WORTH THE SURF: eBook - Engaged Parents Engaged Students

WORTH THE SURF: eBook - Engaged Parents Engaged Students

Quick read on the importance of both student AND parent engagement...including tips, techniques, and tested programs!

Engaged Students, Engaged Parents: Theory and Practice by Rebecca Whittenberger (published by Ving)

 

WORTH THE SURF: Give Students 20% Time to Explore and Create

WORTH THE SURF: Give Students 20% Time to Explore and Create

My morning is off to a pretty fantastic start. I came in to the office and the first email I opened was my TCEA TechNotes. If you don't subscribe, I suggest you do!

The first article, Give Students 20% Time to Explore and Create, is a gem. What a simple, yet powerful idea. I mean if it works for GOOGLE...then I'm in.

I would like to think that if I was still in the classroom, this is the kind of philosophy I would put into place.  I know the "To Teach and Do" list for today's teacher is never-ending...but...what an idea! It is exciting to just think about it.

No matter what your role...student, CIT, classroom teacher, specialist, coordinator, administrator...I think WE should ALL seek to find that 20%. We are all worth it :)

I hope we each find and use our own Genius Hour this week! What will you choose to learn about?!?!

WORTH THE SURF: TeachThought

WORTH THE SURF: TeachThought
resource shared with us by Lorraine Trawick

Lorraine recently shared this site with her secondary folks...I wanted to pass it along to you as well! So many neato nuggets of thinking :)

TEACHTHOUGHT – click and discover!

Some tidbits from the site: 37 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Be Able To Do

Read over the all 37 things...is there anything YOU can't do or are still working to figure out??? Let's chat!

1. Select the right platform to communicate

2. Send large files

3. Take a screenshot on PC, Mac, and mobile devices

4. Appreciate memes

5. Explain how and why to use technology to those who don’t use it

6. Use digital media in light of privacy, copyright, and other legal issues

7. Communicate clearly

8. Search for, install, organize, use, and delete apps

9. How to create, open, use, and share a variety of filetypes

10.Help students share files

11.Subscribe to and manage YouTube channels, podcasts, learnist, and pinterest boards, and other dynamic sources of digital media

12.Create and maintain digital portfolios.

13.Blog

14.Share learning data with students

15.Support students in managing their online “brand”

16.Manage your own social media and internet use

17.Plan around a lack of technology elegantly

18.Delineate the difference between academics and entrepreneurial learning for students

19.Troubleshoot stuff that breaks

20.Skim and process large quantities of information

21.Use the cloud to your advantage

22.Model digital citizenship

23.Casually name-drop reddit

24.Support students in finding their own voice

25.Research effectively

26.Use formal or informal learning management systems

27.Leverage the relationship between physical and digital media

28.Highlight the limits of technology

29.Connect students with communities using project-based learning

30.Model the value of questions over answers

31.Understand how play leads to learning

32.Use Game-Based learning effectively

33.Curate functionally

34.Record, process, mash, publish, and distribute digital media

35.Visualize learning data for students

36.Connect with other educators both in person and online

37.Personalize learning

Visit the site for more insights! You’ll love it!!!

WORTH THE SURF: Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites

WORTH THE SURF: Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites

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Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites

technology rocks. seriously.

technology rocks. seriously.

There are times when you out of the blue, someone offers you a true gem.

I received one right after our CIT meeting as everyone had started to disperse. This was an awesome moment...Michelle Fikac casually shared an AMAZING blog with me, which I have totally fallen in love with.

technology rocks. seriously.

Just the name is way cool.

There are SO many cool technology resources within this blog (I guess you can tell that from the title of the blog), and there are also WORDS. Really cool WORDS perfectly put together in a way that will really speak to you.

You all know how much I love quotes (not to mention my CIT Possibilitarian Handbook) and how I am trying to find any and all opportunities to stay away from a "Cool Whip Diet" :)

I've only skimmed the surface of the coolness within this blog.

UPDATE: OK, super. My embed codes are blocked because the print outs are hosted on www. scribd.com...which is apparently blocked in NISD (BUMMER). As you can see, I worked on this post last night from home at 2:12 AM. I don't have blocked sites at home :) Anyway, you can still view the blog technology rocks. seriously. and small versions of the printouts. To download, I guess you will have to do from home, if you are interested. Again, bummer. I love surprises, don't you! :) Keeps us on our toes.

Dare to Be Remarkable

Ordinary and Extraordinary

You can download these.

You can print these.

You can just pull them up display them on your morning announcements.

I just think they are awesome words that our kids need an opportunity to see AND we need an opportunity to see as well.

I was thinking what a COOL desktop publishing challenge this could be. Students could collaborate and create a message that they need to deliver using simple words. Text. Finding the feeling and interpreting the words with fonts and colors to truly share that message. Lovely :)

Worth the Surf: RADCAB

Worth the Surf: RADCAB

Barbara Parisher shared this SUPER tool to use with students (and teachers) for information evaluation that she came across. It is called RADCAB Your Vehicle for Information Evaluation. Check it out!

RADCAB

WORTH THE SURF - 10 Great Ways to Use Digital Cameras in the Classroom

WORTH THE SURF - 10 Great Ways to Use Digital Cameras in the Classroom

Laurie Stevens shared a really neat article with me from the November issue of Tech & Learning, 10 Great Ways to use Digital Cameras in the Classroom. Take a moment to check it out...has some easy and engaging ideas for how to put digital cameras to use on your campus!

Thank you, Laurie!

WORTH THE SURF - Fair Use Guidelines

WORTH THE SURF - Fair Use Guidelines

Here is a really nice site, shared by Jana Knezek, on fair use guidelines. It was created by Bridgewater State University and includes great information on copyright with examples.

Fair Use Guidelines
http://www.bridgew.edu/library/ipr/guidelines.cfm