Principals' Institute

Hudson ISD has embraced a "New Vision" for the district. This vision will focus on five key goals: digital learning, 21st century learning sta…

This article lists 33 digital skills every 21st century teacher should have and under each skill includes links to different tools teachers can use to develop those skills. Lots of great resources! :)

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.

How Eric Mazur uses students' questions to plan instruction

Transforming Classrooms into Engaging 21st Century Learning Environments

Many educators are experimenting with the idea of a flipped classroom model. Find out what it is and why everyone's talking about it. A great infographic on flipped classroom

Collection of resources realted to iPads in K12 education curated by Kathy Schrock. There are lots of lists of suggested apps generated by multiple schools. if you have some time to spend just browsing, this seems a good place to start.

Now more than ever, education should prepare students for global civility and peace. So what in the world are we waiting for? Good teachers and principals, in the United States and elsewhere, know that good education begins with clarity of purpose. The purpose of schooling is to prepare students for life in the real world in their communities and societies, both in the present-while students are in school-and in the future-after they leave school behind.

Leadership

High school flipped classroom prototype...we are working on this in Edmoto now for 5th and 6th grade.

We needed to consider a collaboration center that includes a long conference table with a plasma screen at the end, level with students who will be seated around the table-almost removing the barriers of geography. Within spaces like these, it will be important for librarians to teach students how to responsibly and safely connect with others from around the world. You can show students how to go online and find other students, professionals and organizations that would be willing to discuss and debate topics being studied. You can make use of web databases such as ePALS where classrooms from India, China, Australia and other countries abroad are waiting to bring a new dimension into learning. Additionally, you can use software like Skype that will allow your students to make these connections for free through online audio and video conferencing.

A leader's influence on teaching and learning

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

" But while respondents from all of the countries agreed that schools aren't getting what they need, the survey found that Chinese students say they spend more time with technology in school than students in the U.S. and Germany. One function of that could be that 37 percent of Chinese parents said they provide funding for technology students use in schools, as opposed to 16 percent of American parents and 23 percent of German parents. Chinese students also indicate that they're more likely to integrate technology into all parts of the curriculum, as opposed to American students who say technology tends to be used for special assignments and research. Additionally, more Chinese students (80 percent) say they use technology for summer enrichment than U.S. students (62 percent)."

Isn't it interesting that China is using more social media than the US

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

WANT to be more productive? Keep your nose to the grindstone, or your fingers on the keyboard and your eyes on the screen. Because the more time you put in, the more you'll get done, right? Wrong.