J. RobinsonSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by J. Robinson From the Principal's Office: Evernote Journal App for iPad By J. Robinson published 25 June 13 Recently, I found Evernote's Journal iPad app. From the Principal's Office: Call for Skepticism and Caution When Using Test Scores in Teacher Evaluations By J. Robinson published 19 June 13 It's as if somehow, not calling it a test, makes it not a test. From the Principal's Office: 5 Words Educators Need to Forget By J. Robinson published 14 June 13 You can tell a great deal about education by the words and phrases educational policymakers and educators are using currently. From the Principal's Office: 20 Applications for Everyday Use By J. Robinson published 11 June 13 Here’s my “Apps-I-Use-Everyday List.” Let me know what you think, or if you have an alternative app that you think is better. From the Principal's Office: Which Model of Project-Based Learning Is Needed? By J. Robinson published 28 May 13 Project-Based Learning (PBL) is being touted as the 21st century answer to how we should be educating students and the perfect delivery-system for the Common Core State Standards. From the Principal's Office: Computer-to-Student Ratio Stats Are Not Measures of School Effectiveness By J. Robinson published 23 May 13 From the Principal's Office: Transforming Our Schools by Changing Mindsets Not by Buying More Technology By J. Robinson published 19 May 13 If you really want to know why all that technology sits idle, it's probably because it does not fit the way your teachers teach and the way they have been teaching for the past 100 years or so. From the Principal's Office: Teaching Active Reputation Management: 5 Steps for Sanitizing Facebook Accounts By J. Robinson published 17 May 13 From the Principal's Office: MindMapper for iOS: (Currently) Free and Easy to Use Mindmapping App By J. Robinson published 14 May 13 If you are looking for a mindmapping app for your iPad or iPhone, currently SimTech Systems has their MindMapper app for iOS available for free in the Appstore. From the Principal's Office: Strategies for Teaching Students to Critically Validate Online Information By J. Robinson published 7 May 13 For students to effectively take ownership of that learning though, we can ill-afford to turn them loose with Google and expect them to dazzle us with what they find out. From the Principal's Office: Great Resource for Helping Students Manage Their Online Reputations By J. Robinson published 1 May 13 “Many of today’s students are finding themselves with a very real permanent record---one that reflects every poor decision of their youth, and is stored online forever.” From the Principal's Office: Empowering and Educating Students About Cell Phones - Ending the Bans By J. Robinson published 26 April 13 Schools continuing to ban cell phones and smartphones are fighting a losing battle. From the Principal's Office: 7 Must-Read Resources on Social Media for School Leaders By J. Robinson published 18 April 13 From the Principal's Office: Blogging Applications for Beginning Bloggers By J. Robinson published 17 April 13 From the Principal's Office: Tips for Google Reader Users Moving to Feedly By J. Robinson published 11 April 13 For those users who, like myself, who are migrating to using Feedly due to Google Reader's demise, here's an excellent blog post from Feedly to help you with that migration process. From the Principal's Office: Feedly- An RSS Reader Replacement for Google Reader By J. Robinson published 9 April 13 With the impending demise of Google Reader, I have been in search for an RSS Reader replacement. From the Principal's Office: 3 Steps to Leveraging the Power of Technology to Disrupt Your School or District By J. Robinson published 29 March 13 Then the next question is, what steps can we take to leverage the disruptive power of technology in our schools? From the Principal's Office: 5 Guidelines for Rational School Leader Response to Social Media Issues By J. Robinson published 27 March 13 The crime was not the use of social media. The crime was the action of making threats which is illegal. From the Principal's Office: iOS Kindle App Improvements - 3 New Features for the Power Reader By J. Robinson published 22 March 13 Recently Amazon released a newer version of their iOS Kindle app with three new features that clearly improve the app's functionality. From the Principal's Office: Using Google Forms to Create a Walkthrough-Observation App for the iPad By J. Robinson published 20 March 13 You can create a Google Form in your Google Drive account, and set it up as an iPad observation app right on your iPad. That's a free option which is difficult to beat. From the Principal's Office: 10 Things School Leaders Do to Kill a Teacher's Enthusiasm for Technology By J. Robinson published 15 March 13 Or, “10 Things a 21st Century School Leader Will Not Do to Discourage Teachers from Engaging in the Use of Technology.” From the Principal's Office: Let’s End the Administrator War on Mobile Devices By J. Robinson published 12 March 13 We’ve all worked with them, educators who have made it their mission to rid the classrooms and schools of this world of those infernal, disruptive devices called “cell phones.” From the Principal's Office: 5 Baby-Steps for Using Twitter to Begin a Personal Learning Network By J. Robinson published 6 March 13 From the Principal's Office: When Interactive Boards and Tablets Aren’t 21st Century Classroom Tools By J. Robinson published 1 March 13 When they are only used to reinforce lecture, worksheets and other 20th century teaching and learning methodology, they are little more than chalkboards with computer chips. From the Principal's Office: Inspiration Maps for iPad: Excellent Mapping Solution for the iPad By J. Robinson published 26 February 13 Inspiration is an excellent choice for concept mapping because its features make it useful as a classroom tool and as a tool for anyone who uses mindmapping techniques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Archives Tech & Learning NewsletterTools and ideas to transform education. Sign up below.* To subscribe, you must consent to Future’s privacy policy. MORE FROM TECH & LEARNING...19 Suggestions For Your AI Reading List2Tech & Learning Joins USA EdTech as Bett Media Partner3KnoPro: How to Use It to Support CTE4What to Know About Buying Robots for Schools5AI’s Remarkably Imperfect Productivity Tricks Us Into Mistakes. Here’s How You Can Avoid These
From the Principal's Office: Evernote Journal App for iPad By J. Robinson published 25 June 13 Recently, I found Evernote's Journal iPad app.
