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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Supervision – Social Media Study Group
Note: This is one in a series of blog posts to be used by Auburn’s Social Media Design Team to conduct a study group before making recommendations for social media policy. If unfamiliar with this series, you might find reading … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Technology Policies and Leadership
Tagged Good Teaching, Leadership, Social Media
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Educating for Appropriate Use – Social Media Study Group
Note: This is one in a series of blog posts to be used by Auburn’s Social Media Design Team to conduct a study group before making recommendations for social media policy. If unfamiliar with this series, you might find reading … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Technology Policies and Leadership
Tagged Good Teaching, Leadership, Social Media
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Impact of Social Media – Social Media Study Group
Note: This is one in a series of blog posts to be used by Auburn’s Social Media Design Team to conduct a study group before making recommendations for social media policy. If unfamiliar with this series, you might find reading … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Technology Policies and Leadership
Tagged Banning (tech), Communication, Social Media
5 Comments
Banning & Blocking – Social Media Study Group
Note: This is one in a series of blog posts to be used by Auburn’s Social Media Design Team to conduct a study group before making recommendations for social media policy. If unfamiliar with this series, you might find reading … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Technology Policies and Leadership
Tagged Banning (tech), Filtering, Social Media
17 Comments
Auburn’s Social Media Design Team
Auburn has long had a pretty progressive social media policy. We didn’t block Facebook or Twitter, even thought nearly all the districts around us do. As you can imagine, it was pretty controversial, but it was based on the idea … Continue reading
18 Reasons We Need More Psychology (And Less Logic) In Our Education Thinking
Few systems are as complex as education. I’ve been thinking a lot about education lately, I’m in the school change business, especially as it relates to creating schools that work for all children. Over the last years, my work has … Continue reading
Posted in Customized Learning, Food For Thought, Lead4Change, Leadership, Motivation, Technology for Learning
Tagged Leadership, McMEL
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What Students and Teachers Say About Voice and Choice
The students and teachers in my Underachievers Study (2001) all had things to say about student voice and choice. All students in the Underachievers Study felt they learned better when they had choices about how they learned. The teachers interviewed … Continue reading
Posted in Voice & Choice
Tagged Education Research, Good Teaching, Helping Students Succeed
An Extrinsic Motivator So Good It Should Be Your Secret Weapon
You’ve been reading through a series of my posts highlighting, mostly, counterproductive extrinsic motivators. You must be wondering, though, are all extrinsic motivators bad? The kind of motivators Alfie Kohn describes (bribery rewards) do have a negative impact on learning, … Continue reading
Some Students Need More Than Direct Instruction
An old friend provided me with a wonderful opportunity. She’s the Middle Level Director for a city in the South. I’ve been doing workshops for her schools and teachers for about 14 years. A couple summers ago, I worked with … Continue reading
