The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'What if we let students design their own schools? That''s exactly the question that was explored with The Independent Project. The program provides a model that empowers students to design and learn in their own school. The project was proposed by students. Their principal agreed to allow students to create and attend this school within a school located Monument Mountain Regional High School, a public school in Massachusetts.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

by Margaret Ashida, director of the STEMx. TM. network. All told, over 500 people from across Kentucky came together at the 4th annual Innovate to Learn Institute presented by the University of Kentucky College of Education in Lexington. Educators from pre-school through grad school engaged with employers; local, regional, statewide and national non-profit organizations; and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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CTE Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The post Everybody in this country should…. appeared first on CTeLearning.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'Guest post by Rylie VanOrsdol When I was in early elementary school, I thought everyone experienced the world the way I did. Then, in 5th grade while working with a group of kids on math at school, the answer to the problem was 30. I commented, “Well that’s a nice red number.” You can imagine the ridicule and chaos that ensued. I decided to start keeping things to myself.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

'By Lisa Nielsen with guidance and contributions from Willyn Webb Today's party companions Molly and tampons with boozetube flasks. What do these essentials for today’s EDM (or electronic dance music) culture have to do with being an educator? Well, if you work with secondary school students, a lot actually.That is, if you believe your role goes beyond simply imparting knowledge and includes ensuring your students are armed with some common sense information that could mean the difference

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

'This article originally appeared at Partners in Learning - 1:1 Hot Topics. Family involvement is important to student success in every classroom. In 1 : 1 classrooms, the traditional note home in the backpack can be replaced with new methods allowing innovative educators to access a whole new set of tools that can strengthen the home-school connection.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

'More than ninety percent of parents think they should have a lot of responsibility for ensuring their children are safe on the internet, but only one-third think they are prepared to do so. About three quarters of parents think a major portion of the responsibility for ensuring children’s safety on the Internet falls to schools (source: Research on parent attitudes toward internet use PR Newswire ( [link] ).

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Guest post by John Falino. Cross posted at ON PRINCIPAL As noted in the “ The Principalship: What’s Most Important? ” (Post: 9/13), the nature of the Principalship has changed dramatically in a very short period of time. As the demands continue to increase due to the CCSS, standardized exams, and new teacher evaluation systems, perhaps the greatest “game changer” for Principals is the high level of accessibility and connectedness that is now possible due to technology and social media.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

'A little history. When I first learned of the Bammy Awards I was thrilled to discover there was a formal way to share with the world the work of some seriously amazing educators. Personally, I was thrilled educators had the opportunity to let their peers know what an inspiration their work had been and how it touched the lives of so many. How wonderful to be able to introduce our country to those whose work and ideas were generally only celebrated in the small circle of educators.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

'I've attended a lot of conferences. Some nail it like EdCamps and EduCon , and others leave something to be desired. When it comes to throwing a worthwhile conference, NYSCATE is one that knows how to make it happen. I had the privilege to meet and canoodle with innovative educators at this year’s NYSCATE in Rochester and here are a few of my favorite things about what this conference did right.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

'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 If you''re not preparing your students to use socia.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

'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 If you''re not preparing your students to use social media.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

'Guest post by Jacob Gutnicki Remember when education always pioneered And how the educator was revered Remember engaging activities and innovation Multiple Intelligences and helping children were our passion Remember the inner child And when the kid smiled Remember what it was like to be a kid The games and the friends who we made trouble with; g-d forbid Remember our children must contend with increased standardized testing Accountability, College Readiness, and schools we plan on divesting Re

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'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 If you''re not preparing your students to use social media.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

'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 If you''re not preparing your students to use socia.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

'Mobile Education: Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology is a new eBook that features me and some great friends from my learning network including my co-author of Teaching Generation Text - Willyn Webb, #Edchat cofounder - Shelly Terrell, EduClipper founder - Adam Bellow, Geeky Mama - Lee Kolbert, and a couple dozen or so more which you can see below.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

'Guest post by Travis Alber ReadUps is an online discussion platform where students can read online and discuss content inside the book. Actually, it doesn''t have to be a book, it can also be an imported URL, an uploaded course packet, or whatever you paste in. But the purpose of the ReadUp is to "meet up" inside what students read, and to discuss it.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

'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 If you''re not preparing your students to use social media.

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