Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. Video worked exceptionally well for us (even dating as far back as 2008) as our employees reported feeling more connected. Attending sessions and seminars at these events can also provide valuable professional development.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We run seminars specifically about competency-based education, our approach to it, how you design for it—everything from the program design to the instruction, assessment and evaluation. Did I read somewhere that WGU hasn’t raised tuition since 2008? Yeah, they do. What are their biggest challenges? Nine years.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 9, 2015

Rather than sit through a one-size-fits-all standards-based curriculum, students choose seminars that will help them excel in areas customized to their interests. Thrively gives every child a strength-based assessment that uncovers the student’s talents, interests, and abilities. They are supported by mentors and a school advisory.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Simple designs work well, and simplicity makes things happen.”. Jon Bergmann.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In addition to speaking at staff development seminars and keynoting national education conferences on a regular basis, he conducts workshops for teachers and administrators on various topics. His many articles on education include a dozen widely reprinted essays in Phi Delta Kappan from 1991 to 2008.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Watson’s RPG, a Reacting to the Past game set in Paris in 1888 and 1889, was targeted for use in first year seminars at small liberal arts colleges. This ground-breaking ARG ran by the Smithsonian Art Museum in 2008–2010 engaged over 3,000 people with materials now archived.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 9, 2015

And, in terms of improving discussion or Socratic Seminar, video can be transformative: when students see snippets of tape of their prior discussions they are fascinated to study it and surprised by how much gets missed in the fast flow of conversation. This is really what makes any assessment truly “formative” in education.

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