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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

This could include workshops on specific instructional strategies, online courses on emerging educational technologies, or peer coaching programs that foster collaboration. Allow teachers to choose formats and topics that resonate with their individual learning preferences and goals (Desimone, 2009). Desimone, L. Guskey, T.

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Take the Manage Out of Classroom Management

Catlin Tucker

When I lead blended learning workshops or coach teachers implementing blended learning, I get a lot of questions about classroom management. ” On some primal level, I know that I don’t like to be managed myself. They must feel their basic need for autonomy is prioritized in the learning environment and valued by the teacher.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

Edsurge

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California.

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The Most Popular Post in 2009.

The Web20Classroom

As 2009 comes to a close I wanted to take a look back and see what post did people visit the most. So here, in all it''s glory (or lack there of) is the most popular post of 2009 on my blog. Nto enough time to sit in a workshop and learn. 2009 Most Popular Post edchat' What a year it has been! What''s The Point?

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New Posted Resources 12/17/2009

The Web20Classroom

A Subjective History of Tech In Schools tags : technology , sarcasm , favorite Internet Safety: Information for educators and librarians tags : cybersafety , favorite Classroom Performance System/CPS Clickers tags : CPS , favorite Teacher Training Videos tags : tutorials , videos , favorite Portfolios (Authentic Assessment Toolbox) tags : portfolis (..)

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

A 2009 Vanderbilt University review in the Journal of Educational Psychology looked at over 50 years of longitudinal research on spatial ability , and concluded that “spatial ability plays a critical role in developing expertise in STEM.” Dr. Jacob Segil is one of the architects of that course. & Forbes, M. Veurink, N., &

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