The Innovative Educator

MAY 4, 2014

'This week I had the pleasure to speak on a panel to career-minded students at the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation's annual conference. Our panel consisted of four experts familiar with social media who shared advice about what to do when it comes to how to best use Facebook, Twitter and other digital platforms. The main message as reported in the Staten Island Advance : Think before you post, tweet. and curse.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 6, 2014

'Being a parent of four young kids I often find myself wondering what I''m going to do w/ them for the summer when they get out of school. When thinking about this and looking over many options, I noticed lots of Ed Tech companies have started to offer online summer programs/camps. This is a fantastic way (and lots of times inexpensive/affordable) for students to spend some time in the summer and help prevent summer learning loss.

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MAY 20, 2014

Today we joined over 200 businesses and other organizations in writing to Congress to urge reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). Together, we recommended that the reauthorization include alignment of career tech programs to labor market needs; support collaboration between secondary and postsecondary institutions and employers; increase student participation in experiential learning opportunities; and promote the use of industry-recognized credentia

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 18, 2014

'Mozilla, the non-profit that created Firefox, has created tools and resources to educate and empower people to understand the architecture, culture and citizenship of the web. The effort stems from a framework of skills and competencies–known as the web literacy map that addresses everything from basic web navigation and writing code to understanding the consequences of sharing data online and collaborating with others.

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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

MAY 7, 2014

'Google Summit attendees in Vermont. Whether it’s Docs, Earth, Glass, Translate, Voice, Hangouts, Blogger, Chromebooks, and more, Google provides some of my favorite tools for education. If you feel the same way or are just intrigued, you may be interested in a Google for Education Summit. Here’s why. 1. Try out shiny new tools like Google Glass, Chromebooks, and Android devices Do you want to experience the world through Google Glass?

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 25, 2014

'If you know and love the power of social media, then someone who doesn't get it may have sent you the "Look Up" video below. Video creator Gary Turk is a privileged white guy who features his privileged circle of buddies using the social media platform YouTube to whine that social media is making them feel lonely. Boohoo Gary and friends.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 19, 2014

'If you are interested in discussing how to prepare preservice teachers for the realities of today's digital classroom, then I hope you’ll join me at 9 p.m. EST tonight for #TeacherEdChat. The topic is "Social Media in Teacher Education Programs." Here's a description of #TeacherEdC hat : The focus of #TeacherEdChat is on teacher preparation and connecting higher ed with Prek-12.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 28, 2014

'I was recently interviewed for BAM Radio''s Rae Pica along James Popham who wrote, “ Everything School Leaders Should Know about Assessment. ” In this show we look at formative and summative teacher evaluations and discuss what teachers can do to support more valid and effective assessments. I talk about how teacher effectiveness gives teachers the opportunity to know only toot their own horn, but also toot the horns of their students.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 10, 2014

'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 Social media advice for career-minded students. 10.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 21, 2014

'Onalytica put out t heir list of bring your own device influencers (BYOD) and The Innovative Educator was at the top of the list. You can see the top ten influencers below and the top 100 here. Rank Twitter Handle Name PageRank (Normalised) 1 @MaribelLopez Maribel Lopez 100 2 @MindShiftKQED Tina Barseghian 75.25 3 @coolcatteacher Vicki Davis 74.97 4 @NMHS_Principal Eric Sheninger 60.83 5 @mssackstein Starr Sackstein 43.17 6 @InnovativeEdu Lisa Nielsen 35.91 7 @RossCoops31 Ross Cooper 28.06 8

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 24, 2014

'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 Erase Unnecessary Costs by Getting Smart.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2014

'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 Caution: Banning Cell Phones May Interrupt Learning.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 13, 2014

'I had the opportunity to speak with a few hundred librarians today to discuss how we can get to the uncommon core of our work using social media. You can see the presentation below and visit it at this link. It is made available for others to view and copy if there is something you want to share with others. Highlights include: What is social media (from a dog's point of view)?

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 31, 2014

'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 Learn to teach web literacy with free classes from.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 17, 2014

'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 Social media advice for career-minded students. 10.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 12, 2014

'Edventure Builder is an innovative new site that is perfect for sparking student''s creativity by providing a online platform for creating: scavenger hunts, interactive stories, or choose your own adventures. Also, this is a fantastic tool that educators can use to build mobile lessons, interactive tours (think Back to School night or outside activities), and more.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 26, 2014

'Answerables is the innovative new platform that combines Game Based Learning w/ a Learning Management System to create a fun and safe platform into the virtual/digital world. Answerables reminds me of a Second Life but geared more towards kids and more user friendly. This is a great place for educators to assign digital lessons, and for students to learn through collaborating w/ others in a safe environment.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 16, 2014

'Ginkgotree is an ambitious new educational tool that is revolutionizing the way textbooks/ebooks are being used in the classroom. It''s kind of like a cross between a textbook/book w/ iBooks author mixed in, where an educator can take any content from a textbook, web page, or online media and then digitize it to be read on any device (i.e. laptop/mobile platform).

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 31, 2014

'Door 24 is a fantastic app for grades 4th-8th for learning computational fluency in Math. Students use different concepts in Math such as Order of Operations to help solve equations equaling up to 24., while fixing a robot''s circuits and solving the mystery behind Door 24. Also, this game helps strengthen Algebra skills as well as being aligned to Common Core Standards.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 13, 2014

'Sphero is a wonderful and innovative programming ball/orb that can be used for countless activities in education. In earlier posts I covered how the Sphero can be programmed to change color, travel distances, figure out linear equations and more. This post will cover a new and free app (OrbBasic) that uses the Sphero to explore Computer Science concepts such as program flow and variables.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 4, 2014

'Sphero the innovative and fantastic programmable robotic ball is something I''ve posted about in the past. This is a great Ed Tech "toy" that can be used w/ kids of all ages for a wide variety of purposes. However, Orbotix has worked w/ educators to create STEM related lesson plans for 4/5th grade students. This latest lesson has students using the Sphero to explore percentages using speed and color.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 29, 2014

'Level it Books is a mobile app (iOS/Android) that I''ve blogged about many times because of how useful it is for educators, parents, and librarians. This is a simple to use app that allows a user to scan a bar code (ISBN #) of a book and then have a Reading/Lexile Level generated. This is ideal for the teacher who wants to create a class list of students and track their Reading Level too.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 26, 2014

'Flipgrid is a new site/community/app that reminds me of a more "adult" version of Voicethread. This is a nice site/community and iPad app that allows educators to record a video (asking a question) called a grid and then have students respond via their own video. Educators can then view through their admin page which videos have been viewed, questions answered, etc.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 28, 2014

'Been for Education is one of my favorite new Web 2.0 sites/companies that is perfect for Social Learning. This is all done through a safe educational portal that allows educators to manage/create student accounts. Been is a great way to collaborative browse the web, curate, and collaborate in a safe environment. It kind of reminds of a cross between Symbaloo and Diigo w/ a more visual and interactive style.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 22, 2014

'Here is my last post regarding the educational lesson plans one can get for free after receiving/purchasing their Sphero. Essentially, what the Sphero is, is a robotic ball, that a person can program to move in any direction and light up in any color. Also, there are a bunch of educational apps, games, and augmented reality activities one can do. Did I mention that it''s waterproof too?

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 28, 2014

'Otus is a innovative new mobile learning system for the iPad. This is an excellent free easy to use tool that educators around the world are using to seamlessly integrate technology into their classroom. W/ the free iPad app educators can track assignments, assess students, poll, browse the web, take attendance, and more. It is a complete all-in-one solution for the mobile learning environment.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 27, 2014

'Booktrack Classroom is an excellent new portal for education that is free that transforms Reading & Writing by taking a story and adding a soundtrack. This is a great way to not only motivate students, but it generates creativity, increases Reading Comprehension, and helps spark that love of learning. Educators are using this in schools throughout all the world in many different ways such as adding sound effects and tracks to book reports, poems, stories, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 28, 2014

'Math w/ Amigos is the brand new game from Yogome that is a blast to play and great for Game Based Learning. This free iOS multiplayer game lets players take on villains w/ other players from around the world in this turn-based RPG/Fighting style game. Students must answer basic Math questions (i.e. addition, subtraction, etc.) correct in order to attack and defeat their enemy.

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