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The Reflective Principal: A Taxonomy of Reflection (Part IV) Reflection can be a challenging endeavor. It's not something that's fostered in school - typically someone else tells you how you're doing! Principals (and instructional leaders) are often so caught up in the meeting the demands of the day, that they rarely have the luxury to muse on how things went. Self-assessment is clouded by the need to meet competing demands from multiple stakeholders. In an effort to help schools become more reflective learning environments, I've developed this "Taxonomy of Reflection" - modeled on Bloom's approach. It's posted in four installments: 1. A Taxonomy of Reflection 2. The Reflective Student 3. The Reflective Teacher 4. The Reflective Principal It's very much a work in progress, and I invite your comments and suggestions. I'm especially interested in whether you think the parallel construction to Bloom holds up through each of the three examples - student, teacher, and principal. I think we have something to learn from each perspective. 4. The Reflective Principal Each level of reflection is structured to parallel Bloom's taxonomy. (See installment 1 for more on the model) Assume that a principal (or instructional leader) looked back on an initiative (or program, decision, project, etc) they have just implemented. What sample questions might they ask themselves as they move from lower to higher order reflection? (Note: I'm not suggesting that all questions are asked after every initiative - feel free to pick a few that work for you.) Bloom's Remembering : What did I do? Principal Reflection: What role did I play in implementing this program? What role did others play? What steps did I take? Is the program now operational and being implemented? Was it completed on time? Are assessment measures in place? Bloom's Understanding: What was

A mediascape is composed of sounds, images and video placed outside in your local area. To see the images and video, and hear the sounds you need a handheld computer (PDA) and a pair of headphones. An optional GPS unit can automatically trigger the images, video and sounds in the right places. To create a mediascape, you start with a digital map of your local area. Using special, free software, you can attach digital sounds, pictures and video to places that you choose on the map (see below). By going outside into the area the map covers, you can experience the mediascape. Using the handheld computer and headphones, you can hear the sounds and see the pictures and video in the places the author of the mediascape has put them. All sorts of exciting things can happen as you explore the mediascape.

"ElectraGuide is a tool that wants to help high school students: 1. find a topic (see example topic questions?) 2. create a good thesis statement (see an example?) 3. and generate an outline (see an example?)"

10 Great Ways that Educators are Using LiveBinders It is so much fun to go to the LiveBinders site and see all the new ways that educators are using LiveBinders to curate content. Everyday that I go to the site I see a new interesting binder, so I thought it would be great to highlight some of examples in this post:.

Google Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web for any topic you specify. * Facts about your topic are organized as a table of items and attributes (we call them "Squares" for fun). * Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you're interested in. * See the websites that served as sources for the information in your Square. * Save and share Squares with others.

Wordnik wants to be a place for all the words, and everything known about them. Traditional dictionaries make you wait until they've found what they consider to be "enough" information about a word before they will show it to you. Wordnik knows you don't want to wait-if you're interested in a word, we're interested too! Our goal is to show you as much information as possible, just as fast as we can find it, for every word in English, and to give you a place where you can make your own opinions about words known. By "information," we don't just mean traditional definitions (although we have plenty of those)! This information could be: * An example sentence-even if we've only found one sentence for a word, we'll show it to you. (And we'll show you where the sentence came from, too! * Related words: not just synonyms and antonyms, but words that are used in the same contexts. (For instance, cheeseburger, milkshake, and doughnut are not synonyms, but they show up in the same kinds of sentences.) * Images tagged by our friends at Flickr: want to know what a "pout" looks like? We'll show you. * Statistics: how rare is "tintinnabulation"? Well, we think you'll see it only about once a year. "Smile"? You might see that word many times, every day. * An audio pronunciation-and you can record your own!

Looking for the best iPhone® and iPod Touch® Apps but tired of seeing the same lists over and over? AppBeacon is your personal App discovery engine for the iPhone. * Start at the New Apps link above. * See the list of all apps you haven't reviewed. * Don't like an App? Sink it. You'll never be bothered by it again. * Find a gem but not ready to buy yet? Bookmark the App and get updates on prices and new features. * Already own an App? Mark it as Owned. AppBeacon will help you keep track of news and information on it.

We have a YouTube channel! See how to embed videos, add widgets, copy pages, and more.

Three designers show compilations for the period of New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center. But just one of them obtains to be "in" when all is shown and umpired.So who triumphed on the eighth period of Project Runway?

Article on a Wisconsin school that is just sticking their heads in the sand. If they don't see it, it must not be happening!

Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com

Interesting!

You will be able to change the geometry of the pictures yourself using the mouse and see the mathematical effect these changes have. A wide range of mathematics is covered, including all four key stages, from polygons to circle theorems.

Just saw this today - one of our coaches (Pat G) shared this with the Social Studies teachers at collaboration day. It's a download. There are MANY other data sets you can download, as well. A MUST SEE!!

Download this app and see 3-D models of the countries of the world in relative size to other countries.

This is VERY cool! With this Firefox addon you can see both your google search results AND the Wolfram|Alpha search results, side by side!

Wow! See both results on the same page! LOVE IT!

See the tweets of your followers or of those you follow on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

See thte tweets of your followers on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

This site provides Activity types for various content areas. If you click on each of the active content links you will see that a variety of activitie types are identified as well as types of technology that could be used to facilitate that activity. I found it very interesting and would be helpful for tech coaches or teachers.

This is a good site, It would be very helpful for a person just getting started to look at their content area and see the types of activities listed (select the content area and then select the activity type link within the page). Each activity listed also has a list of technology that could be used to facilitate that activity.

Great site for seeing the steps of using the TI-83/84 family calculator.

Great site for seeing the steps of using the TI-83/84 family calculator.

Command of the written word is a vital 21st-century skill, even if we are using keys, buttons, and tablets instead of pens and pencils. In fact, in our digital world, communication is now more instantaneous than ever. How do we prepare our students to meet the challenge? Blogging can offer opportunities for students to develop their communications skills through meaningful writing experiences. Such projects not only motivate students to write, but motivate them to write well. Furthermore, student-blogging projects can be designed to address the Common Core State Standards for writing. For example, see anchor standard six, which calls upon students to use technology to "produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others." Score!

But here for your help there is Town Car Arlington. It's easy to see why so many populaces are worried until they are safely at the gate.

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