iZone+PLS+Leadership+Resources

Leadership Summits
====Izone principals met four times a year to explore strategies for personalizing student learning environments, share lessons learned during the pilot year and articulate best practices. Guest speakers engaged principals in thoughtful and productive conversations for understanding and leveraging innovative solutions to improve teaching and learning.====

Though the pilot is over....the conversation and sharing continues....


 * NEW! iZone PLS Sample QR Rubric** [[file:201112QRRubricv1_IZone.doc]]

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Resources for School Administrators:


 * Apple in the NYCDOE** []. Famis pricing, contact information, troubleshooting & support documents and more....


 * BEST IPAD EDUCATIONAL APPS**: []

Videos and resources about: Rigor, Relevance and Relationship

[] ClassDojo can run on an interactive whiteboard, a computer connected to a projector, or even just a smartphone, tablet or iPod touch! ClassDojo will be free for teachers who are part of our beta test group. There are a limited number of places available in this group, so sign up below to be a part of it!

Improve Behavior
Improve specific student behaviors and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback. Share Dat Print or email beautiful behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff. Save Time Save time by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with just one click: NO extra data entry required.

=DragonBox – The Most Fun Algebra App Ever (Seriously!)= This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad $5.99 Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later. []

Here are 9 engaging videos from Ted Ed featuring math ideas worth talking about. Grab your teen, pick a video and give the quizzes a go! ... []

=[|Fifty of the best ed-tech products for schools]=

These 50 educational technology products and services are the winners of our 2012-13 Readers' Choice Awards
__**The World's Best College Level Courses. Online, for Free**__ Coursera is the group effort of handful of institutions—including Stanford University, Princeton, U Michigan, and U Pennsylvania—to offer freely available online courses to anybody who wants to join in—like iTunes U except with a commitment. In mid-July the founders announced that it was growing to 17 the number of institutions that would deliver online sessions, including UCSF.
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