Vicki A. Davis's Blog, page 164
July 9, 2014
Lack of Staff Professional Development (in 1:1 Implementations) is Like Tossing Money Away [Quote]
As the owner of acompanythat now consults school districts in their technology plans, I have zero patience for administrators that fail to see the importance of professional development when new tech is welcomed. My feelings have been hardened by first hand experience working in education and seeing how hopeless new tech initiatives were when the assumption that “if you provide it, they will learn.”
Just laying claim to the fact that technology was purchased and dropped into classrooms doesn...
July 8, 2014
Top 12 Summer Tips for Top Teachers
During summer days, if you’re a top teacher, you’ll take time to improve your best asset — you. If somehow it’s not clear why that’s so important, look at it this way: when financial times are tight, our schools can improve the bottom line in four ways, three which aren’t beneficial for us as teachers.
They can cut teachers and staff.
They can cut benefits.
They can lower quality.
We teachers can become more productive and better at our jobs.
The best choice for our students, schools, and us is #4...
July 7, 2014
Tablets and Toddlers: How Much is Too Much?
Toddlers are engrossed in Ipads as butterflies land on their shoulders unnoticed. Parents are texting as their tots engage with tablets. Is this healthy? Patti Wollman Summers, a 30 year educator with experience in early childhood education, discusses appropriate uses of digital applications for toddlers during this episode of Every Classroom Matters. Patti shares important 6 important recommendations for parents and kindergarten teachers from her new bookToddlers on Technology: A Parents’ Gu...
10 Ways Social Media Can Improve Writing (on @InnovativeEdu)
As hall of fame baseball player, Babe Ruth said, “Yesterday’s home runs won’t win tomorrow’s games.” To level up writing, we need to take advantage of the out-of-the park features and capabilities that social media inspired concepts give writing instruction.
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Most of us know how it feels to write an exciting Facebook status update or a powerful tweet. Without delay, we know the impact of our words as they are retweeted, commented on, and li...
July 1, 2014
12 Great Ways to Use Google Drive in Education with Susan Oxnevad
IT IntegratorSusan Oxnevad uses Google Forms to train parents about the school’s iPad program. Even though she’s an advanced user, she also has practical advice for getting started. Chock full ofGoogle goodness andbest practices, this show is a “must listen” for schools using Google Apps for Education (GAFE)or Chromebooks.
Listen to Susan Oxnevad Share about Google Docs
Susan Oxnevad – Show Notes #77 – 12 Great Ways to Use Google Drive in Education
Susan Oxnevad’s glogster linking to effective w...
June 26, 2014
Congrats Steven Trust! His student-created dystopian fiction project is the #WorkWonders winner
Judging the #WorkWonders contest wasso challenging. There were so many stand outs! In this contest, educators madeebooks withPowerpoint(a common trend) and trackeddatain Excel. Additionally, others are using Microsoft Word for learning and One Note to write their own textbooks and share with their students. As seen from the diverse entries, you can do so much with Microsoft Office.
Check out the Official Work Wonders website for even more ideas.
Steven Trust, the contest winner is a great examp...
June 24, 2014
PREPS: 5 Steps for Electronic Notetaking Success #reinventingwriting
Want to know how to take notes electronically? Frustrated because students can never find their notes or pictures they take of the board? There is a solution but we have to move past the (awesome) Cornell notetaking system and other systems we’ve used in the past into 21st century notetaking. I use a system that I share in Chapter 4: Reinventing Notetakingof Reinventing Writing. Recently on SmartBrief I gave an overview of PREPS and how it works.
PREPS stands for Prepare, Record, Engage, Ponde...
June 19, 2014
Ideas for Summer Learning from #KCDTTL
Today I’ve been at Kentucky Country Day School at the Teach Tech Learn Conference. More than 200 teachers from around Kentucky and few from outside the state have come together to learn best practices for promoting 21st century learning. I promised my new friends here that I’d share the slide presentations here on my blog so they’d be easy to find and hope that all of you who take the time will grab some links and ideas.(Flipping through the slides of presenters is one of my favorite ways to...
June 16, 2014
Reinventing Writing Webinar on Classroom 2.0 [Video]
Classroom 2.0 is a fantastic community for learning and sharing. They have webinars throughout the week and you should join their community. Recently, I shared the 9 ways writing is reinvented with show hostsPeggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore and the lively community at Classroom 2.0 Live!Reinventing Writing has been published and this video is a great intro for the book.
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Classroom 2.0 Live! Archive for Reinventing Writing Webinar
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June 15, 2014
Reinvent Your Learning -Learn to Twitter Chat with us at #txeduchat Sunday June 15 8-9 pm CDT
Summer is a great time for learning. Tonight, many Texas educators will be talking about how writing is reinventedon #txeducat from 8-9 pm Central Daylight Savings Time but guess what –anyone can come!!Last time we had the chat, I created aTwitter Chat tutorial video to teach how to participate in a Twitter chat, so watch the video, grab the book, and join us. Oh, and for some reason the price of the Kindle ebook dropped yesterday from $28 to $19.22 — it did this before and then went back up...
