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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). The experiences where I had some level of choice were the most meaningful to me and resulted in real changes to my educational practice.

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Questions To Ask For #LeadershipDay12

The Web20Classroom

For 6 years educators have been gathering together on this day to write specifically to address technology and leadership. Here are my entries: 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ). Are they going to conferences or Edcamps to expand their horizons or see what conversations teachers are having? Once again, its #LeadershipDay.

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The end of FlipCon means big changes for flipped learning

eSchool News

“The conference has peaked,” explained Brian Bennett, an educator and chairman of the board for the Flipped Learning Network. According to Bennett, there’s going to be more of an emphasis on connecting local educators with each other for meetups, edcamps, or visits to established flipped classrooms. ”

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Big ideas and ed trends from the #ASCD15 conference

The Cornerstone for Teachers

ASCD is one of the most important and influential conferences in the nation because it’s targeted toward school leaders and those who make big decisions in education. Here are 6 big ideas and educational trends I heard throughout the 3 day conference: 1) School culture. education conferences'

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Edcamp: It All Started with a Tweet

Educator Innovator

I was an early adopter of Twitter as a means of connecting with other educators, thanks in large part to Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. I loved the energy and collaboration that was happening there, as educators around the world found each other and built a network. We held the first Edcamp in Philadelphia in May, 2010.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.