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Thinking About Redefining Professional Development

The Web20Classroom

The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. Traditional PD models can be flipped too, where work is done before to learn basic skills via video or through course work. I’ve been a part of a lot of successful PD and been a part of a lot of not so good PD.

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Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

Educator Innovator

We’re all familiar with the writing process, but do we ever stop to consider how that process is mirrored when children create and edit video and audio? is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. is that each note is automatically synchronized with the video (think time-stamped). VideoNot.es

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. . YouTube Evaluation : Students evaluate a YouTube video and identify reasons why it may be unreliable. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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Why #techquity

Educator Innovator

At an EdCamp, unconference-like event early this year in my school district, teachers expressed interest in having a conversation about equity of access. They also showed important agency for their learning by approaching me for an interview.