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Chaula Gupta Joins Digital Promise as Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Digital Promise

the newly created League of Innovative Students; Digital Promise’s Edcamp Community of more than 60,000 teachers; and a teacher-coach community of nearly 1,000 members. “We These include the League of Innovative Schools, which includes more than 125 of the most forward-thinking district superintendents and school network leaders in the U.S.;

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

On-going and job-embedded experiences lead to sustained changes to practice and improve student outcomes when it comes to results. The key takeaway that I hope you leave with is developing professional learning opportunities through consensus and ensuring mechanisms in place lead to improved outcomes. That’s just how it goes.

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Educators as Empowered Learners

Tech Helpful

Stay current with research that supports improved learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences. I participate in the following ways (please note that none of these options cost me a dime of money)- Edcamp GigCity. This is my fifth year of participating in this edcamp unconference in Chattanooga, TN.

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What Constitutes Good PD?

A Principal's Reflections

So where do we begin? Each is hyperlinked to additional information.

Edcamps 307
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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve talked to some administrators who say, “Hey, we did an EdCamp last month, and the teachers loved it. It’s just, that’s the positive effect on learning outcomes? Positive effect on learning outcomes? They love that autonomy.”. And I say, “Excellent! So are you doing it again this month?”.

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Merritt Public Schools: How a Rural Oklahoma District Developed its Digital Learning Program

Education Superhighway

They began helping each other implement the digital classroom tools, going to ISTE , and sharing information and best practices with each other and at Edcamps. Most importantly, Merritt educated the students’ parents about the purpose behind the 1:1 policy and the desired outcomes of increased technology use in the classroom.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

In working with the RCE Coach team, I have seen schools begin to ask more informed questions like “Will usage of X tool under Y conditions lead to Z outcomes?” Mathematica’s Rapid Cycle Evaluation (RCE) Coach fills the researchers’ needs by helping schools execute low-cost evaluations and make evidence-based decisions.

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