The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

As precious funds are used to upgrade classrooms and entire schools, improvements to learning must be at the forefront, something Tom Murray and I emphasize in our book Learning Transformed. Flexible spaces need to lead to flexible learning. How will assessment and feedback change or improve?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Online and Blended Learning Models.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The post 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning – SULS034 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. But did you know, Google Classroom is also a great learning tool for adults, too? Today, I am going to share with you 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Learn what digital badges are, when to use them, and how to implement them in your classroom. Yes, you can do this in your remote, online, or blended learning environment! These two creative ladies will help us learn how we can use digital badges in the classroom to engage and motivate our students. Click To Tweet.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 17, 2018

The post How to Plan an AWESOME Book Study! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How to Plan an AWESOME Book Study! Book studies are a great way to level up your professional learning! So I decided to put this post together, How to Plan an Awesome Book Study, to help guide you along the way.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page . I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Check out my Booking Page .

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The post Holiday Reading: 6 Books That Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS042 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Not every professional development book is made equal. With that in mind, Kasey shares 6 books that will transform your classroom, as long as you take action on the advice. Click To Tweet.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Learn more about formative assessment. If you want to listen – Monica Burns did a fantastic podcast episode about her Favorite Formative Assessment Tools. If you prefer reading, see Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools (a post I wrote on Edutopia). She’s author of the book Social LEADia.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 8, 2017

The same ideals that make 21st-century teaching and learning engaging to students are quite often the same reasons online learning is appealing to teachers. The Top Five Benefits of Online Professional Development. Also, they can leverage technology to grow their professional learning networks domestically and internationally.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 10, 2023

The post 10 Things for Teachers to Try in 2023 – SULS0182 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. We will explore strategies, digital tools, professional learning, and much more! Look for some Book Creator resources coming soon!). Online Workshops: The Blended Learning with Google Workshop.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 28, 2020

The post A Framework for Blended PD (Part 3) – SULS073 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Delivering virtual or blended professional learning can be challenging. Today, I’m sharing Part 3 of my series on Blended PD. Evidence of Learning. Decide how you will collect evidence of learning.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 14, 2020

As schools across the globe begin to plan for the new normal and redefine the school day and location, we must also rethink our professional learning plans for teachers and staff. I’m sharing a framework for Blended PD. I have put together a Blended PD Framework that I hope will help us approach this problem with purpose.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 23, 2020

They are negotiating lots of uncertainty while navigating a different way of learning, all of which affect their overall well-being. In a recent edWebinar sponsored by the FastBridge Assessment System by Illuminate Education , Gregory Fabiano, Ph.D., He recommended SAEBRS, a tool that assesses socio-emotional and behavioral challenges.)

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 20, 2022

Sharing ways to support staff and build morale does not diminish the pain educators have endured in the years of high-stakes assessments and accountability coupled with pandemic teaching and mandates. Provide opportunities for your staff to connect and feel like they belong in your learning community. Use learning walks.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 7, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. Assessment: Pre, Post, Ongoing, Self.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In my newly released, self-paced course, “ Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning ,” I have been sharing ideas and strategies that you can use in a remote, blended, or face-to-face setting. 8 Ideas to Consider for Remote Learning (Part 1). Self-Assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Over the last couple years, the Tulsa Public Schools district has shifted from using data purely for accountability purposes to using it as a strategic asset to improve students’ learning. Fedore Hoch said parents ask teachers for book recommendations all the time. The online tool automates their responses.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Achieve3000 and Actively Learn both address the same critical problem: that students today need to engage with increasingly complex texts and use higher-order thinking to become truly college and career ready. Designed to embrace blended learning, the programs can be implemented together or separately at schools and districts.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 21, 2020

As most schools in the US prepare for the start of school online or in some blended format, it’s important to think specifically about teachers’ professional learning. I’m sharing Part 2 of my series on Blended PD. Be sure to listen to Part 1 in this Blended PD series, episode 71. Click To Tweet.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Daniel Domenech, Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators, believes that only limited numbers of students will be back in the classroom at any one time, so there will be continued switching back and forth between remote and on-site education as part of a blended-learning approach. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

About 35 years ago, they launched Learning Dynamics Pre-School and currently manage six sites in Utah and Arizona. Then they read the National Assessment of Educational Progress ’ reading statistics. Fluency – Practice is what drives fluency; reading many beginning-level books and materials makes for better readers.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Picking just fifty is no easy feat but we’ve done our best to cover the best books for teachers from five different angles. Learning Culture. Best Books for Teachers 1-10. Best Books for Teachers 11-20. Now all of these are exceptional reads. Inspiration.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

Rabbitt also noted ways in which many educators’ development has been transformed during the pandemic, such as the development of new technological skills and the use of online professional learning models. Dr. Beth Rabbitt is Chief Executive Officer of The Learning Accelerator (TLA). Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The post Google Classroom Advanced Tips (Part 2) – SULS0173 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In part 2 of this 2-part episode series, Kasey shares Google Classroom grading and assessment tips, how to create and upload a banner image, the many types of comments you should know about, and amazing mobile features. Self-paced.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Selecting appropriate learning materials, strategies, and content is essential. Anti-racist books are good for white students, but children of color need racially affirming books that address racial and social issues they might have to navigate and solve and present Black characters with a sense of agency to maneuver through these challenges.

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edWeb.net

JULY 28, 2021

Challenges—gamified quizzes—are actually “assessments” (but students don’t know that!) And suddenly, emphasized Israel, students who were “bad at math” scored high on the platform assessments. Lana Israel is a globally recognized learning expert who founded her first company, Brain Power for Kids, Inc., They surprise themselves.

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techlearning

AUGUST 13, 2018

Florida’s second largest district partners with Learning A-Z to provide its elementary schools with professional learning and an award-winning curriculum resource that blends science and literacy TUCSON—Aug. Resources can be used for one-to-one, small-group, and whole-class instruction.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2016

Blended learning, and its subset flipped learning, are trends that are not just growing but becoming the norm. Graph 1: A typical school population before technology is added to enhance learning and teaching. The “Roger’s bell curve” originates from Everett Roger’s book “The Diffusion of Innovations”).

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

Enhanced ways of responding to student progress and engaging them in standards-based learning are also on the funding plan. MacLean’s district shed some traditional grading schema to address learning during COVID and is exploring how to continue providing alternate ways to assess learners. Dr. Dan Morris. Join the Community.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2017

A few weeks ago, I was given an advanced copy of Lisa Johnson’s new book, Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students. Second, she has been a little quiet over the last year, but only because she was cooking up something awesome–this amazing book! Inside the Book.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Be sure you check out these blog posts to learn more about how some districts are using badges for professional learning. Offering choice in learning is important for the K-12 classroom as well as adult and professional learning. Book Study/Lit Circles. Online Professional Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic and purposeful professional development. Check out my Booking Page.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In order to help teachers learn and and become proficient in relevant skills, a nascent movement of nonprofits, states, districts and educators are exploring what a competency-based professional learning system could look like using micro-credentials. ’ Megan Sayas, third-grade teacher.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 6, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic and purposeful professional development. Formative and Summative Assessment.

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