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The Greatest Lesson I Learned As a New Teacher Was the Power of Saying "I'm Sorry"

Edsurge

I instantly recalled my interactions with his mother and connecting during parent-teacher conferences. Yes, of course!” I was developing alongside them, and the person I am today is way different than the person I was in 2003 when I became a middle school ELA teacher. When I approached him, he greeted me with a smile.

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The 9 Qualities of A Good Teacher

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Using video conferencing tools, teachers are now able to take part in global conferences, webinars, and workshops anywhere anytime. I often think that teaching has come to me and not the other way around.

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Using Google Tools to Personalize Learning #GoogleEduOnAir

Learning With Lucie

My 30 minute presentation during the 2016 Google Education on Air Conference was not enough time to tell the story of personalized learning, but it did give me a chance to give a shoutout to my state for being a leader in the personalized learning movement.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. Designing for differences: Cultural issues in the design of www-based course-support sites.

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Live Thursday Dec. 9th with Julie Young from Florida Virtual School

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In 1997, Julie Young pioneered the launch of Florida Virtual School with the goal of providing high quality, online courses to students throughout the State of Florida. She is a frequent national conference speaker and has played an important role in charting the course of virtual K-12 education.

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Teacher licensing rules are one reason small schools don’t have enough teachers

The Hechinger Report

At Wilson’s request, the district agreed to cover Anderson’s costs for an online teaching course through Montana State University. Wilson conferred with Anderson, confirmed that she had submitted all the requisite documents and then pushed back on the state, without success. “It It really just blew my mind.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. Several research papers followed including The Good, the Bad and the Wiki , and also a number of research papers presented at international conference. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.