Professional Development
A Voice From The Classroom: A Reason Not to Cry
Rock, folk, blues, country (oh, these labels!) singer Lucinda Williams has a lyric in her song “Reason to Cry” that goes, “When nothing makes any sense, you got a reason to cry.” The line’s been working my brain like a koan ever since I’ve heard it. I’ve been noticing a strong correlation between sensations of senselessness (does that make sense?) and crying, so to speak...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Selects AUSSIE as Professional Development Partner for Bronx Schools
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust selects AUSSIE/Editure Professional Development as professional development partner for Bronx schools
Funds will support professional development services in approximately 25 Bronx schools
New York, NY (April 8, 2011) – Leading global educator professional development company, Editure Professional Development, announced its partnership with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. AUSSIE/Editure Professional Development will use funds from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to help K-12 schools in need in the Bronx, New York. Bringing to bear decades of experience and...
A Voice from the Classroom: The Puzzle of Trust
Last year I was meeting with Mr. O- in his classroom in a high school for emotionally disabled children, when Tyreek (not his real name) slipped in. A slender kid with a serious, intellectual demeanor, he approached me and asked if he could have a look at the ballpoint pen in my pocket. New at the school, I was still naïve about the ways of the students, and felt it could only be a decent gesture to trust him. Bad move. He sidled to the other side of the room, began dismantling the pen, and, when asked to return it by Mr. O-, made his escape to the...
A Voice from the Classroom: Three Puzzles
Three puzzles: (1) How can I continue this blog effectively when I’m too busy to write it well? (2) Do crossword puzzles belong in the classroom? (3) How can we find the best way to teach each student? I’ll tackle them one at a time, bringing up along the way the research I promised in my last post.
Puzzle #1: I can’t. That one was easy! Which is why this blog took so long to...
Google Apps for Educators
When I was asked to work on a video highlighting the use of Google Apps for Educators at PS62 Chester Park School in Queens, I thought it would be a great opportunity to combine the educational technology consulting work I do for AUSSIE with my video production skills. However, I did not realize that I would learn so much from the advanced and integrated uses of Google Apps in...
Creating Unconferences in Your Learning Community
Saturday, February 5 was a professional development day for all consultants at AUSSIE/Editure. Consultants from every area—literacy, math, science, social studies, and instructional technology—gathered together to learn best practices and strengthen their expertise. Our focus was From Spark to Flame: Igniting a Culture of Innovation.
This particular PD was unique in that the Digital School Solutions (DSS) department headed the workshop in an ...
Google Site Tutorials
I just wanted to write a short blog post about the AUSSIE Digital School Solutions screencasts on Blip.tv. I decided to record these instructables because through my experiences as an instructional technology consultant, I found that teachers in the schools that I work with would always have similiar questions about the Google Site. For that reason I thought why not ...
Editure DSS Has Become a Certified Training Organization in Google Apps
For Immediate Release - New York, NY, December 2010 –Editure Digital School Solutions has become a certified training organization in Google Apps for Education and will become a Google Premiere Partner. The partnership will provide premiere educational consultancy services to Pre K-12 educators by building a strong emphasis on whole-school and district-wide communication, instructional collaboration, data-driven instruction, and 21st century student work through the effective usage of Google’s applications...
