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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Saturday, 29 June 2013
The hottest posts that everyone's reading
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Article Page Views How connected is your school? Take this quiz...Jun 2, 2013, 2152 How well does your school meet student expectations...May 26, 2013, 1819 5 ways to spice up your LinkedIn...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
5 tips to help students write for career success
Here is how most of my writing starts.The unspoken truth about teaching writing in schools is that few people doing so are published writers themselves. What's worse, the message that students get is that in school they don't focus on writing for real. Let's be honest, how often do you read a book in the real world and think, "Oh! I want to write a book report!" How often do we take two texts to analyze and write a paper that we hand into someone....
Sunday, 23 June 2013
3 ways to use the old-school phone to enrich learning
One of the oldest forms of mobile social networking is the old-school phone call. Innovative educators like Will Richardson and Marc Prensky have said, “Life is an open phone test.” Except at school. Why is it that in the real world we are valued for our ability to address and use connections to solve our problems, but in school we call that cheating? In its most primitive form, the cell phone is a great tool to just reach out to someone who may...
Saturday, 22 June 2013
The hottest posts that everyone's reading
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator. Below you’ll see the top 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. Post Pageviews How connected is your school? Take this quiz ...Jun 2, 2013, 2136 How well does your school meet student expectations...May 26, 2013, 1820 8 Real Ways Facebook Enriched 1st grade...Jul 15, 2010, 1786 5 ways innovative...
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Common Core practice tests now available online
From eSchool News "Site of the Week:"View more Sites of the WeekThe Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two collections of states that are designing online tests aligned with the Common Core standards, has released online practice tests in both ELA and math for students in grades 3-8 and 11.The tests will help schools prepare for implementation of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System in the 2014-15 school year, the organization...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Google Voice simplifies and enhances the work of innovative educators
Google Voice is a terrific tool for educators. Google Voice gives you one phone number that is tied to you. You can chose to have that phone number ring any phone you’d like. As a result, you can pick just one phone to take with you and all your phones will ring into it. You will never again need to carry multiple phones or swap phones. Another feature that teachers will love is that it gives every teacher their personal secretary as all voicemails...
Monday, 17 June 2013
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Innovative Educators named Bammy Awards finalists!
The Academy of Education Arts and Sciences announced the finalists for the second annual Bammy Awards which recognizes the contributions of educators across 23 categories. Finalists include teachers, principals, superintendents, school nurses, education advocates, researchers, early childhood specialists, education journalists, education school professors, school board members, education bloggers, parents and other members of the broad education...
Saturday, 15 June 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 comme...
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement?
Twitter used to be very clear that you had to be 13 to use their site. In fact, it was the first bullet in the "Basic Terms" section. On September 18, 2009, Twitter released a new Terms of Service that omitted the age requirement which you can see here https://twitter.com/tos. Additionally, Twitter does not ask your age when creating an account. They also have safety tips for parents that do not mention an age requirement and...
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Where does world-changing fit into the #CCSS ?
My friend Angela Maiers has been visiting me in New York and came over last week totally jazzed about helping kids in a school she visited change the world during the last couple days of school. For many teachers, however, it is not clear where world-changing fits within the testing and standards each student is required to meet at every grade level and in every subject. Instead, the focus is competition and acquisition, mastery, and assessment of skills as outlined in this video. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Google SMS discontinued. Try these great alternatives.
Google SMS provided a great way for students to learn right from their phones. Sadly, now they are gone. Google's decision to streamline their services, unfortunately leaves behind so many of our students who don't have access to the internet. Fortunately, in the world of Web 2.0 once one service is out, another one or two gems are usually standing by in the wings to replace it. In this case, there are a couple services that may provide even more value to learners and like Google SMS they are free and easy to use. Here they are:I want...
Monday, 10 June 2013
Students Talk Social Media in Education via the 1st #StuVoice Google Hangout
Student Voice launched their first Google Hangout. The topic was: Learning in the 21st Century: Social Media in Education. During the hangout participants discussed how they are using social media in their education and how they think it can better be used in their learning experience.Here are the topics that were discussed.Education on proper use - Social media is an effective and necessary tool when those using it are educated properly on its use. Use in the classroom - Students are using social media for research, communication,...
Sunday, 9 June 2013
5 ways innovative educators can spice up their Linkedin profile
Crossposted at SmartblogsLinkedin is the 21st century resume. As such, part of supporting college and career readiness includes having an updated online image. It is important for educators to have a strong Linkedin profile not only as a model for their students, but also for families who want to find out a little more about their child’s teacher. Bonus points if your school website lists links to teacher profiles. Just like with paper, you want...
Saturday, 8 June 2013
The hottest posts that everyone's reading!
Here’s the roundup of what's been popular lately on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top 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. Post Views The packet-driven classroomMay 19, 2013, 2535 Could PBL be the Solution to Education Reform?May 14, 2013, 1970 How well does your school meet student expectations...May 26, 2013, 1706 Was #JeffBliss disrespectful...
Thursday, 6 June 2013
5 ideas for using Google Hangouts On Air
If you're an innovative educator, by now, you have probably tried Google Hangouts which let you conduct a video conference with up to ten people / locations FOR FREE! This by itself has terrific potential for teaching and learning tool. I explained here ways the following ideas could be put to use in the classroom:1) Take a class without having to be in the same place. 2) Invite an audience to a performance. 3) Invite others to perform/discuss with you. What you may yet to have tried is livestreaming your Hangout and capturing...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
The 411 for coordinating a Google Hangout On Air
If you thought Google Hangouts were cool, you’ll find Google Hangouts On Air even cooler. Check em out here.Hangouts on Air are truly awesome, but coordinating them is tricky and takes some careful planning. As educators, you’ll want to be especially aware of this because if you are not careful, you can have a situation like the one my friend Angela Maiers shared with me recently. Though it is funny it retrospect, it certainly wasn’t when unknown men joined the Hangout she was conducting and were less than professional. Not only...
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