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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” Micro-credentials can serve as a scaffolded approach to personalizing professional learning for educators. Evaluation. Citations. [1] 1993, November).

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Inquiry Based Professional Learning

The Principal of Change

What if we created professional learning opportunities that were not only engaging, but also empowered educators in the change process? If you do “Inquiry Based Learning” in your professional learning, I would love for you to leave a link in the comments.). (If This question would be, “Why do we…?”

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8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 2)

The Principal of Change

(This is the second of two parts on professional learning. Connected Learning. To be successful in helping people develop professional learning networks is to narrow the focus on the tools that are being shared with staff. Self-Assessment. You can read the first part here. We need to do less, better.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 1)

The Principal of Change

As someone who is a big believer in creating experiences for educators where they partake in the types of learning that should happen in the classroom, I thought this suggestion made total sense. To be honest with you, professional learning in many cases needs an overhaul. ” Click To Tweet.

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Bring Focus to Blended Learning with 12 Starting Ideas… Plus a Free ISTE Webinar

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a post where I focus on some simple ways you can begin to blend your learning. I also want to invite you to a very special webinar on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 4 PM EST. First, t o ensure you do not miss one of these valuable posts or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, I call them starter ideas.

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Using Research & Data to Define & Measure Success – LIVE Blog of Dr. Damian Bebell at LFL15

EdTechTeacher

Meanwhile, in 2014, the ratio had become 3:1. It’s critical that students have both their assessments and their missions in alignment. While it is easier than ever to capture both formative and summative assessment data, it raises the question of HOW teachers and school leaders will then be prepared to use that information.

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