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Roland Gesthuizen

What Does It Mean to Be a Connected Educator? | Edutopia - 48 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Sep 13
     
    "For many of us, becoming a connected educator transformed our lives. Suddenly, we had access to networks of experts and peers invested in improving education practices and willing to share their favorite tools, resources, and strategies. .. So share with us: Tell us your stories about being a connected educator. What has it meant for you? How has it transformed student learning in your classroom? What tools and resources do you rely on most?"
Don Doehla

Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator | Edutopia - 87 views

www.edutopia.org/...connected-educator-elana-leoni

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  • Don Doehla on 21 Mar 13
     
    Great new post by +Elana Leoni via +Edutopia !
Don Doehla

The Best 1:1 Device is a Good Teacher | Edutopia - 56 views

www.edutopia.org/...s-good-teacher-andrew-marcinek

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shared by Don Doehla on 30 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Don Doehla on 30 Jul 13
     
    "Over the course of two years, I, along with the Burlington Public Schools tech team, had the opportunity to meet and connect with over one hundred schools. These discussions would usually involve what device works best in the classroom and how the iPad is affecting teaching and learning outcomes. Frequently this conversation focuses on the most effective hardware for teaching and learning. While this is an important decision to make, it should not be the focus. In fact, the best devices a school can employ are great teachers."
anonymous

Connecting Educators Benefits Students | Edutopia - 62 views

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      anonymous on 14 Aug 12
       
      What a benefit to all students!
  • Taking the connections and turning them into lessons that can impact students is really one of the keys to being a connected educator.
Roland Gesthuizen

Teaching How to Teach: Coaching Tips from a Former Principal | Edutopia - 1 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Balance specific feedback with reflective questions
  • Done well, coaching can help you sort through your pedagogical baggage, develop or hone new skills, and ultimately find your best teaching self. Done poorly, it might turn you off to the entire notion of support. But what if it's not done at all?
  • I was reminded that good coaching is not about dynamic coaches serving as heroic educators, but rather stems from the simple habits of connecting teachers to resources and asking them reflective questions.
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  • I met with each teacher one-on-one to ask questions and understand their hopes, fears, and support needs in the upcoming year. By choosing to listen rather than to talk, I conveyed that I saw my primary duty as supporting good teaching.
  • Rather than reject his adapted style, I tried to build off of it
  • As his coach, I sought to model, little by little, some strategies I had learned on the job, such as literacy-building techniques, structuring controversial debates, and charting student discussions on the board for visual impact.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Mar 13
     
    "High-quality coaching lies somewhere near the crossroads of good teaching and educational therapy. Done well, coaching can help you sort through your pedagogical baggage, develop or hone new skills, and ultimately find your best teaching self. Done poorly, it might turn you off to the entire notion of support. But what if it's not done at all?"
A Gardner

Connecting to the 21st-Century Student | Edutopia - 110 views

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shared by A Gardner on 25 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • This new generation of digital learners -- call them the MEdia Generation -- take in the world via the filter of computing devices: the cellular phones, handheld gaming devices, PDAs, and laptops they take everywhere, plus the computers, TVs, and game consoles at home.
Tricia Hunt

How to Teach with Technology: Social Studies | Edutopia - 74 views

www.edutopia.org/eration-social-studies-lessons

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shared by Tricia Hunt on 03 Sep 13 - Cached
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 03 Sep 13
       
      I find that having a "back channel" conversation during a presentation to actually do the opposite.  I am so busy commenting on what was just presented that I miss what is being talked about next.
  • "I think it's a good idea to use Skype (10) for learning about other states and countries.
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 03 Sep 13
       
      I like the idea of Skyping with people from other countries.  I could get the kids to come up with a list of questions first.  My biggest question is HOW do I connect/find someone from another country?
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  • For more information on Lykowski's Global Explorers Project (including rubrics and other resources), go to Global Explorers (13).
  • FreePoverty is a geography game that presents you with a city or landmark. You have a short amount of time (5-10 seconds) to locate it on a map. The closer you are to the target, the more cups of water are donated to people in need around the world. (FreePoverty is seeking a nonprofit organization to work with to help turn the site's revenues into water donations.)
Tricia Hunt

How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom (Video Playlist) | Edutopia - 1 views

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shared by Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13 - No Cached
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13
       
      Not really finding this video as helpful.  Twitter has been a round for a while and I am very acquainted with its uses.  Note - video was created in 2009...four years ago!
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13
       
      There is NO WAY it is acceptable to friend our students on facebook.  I agree that we should not make social media the elephant in the room.  I just do not see how it is appropriate to be friends with a student on facebook.
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13
       
      I would challenge kids to use their OWN digital devices (iPhones, etc) and see if they can make connections with what they see to what they are learning in school!
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    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13
       
      Again...youtube...snore...been around forever!  I already know to use it all the time in the classroom.
    • Tricia Hunt
      Tricia Hunt on 07 Sep 13
       
