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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

After moving into the private sector, Penny Reinart led research, design, and development of digital products and professional learning focused on student achievement, educator impact, and organizational growth. In addition to their formal education, Robert has pursued further professional development by obtaining certifications.

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Creating a Vision for Your School and Getting Buy In from Stakeholders

The CoolCatTeacher

The second one is what we called, “Innovate Salisbury Professional Learning.” We created opportunities for teachers to use mentor texts — so anything related to Genius Hour, MakerSpace, gamification — a lot of most recently published texts through practitioners and facilitators in the education world right now.

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

Edsurge

In my own work with educators around the globe, I’ve watched the emergence of 21st century trends such as makerspaces, flipped learning, genius hour, gamification, and more. For more strategies about harnessing technology for deeper learning, listen to the EdSurge podcast featuring edtech expert and author Scott McLeod.