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" Feedback is the breakfast of champions. " - Ken Blanchard Throughout my professional person career every bit a teacher, administrator, author, as well as presenter, feedback has been as well as ever volition hold upward a powerful conduit for growth. There is zilch to a greater extent than vital to our professional person roles than skillful feedback that paints a flick non solely of what nosotros are doing well, but areas where nosotros tin laissez passer on notice either decease much improve or outright improve. It helps us to prepare both goals as well as objectives that guide our function inwards our respective roles.  As of import every bit lineament feedback is to our success the usage of criticism tin laissez passer on notice prepare us dorsum 10 fold. If increase as well as improvement are the ultimate objective it is imperative to know the divergence betwixt the two. our students . There is such ability inwards feedback every bit articulated past times Fiona...

Just because today’s students take away maintain grown upward inward a technology-rich globe does non hateful that they know how to effectively together with responsibly utilize technology. It is a mutual misconception that today’s learners tin dismiss seamlessly transition from the routine role of devices for personal reasons to using them for learning, research, together with enhanced productivity. We routinely listen how students role digital tools inappropriately for sexting, cyberbullying, cheating, video recording teachers together with fights amongst peers, together with plagiarizing. Unfortunately, these behaviors materialize equally schools are non doing their business office to educate students on digital responsibility, citizenship, together with creating a positive footprint online.  Image credit:  http://www.metta.io/ When I was main at New Milford High School, nosotros take away maintain made it our responsibleness to integrate digital responsibleness a...

For next is a invitee post service authored yesteryear Dr. Bill Daggett , Founder in addition to Chairman of the International Center for Leadership inwards Education (ICLE). I believe that this a fourth dimension when teaching tin modify inwards fundamental ways. The lately passed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) volition opposite the decades’ long tendency of centralizing decisions virtually what students bespeak to acquire in addition to how they must survive assessed in addition to position them dorsum inwards the hands of local schoolhouse districts equally good equally soil teaching departments’ hands. The growth inwards federal regulations supported alongside fiscal incentives nosotros withdraw maintain seen over the yesteryear several years volition survive lessened. Most notable are the provisions approximately Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) moving dorsum to the soil in addition to local districts. Now nosotros volition survive able to human activity on our priorities, ...

A dynamic combination of mindset, behaviors, in addition to skills is required for schools to give-up the ghost places where social media in addition to digital tools are integral in addition to beneficial parts of a rigorous program  and where they move symbiotically amongst active, engaged, in addition to applicable learning. 
How tin give the axe nosotros get got the greatest wages of this 2nd inwards fourth dimension in addition to create compelling in addition to challenging learning spaces for students?  real-world tools to unleash inventiveness in addition to a passion for learning. After putting these tenets inwards the foundation, the specifics tin give the axe get got several dissimilar forms: 
 Step 1 Realize that social media is a predominant tool inwards the world. It fosters personalization, creativity, in addition to collaboration, giving students infinite ways inwards which to create artifacts of their learning in addition to knowledge. 
 Step 2 I...

Possibly i of the most of import shifts needed inwards schools is to render individualized together with personalized learning experiences to students. Learning has fundamentally changed amongst the development of the Internet together with other technologies that permit for ubiquitous access to data together with knowledge. Digital leadership focuses on transforming learning environments through online course of written report offerings (synchronous together with asynchronous), independent studies, together with work of OpenCourseWare to render students amongst continuous options to acquire anytime, anywhere, together with most anything.  Image credit:  http://unearthedcomics.com/ Infusing online learning opportunities should live on a given inwards a digital world. There is no excuse non to secure funds to ameliorate view the needs of all learners or those amongst specialized interests. U.S. of A. that attain non take away keep their ain online course of written re...

One of the best parts virtually blogging for me is that my parents read each in addition to every post.  My manful mortal nurture takes a aspect at the content only, piece my mom is my primary proofreader. During my early on years of blogging I ever posted each post to my personal Facebook page in addition to emailed my parents a alive link. It was at this fourth dimension my mom got sick of all of the spelling in addition to grammatical errors thus she emphatically stated that I must ship her each post to proof before posting.  The early on lesson for me hither was that it is ever practiced to cause got some other fix of eyes aspect over your weblog posts before y'all brand them public. Image credit:  http://www.picmonkey.com/p/gQYDuAPCRpq This notwithstanding is non the role or squall for of my post.  In 1 sense I desire to give thank y'all my parents for all that they cause got done for my in addition to my brothers over the years. Knowing that I cause go...

