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Sheri Alford

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

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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. "
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    Attributes of Professional Learning Communities 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.
Sara Wilkie

Top 10 Mistakes When Using Technology - SimpleK12 - 0 views

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    "Top 10 Mistakes Educators Make When Using Technology: What process changes are you making? 4.) Not giving the kids a choice. Give guidelines and options ... but give up some control. Let them choose what technology to use, allow them to take charge of their learning. 3.) Not changing your teaching style. Kids have access to information instantly and can look up facts ... how do you see this changing how you teach in the classroom?
Sara Wilkie

10 reasons your educators (or employees) are resisting your change initiative | Dangero... - 5 views

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    "Those resisters and naysayers in your school organization (or corporation or nonprofit or …)? You know, the ones that are pushing back against your change initiative? The ones that you like to complain about because 'the train is moving' and they're not 'getting on board?' What if they're right?"
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    There will always be those who are resistant to change. Having "the blessings" of our administrators confirms their support in any new initiative.
Sara Wilkie

An excerpt from our just-released book on Essential Questions | Granted, and... - 1 views

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    "We recommend discussing explicitly the purpose, associated practices, and changed roles that the use of Essential Questions entails. Here are some examples of key ideas framed as sentences to be spoken in class to prepare students for the changes: "There's not a single correct answer for this question. Life is about the consideration of plausible and imperfect alternatives." "Coming to understand important ideas is like fitness: it takes practice over time." "When a question is posted on the wall, it means that we are going to consider it again and again." "Inquiry is not a spectator sport: each of you needs to listen actively and participate." "Everyone is fair game. I won't only call on people who raise their hands." "If and when I or others challenge your comment, it doesn't mean we don't like you or don't value your contribution." "Making mistakes is an expected part of learning. If you never take a risk of making a mistake, you're not likely to improve." "You may find that you are re-considering things that you thought you understood. That is normal - even desirable." Like the care of seedlings, the new rules will require patience, careful nurturing, and constant reminders. Overtime, they will become the norms, allowing big ideas to take root and mature understandings to blossom."
Sara Wilkie

Guest Post | Three Starting Points for Thinking Differently About Learning - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    "It is a different time for teaching and learning. The unfortunate reality is that much of what we do in schools and in our own teaching practice is still grounded in thinking that has ruled the day for more than a century. " So what can we be sure of? Well, we can be sure that abundance brings a host of opportunities for learning, and we can be sure that if we are going to make sense of those opportunities in ways that benefit our students, we're going to have to unlearn and relearn much of our own practice. In short, it has to start with a willingness to reflect on what the larger changes mean in our own learning.
Sara Wilkie

Why Does Jack Have to Change? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 1 views

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    Healthy food for thought & growth "@CurtisCFEE: "Why Does Jack Have to Change?" @PeterMDeWitt: http://t.co/T55cDdSiXo #edchat @BalancEdTech
Shelley Paul

Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference - 5 views

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    This is what web 2.0 means. One child changing the world.
Sara Wilkie

To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority - Greg Satell - Harvard B... - 0 views

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    Instead of painstakingly building local majorities, they attempted 2 compel entire populations. http://t.co/bWjeteFQYK #scalefail @sewilkie
Sara Wilkie

27 Ways To Publish Student Thinking - 0 views

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    "Publishing student thinking can be among the most powerful ways to improve learning. There are a variety of reasons for this, but the biggest reason is that the "threat" of publishing moves the lodestone from the classroom to the "real world." This, of course, changes everything."
Sara Wilkie

Hard Fun - 0 views

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    "Once I was alerted to the concept of "hard fun" I began listening for it and heard it over and over. It is expressed in many different ways, all of which all boil down to the conclusion that everyone likes hard challenging things to do. But they have to be the right things matched to the individual and to the culture of the times. These rapidly changing times challenge educators to find areas of work that are hard in the right way: they must connect with the kids and also with the areas of knowledge, skills and (don't let us forget) ethic adults will need for the future world. "
Sara Wilkie

'Information' To 'Knowledge Agent': Google Changes The Way It Does Search : The Two-Way... - 2 views

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    "The search giant said the move was the first step in transitioning from an "information agent" to a "knowledge agent." "The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about - landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more - and instantly get information that's relevant to your query," Amit Singhal, a senior vice president at Google, wrote. Google is going to roll out the new feature slowly, but some users should begin seeing the feature this week. In practical terms, what's going to happen when you search on Google is that you'll see a separate "knowledge panel" on the right side of your regular search results that presents information about whatever your searching for."
Sara Wilkie

This is new! Record a video of iPad's screen in any app « Douchy's Blog - 0 views

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    "Disp Recorder lets you easily record anything that happens on the screen of your iPad: navigating through the Home screens, changing options in the Settings app or working in another app such as GarageBand or Google Earth. It will even record a Keynote presentation complete with the virtual laser-pointer etc - an option for having students record a presentation of their work to share with their peers."
Sara Wilkie

Using Action Research in Online Communities to Effect Building-Level Change | Connected... - 1 views

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    "We want a team to think about action research as a collaborative endeavor, where principals and teachers work together to improve something over time. It's not just about gathering data, it's about working hard to improve something. Maybe you see a need to improve writing in the building, and you're going to figure out whether there's a way to take a techno-constructivist approach to strengthening students' writing skills. Maybe you feel the culture of your school is very mired in antiquated approaches to teaching and learning, and you want to build a new culture of innovation and collaboration, so you're going to develop your project around that goal."
Lynette Breedlove

My View: Flipped classrooms give every student a chance to succeed - Schools of Thought... - 3 views

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    From a principal, how flipping the classroom changed failure rates
Sara Wilkie

Kindergarten Math on the iPad…Many Questions… | Langwitches Blog - 1 views

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    "As you are watching, ask yourself: What changed by using, in this case, the iPad and ShowMe app? Could the same [learning] have been accomplished by keeping students' illustrations analog? Was there differentiation potential? Can this type of "activity" be used as an assessment to replace/upgrade traditional assessment? Are the movie clips potential artifacts for digital portfolios? Could these movie clips be part of a variety of student work at a parent-teacher conference? Was any learning amplified by placing it on the classroom blog to share with families? What skills were practiced? What literacies were supported? Was it worth the extra time investment, the learning curve?"
Deana Ratnala

Poetry of America (The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress) - 0 views

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    "The "Poetry of America" initiative is part of the Poetry and Literature Center's 75th Anniversary celebration. Through two features, "Poetry of American Identity" and "Poetry of American History," this initiative explores how poetry connects to the following themes: immigration and migration, work and industry, social change, and peace and war."
Sara Wilkie

3 Reasons Why Next Year Could Be Your Best | The Principal of Change - 0 views

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    "Having a tiring end to the year after dealing with some tough personal events in my life, I have decided to take some time and enjoy things outside work. Although people get on my case about blogging, I find writing to be soothing and a release for my mind that seems to be all over the place on most days. As I sat on a plane heading to The Avett Brothers concert, I thought about the next year (year in teacher language is usually August until June in many countries) and what are some of the things that I am going to focus on that will make next year great. Hopefully some of these thoughts will help others as well."
Sara Wilkie

Moving from Consumer to Producer of Information | The Thinking Stick - 0 views

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    "In the social web each of us becomes a node of information. We are allowed to connect to friends, people, sites, information. We are allowed to consume, produce, share, learn, recreate, remix, and be as large or as small a node as we want. Education in the 21st Century is not about consuming information (it changes to fast), it's about creating new knowledge from what we know, what we think, and what we are passionate about."
Sara Wilkie

Harvard Education Letter - 0 views

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    "Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions: One small change can yield big results"
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