From Emerging EdTech – Check out these outstanding channels of content created by a half dozen different inspired educators. 

DLN Smart Series from Getting Smart

Good take from Karl Fisch – . I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s unfair to everyone to have different policies within the same school. It’s just not transparent and it makes it harder for everyone to figure out what they need to do to be successful. So I think it’s time that we have a uniform late work policy in my school.

From Jonathan Martin – A profile of new (and relatively new) innovative educational models which are becoming more significant alternatives in the landscape of educational choice, and includes interviews with leaders of these alternative models.

How to playlist tutorial for using Remind from Richard Byrne. 

From Richard Byrne – Vibby is a new service for breaking YouTube videos into segments and inserting comments into those segments.

From Larry Ferlazzo – Resources for The Best Ways To Begin & End The School Year.

Interesting perspective on taking notes on laptops. “according to a study conducted by Princeton’s Pam A. Mueller and UCLA’s Daniel M. Oppenheimer. Their research shows that when you only use a laptop to take notes, you don’t absorb new materials as well, largely because typing notes encourages verbatim, mindless transcription.”

From Getting Smart – “The article cites Stanford University’s Thomas Black, registrar and associate vice provost for student affairs who refers to the current transcript as, “A record of everything the student has forgotten,” and asserts, “There’s a clamor, for something more meaningful.”

“While saying yes to every assignment may initially please senior execs, it usually leaves people over-stressed and inundated with work — a lot of which ends up half-finished or forgotten. In the long run, no one is happy.”

Good way for staff to show evidence on reflective practice. 

Good look at how teachers are moving beyond traditional textbooks.

Great list of digital ice breakers 

From Wes Fryer – Even though we are literally surrounded by screens at times in today’s society, I don’t think we yet fully appreciate just how powerful they truly are… or the “digital discipline” required to overcome their attraction for and influence on our minds.

Wondering how this quote also relates to school data? – Malcolm Gladwell had some bad news for mobile marketers: Just because you have more data doesn’t mean you’re going to make better decisions.

From the NYTimes – To understand the failures of the modern American college system — from admissions marketing to graduation rates — you can begin with a notorious university football scandal.

Some good back-to-school activities from Shaelynn Farnsworth

Great resource for historical videos 

Good ideas for creating literacy centers from Beth Holland

Good list of places where teachers can access free resources to build their own content.

Video Notes – Good resource from Beth Holland

Good overview of Book Creator’s new features and how it can be used in the classroom.