Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Investing in professional development so teachers effectively personalize the learning experience for their students. In suburban Illinois, Gurnee School District 56 decided to take their commitment to personalized learning one step further by offering personalized professional development to educators.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

While debate about professional development expands, educator hopes for feeling supported are shrinking. Only 40 percent of teachers’ value PD activities (TNTP) and few teachers (34 percent) think professional development has improved (Gates Foundation). Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory).

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Training Dropout Competency Based Learning Common Core 228

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2017

This fact allies to both our personal and professional lives. Image credit: [link] Trust is just as important in the professional world as it is in our personal lives. As leaders we need to critically reflect on how we not only improve, but also develop trust in and with the people with whom we work. micromanagement.

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Strategy Company Meeting Report 237

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2021

In Coursera’s second quarter 2021 results reported last week, the company reported revenue growth of 38 percent on the strength of global demand for reskilling, and “sustained demand for career-oriented professional certificates targeted at entry-level digital jobs.”

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Trends Company Policies Industry 203

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Key #3: Decisions must be grounded in evidence and driven by a Return on Instruction (ROI). Technology provides educators with the means to allow students to demonstrate conceptual mastery and develop ownership in ways never before imagined. That means school cultures must begin to focus on the “Return on Instruction” or ROI.

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Industry Professional Learning Future Ready Technology 162

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In such programs, students work on real-world projects that enable them to apply their academic knowledge, while learning professional skills and technical skills. Employers can benefit from toolkits, best practices and a better understanding of the ROI of experiential learning programs—each areas that require more practical work and study.

Education 180

Education Industry Learning Mobility 180

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

NEW partners with leading employers to fundamentally change the way tech talent is recruited and developed. And employers get direct access to a diverse rich, tech talent ready pipeline yielding substantial ROI savings in both hiring and retention gains. said Brad Voeller, CEO, New Apprenticeship.

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Groups Company Training Industry 52

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Professional development consisted of two mandated days where everything was basically dictated to staff based on district or school needs. Learning spaces must become learner-centered.

Learning 233

Learning Social Media Personal Learning Network Strategy 233

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

website evolution. I know, from the data we collected, that these interfaces were used, heavily used. I thought quite a bit about how important this virtual presence was to me over the course of 25 years. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides.

Libraries 145

Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Teacher enthusiasm for IWBs is palpable in the education blogosphere and on professional sites like Edutopia.org. As with any new ed-tech tool, training and professional development are critical to success. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. Build a tech team.

Technology 157

Technology Classroom Training Software 157

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2017

There are points in our professional lives that change us for the better. It can also help educators take that much-needed critical lens to their work to transform professional practice. Empathy must also be better developed in our students. The goal should be to develop competent learners.

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Outcomes Policies Social Media Mobility 188

EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

At the same time or soon after, a district must develop an intentional and deliberate method of identifying potential leadership capacity and ensure the method does not create barriers for diverse employees. It is time-consuming and it takes a committed leader?a a leader to move beyond the status quo.

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Outcomes Assessment Groups System 203

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

This is why evidence of a return on instruction (ROI) when integrating technology is critical. They also used Mozilla Thimble to create memes that allowed both the tech-savvy and non-tech savvy to present their visuals in a more professional manner. Just using it to access information is also not a sound use.

E-rate 240

E-rate Blended Learning Social Media Outcomes 240

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2021

Vendors need to have evidence—of student skill development and academic growth, of increasing student engagement, of enhancing teacher effectiveness—in order to be considered. In other words, they need to have tangible evidence of ROI. Professional learning needs are changing too. Free trials are like getting a free puppy.

Professional Learning 92

Professional Learning Industry Survey Student Engagement 92

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

It dramatically extended the ROI of my collection investments. But, perhaps even more importantly, a robust digital presence introduced me as a professional. by providing professional school librarian guidance and leadership. A robust virtual presence made my efforts transparent and tangible.

Libraries 138

Libraries Elementary Accessibility Resources 138

Insight Education Group

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This post is excerpted from the recent Education Week article entitled, “ 4 Ways to Maximize the ROI on Professional Development Spending,” by Jason Culbertson, President of Insight Education Group. Are you getting the most from your professional development dollars in terms of educator growth and student achievement?

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Analysis Groups Data Report 40

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

Maybe evolution is not the right approach for education, but rather a concerted focus on paradigm shifts to professional practice. Thus a paradigm shift constitutes a change from one way of thinking to another to spur a revolution that transforms learning and professional practice. This sounds great in theory, but it won’t just happen.

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iPhone Personal Learning Network Smartphone Professional Learning 150

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Upskilling workers to compete in a more technology-driven job market—and developing human skills to augment or work alongside smart machines—is now even more of an imperative. However, in economic crises, potential students’ decision-making often becomes more value- and ROI-oriented. In addition, internships are being canceled.

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Coursera Training MOOC Course 114

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 25, 2023

Teachers have been able to help students focus and reduce device distractions with focused website lists that they can easily update daily.The district has also been pleased with the continued development of the product and is looking forward to increasing usage over the next year.

EdTech 52

EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Chromebook 52

Discovery Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Because early childhood, those formative years between birth and third grade, are the most important development period and therefore the most impactful. Greatly improve the salaries for early education professionals. What does the data say about early learning? Even global data supports the critical importance of early education.

