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Watch Educational video clips, read articles, listen to podcasts, contribute to discussions via the discussion post notes, complete assignments and get professional hours for all of this work in your school district. How can they not value deep thinking, exploration of theory and practice in education? Some things you will agree with and some you won't. Some will inspire you and some will not affect you. Learning is fluid as this site is, also. For teachers and paraprofessionals, this site is a compilation a curation of ideas and thoughts, practices and theories, evidence ....join my group!

Watch Educational video clips, read articles, listen to podcasts, contribute to discussions via the discussion post notes, complete assignments and get professional hours for all of this work in your school district. How can they not value deep thinking, exploration of theory and practice in education? Some things you will agree with and some you won't. Some will inspire you and some will not affect you. Learning is fluid as this site is, also. For teachers and paraprofessionals, this site is a compilation a curation of ideas and thoughts, practices and theories, evidence ....join my group!

This video explains how teachers can organize discussions in Schoology and how to add video content and discussions to a folder.

This blogger's reaction to Google Apps as an LMS is essentially the same as my discussion thread entry when I discussed my preference of Google Apps over Moodle.

focuses on school principals, but the 4 practices discussed here could apply to anyone in a leadership role

This article discusses the importance of leadership among teachers and how effective teacher leaders influence the improvement of schools.

Prezi giving some basic terminology used when discussing equity and technology. It is also a pitch for special ed receiving the same access to technology as general ed.

The plight of bricks-and mortar universities? I don't think MOOCs are discussed in this article. 

This article describes a study which highlights the importance of educating our students on the digital copyright laws. The study found that students are overwhelmingly ignorant of those laws and the article initiates the discussion of how to begin to educate students.

"…Connected Principals' blogger Lyn Hilt discusses what administrators should be doing to support connected education, measuring the impact of connectedness, and more…"

Collaborative space for sharing & discussing lesson plans

Detailed discussion of what cyberbullying is, along with possible motivating factors of cyberbullys. Offer prevention strategies as well.

Discusses why cyberbullying is different that bullying and the potential effects of cyberbullying.

Some tips for building your PLN, with some new ideas that I didn't see in our discussion posts.

Links to a large number of cyberbullying resources.

We've been in BYOD mode for half a year, and I've already shared some best practices for the classroom with you. Putting on my IT hat, here are some of the things I've learned that you should consider as you work through your own BYOD plans and implementation.

I chose this because it reminded me on taking small steps to make change as it was discussed in Switch and also that it can be messy.  This is a very simple article that highlights the importance of connections, a messy time and creativity with growth.  

Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom.

For computer technology to be an effective learning tool in the FCPS there must be adequate, equal student access to it. Adequate, reasonably equal student access is needed to: Allow students to le...

Yellow Dig is a social learning platform that can be integrated in learning management systems. I will be piloting this software within Blackboard for five of my Business of Craft Beer Certificate courses. It's designed to replace Blackboards outdated and cumbersome discussion board feature with a discussion feed more aligned with social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit.