The Jose Vilson

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When I was a full-time classroom teacher, I took advantage of the opportunity to learn from and listen to others. Now that I’m no longer in the classroom, I still want to get a sense of how teachers think about learning and sharing their practices. What’s the course of action here?

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2019

The post How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Choosing a digital assessment strategy is not easy, but it is critical to success! Carly is here to share some classroom struggles and some projects that she’s tried. Don’t miss this conversation! shakeuplearning #edtech.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

When Digital Promise and EdSurge considered which educator award categories to include in the 2014 Digital Innovation in Learning Awards , we wanted to highlight five areas where exemplary teachers around the world are using innovative strategies to engage and empower students.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2015

Inspired by the popular EdCamp movement, and facilitated by Jimmy Casas , Principal of Bettendorf High School in Iowa and Jim Warford , of the International Center for Leadership in Education , this strand makes it possible for any participant to take the stage and present on an education-related passion. Hope to see you there!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. What’s a classroom memory that sticks with her? She still chairs the board for the foundation.). And these days it could even have lessons for educators at schools and colleges.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 7, 2019

Invite colleagues to join your classroom for feedback for yourself and ideas that you can share with others. Not only do you come away with a plethora of strategies you can use in your classroom on Monday, you also walk away with a Professional Learning Family for life. On a budget? Get specialized.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

This is why hundreds of thousands of teachers around the world are participating in Twitter chats, Edcamps and other informal, organically organized professional learning communities. Many left the classroom and are now evangelizing the power of social media and education around the world and during conferences like ISTE. Participate.

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My Island View

OCTOBER 22, 2019

That seems to be the strategy to protect most bureaucracies, but that being said, there are still many good things happening within the education system. The best example I can think of is the Edcamp movement. It is a tough job balancing all of that and trying to keep up with what teachers are doing in their classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2017

Listen to Felicia Casto talk about her awesome elementary math classroom. Kitty Tripp, @ kitty_tripp an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator, but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom. Kitty Tripp.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 17, 2018

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE, or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. Not sure where to start? Here are a few tips. Try Connecting: Are you a connected educator?

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. Not sure where to start? Here are a few tips. Here are a few tips. Try Connecting: Are you a connected educator?

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My Island View

APRIL 13, 2015

A question that haunts me however, at almost any education conference that I attend is: Why are so many (not all) of these educators, who are so skilled in a classroom of kids, so bad at teaching in a room full of adults for professional development? It is probably the key to the success of the Edcamp movement.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 3, 2015

Great group shot of #edcampusdoed w/ @arneduncan pic.twitter.com/oex1G4cNcg — Zac Chase (@MrChase) May 29, 2015 #EdCampUSA On Friday, May 29, I had the privilege to attend #EdCampUSA (aka EdCamp DOED) in Washington D.C. This was no ordinary EdCamp. This EdCamp was held at the U.S. Oh, and the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

Hosted in classrooms, virtual spaces, brick-and-mortar spaces, makerspaces and elsewhere, each program strives to do for educators what educators do for students: instill a sense of wonder, possibility, excitement and ownership.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 17, 2017

Needless to say, I'm trying to look at methods from a non-marginalizing approach and make the assumption that every teacher is trying their best to meet the needs of their classroom goals and individual students. I know there are strategies for pulling in the outliers but do we use them? Is it a perceived intelligence issue?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Michael Flood currently serves as Vice President of Strategy at Kajeet. In his role, Michael leads strategy addressing equity and scalability of mobile technology in the education market while focusing on technology’s transformative role in education. She teaches grades six through eight in the growing CTE program at the school.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 18, 2016

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. How can you expand the four walls of your classroom to develop lifelong learners, producers, and publishers?

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

We are talking about some alternative ways to share professional learning tips and strategies through what has been dubbed as #PottyPD. I am not the first one to use this strategy; there are many different versions out there. Even if you are a classroom teacher, you can use this as a newsletter for your parents.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

Much like the K12 classroom, we have to rethink everything–planning, delivery, and followup. Since they are not classroom teachers, I needed to focus on more clerical skills. Google Chrome & Google Classroom. Step 2: Creating Structure in Google Classroom. Week 1: Class 1.1:

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Likewise, teachers and administrators should expect this of the librarian and ask as needed. Use a range of strategies for deploying quality resources to a school community throughout the year (some samples and resources are linked): Paper flyers, posters , table tents, bookmarks (many available from vendors) Links/portal on library website Links/portal (..)