E-rate 75

E-rate Data Accessibility Study 75

The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Training professionals have the opportunity to make video games a force for good, though. For example, The Game Agency developed a game for Merck that trained health care professionals on soft skills such as communication, patient engagement and quality care. Instead, design multiple scenarios into the game to maximize your ROI.

Training 53

Training Video Outcomes Industry 53

Insight Education Group

JANUARY 30, 2018

However, with all the evidence that coaching is the one type of professional development that actually brings change in practice, it has been interesting to observe that it is not yet the norm among district leaders, such as superintendents and chief academic officers, to have worked with an executive coach.

Training 78

Training Analysis Meeting Trends 78

The Game Agency

JULY 29, 2019

Stamford, CT – July 30, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the gamification sector of the learning and development market for the third year in a row. We’ve seen a 418% growth in players on the The Training Arcade ® platform versus last year.

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Gamification Industry Training Company 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Researchers like Dr. Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and Chief Scientist at EveryDay Labs, have tirelessly worked with school districts to identify, develop and implement strategies to reduce absenteeism at scale. She is a proud Dallas ISD graduate who began her career as a pre-kindergarten teacher.

Elementary 55

Elementary Policies Mobility Strategy 55

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

However, Rogers’ work with EveryDay Labs has developed a personalized approach to connect with families and students in a collaborative way to increase participation and engagement in learning remote, hybrid, or in person. According to Romero, there is no panacea or silver bullet to address this issue. Todd received his Ph.D.

Learning 41

Learning Mobility Strategy Professional Learning 41

techlearning

JULY 24, 2018

About CatchOn CatchOn is an administrative tool that provides district technology leaders with real-time evidence about app use, implementation fidelity, cost and ROI.

Broadband 40

Broadband Future Ready Software Learning 40

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2020

He founded the Student Social Support R&D Lab at Harvard to use data and behavioral science to develop and prove scalable, high ROI interventions that mobilize and empower students’ social support systems to improve achievement. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

Learning 54

Learning Mobility Professional Learning Groups 54

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

In some areas, school districts recognize our value and are struggling to find the best qualified, well-prepared professionals to fill multiple positions. We provide school-wide ROI. In the largest classrooms in our schools, we work with teachers to develop both traditional and emerging literacies. April 29, 2016.

Libraries 40

Libraries OER Wiki BYOD 40

Edthena

MARCH 14, 2019

When an organization decides to put Edthena to work in its classrooms, it’s usually part of some broader initiative—an investment in teacher professional development. So we developed the Organization Stats dashboard—a place that conveniently tracks and aggregates things like: How many users are registered?

Data 40

Data Video Groups Professional Learning 40

Edthena

MARCH 14, 2019

When an organization decides to put Edthena to work in its classrooms, it’s usually part of some broader initiative—an investment in teacher professional development. So we developed the Organization Stats dashboard—a place that conveniently tracks and aggregates things like: How many users are registered? .

Data 40

Data Video Groups Professional Learning 40

techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

Founded in 2016 by Jena Draper and backed by Arc Capital Development investments and advising, CatchOn is an administrative tool that provides district technology leaders with real-time evidence about application utilization, implementation fidelity, cost and return on investment. ZMC is currently investing out of ZMC II, L.P.

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Company Education Broadband Libraries 40

Insight Education Group

JANUARY 30, 2018

However, with all the evidence that coaching is the one type of professional development that actually brings change in practice, it has been interesting to observe that it is not yet the norm among district leaders, such as superintendents and chief academic officers, to have worked with an executive coach.

Training 40

Training Analysis Meeting Trends 40

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

At Joseph’s schools they started sorting the apps in buckets, looked for gaps in usage, and evaluated the ROI. As CatchOn’s Product Manager, Leo Brehm is actively involved in the design and development of CatchOn. Similarly, Joseph’s team found they had a large number of apps du jour that hadn’t gone through any vetting process.

EdTech 41

EdTech Software Data Twitter 41

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Eight education startups are among them, and all but one are focused on helping learners develop chops in programming and artificial intelligence technology. Source: Y Combinator Delphia Delphia is developing AI tools that aim to help people make complex life decisions—such as which college to attend and which major to choose.

Technology 112

Technology Education Company Pearson 112

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2018

The ASU+GSV conference in San Diego—where more than 4,000 people gathered this month from the education, edtech, publishing, venture capital and private equity sectors—is a hard conference to describe to typical education professionals, or to teachers who are on strike in states across the country. The atmosphere is festive.

Outcomes 69

Outcomes Conference Dropout Training 69

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 30, 2017

But a conversation about the ROI of a value-added service only makes sense if you cleanly separate out the OER, which is free, from the value-added service, which costs money. I would strongly argue that many of these value-added services are worth paying for (though maybe not as much as they currently cost).

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OER LMS Analysis Outcomes 66

Brainscape

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For sales professionals, product knowledge is the crux of the job. ” *Dumps a bible-length binder on your desk* From forecasting, prospecting, and negotiating to relationship building and more, countless topics are worthy of development, many of which often require at least some face-to-face instruction.

Training 52

Training Study Company E-rate 52