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The Transformationist: October 2009
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Change is the only constant. Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The Internet Is A Language. I presented at the GooglePlex. In Mountain View today at the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age. Conference. I was on a panel called "New Learning Designs: Scaling Innovation to Reverse the Dropout Crisis.". My goal was to paint a picture of 339's turnaround (so far) and the role technology has played. Keep in mind- I only had eight minutes for my remarks! In June of 2006, the first wave of teacher laptops and one g...
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The Transformationist: We Have a Girls Hoops Team!
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Change is the only constant. Monday, January 26, 2009. We Have a Girls Hoops Team! Several weeks ago, three 6th graders came to my office, concerned about turnout for their basketball team. At that point, only six or seven young women were attending practice regularly. These girls created recruitment fliers to post in the school, and asked me to make announcements at school assemblies. Well, they're up to around 11 girls at this point- and the uniforms look great! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Transformationist
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Change is the only constant. Thursday, July 1, 2010. I'm certain that most of our staff and students are sleeping right now. At least I hope they are. They couldn't possibly be thinking about how a new school year has started today, on July 1. My friends often ask, "Do you work over the summer? After all, when they were growing up, schools were empty places for two months, and their principal had a September to June function. Thank You, Happy New School Year to you too. July 1, 2010 at 12:17 PM. The opin...
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The Transformationist: March 2008
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Change is the only constant. Sunday, March 9, 2008. Get On The Bus. There was a "Making a Difference" story on NBC nightly news. About an amazing program that was started in Arkansas. Rural students who commute an hour each way now have Linux computers, thanks to Vanderbilt's Billy Hudson. This is one more example of why we need to all get on the bus. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bronx, New York, United States. I'm the Principal of IS 339, an innovative middle school in the Bronx. View my complete profile.
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The Transformationist: IST Training Today
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Change is the only constant. Monday, January 26, 2009. Gary and Fran are here from Turnaround for Children. They are training our administrators, support staff, interventionists and team leaders on the Instructional Support Team (IST) process. IST's meet each week to action plan around interventions for struggling students. I am re-working lunch duty schedules so that Assistant Principals can. Attend their grade level IST's, which meet on Tuesday and Thursday. A typical IST is comprised of:.
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The Transformationist: June 2008
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Change is the only constant. Monday, June 2, 2008. I went to a meeting down at Tweed. Today to discuss Small Learning Communities. The city is thinking about expanding Small Learning Community work to a handful of middle schools next year, and and exploratory panel wanted to hear from several principals who are at different stages of this work. Sunday, June 1, 2008. Last week, we had our School Quality Review. For two full days, directly following Memorial Day. We spent time at the end of the week debrie...
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Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Reflection on PLN 2013. How to make a Voki character read a blog post. Modern learning requires modern methods and modern tools. The future of education. Will they laugh at our ignorance? Animation, Audio and Video. Art and Graphic Design. Social Education and General Studies. John's occasional blogging site. Inside the Google Teacher Academy 2011. April 28, 2011. Lead by Mark Wagner. Observed that “Google people talk quickly”, it was already old new...Some sess...
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The Transformationist: May 2008
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Change is the only constant. Saturday, May 31, 2008. On Friday, May 23rd, we presented to Empowerment schools. Down at Google's NYC Headquarters. The city is looking to expand the use of Google Apps. Into hundreds of schools, and we were invited to present on our practices this year. Here's our Google presentation we gave at the Google headquarters:. You can also click here. To see our presentation published to a full screen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bronx, New York, United States.
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The Transformationist: What 21st Century Schools Can Learn From 24
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Change is the only constant. Friday, March 6, 2009. What 21st Century Schools Can Learn From 24. Despite numerous accolades and killer ratings,. I’d somehow missed the TV counter-terrorist boat. As of last summer, I'd sailed straight past the first six seasons of 24. Tunes, I’ve been catching up, downloading season after thrilling season. Preposterous plotlines and torturous interrogations aside, 24. Is highly entertaining and a pure adrenaline rush. Admit it, you’ve watched! So I was puzzled when 24.
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