Tag: learning

• BYOD – More Than A Guest Network

  As I was making my rounds last week, during our first week of school, I stopped in the room of one of my 8th grade math teachers, Ms Sams. She was explaining some first week rules and working in some creative review when I noticed this cell phone cut out on the desk. I asked…

  Derek L. McCoy

  09/04/2014

  collaborate, Digital Leadership, Innovative Leadership

  BYOD, learning

• Your Toolbox

  I had a great, reaffirming conversation with another administrator in my school district @CumberlandCoSch.  At a  scheduling workshop for secondary schools, I met up with Dan Krumanocker and Troy Lindsey, principal and assistant principal of Douglas Byrd High School. A couple of months ago, I helped Dan [@DanielJK68] with a Twitter tutorial, basically some quick…

  Derek L. McCoy

  04/14/2013

  pln, school leadership

  2.0 Tools, 21st Century Learning, Collaborate, leadership, learning, School Leadership, Social media

• Mission POSSIBLE: Our iPad Planning Team

  The Mission: Recruit several highly trained and motivated professionals for a secret iPad mission [not really top secret, in fact no secret at all] The Team: 2 Instructional Coaches, 2 first year Science and Social Studies teachers and an veteran math teacher. The Objective: To search and gather iPad apps and resources and plan for…

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/24/2013

  ‘unit planning’, apps, collaborate, teachers

  21st Century Learning, apps, Collaborate, curriculum, digital learning, education, learning, planning, professional development

• Middle School Schedule [2]: Block = Flexibility

  Our current schedule is a 7 period schedule. We take our instructional day and divide it into 7 equal blocks of time allotting additional time during lunch as well as consistent transition time between classes.  Next year, we will be moving to a modified block schedule.    There are several options and models of the…

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/17/2013

  change, collaborate, commit, plc, reading strategy, school administration, school leadership, student centered, teachers

  Change, education, learning, middle school schedule, School administration, School Leadership, school schedule, support