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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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KyEdRPG Spotlight: Chad Collins and "The Academy"

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Chad Collins has been with Spencer County Public Schools (KY) since 2013, first as a middle school social studies and ELA teacher, and currently as the campus Gifted and Talented Teacher for Spencer County Middle School (SCMS) as well as Spencer County Elementary School. In the summer of 2023, Collins had an epiphany.

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

Recently, Robertson became a member of the Course Hero Faculty Club , a platform where professionals in higher education share their teaching innovations, inspiration, and practical advice with the goal of helping all students learn deeply and graduate confident and prepared. Different students have different approaches to learning, he says.

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The Benefits of Virtual Reality (VR) in Schools to Motivate Students

Veative

Educators know that if we are able to connect learners with ideas and concepts, and motivate them to discover more, that successful outcomes have a very high probability of being realized. Source: Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative, 2013, [link]. But what role does virtual reality (VR) play in this? Personal relevance.

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Creating Student Community Writing Spaces

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Using Kidblog , I tried blogging with my students during the 2013-14 school year, and while they did fine writing, we struggled with finding an authentic audience to comment on the 130 individual blogs. Sticking with the theme of gamification for one of the teachers, we named the group Scribe City. The group is very organic.

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The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs

EdTech Magazine

This diversity of thought and experience should ensure that you’re getting a realistic sampling from across the education spectrum. For five years, we’ve highlighted some of the best and brightest blogs within K—12 education. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Computing Education Blog. Pull Quote.

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One Year Later: 2nd Cohort of New Innovators Finish Their Yearlong Cohort

EdTechTeam

Are educators prepared to design instruction for digital classrooms? Discover how the Technology Integration Planning Cycle (Hutchinson & Woodward, 2013) can prepare teachers to think differently about lesson design in a 1:1 environment. Fanny helped with a book chapter that I wrote on gamification.