From the Principal's Office: Call for Skepticism and Caution When Using Test Scores in Teacher Evaluations By J. Robinson published 19 June 13 It's as if somehow, not calling it a test, makes it not a test.
From the Principal's Office: 5 Words Educators Need to Forget By J. Robinson published 14 June 13 You can tell a great deal about education by the words and phrases educational policymakers and educators are using currently.
From the Principal's Office: 20 Applications for Everyday Use By J. Robinson published 11 June 13 Here’s my “Apps-I-Use-Everyday List.” Let me know what you think, or if you have an alternative app that you think is better.
From the Principal's Office: Which Model of Project-Based Learning Is Needed? By J. Robinson published 28 May 13 Project-Based Learning (PBL) is being touted as the 21st century answer to how we should be educating students and the perfect delivery-system for the Common Core State Standards.
From the Principal's Office: Computer-to-Student Ratio Stats Are Not Measures of School Effectiveness By J. Robinson published 23 May 13
From the Principal's Office: Transforming Our Schools by Changing Mindsets Not by Buying More Technology By J. Robinson published 19 May 13 If you really want to know why all that technology sits idle, it's probably because it does not fit the way your teachers teach and the way they have been teaching for the past 100 years or so.
From the Principal's Office: Teaching Active Reputation Management: 5 Steps for Sanitizing Facebook Accounts By J. Robinson published 17 May 13
From the Principal's Office: MindMapper for iOS: (Currently) Free and Easy to Use Mindmapping App By J. Robinson published 14 May 13 If you are looking for a mindmapping app for your iPad or iPhone, currently SimTech Systems has their MindMapper app for iOS available for free in the Appstore.
From the Principal's Office: Strategies for Teaching Students to Critically Validate Online Information By J. Robinson published 7 May 13 For students to effectively take ownership of that learning though, we can ill-afford to turn them loose with Google and expect them to dazzle us with what they find out.
From the Principal's Office: Great Resource for Helping Students Manage Their Online Reputations By J. Robinson published 1 May 13 “Many of today’s students are finding themselves with a very real permanent record---one that reflects every poor decision of their youth, and is stored online forever.”
From the Principal's Office: Empowering and Educating Students About Cell Phones - Ending the Bans By J. Robinson published 26 April 13 Schools continuing to ban cell phones and smartphones are fighting a losing battle.
From the Principal's Office: 7 Must-Read Resources on Social Media for School Leaders By J. Robinson published 18 April 13
From the Principal's Office: Blogging Applications for Beginning Bloggers By J. Robinson published 17 April 13
From the Principal's Office: Tips for Google Reader Users Moving to Feedly By J. Robinson published 11 April 13 For those users who, like myself, who are migrating to using Feedly due to Google Reader's demise, here's an excellent blog post from Feedly to help you with that migration process.
From the Principal's Office: Feedly- An RSS Reader Replacement for Google Reader By J. Robinson published 9 April 13 With the impending demise of Google Reader, I have been in search for an RSS Reader replacement.
From the Principal's Office: 3 Steps to Leveraging the Power of Technology to Disrupt Your School or District By J. Robinson published 29 March 13 Then the next question is, what steps can we take to leverage the disruptive power of technology in our schools?
From the Principal's Office: 5 Guidelines for Rational School Leader Response to Social Media Issues By J. Robinson published 27 March 13 The crime was not the use of social media. The crime was the action of making threats which is illegal.
From the Principal's Office: iOS Kindle App Improvements - 3 New Features for the Power Reader By J. Robinson published 22 March 13 Recently Amazon released a newer version of their iOS Kindle app with three new features that clearly improve the app's functionality.
From the Principal's Office: Using Google Forms to Create a Walkthrough-Observation App for the iPad By J. Robinson published 20 March 13 You can create a Google Form in your Google Drive account, and set it up as an iPad observation app right on your iPad. That's a free option which is difficult to beat.
From the Principal's Office: 10 Things School Leaders Do to Kill a Teacher's Enthusiasm for Technology By J. Robinson published 15 March 13 Or, “10 Things a 21st Century School Leader Will Not Do to Discourage Teachers from Engaging in the Use of Technology.”
From the Principal's Office: Let’s End the Administrator War on Mobile Devices By J. Robinson published 12 March 13 We’ve all worked with them, educators who have made it their mission to rid the classrooms and schools of this world of those infernal, disruptive devices called “cell phones.”
From the Principal's Office: 5 Baby-Steps for Using Twitter to Begin a Personal Learning Network By J. Robinson published 6 March 13
From the Principal's Office: When Interactive Boards and Tablets Aren’t 21st Century Classroom Tools By J. Robinson published 1 March 13 When they are only used to reinforce lecture, worksheets and other 20th century teaching and learning methodology, they are little more than chalkboards with computer chips.
From the Principal's Office: Inspiration Maps for iPad: Excellent Mapping Solution for the iPad By J. Robinson published 26 February 13 Inspiration is an excellent choice for concept mapping because its features make it useful as a classroom tool and as a tool for anyone who uses mindmapping techniques.