The next is a invitee postal service past times Dr. Bill Daggett , Founder in addition to Chairman of the International Center for Leadership inwards Education (ICLE) and Dr. Guy Sconzo , Superintendent of Humble ISD inwards Humble, TX. In my last invitee post , I outlined the ways inwards which the Every Student Succeeds Act, late signed into law, gives us a unique take away chances to practice the indicators of achievement that volition hateful in addition to affair to us—indicators catered to the unique deoxyribonucleic acid of our states, districts, in addition to schools. In my post, I called members of schoolhouse boards in addition to instructional in addition to schoolhouse leaders to action: nosotros cause got the chance—the obligation—to phonation our ain frustrations in addition to genuinely cause got them heard, respected, in addition to applied to the procedure of overhauling the organisation in addition to focusing on what matters most: the students.  ...

There is a neat bargain of verbalise these days virtually micro-credentials too digital badging equally a way to admit professional person learning of educators. While many organizations are trying to seize an chance to monetize this infinite for their ain benefit, a pioneer inwards micro-credentials created a gratis platform for whatever educator to purpose over 3 years ago. In Uncommon Learning I render insight into Laura Fleming’s pioneering run inwards this surface area with the unproblematic premise of acknowledging the informal learning that many educators at in ane trial engage inwards on a daily basis.  Micro-credentials tin flame live on used to guide, motivate, too validate informal learning. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform. Acknowledging the informal learning of educators had been a long- neglected surface area inwards schools, too Ms. Fleming felt she could brand a large acquit upon there. She felt that a digital badge based sche...

Jargon inward pedagogy is nada new. Luckily in that place are thus many resources available to construct feel of it every bit it applies to our professional person practice.  Just cheque the Dictionary of Educational Jargon to acquire some clarity, as well as thus get got some fun alongside the Educational Jargon Generator . Words are ever flight unopen to inward pedagogy circles. Whether it is inward mortal at events as well as workshops or inward social media spaces, I routinely come across conversations play out where educators get got a sure as shooting opinion on the pregnant of specific words. Now heed you, I am speaking almost pedagogy buzzwords as well as am non discounting the negative pregnant of words exterior this realm. From my lens I come across a non bad bargain of fourth dimension as well as disclose energy spent on debating the negative aspects of words that other educators value.  Certain words boundary correct out at me such every bit grit, innovation, b...

" Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they pick out out greatness inwards others. " - Jon Gordon There is no shortage of advice on the characteristics, qualities, as well as attributes that brand upwards a nifty leader. As I possess got written inwards the past, leadership is a choice . It does non rely on a championship or power, but instead, the actions that i takes. Leadership is the might to motion people to where they demand to hold upwards instead of telling them what to do.  Image credit:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com Below I offering what I reckon to hold upwards 10 things that all nifty leaders do: Adapt When Needed – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 nifty leader knows that his or her respective leadership agency volition never run for everyone. Being able to successfully navigate dissimilar personalities as well as situations requires flexibility equally good equally a willingness to alter course of writt...

The next is a invitee postal service yesteryear Jill M. Hackett Ed.D. - Assistant Superintendent, Academic Services/School Accountability, North Kansas City Schools, Kansas City, MO. Rigor together with Relevance tin appear similar abstract damage until you lot commencement to empathize how schools together with districts apply them inward specific ways. Over the yesteryear 5 years, nosotros North Kansas City School District restructured our role so that student-centered learning was the ultimate objective. We seat Rigor together with Relevance inward the foreground, along amongst several other initiatives. By committing to systematic integration of the model, nosotros transformed the culture, the conversation, every bit good every bit the results inward our district. Making our classrooms genuinely student-centered together with relevant – thereby making existent rigor possible – has allowed us to shape mutual beliefs for pupil success.  Here’s a piffling to a greater exten...

"The greatest leader is non necessarily the 1 who does the greatest things. He is the 1 that gets the people to practise the greatest things."  - Ronald Reagan Lately I cause got truly been focused on what truthful leadership truly is. Many times when I come upward across the give-and-take leader I consider the give-and-take follower attached. In my opinion, leadership is non near attracting others to follow. To me, at least, this conveys a feel of power, authority, in addition to command that mightiness serve good inwards the curt term past times getting others to autumn into line through conformity, but it doesn't create the atmospheric condition necessary for sustaining change.  I believe the Definition in addition to resulting perception of the term leader needs a makeover.  Great leaders don't enjoin people what to do, but instead accept them to where they demand to be. There is no agenda to create a harem of followers or disciples.  True leaders know th...

"When integrating applied scientific discipline at that spot needs to live on a Return on Instruction (ROI) that results inwards evidence of improved pupil learning outcomes." - Eric Sheninger For educational applied scientific discipline to live on fully embraced every bit a powerful teaching too learning tool at that spot must live on a focus on heart too mortal over assumptions too generalizations.  There is a non bad bargain of evidence to brand educators reverberate upon their utilisation of technology. The most glaring was the OECD Report that came out final fall. Here is an excerpt: " Schools cause got notwithstanding to convey payoff of the potential of applied scientific discipline inwards the classroom to tackle the digital split upwards too reach every pupil the skills they ask inwards today’s connected world, according to the get-go OECD PISA assessment of digital skills. Even countries which cause got invested heavily inwards information too communicati...