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From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer

Edsurge

Grab Your Tents: Time to Go Ed-Camping Okay, so for most of these edcamp events you probably won’t need a tent, but they are often full of multi-day events (so pack snacks). For all you technology enthusiasts in California, CUE, an association that supports educators in the use of technology, has both free and paid events this summer.

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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

A small set of educators could always create an Edcamp , a model in need of revival in our times. Some who attended workshops on the science of reading also attended workshops about democracy in education. My first experience at SXSW EDU felt more like the typical education technology conference.

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Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

Edsurge

My job is to interview and survey the pioneers, investors and stakeholders who drive technological change, share their stories, and collaborate with very smart people to build and distribute tools that help everyone else get involved. I’ve served as both a journalist and participant within each movement. This approach won’t work.

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

Edsurge

She began her career as a third-grade teacher, later served as director of technology for a school district, then directed a research department at BrightBytes, which helps K-12 administrators and school leaders align school spending with learning outcomes. Companies are seeing the impact that a strong culture can have,” she adds.

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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: Today, we’re talking to Jarod Bormann @jbormann3 , Technology Integrator in Iowa, and author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD. Jarod: The happenings of it and the surroundings of it sort of stem from a particular kind of planning session that I had with a technology planning team. Where do I start?

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. Also, people have used it to create, like we’ve had a summer technology institute, and we’ve created our schedules for that institute within FlipSnack and then shared the FlipSnack book out. Try FlipSnack!

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Events + News - #TLChat LIVE! - NMC Preview - Students in Charge - iSchool Initiative

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

For the 2015 NMC Summer Conference Preview of the NMC On the Horizon series on April 14th, we''re highlighting the 2015 NMC Summer Conference with a range of keynote, featured session, Idea Lab, and preconference workshop panelists. This one-hour session will be held in the Business Hangouts On Air platform and broadcasted live on YouTube.

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