The hottest posts 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.

Entry	Pageviews
Looking to create a social media or BYOD policy? ... Jun 3, 2012,	4112
Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013,	1782
How to showcase #TeacherEffectiveness using digital portfolio... Feb 9, 2014,	1533
Student @CGressmanTHS explains the power of her PLN... Feb 3, 2014,	1373
When and How Should Kids Learn to Type? Feb 8, 2011,	1134
Educator Ann S. Michaelsen explains the power of student PLNs... Jan 26, 2014,	1065
Another reason responsible social media use must be taught... Feb 14, 2014,	927
10 Reasons Students Say They Prefer Learning Online... Nov 18, 2010,	854

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Showcase #TeacherEffectiveness using Padlet

Last week I shared ways to showcase teacher effectiveness via digital portfolios using a wiki and eduClipper.  This week I bring you another great tool to showcase teacher effectiveness courtesy of  elementary school teacher Rodney Schneider.  The tool is called Padlet.  Padlet is a free tool that gives you a blank wall on which to share files, videos, photos, videos, and more. You can choose the visibility and share with the world, a small group of people or just one or two others.  

Rodney created one Padlet for each domain in the Charlotte Danielson framework. (You can download the full evaluation instrument here). Then he created a master Padlet onto which he embedded each of the Padlets allowing one spot to collect all the artifacts and evidence of his effectiveness as a teacher.

This is what it looks like.
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#NYEdTech Meetup Tonight at 7pm on Teacher #PLNs w/ @InnovativeEdu & @mr_casal

What are the most successful teachers doing differently? How is that experienced being shared, and how can new teachers best learn from those that have come before them? Teachers are progressively forming broader and richer professional learning networks that extend far beyond their schools boundaries in many cases.  

Innovative New York City educator Chris Casal (@mr_casal) and I (@InnovativeEdu) will dig in to how personal learning networks or PLNs are formed and what is exchanged by impactful educators as part of the NYEDTech meetup TONIGHT from 7 - 9 p.m. in Manhattan.

If you're in the area, it's not to late to join us. 

Details at http://www.meetup.com/NYEdTech/events/160696002

If you're not in the area, don't despair. You can still follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #EdTechNYC and/or watch the live streamed broadcast below once it begins.

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Recap apps - A great way to begin the digital footprint conversation

As a gift to members, for its ten year anniversary, Facebook is giving us its latest recap app. It's called "A look back" and it provides you with a 60-second overview of your life on Facebook from the beginning. 

Here's mine:

A look back over my six years on Facebook. Click here to watch. 

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The hottest posts everybody'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.

Entry	Pageviews
Looking to create a social media or BYOD policy? ... Jun 3, 2012,	4033
Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013,	1779
How to showcase #TeacherEffectiveness using digital porfolios... Feb 9, 2014,	1492
Student @CGressmanTHS explains the power of her learning network... Feb 3, 2014,	1357
When and How Should Kids Learn to Type? Feb 8, 2011,	1196
Educator Ann S. Michaelsen explains the power of student learning ... Jan 26, 2014,	1059
Showcasing artifacts & evidence to demonstrate #TeacherEffectiveness... Feb 2, 2014,	801
10 Reasons Students Say They Prefer Learning Online... Nov 18, 2010,	730

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Another reason responsible social media use must be taught to students AND adults

In case you missed it, a 15-year-old student from Staten Island created a Facebook page called Close NYC Schools During Snow Emergencies expressing discontent over the DOE's decision to keep schools open Thursday. The high school student employed some smart strategies to help his page gain popularity.  Namely sharing his page on the walls of elected officials.  From there the likes started pouring in. The page went viral attracting nearly 30,000 "Likes" in about a day.  Most of those who came to the page initially had no idea it was a high school student named Jeremy Duenas who was the man behind the page's curtain.

After a day of a blitz of media attention that included many local news outlets, the page creator had this to say to fans of the page:

Thank you everyone for all your outpouring support! From all my family and friends to all of YOU who don't even know me but are praising me anyway. I'm was just a kid from Staten Island and now I feel like I'm more than that.

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A view of #TeacherEffectiveness in the literacy classroom

Across the nation teacher effectiveness is being evaluated according to the four domains of the Charlotte Danielson framework. (You can download the full evaluation instrument here.) This model is valuable because it provides a shared language for effective teaching, however, while many teachers being evaluated are familiar with the evaluation rubric, they may not have seen what this looks like in practice.

If you are one of those teachers, that's about to change.
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