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

I had heard about Breakout EDU back in 2015 when it first hit the EdCamp scene in New Jersey. Breakout EDU is an immersive learning game platform where players use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open a locked box. I bought a Breakout box and had it ready to go but never used it.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

As a frequent attendee of the annual ISTE conference, and a Technology teacher, I found the conference in Philadelphia lacking many sessions dedicated to technology in the classroom. conference edcamp PBL reflection social media technology' Student-Centered, Project Based Learning.

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MindShift

JANUARY 3, 2017

So after a colleague she admired and teachers she followed on social media began extolling the learning advantages of letting go of control in the classroom, Riley decided to give it a try. “I She shared her findings at a recent EdCamp gathering in New Jersey. Riley’s students prefer the new classroom environment, she said.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 23, 2015

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new technologies and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. What does a digital age classroom really look like? Not sure where to start? Need some ideas?

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Teacher Librarians.what are our classrooms? I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom! As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. The Classroom Cribs Challenge - Starts Aug 14! Our libraries, of course!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

None of these have to do with learning, of course, and inevitably are insufficient to smooth over the challenges that arise as digital tools enter classroom spaces. Independent schools must focus heavily on technology integration support if they expect to see differences in classroom practice.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom. BookTrack Classroom. We ask students to revise, edit, and publish in classroom tasks which imply these skills are the end goal, rather than a means to an end. Speaking and Listening Standards can be supported by the creation of podcasts in the classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 22, 2019

It’s not more or less than a classroom teacher, it’s just different. This strategy has worked well for me so far. I’m tying her planning strategy with GSuite tools for the purpose of increasing our productivity. In this guest post by Pam Hubler , you will find many useful Google Tips for Instructional Coaches and Tech Coaches.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 26, 2018

Hurley discusses strategies to build that positive relationship with individual students, but in a way that allows that trust to echo throughout your classes. ultimately building a positive reputation for yourself) How do we deal with student discipline, work with parents, and build communities within our classrooms?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Find out what teachers want most for their classrooms before allocating grant money to devices and programs that won’t be fully utilized. Provide self-selected professional development options which feature classroom teachers as experts. Let the community see the amazing things that are happening in teachers’ classrooms!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. from teachers use during handwriting practice, they can listen, an ambient way to bring science into the classroom without devoting specific time. . Lindsay shared.

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MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2017

When schools try to innovate, they often take a traditional top-down approach: devise a strategy, roll it out to teachers and support a high-fidelity implementation. The second practice is classroom observation and instructional rounds. These are really powerful pathways into understanding learning.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

One of the worst experiences is listening to a non-educator telling a teacher what they should and should not do in their classroom. What I have found is many teachers get overlooked and fall through the cracks just like our students, resulting in poor implementation in the classroom. and no particular order…. What works for you?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

My strategy of Kaizen innovation is that I “innovate like a turtle.” Coming back from GAETC 2015, I realized that I had been to the conference before but my classroom was unchanged. I would steadily learn about those things until I integrated them into my classroom. Just three, no more. B – Turtle Time.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

As a frequent attendee of the annual ISTE conference, and a Technology teacher, I found the conference in Philadelphia lacking many sessions dedicated to technology in the classroom. I also got a sense that many attendees craved interactivity within their sessions and were not too shy to engage with complete strangers within their sessions.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 12, 2016

That alone has helped schools launch Google Sites in K12 schools across the globe, using Sites for e-portfolios, teacher websites, campus websites, edcamp websites, training websites, and much more. It hasn’t been pretty, but many have developed strategies to make it so. Some of us have even nerded out a little hacking the platform.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 15, 2016

We wanted to ensure that the teachers that were working with the students that were now in a 1:1 environment were equipped with the tools and strategies to fundamentally understand how to augment and redefine their lessons by integrating technology. At FHS we committed to sending all of our 9th grade teachers to a GAFE summit.

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