Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Personalized Professional Learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2023

Each day, Geneva CUSD 304’s teachers, administrators, and staff seek to educate the nearly 5,500 students they serve within an environment that encourages the desire to learn and meets the unique academic, personal, physical, and social needs of each child.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Discovery Education, the Charlotte, NC, based leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide, today announced the appointment of Eli Kennedy, the CEO of SMASH , to the company’s Board of Directors. About Discovery Education.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Learning spaces had to conform to the perceived rule of law in education. The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. We can no longer wait.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Together, these resources give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction in any learning environment and create lasting educational impact.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The post shares solutions to three problems: Educator isolation, lack of funding for professional learning, and the need for student and teacher friendly guidelines for using technology. Rounding out the top is Social Media Becomes Key to Forming An Educator Learning Community. What to find out what they are?

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The Jose Vilson

AUGUST 19, 2016

Kaden Pagani, 8, left, and his brother Kingston, 6, carry signs as they march down Broadway toward Frank Ozawa Plaza during a Black Lives Matters protest in Oakland on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Pew Research Centre published survey results on social media conversations about race. Social media is the real world.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

Leaders who get the chance to be focused on their own growth for an action packed day of learning are better leaders. He is the co-moderator of the Twitter chat #suptchat with Nick Polyak , and he and Polyak co-authored the book The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today (Rowman-Littlefield Publishers 2017).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 15, 2016

The Global Education Conference will take place around the clock during International Education Week ( November 13-16, 2016 ) featuring thought leaders from the world of education and beyond. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis starting September 1, 2016, and the call for proposals will close on November 1, 2016.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Pedrotti took over as principal of Brook Avenue Elementary School in January of 2016, and Torres joined her that April. Starting with social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the two make it a priority to celebrate the accomplishments of students and teachers in their school on a daily basis. Jessica Torres.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In addition, empower students to take control of technology by asking them how they could use media in a positive manner to effect social change. Step 2 – Parent Communication: Via school blogs, social media accounts, and the website, detail how the school is promoting good digital citizenship. Join the Community.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

June 25, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, today announced that upcoming enhancements to its award-winning Techbook series will help educators maximize instructional time by making engaging digital content even more accessible to teachers and students.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 16, 2016

March 8, 2016 Finding the Good Problems November 25, 2015 Would you tweet that? February 13, 2016 Finding a Way December 6, 2014 3 Ways Social Media Can Improve School Culture June 7, 2016 6 Ways to Use Twitter To Enhance In-School Professional Learning. Take advantage.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

If educators want to see results in student engagement and achievement, they must adapt their leadership practices to an increasingly digitally-focused learning environment. In fact, he said, data indicates the learning environment design can impact student engagement and achievement by up to 25 percent. Pillar 5: Public relations.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. After years of sharing her passion for reading, writing, research and information literacy skills, digital citizenship, and technology with students, she continues to share that passion with other teachers and librarians through social media, her blog, and presentations. Join the Community.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In South Carolina, for example, there were simply not enough qualified teachers to fill positions during the 2017–2018 school year: 6,700 South Carolina teachers left their positions after the 2016–2017 school year, with 4,900 leaving teaching altogether. In addition, 45% of job seekers use their mobile devices every day in their job search.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Professional Learning. When we think about professional learning in this new era of education, it is not a linear process. Schools need to create a sense of urgency by supporting the professional learning of their teachers and coaches. Connect with Regina at on Twitter @reginaschaffer. About the Host.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

View the program online, follow the conference hashtag #iste2018 on social media to keep up with the latest information, and use the ISTE mobile app to enhance your ISTE experience even more. Get active on social media, as well, for official ISTE updates and information by connecting through Facebook, Google Plus , Twitter and Youtube.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Social Media and Mobile Devices. There is no doubting that students love their devices and social media in all its forms. We have to stop giving screen time and column inches to the social media horror stories. I also contend that we have much to learn about creating digitally literate students.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Participants can join the celebration by sharing their Manufacturing Day ideas and inspiration with @DiscoveryEd on social media using #ManufactureYourFuture for a chance to have their classrooms featured during our virtual event. Established in 2016, Arconic Foundation is active in 26 countries around the globe.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 19, 2016

Good professional learning will give you lots of ideas on what you can do with your students on “Monday” Great professional learning will make you think about how you teach every day. January 22, 2016 Has “Twitter” Changed or Has Our View?

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 7, 2016

When I start many of my talks or sessions, I encourage people to go to devices and provide them spaces either through hashtags on Twitter or Google Docs. How have you implemented opportunities for learning with devices in your own professional learning?

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 29, 2016

Donna MacDonald (Vermont) and Jenny Lussier (Connecticut) are two wonderful friends who inspire me through my professional learning network, and they also have these robots on loan. — edcamp Global (@edcampGlobal) January 23, 2016. Looking forward to an exciting day of @edcampGlobal learning!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

So explore the site, sign up for my weekly tips, or follow along on social media. You can energize and enhance teaching and learning — and I’m here to help you get started! Don’t miss the professionally (of course) produced Videos. As a student, Lisa found school boring irrelevant.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Librarians who curate successfully not only build their brands, they contribute to their communities—students, faculty, administrators, and parents—as information professionals. What’s curation?

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 24, 2016

June 2, 2016 Embracing Meaningful Change at All Levels March 8, 2016 Finding the Good Problems June 7, 2016 6 Ways to Use Twitter To Enhance In-School Professional Learning March 29, 2016 Checklist or Art Form? What impact do we want to have on our students? What impact, in turn, will they have on us?

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 23, 2017

Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences for Educators (When people wake up for a professional learning day, are they looking forward to the learning, or the hour lunch?). Do not have a series of professional learning days that are focused on a new thing each time. You recreate what you experience.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 1, 2023

Shawn McCusker is an author and Senior Director of Professional Learning at EdTechTeacher. Shawn’s book Becoming Active Citizens focuses on creating more meaningful citizen education programs focused on real life experiences where students learn citizenship by BEING citizens. Who is Shawn McCusker?

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 6, 2016

Here is a tweet I received from Jamie Sweeney on using Twitter to “enhance professional development” : Thinking about ways I might use Twitter to enhance staff development…any ideas? Jamie Sweeney (@MrsJSweeney) June 5, 2016. Hashtag for professional learning days (and beyond).

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

He has led trainings across the United States as a leader of district and principal professional development, SMART goal implementation, professional learning communities, and the impact of social media on the superintendency. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 16, 2020

Social media interactions: Many authors regularly hold Q&As and talk to their readers through Twitter and Facebook. Follow Michelle on Twitter @mluhtala. Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian “In the Wild,” served as a high school and middle school teacher librarian, before retiring in 2016. Join the Community.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 3, 2016

Happy 2016 Teacher Appreciation Week! Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . A big shout out to all educators on a very special week!

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 27, 2016

Things such as Genius Hour, Innovation Week/Day, Identity Day, Maker Spaces, EdCamps, Flipped Classrooms, revamped professional learning opportunities, using social media to create powerful opportunities for learning, and a myriad of other empowering ways to learn, are things that didn’t exist when I went to school.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Hoth brings diverse skills, including graphic and Web design and social media marketing, to his work for this critical cause. While adults may know how to use social media, he says, they haven’t been immersed in it their whole lives. Their student projects focus on the learning standard, and then the ISTE standard.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Since then she has served in various capacities including as a literacy coach, ed tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager. Today she serves as the director of digital engagement and professional learning. Chris is a 2016 member of Scholastic’s National Advisory Council.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. ” Are they?

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