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The Innovative Educator contributes to and is covered by several press outlets. 
Lisa Nielsen has been featured in the New York Times in articles about friending students on Facebook, the death of traditional notetaking, and if cell phones should be allowed in schools. Nielsen was also honored on her birthday (September 20th) with national silver award for The Best How-To Article, “Eight Ways to Use School Wikis” by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) in their 32nd annual Azbee Awards of Excellence Competition. 

Below is a compilation of various articles written by and featuring Lisa Nielsen.

Learning and Leading magazine

May 2009 Cover

Point/Counterpoint
Is Blogging Worth the Risk?
By Lisa Nielsen Download the full article (PDF)

Tech & Learning Magazine

Here Come Tablets
Eight Free & Easy Ways to Begin Educating Innovatively
- February 2009

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5 Ways to Differentiate Instruction
- Sept 2009

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Eight Ways to Use School Wikis
- August 2009


The 6-step plan for using your Web 2.0 voice - October - 2010


TL February 2011
10 reasons students say they prefer learning online - February 2011

New York Times 
Friending Students on Facebook - July 13, 2010

New York Times
Magazine
Could a pen that records sound while you write be the key to taking good notes?

New York Times
Going Mobile: Debating and Using Cellphones in School - April 2010

The Sydney Morning Herald
Teaching the Facebook Generation - February 28, 2011

Scholastic.com
Mobile Learning Technologies for 21st Century Classrooms
- September 2010


Scholastic Administrator
Alexander Russo’s This Week in Education
NYC Schools Ban Work-Related Blog Address- May 8, 2008


Edutopia's Home-School Connection Guide

Features ideas from The Innovative Educator blog and wiki. - October 2010

Mind/Shift

Love of Reading Sparked by Love of Subject in the Future School Day
- February 2011

The Whole Child - ASCD
10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self-Directed - February 2011

New Jersey Record
Teachers to get lesson in tools of technology - September 2010

Education World
Learning While Teaching the First Year - Sept 2002

Village Voice

Learning 2.0' Brings Schools into the Digital Age- October 22, 2008
 

Interview with Lisa Nielsen -
February 17, 2009
Spring Break, Stixy, Math and more! EdTech Highlights of the Week 04/09/10

Office of Catholic Education - Tech Newsletter - Nov 2009

The New York Sun

Education Dept. Restrictions On Blogs Rile a Staff Blogger - May 9, 2008
Low-Price Laptops Tested at City Schools - September 30, 2008
Despite School Cell Phone Ban, Course Sees Them as Aid - May 16, 2008

UPI

New York teachers learn cell phone lessons
- May 16, 2008

T.H.E Journal

Web 2.0 in Instruction: Adding Spice to Math Education - 02/17/10

CPA Trendlines

Twitter Trends for Business: 149 Smart, Interesting People to Follow Today

Weblogg-ed

And No Blog Tattoos Either
- May 8, 2008

Portal Exame - Brazil

The World's Most Popular Teacher - October 2010

Gotham Schools

Why City Teens Should Consider Becoming HS Opt-Outs - May 2011

Against the grain, a DOE employee advises on leaving school - May 2011

A DOE staffer offers a guide to getting past the text-ban Gotham Schools, October 9, 2009


Gotham Schools Remainders

Remainders: A push for phones in school, not from Gossip Girl by Elizabeth Green
The Innovative Educator has advice for how to go paperless.
She also highlights a paper on using cell phones in school. (Did anyone watch Gossip Girl last night?)
Remainders: A DOE staffer explains why she blogs, despite risks by Elizabeth Green
A DOE employee says she blogs in order to make educator voices heard.
Remainders: Did the union’s Grapevine service drop off the map? by Elizabeth Green
Lisa Nielsen offers a rubric for assessing how well schools teach 21st century …
Remainders: Hoping for a full list of high schools before the fair
Lisa Nielsen says you’re not too old for Facebook. Indeed. Please become a fan of …
Remainders: Duncan’s own achievement-gap gap and more by Elizabeth Green
Lisa Nielsen tells a funny story about teaching teachers to use computers...
Remainders: Most districts have already spent stimulus dollars by Elizabeth Green
How a real first-grade teacher uses Facebook to enhance her class. (Innovative Educator)

Kids, cell phones and school, OMG!

Education in the text generation testing patience
Suffolk Times, By ERIN SCHULTZ | STAFF WRITER 4 comments below
4/9/2009