Latest articles by J. Robinson
From the Principal's Office: Evernote 5: New Windows Desktop Evernote Adds More Features
Here are some great features I've already discovered that add a even more functionality to Evernote.
From the Principal's Office: Digital and Media Literacy: How Can It Support 21st Century Learning?
How can teachers use digital and media to support academic achievement in all subjects and content areas?
From the Principal's Office: Knowmia - Tool to “Flip Your Classroom” Is Getting Even Better!
Knowmia is a website and an iPad app that allows teachers to create, share, and view instructional videos for students.
From the Principal's Office: PlayScience II: iPad App for the Science Classroom
PlayScience II is an interesting iPad app that covers all essential topics in Grade 2 Science, such as Plants, Animals, Earth, Weather & Sky, Matter and Motion & Energy.
From the Principal's Office: Spellex Offering New Speech Recognition Solutions for Dragon Dictation
From the Principal's Office: ASCD Welcomes New Teachers and Offers List of Educational Resources
Here’s a big list of resources that ASCD offers new teachers.
From the Principal's Office: ASCD Welcomes New Teachers and Offers List of Educational Resources
Here’s a big list of resources that ASCD offers new teachers.
From the Principal's Office: Bloomboard: Free User-Friendly Teacher Observation-Evaluation Web Tool
One of the hottest topics in educational leadership right now is teacher evaluations and observations.
From the Principal's Office: Brickflow- Interesting Web Tool for Turning Social Media Content into Visual Stories
Brickflow is an interesting, new tool that allows users to turn social media content into slideshows, and is now available for free trials.
From the Principal's Office: New ClassDojo Sharing Feature Allows Teacher Collaboration to Improve Student Behavior
ClassDojo’s ‘Class Sharing’ feature delivers on teachers’ most requested update: collaboration with other teachers across classrooms.
From the Principal's Office: 6 Practices for Creating a 21st Century Engaging Classroom
Our decisions now will determine whether education is something we do to our students or whether education is something into which we actively engage them
From the Principal's Office: Reasons to Get Students Blogging
One of the greatest battles I fought as an English teacher was the in-authenticity of my students’ writing.
From the Principal's Office: Unplugging from Technology and My Role as a School Leader-Educator
Tomorrow afternoon, I will again journey into the North Carolina mountains in order to participate in a 5-Day Insight meditation retreat entitled "Mindfulness: The Path to Freedom."
From the Principal's Office: Excellent Google Calendar App for the iPad
I think I have found an excellent calendar app that meets all my needs: it is Calendars or Calendars+ by Readdle.
Got a New iPhone? Here's 17 Starter Apps
Recently,our district changed providers and changed phones. As a result, we are now using iPhones.
Advantages of Using eNewsletter Services to Inform and Connect with Stakeholders
This past spring, I started using an eNewsletter service called MailChimp to send my Weekly Parent Email Update.
From the Principal's Office: 8 Books for Summer Reading and Professional Development
Each of these books forced me to examine and challenge fundamental assumptions I had about teaching, technology, leadership and education.
From the Principal's Office: Adopting a Digital Disruptor Mindset to Transform Education
We can either take a "technology adopter" mindset or we can take a "digital disruptor" mindset.
From the Principal's Office: 5 Free Summer Professional Development Resources from ASCD
ASCD is offering what they call “high-impact, in-depth professional development resources” at no cost.
From the Principal's Office: Make Your Chrome TweetDeck App Operate as a Windows Desktop App
It is possible though, to change how the Chrome TweetDeck app behaves so that it functions more like a separate Windows application.
From the Principal's Office: Data-Driven Decision Making Usually Means “Test-Score Driven Decision-Making"
It’s as if someone out there has drawn the conclusion that I do not make decisions based on data, so I am in need of more training in this area.
From the Principal's Office: Evernote Journal App for iPad
Recently, I found Evernote's Journal iPad app.
