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Designing with Wikkis
My husband and I had grand plans to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary this past Friday night at a quiet, pricey, romantic restaurant. Our plans were squashed when my brother-in-law called early...
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Headed out to NECC 08
So much has happened in this corner of the ed tech world this past week. On Wednesday, June 25, we welcomed 50 new talented educators into the Google Certified Teachers group. It has been great hearing...
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I don’t know about you, but…
I’ve been feeling like I can’t catch up. Every time I think I’ve completed my list on Remember the Milk, I have five more items to add. Bear in mind – I’m not complaining. The fact is that more...
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Engaging the 21st Century Student
Marc Prensky at NJECC 9/19/08 I had the pleasure of listening to Marc Prensky present at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of NJECC yesterday. If you remember, Mr. Prensky was not feeling well when he...
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What’s Your “P” in PLN Stand For?
My post from last week drew more attention than I anticipated. I developed the presentation 21 Ed Tech Leaders You Just Have to Meet for a session I was facilitating at the annual NJAET conference, but...
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Summer Reading Resources
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokopinto/ I’m going pretty low-tech on this post with the exception on how to access all these great summer reading resources you should be aware of. Follow the...
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Spontaneous Professional Development
Tomorrow at the NJECC monthly meeting I’m going to speak for a bit about “Spontaneous Professional Development”. With the budget cuts in NJ schools this past year, many educators don’t have funding for...
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Incentives to Keep Students Reading This Summer
Image Source http://www.rtsd.org/ The following is a list of reading incentive programs for students. My daughters partcipated in these last summer and earned free books, prizes and even cash. Please...
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The #eduonair conference and PD in NJ
On May 2, 2012 Google hosted its first conference using Google Hangouts On Air. During the 8-hour conference, there were over 40 presentations on everything from robotics to 1:1 initiatives to using...
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For Edcamp Newbies
Yesterday, with the support of SGEI and Kean University, where I work, I hosted edcamp Common Core. The idea was to gather NJ educators to discuss a common theme. Here’s what I heard from attendees in...
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Forming Communities of Practice
I work with a great team here at the SGEI. With the end of the academic year closing in on us, we have spent some time re-envisioning how we would like to address the Common Core. Since we view...
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Awesome Updates to Google Classroom
A few updates to Google Classroom I thought I would share (read their blog post for additional information): 1. Custom Themes – Add your own header images and choose from an additional 18 new images...
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