks. With Cel.ly, you can have open group chat, one-way alerting, or a hybrid where curators can approve messages.Cel.ly also provides security and privacy as phone numbers are never exposed and there...
Saturday, 27 April 2013
The hottest posts that everyone's reading!
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews 7 free ways to capture student responses without costlyclickers...Mar 27, 2013, 7 comments 7730 What's your digital footprint? Take this quiz ...Apr...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Tell social media gurus #YouMatter with a #BammyAwards vote!
Envision a world that values education like it values entertainment. That is the goal of The Bammy Awards. Earlier this month I nominated educators from across the globe for an award. This time around, I’m nominating those I have the pleasure of working and connecting with in New York City. These are movers and shakers that I have come to know because of their pioneering work in the use of social media to support teaching, leading, and learning...
Monday, 22 April 2013
Remind 101 provides simple & free texting tool to enrich teaching and learning
Remind101 provides a safe, one-way, mass text messaging system created specifically for use in Education. It keeps your phone number, and the phone number's of your subscribers completely private, stores all of your sent messages, and it's completely free to use. Just sign up and create a list for others to join via a simple text or email. Because of the convenience of sending messages directly to phones, Remind101 is a perfect tool for announcements...
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Free book chapter - Tried & true cell phone tools
Access all the chapters at The Classroom 2.0 BookThe Classroom 2.0 Book is now live, and I am proud to have a chapter with my co-author Willyn Webb (Tried and True Tools to Get You Going with Cell Phones) in this free e-book that was created as part of Classroom 2.0′s 5th Anniversary Project. The project was put together by three fantastic leaders in education: Steve Hargadon, Richard Byrne, and Chris Dawson.There...
Saturday, 20 April 2013
The hottest posts everyone's reading
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. EntryPageviews7 free ways to capture student responses without ...Mar 27, 2013, 7 comments737110 Do’s and don’ts to using PowerPoint to deliver ...Mar 20, 2013, 3 comments3647Facebook, Edmodo, & Schoology. Oh my! Choosing a s...Mar 21,...
Friday, 19 April 2013
Newsflash: Social media is real life
Co-authored by Lisa Nielsen and Lisa CooleyA recent Common Sense Media story about Facebook Home warns parents that the new Facebook Home app will be an ever-present distraction in the lives of young people. It states that as your teen's engagement with friends via Facebook goes up, engagement in the “real world” can go down. Adults need to wake up. We need to take a step back from the notion that online communication is interaction in a world...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Know the "Other" side on Facebook
One of the best practices that I recommend for educators who are using Facebook with students is to create a group or a page where teachers and parents or students can connect, collaborate, and create. One of the nice things about groups and pages is they allow you to message members without having to be Facebook "friends" with them. Recently however, a new twist has been put in place that innovative educators should be aware of. If you...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Preparing students for real-world financial success
Students often begin pursuing employment as early as high school, but they are not taught best practices when it comes to managing their money. Everyone should know how to make healthy financial decisions, yet it is rarely found in the high school curriculum. While the new Common Core Standards stress the importance of career readiness, it’s not clear in what context students would learn strategies for real world financial concerns--like staying...
Monday, 15 April 2013
#StuVoice Summit Recap via Twitter
The Student Voice movement was born and grown from using social media as a tool to connect like-minded individuals via weekly #StuVoice Twitter chats (8:30 p.m. EST), a Facebook Book Page to share and celebrate success, a Facebook Group to interact, and a website to get information. The weekend, was the first ever Student Voice Summit. It provided an opportunity for individuals to see the faces of so many of the minds they had already gotten to know through their passion to give students a voice in the educational policies that affect them....
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Will you let an exam result decide your fate?
Has an exam ever changed, influenced, or decided your fate? It has for me, and for many, exams have been the gatekeeper to experiences brilliant people close to me had hoped to pursue. An algebra exam kept one friend who has run a successful business for years from completing the a Bachelor's program she wanted to pursue. Two friends who have proven track records as education technology leaders were denied consideration for a doctorate program because of their GRE scores. A high school student renowned for his successful political activism was...
Saturday, 13 April 2013
The hottest posts everyone's reading
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews What's your digital footprint? Take this quiz and ...Apr 9, 2013, 1 comment 2751 6 free ways to capture student responses w/out clickers...Mar 27, 2013,...
Friday, 12 April 2013
Educators connect with students & parents using Voki animated avatar
With Voki (www.Voki.com) you can share a message using an animated avatar that talks. It is created using a student’s own voice recorded right from any phone. You can design the avatar’s appearance, add voice, and can get an embed code to pop it into any web2.0 compatible site (Wikis, Blogs, Facebook, Websites) or even powerpoint. The avatar moves and speaks based on what the caller says.Not only does Voki provide a fun way to share information with...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Yeeah! #BammyAwards nominates The Innovative Educator
Well isn't this fabulous? While I was out nominating awesome folks from around the nation for the Bammy Awards, I opened up my own email to find the Bammy Nomination Committee had selected me for the Education Commentator/Blogger category. How cool is that?Click here to check it out and vote.If you haven't heard of the Bammy's, it is the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences Award. "The Academy exists solely to recognize what is right in education...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
What's your digital footprint? Take this quiz and find out!
I developed this quiz with members of my personal learning network (found at end of post) to get students thinking about their digital footprint. The quiz was created at the request of high school students I spoke with who thought the creation of a such a quiz could lead to a smart conversation about ways students can update their digital footprint so that it is one that leads to college and career success.Check it out with your students and let...
Monday, 8 April 2013
6 Reasons Why You Should Use 6 Laptops in Your Classroom
Guest post by Bradley Lands | Cross posted at The Landscape of LearningThe 1:1 student to computer ratio initiative is a great goal for schools to have. I mean, what school would not want each of their students to have access to a personal laptop computer? The problem is that most schools can't afford to spend the kind of money that it takes to provide each student with a laptop, especially when the nation is trying to climb out of...
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Tell educators #YouMatter. Place your #BammyAwards Vote!
Educator's make their way to the red carpet.I'm in the purple dress with my boyfriend, back right.Envision a world that values education like it values entertainment. That is the goal of The Bammy Awards. It’s time for The Bammy nominations, a cross-discipline honor that identifies and acknowledges the extraordinary work being done across the education field every day-- from teachers, principals and superintendents, to advocates, researchers, education...
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