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Sara Wilkie

Evaluating Apps with Transformative Use of the iPad in Mind | Langwitches Blog - 0 views

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    "I want teachers to be able to, not only ask for and use an app, because someone else recommended it, but I want teachers equipped with the curiosity and the knowledge of: the value an app can bring to a learner (and being able to articulate the value) the connection from the app to curriculum content (and being able to demonstrate the depth of that connection) the possibilities the app can bring in order to amplify (take a look at a previous post: The Next Step: Amplification ) the difference of using an app to automate and substitute a task versus informate and transform (previous post: Enhancement-Automating-Transforming-Informating ) how to evaluate apps for their transformative potential?"
Sara Wilkie

Transformation Begins With Reflection: How Was Your Year? | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "direct my energy and attention on what worked, what went well, and what I feel was successful. I've discovered that this strategy is critical to build my emotional resilience. One of the only things in life that I have control over is how I tell my story -- how I interpret my experiences and make sense of them. If I create a story that is one of learning, growth, and empowerment, I feel better. So how are you telling the story of this school year? "
Sara Wilkie

David Truss: Transformative or just flashy educational tools? - Teachers with Apps - 0 views

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    "Exceptions don't contradict what I'm trying to explain here, but rather prove the point that: A tool is just a tool! I can use a hammer to build a house and I can use the same hammer on a human skull. It's not the tool, but how you use it that matters."
Sara Wilkie

The challenge of responding to off-the-mark comments | Granted, and... - 0 views

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    I have been thinking a lot lately about the challenge we face as educators when well-intentioned learners make incorrect, inscrutable, thoughtless, or otherwise off-the-mark comments. It's a crucial moment in teaching: how do you respond to an unhelpful remark in a way that 1) dignifies the attempt while 2) making sure that no one leaves thinking that the remark is true or useful? Summer is a great time to think about the challenge of developing new routines and habits in class, and this is a vital issue that gets precious little attention in training and staff development. Here is a famous Saturday Night Live skit, with Jerry Seinfeld as a HS history teacher, that painfully demonstrates the challenge and a less than exemplary response. Don't misunderstand me: I am not saying that we are always correct in our judgment about participant remarks. Sometimes a seemingly dumb comment turns out to be quite insightful. Nor am I talking about merely inchoate or poorly-worded contributions. That is a separate teaching challenge: how to unpack or invite others to unpack a potentially-useful but poorly articulated idea. No, I am talking about those comments that are just clunkers in some way; seemingly dead-end offerings that tempt us to drop our jaws or make some snarky remark back. My favorite example of the challenge and how to meet it comes from watching my old mentor Ted Sizer in action in front of 360 educators in Louisville 25 years ago. We had travelled as the staff of the Coalition of Essential Schools from Providence to Louisville to pitch the emerging Coalition reform effort locally. Ted gave a rousing speech about the need to transform the American high school. After a long round of applause, Ted took questions. The first questioner asked, and I quote: "Mr Sizer, what do you think about these girls and their skimpy halter tops in school?" (You have to also imagine the voice: very good-ol'-boy). Without missing a beat or making a face, Ted said "Deco
Cally Black

How One Classroom Actually Used iPads To Go Paperless (Part 1: Research) | Edudemic - 1 views

  • The 4 Goals A few of the goals that we outlined prior to the research process included: - Students will crowd-source their research to a collective research group.- Students will incorporate varied media types into their research: web based text, traditional text, audio and video.- Students will work collaboratively with their teacher and classmates on their research and writing process.- Students will become proficient researching and writing in a digital environment.
  • Diigo and the iPads proved to be particularly helpful during the process of researching and annotating.
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      Students have the free app Evernote which will do the same thing, plus can be accessed on any other device. A better option I think.
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  • As an alternative to the process of writing in Pages, collecting research in Diigo and storing documents in Dropbox, I would consider jumping to Evernote to house the entire process.
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      This is why I love Evernote!
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    "How this class attempted to transform the traditional research process to a completely paperless one"
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    The 4 goals stated in this post tie in with Alan's philosophy nicely.
Sara Wilkie

Professional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement - ... - 0 views

shared by Sara Wilkie on 17 Sep 12 - Cached
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    "The literature on educational leadership and school change recognizes clearly the role and influence of the campus administrator (the principal, and sometimes an assistant principal) on whether or not change will occur in the school. It seems clear that transforming the school organization into a learning community can be done only with the leaders' sanction and active nurturing of the entire staff's development as a community. Thus, a look at the principal of a school whose staff is a professional learning community seems a good starting point for describing what these learning communities look like and how they operate. "
Cally Black

Evernote | - 0 views

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    "Evernote has transformed the way I organise myself as a teacher. Using Evernote as an organisational tool in the classroom has changed the way I assess students, keep notes and records and complete many day to day tasks. I am a big believer in not making more work for myself than I need to and using Evernote effectively makes things much easier"
Cally Black

How to Convert Your PowerPoint Presentation into an Elearning Course » The Ra... - 0 views

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    One of the most common scenarios for rapid elearning developers is to take an existing PowerPoint presentation and convert it to an "elearning course."  Sometimes you get the luxury of meeting with the subject matter expert and then reworking the content to transform it from a presentation to an elearning course.  However, there are many times when you have to take the content "as is" and then put it online. 
Sara Wilkie

Wish List: Piecing Together an Ideal School From the Ground Up | MindShift - 0 views

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    ""We saw how the best practices we were witnessing could inform a really transformative school model," Healy said. Here are their 6 chief take-aways from what they saw and learned about schools that work.
Cally Black

Beyond Blocking: Social Media Schools - Edudemic - 0 views

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    Social media pervades all aspects of modern society, particularly with the rapid influx of mobile devices. If used in meaningful and appropriate ways, it can transform a student's learning experience, improve communication with parents and community members, as well as support professional growth. However, teachers and administrators also confront the realities of opening up students to a global audience, and address real concerns about security, screentime, inappropriate behavior, and acceptable use. While the first instinct in schools and districts is often to block services such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and even some blogging platforms, the positives of these tools often outweigh the negatives.
Cally Black

How tablets and apps are transforming education - 0 views

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    Teachers are still learning how to harness the educational potential of the thousands of apps on offer writes Leah Young.
Cally Black

School evolution: A common global phenomenon - 0 views

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    It is becoming increasingly apparent that schools operating on a digital base, like all other such organisations, will continually evolve, transform and adapt to a higher form. Moreover, they will do so in a remarkably common way, displaying at each stage of their evolutionary journey remarkably similar attributes.
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