      Globe on Wii for Geography is obviously a HUGE engagement for kids!  Internet browser...so what...they can do that on a computer.  Wii Sports....of course the kids enjoy it, but who has time for it?
philipess

Technology Integration Edutopia - 8 views

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shared by philipess on 22 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Virginia Meadow on 22 Sep 09
     
    Effective technology integration is achieved when its use supports curricular goals. It must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts. This site explores these areas.
Jennie Snyder

No Name-Calling Week: Cultivating Kindness and Playgrounds of Respect | Edutopia - 16 views

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shared by Jennie Snyder on 19 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • They recognized that the only real solution for the "bad stuff" was building a solid foundation of the good: the empathy, connections and healthy relationships that create effective learning communities and bolster individual happiness and success. Accountability and amends are key, but discipline, punishment and "zero-tolerance policies" are not the answer.
  • This approach to learning benchmarks students' development of empathy and understanding of others, their ability to form positive relationships and demonstrate effective approaches to conflict resolution as well as other critical qualities.
  • No Name-Calling Week provides a critical opportunity to bolster the empathy and understanding that underlie respect of others from the earliest years and evoke the joyful sounds of all children as they play on playgrounds of respect.
  • Jennie Snyder on 19 Jan 13
     
    Not zero tolerance, but rather full inclusion. 
Elizabeth Resnick

How Educators and Schools Can Make the Most of Google Hangouts | Edutopia - 167 views

www.edutopia.org/...oogle-hangouts-mary-beth-hertz

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shared by Elizabeth Resnick on 02 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Imagine a teacher holding "office hours" once a week in the evenings for students who need extra help.
  • . If your students are working on a project and are stuck on a particular section or concept, you can connect them with an expert to help them through it.
  • This is where Hangouts can aid in connecting people without the need for travel.
  • onepulledthread on 02 Feb 13
     
    good tips for elementary through university and for administrators too
Glenn Hervieux

7 Apps for Student Creators | Edutopia - 111 views

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  • Glenn Hervieux on 10 Jul 15
     
    "Creation-based tasks promote higher-order thinking, encourage collaboration, and connect students to real-world learning. Whether you're teaching in a project-based learning classroom, engaging students with authentic assessments, or committed to pushing students to analyze and synthesize, providing opportunities for creation is a must."
Sydney Lacey

Five Ideas for Using Pop Culture to Inspire Elementary Students | Edutopia - 2 views

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shared by Sydney Lacey on 05 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Sydney Lacey on 05 Apr 12
     
    Excerpt: "I'm not sure if we can successfully connect with our students without dabbling in their after school activities. I'm not saying you have to sing along with Justin Bieber (I like to rile up my girls by calling him "Justin Beaver") or even enjoy SpongeBob's silly antics. But you absolutely have to acknowledge the fact that your students value this, love it even. It gets them up in the morning, pulls them through the day. It's their life. And if you don't care about it, they know. And it definitely influences the culture of the classroom."
Glenn Hervieux

Using Webb's Depth of Knowledge to Increase Rigor | Edutopia - 62 views

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shared by Glenn Hervieux on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Glenn Hervieux on 18 Dec 14
     
    Nice overview of Webb's Depths of Knowledge and its connection to "rigor" - one of the most overused and misunderstood words in education these days. 
Cindy Edwards

The Classroom Web Page: A Must-Have in 2008 | Edutopia - 59 views

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Rachael Hodges

Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom | Edutopia - 186 views

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shared by Rachael Hodges on 20 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • It doesn't solve anything. It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom. It fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage." It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students.
  • We must first focus on creating the engagement and then look at structures, like the flipped classroom, that can support.
  • If the flipped classroom is truly to become innovative, then it must be paired with transparent and/or embedded reason to know the content.
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  • One of the best way to create the "need to know" is to use a pedagogical model that demands this.
  • Will you demand that all students watch the video, or is it a way to differentiate and allow choice
  • Will you allow or rely on mobile learning for students to watch it?
  • Lack of technology doesn't necessarily close the door to the flipped classroom model, but it might require some intentional planning and differentiation.
  • you must build in reflective activities to have students think about what they learned, how it will help them, its relevance
  • Students need metacognition to connect content to objectives
  • The focus should be on teacher practice, then tools and structures.
  • Ok, I'll be honest. I get very nervous when I hear education reformists and politicians tout how "incredible" the flipped classroom model (1), or how it will "solve" many of the problems of education. It doesn't solve anything. It is a
Jessica Limmer

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects | Edutopia - 95 views

www.edutopia.org/-learning-best-practices-guide

shared by Jessica Limmer on 09 Jun 15 - No Cached
    • Jessica Limmer
      Jessica Limmer on 09 Jun 15
       
      Love the connection to history/social studies. How can I do this?
  • Jessica Limmer on 09 Jun 15
     
    State standards are laid out in the rubric, and students should be able to tell you which ones they're covering in any given project.
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