A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

Initially, I resisted but then decided that this could be an excellent opportunity to connect with more kids and hopefully in the process pass along some of the life lessons that I learned from my former coaches. For years I was able to teach both in the classroom and on the field. That is one of the critical points of this post.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’re going deep into methodologies that empower students to take the reins of their own educational journey. Indeed, once you understand how to foster self-directed learning, it’s like unlocking a whole new world of educational potential. Self-directed learning: A fundamental competence in a rapidly changing world.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Included in the weeklong, free festivities are activities and challenges culminating with NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day, a day of action to inspire kids to get moving with their classmates, teachers, and families inclusive of virtual, hybrid, and socially distant classroom settings. About Discovery Education. On Wednesday, February 3 at 1 p.m.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Image credit: [link] With all the change the world is now experiencing it is quite dumbfounding, to say the least, as to why schools and education remain static when it comes to change.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Illustrative Mathematics (IM) and Family Engagement Lab have partnered to bridge classroom curriculum and at-home learning in elementary school mathematics. Family engagement in learning is a powerful lever to advance equitable educational outcomes. About the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools.

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Insight Education Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Earlier this month, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its 2015 State of the States report on trends in educator effectiveness across the country. While all trends are significant, we are particularly compelled by the data showing how states are working to ensure their systems support educator growth.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The panelists recommended that educational leaders take a deep breath and recognize that there is a crisis happening in our districts. .” Effective Models of Professional Development. ” Jill Abbott Sr.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

So on the one hand, we have this responsibility while on the other hand, we lack a visible pathway for how we impact student learning. This paradox creates a call to action for school leaders to rethink their roles in education. The information I gather can serve future professional learning experiences.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Professional Learning. Honest Conversation.

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in February 2020 and is re-posted here with permission. _ The use of social media is commonplace for educators nowadays. Educators are so creative and, when they share their successes with others, we all become better teachers!

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. A 2007 study found that executive functions are more critical for school readiness than is IQ or entry-level reading or math. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Sometimes, teaching is more like bombardment: Grading hundreds of essays, placating disgruntled parents, accommodating learning needs, sweating out the principals’ nerve-wracking classroom observation. And then there are the stressors of life beyond the classroom. Making Learning Exciting. Being a teacher can be tough.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 28, 2017

Charlotte, NC – Today The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) released an in-depth case study on CMS’ Personalized Learning (PL) efforts. Whole child and social and emotional learning (SEL). Ensure learning is at the core.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

FlipCon’s swan song, which starts on July 19 in suburban Dallas , is hardly the end of the movement or of the Flipped Learning Network, the group that has organized the event since 2012. “The conference has peaked,” explained Brian Bennett, an educator and chairman of the board for the Flipped Learning Network.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I would like to get on with my career in Higher Education (what career?)… This post brings back memories of the many technical issues we had due to ‘those who know more than educators’ continued to block Web 2.0 The early heydey of Flat Classroom projects was exciting. the door to new opportunities.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

I’m in the midst of my eleventh year in the classroom and have always been a hyper-focused educator. I want to be her safety-net, her first line of defense, and her guide on how to succeed in her classroom and with her students. In fact, I pride myself on my willingness to experiment with lessons and activities in my classroom!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

. - Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. I especially trust their reviews.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Hawaii Department of Education announced it was facing critical teacher employment challenges , citing that the state’s five-year retention rate is only 51% and that they are having a difficult time filling positions: even after the start of the 2018–2019 school year, there were still more than 500 teacher vacancies.

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edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Learning in the 21st Century: What Teachers Think Matters,” the presenters talked about the science of individuality, how they’re using the research to help developers create products to meet these individual needs, and examples that show how the Learner Variability Project can work in the classroom.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

The organization acknowledges the accelerated pace of change and is entering the process of seeing what works, what is still relevant, what is obsolete, what is still missing since the last refresh in 2007. The 2007 standards described a landscape in which we were using technology to learn. So do classroom teachers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Event and Recording Page : [link] Denise Wolk is Director of Publications and Communications and Senior Program Associate with Educators for Social Responsibility. While at Brown she also contributed to Changing Systems to Personalize Learning: Discover the Power of Advisories (LAB, 2003).

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 6, 2015

This question is actually reframed from a line in Richard Allington’s and Patricia Cunningham’s resource Schools That Work: Where All Children Learn to Read and Write, 3rd Ed. Pearson, 2007). Whatever the reason, they can be toxic within a learning community and disrupt a previously positive environment. ” (9).

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 2, 2010

I am so glad that our ISTE affiliate changed its name from MICCA, which stood for the "Maryland Instructional Computers Coordinators Association to MSET - the Maryland Society for Educational Technology because though it was easier to say MICCA it really did NOT reflect the new 21st century technology shifts or leave room for new innovation.

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wwwatanabe

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I had the privilege of visiting two schools that infused technology in the classroom seamlessly. You see, all week long I indulged in PBL lessons such as STEM with GPS and students doing amazing projects, projects that I aspired to do when I was still in the classroom but hadn''t quite gotten there. So, how did they get there?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

Science education during COVID has challenged the best of teachers. But even during the crisis, they dug in, designing creative digital learning experiences, using technology for enhanced remote engagement, and leveraging local phenomena and investigations for students and their families to do at home. By Michele Israel. Assessment.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Dr. Thiele noted that it is vital for district leaders to be willing learners when their educated tech staff says, “Hey, these things are important.” Miller leans heavily on his IT team to stay ahead of attacks by monitoring systems 24/7 and proactively educating staff on potential risks. Dr. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

The research has shown…that the most successful professional learning is focused. And so the one-and-done workshop can be great for sparking an idea, but to think we’re going to bring about real classroom change with a one-day workshop, it isn’t really going to happen.”. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 23, 2020

They are negotiating lots of uncertainty while navigating a different way of learning, all of which affect their overall well-being. In a recent edWebinar sponsored by the FastBridge Assessment System by Illuminate Education , Gregory Fabiano, Ph.D., If ever a time called for innovative instruction, it would be now. Fabiano, Ph.D.,

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As a result, K-12 learning environments need more robust policies and practices to stem intrusions and build cyber resilience. So concurred cybersecurity experts and educational leaders participating in the ENA -sponsored edLeader Panel, “ Critical Cybersecurity Conversations K-12 Leaders Should Be Having.” Tom Ryan, Ph.D.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

Learning Revolutions's ChatGPT Bootcamp for Teaching and Learning: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT in Education with Steve Hargadon A 3-hour live online session with non-expiring access to recordings (The separate bootcamp for libraries and librarians is here.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2023

." - Bill Gates, " The Age of AI has begun " This webinar series is designed to equip librarians with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate ChatGPT into their personal and professional learning, coach patrons and students in its usage, and incorporate the technology into library services and programs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ninth annual Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday! This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. The hidden treasure of the Global Education Conference is volunteering--you will love it! LOTS of information below! Go to [link] 4.

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