TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership
Will be speaking in Arkansas on February 17th at their TICAL conference. I'm so excited! This is information if you are in the area so that you may plan to attend. If you do, please plan to say "hi" -...
View ArticleMusings from Model Schools: Meeting the Cool Cat Teacher in Person - A...
This summary of the workshop from New York said to me "YES" - the message got across. This is something everyone can do. NOw, that is worth redoing. Model Schools Blog says: Did you know that the...
View ArticleThe class that never sleeps - dnaindia.com
Article written in India newspaper about the Flat Classroom and Flat Classroom conference held in Mumbai. I loved this quote: "To become what the project aspires won’t actualise without delivering on...
View ArticleVicarious Learning: Developing Cultural Literacy Through Global Collaboration...
Here is the podcast I recorded at TICAL in Arkansas with Rowland Baker about vicarious learning and global collaboration. We had a great conversation and I love the example he shares from "close...
View ArticleMake education collaborative and customized for net gen, says author -...
Article in Canadian newspaper this week about the NetGenEd project. Yes, education must evolve and become more collaborative! Not sure if this is something that can be "tested" for and so many schools...
View ArticleTechnology & the American Creativity Crisis
Excellent reflection from Audrey Watters of the Read Write Web about the Newsweek article about the Creativity Crisis in America. I think it is an excellent synopsis.Annotations:It's no surprise that...
View ArticleIt's a flat world after all | ChronicleOnline.com
Annotations:Jerry Swiatek’s World Geography students are participating in the Flat Classroom Project, a collaborative effort on a global scale designed to “flatten” or lower walls so that students are...
View ArticleFlat Classroom brings world closer - Pelican Press
Another great local press coverage of how our amazing Flat Classroom teachers are collaborating. This is a story that our communities are hungry for. Social media is great but social learning is...
View ArticleVisiting Cool Cat Teacher Vicki Davis - CogDogBlog
I spent some time with Alan Levine this past week. (He writes the cog dog blog and is an amazing blogger about new technology.) He came by my classroom and showed storybox and my students got to meet...
View ArticleA Passion for Teaching and Opinions: Avoiding the Terrible Teacher
A review from Coach Borwn and reflections on the terrible teacher blog post I wrote. I keep these posts to reflect and encourage myself when I need it sometimes.Tags:inthenews
View ArticleEmbrace Adaptive Testing - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
I have to admit that it was very hard to put into a few short words my thoughts on adaptive learning. I didn't really intend for it to center on the testing piece but I guess that is what the editors...
View ArticleHighBeam Research chooses top 10 blogs for educational research
High Beam research shares their pick for best education blogs. Some new ones and a few familiar ones too. Tags:newseducationblogsinthenewscoolcatteacher
View ArticleWhy I left the business world to become a teacher
the Atlantic asked me to write about why I became a teacher. I left the business world to move into teaching. Not because I had to (I was a successful business woman) but because I wanted to. Please...
View ArticleVicki Davis - Authors - The Atlantic
Here's a set of articles I've written for the Atlantic about teaching. Thefinal post will be up soon in the 12 part series.Tags:inthenewsteachingeducationresumeaboutme
View ArticleCool Cat Teacher
Very cool. I finally have enough "fans" to get http://www.facebook.com/coolcatteacher -- it is now live. CoolTags:educationfacebooknewsinthenews
View ArticleCollaborative Writing in the Cloud: A collection of resources for writing...
I've begun work on the website companion to Collaborative Writing in the Cloud: An essential guidebook aligned with Common Core standards that will be published this winter. (The draft is due now.) I'm...
View ArticleBook Review: “Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds” « EdTech Innovations
A wonderful book review for the Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds book cross posted on Technology and LearningTags:educationflatclassroombookbookreviewinthenews
View ArticleConnecting and Communicating « Mark Patrick Meyers
A reflection on Digiteen by @meywongTags:digiteeninthenews
View ArticleDigital handshakes » Anne Fox
Anne Fox shares her reflections n the digital handshake, an important aspect of getting to know people.Tags:educationinthenewsnewshandshakeflatclassflatclassroombook
View ArticleEd Tech: 4 Tips from Cool Cat Teacher that Will Make You a Tech Savvy Teacher...
An article hotchalk did that talks about some of the habitgs I have in my classroom. One of the biggest is taking and making time to learn. "Davis used her daily break time – 15 minutes – two to three...
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