Principals' Institute

Done for an assignment for Uni, A look at the progression of student communication and classroom settings from the past to the future.

You tube video on blended learning posted by education elements.

This is the book we discussed with Alan about the global achievement gap and the implications for 21st century school leadership. It is my professional opinion that you and your leadership cabinets all read this in order to callibrate your instructional and technological initiatives. "The Global Achievement Gap Posted: August 20, 2008 By Kevin Conlon , a new book by Tony Wagner, codirector of the The Global Achievement GapChange Leadership Group, examines the U.S. education system in the 21st century, considers why American students are falling behind their international peers, and proposes methods to begin to correct the downward slide."

A two page document on maximizing the impact of technology on the growth of real learning.

Instructions for adding the bookmark tools for your iPad

Thank you, Kelly for sharing this. Excellent resource for emerging users.

A worthy blog to follow. Ewan is a visionary leader with amazing ideas and a fabulous accent. Watch his TEDx talk too! He is keynoting SWBLC12 with Alan.

Leadership | In Print Page 7 of 7 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals The Habit in Action: When Hilt became the principal at Brecknock Elementary School four years ago, she inherited a school where educational technology was an afterthought.

Transforming Classrooms into Engaging 21st Century Learning Environments

Looking forward to Sir Ken Robinson...TED Talks In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

This is very nice to discuss the levels of learning and how to increase rigor within the digital environment

A blog by a tetchy teacher

Choice Boards & Extension Menus "Choice Boards," "Extension Menus," "Think Tac Toe" ... You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is choice: giving students a choice of products and processes by which they can communicate what they've learned. The Adobe Reader icon indicates that a file is .pdf format.

What does that look like in the classroom?

Great video about 10 min. Long. Excellent for showing parents (and teachers!) how we can use technology in our classrooms.