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How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

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The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

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Or if a child is fascinated with, say, dinosaurs or trees, AI can provide parents and educators with prompts for further learning or perhaps connect them to the nearest natural history museum or arborist. It's a little bit like, before the iPhone was created, asking people if they wanted all their songs in their pockets,” Stokes said.

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A Paradigm Shift

A Principal's Reflections

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. Technology now allows for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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Why innovation is Crucial in Education #Podcast

The Principal of Change

This has become one of the best ways that educators have taken ownership of their learning, yet technology is not necessarily at the forefront of this process; it is the process of the professional learning that is innovative. ” People believe the iPhone was innovative. Innovation is solely a “product.”

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3 Misconceptions About Innovation in Education

The Principal of Change

This has become one of the best ways that educators have taken ownership of their own learning yet technology is not necessarily at the forefront of this process; it is the process of the professional learning that is innovative. Innovation is solely a “product” People believe the iPhone was innovative.

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Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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But just as continual development of the iPhone eventually renders older prototypes obsolete; so too are new educational technologies pushing us past differentiation towards personalized learning. Transitioning to a personalized learning environment doesn’t happen overnight—it’s a process. So I decided to shake things up a bit.

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What Innovation Is and Isn’t

The Principal of Change

For example, it is not the iPhone that is innovative, it was the thinking that created it in the first place. Innovation is about mindset more than anything. In fact, if you made an iPhone that looked more like the first version than the current one, it would no longer be innovative, but simply replication.

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