The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

My book, The Relevant Educator ships today. Below is a post (thanks to the most awesome Mark Barnes) about the entire Connected Educator Series from Corwin. Enter Corwin Press and the Connected Educators Series. T he Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning , by Tom Whitby and Steven Anderson (Hey, thats me!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In 2015, it’s no longer a new story that technology is being used in the classroom. At Digital Promise, we are much more interested in how technology is being used to support teaching and learning. The 2015 cohort of League of Innovative Schools members includes: Albemarle County Public Schools - Charlottesville, VA.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

This year, Michael Soskil, a Microsoft Innovative Educator shared with me some of the great new features of Skype and demonstrated how he is using video conferencing in his classroom. Learn More about Skype. Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 1, 2016

is to transform BCPS into a student-centered, personalized learning environment. To affect this change district-wide, BCPS needed to shift professional learning for educators to a more competency-based, autonomous model. BCPS leadership thought educators would be better prepared to apply S.T.A.T.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 30, 2018

Most of my work is now leading professional learning opportunities for educators. So I can understand why during professional learning many teachers rush there to be early, to sit as far away as possible from the learning, or ask questions not to move forward, but to hold on to what they have always done.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2019

Her most notable awards include finalist for California State Teacher of the Year, 2012 and ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, 2015. Nicole is a sought after speaker and facilitator of professional learning on the topics of literacy, student voice, social justice, standards-based grading and more.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2019

But interest in them among educators and school administrators has been growing ever since for-profit online education provider Udacity began offering sophisticated “nanodegrees” in 2015 tailored to the specific needs of potential employers, such as Google and AT&T. Online credentialing programs might not be new.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. Visit mobilemind.io to learn more about MobileMind Sync and the modern professional learning hub.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

million students and over 620,000 educators across more than 23,000 schools nationwide. Back then, leveraging technology for explicit, systematic, and personalized instruction was a novel concept for schools and educators. Among those strategic milestones was first joining with language learning system creator Rosetta Stone Inc.

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Buncee

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I was so excited about sharing my love for Buncee and to meet and learn from so many educators that inspire me daily. I was amazed at what the educators in this room created with tape and only tape! Quote from Jed’s Keynote: If you must destroy, destroy the negative perceptions of public education.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

I saw this visual from Amy Fast , being shared all over social media: Now I might challenge the term “rules” because this is more of a compelling vision of a classroom, which I think is so much more powerful and inspiring for our students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Discovery Education —the Charlotte, North Carolina based global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—today announced the appointment of Scott Kinney as its new Chief Executive Officer and Kelli Campbell as the company’s new President.

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Class Tech Integrate

JULY 16, 2018

This post is week 6 of 8 in the 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for educators from hotlunchtray.com. Summer learning for educators; there can be so much of it. The question always is, "how am I going to implement all of these great things into my classroom next year?" Someday my classroom will __."

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. Busker may not have succeeded as a company, but I took the lessons and skills I learned from the tech scene and applied them to my work as a teacher.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Simply processing through writing… Sitting in Adam Bellow’s session this morning discussing “professional development”, I tweeted the following: Does the term “professional development” invoke thoughts of “1 time”, where “professional learning” sounds more continuous?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

DUBAI, UAE–29 September, 2020 : The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund (REF) has announced a new first of its kind partnership with Discovery Education to deliver award winning online learning, increasing access to education for thousands of refugees and vulnerable youth in Lebanon.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Show Sponsor: PowerSchool This summer, PowerSchool announced the Unified Classroom. The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. Learn about the Unified Classroom. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There is the management piece, which is a day-to-day operation, but you also have the instructional piece to ensure that quality instruction is taking place in each of the classrooms. When you go into the classroom, you want to let the teacher know that this is not a “gotcha” moment. How do you straddle that line with your teachers?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. Jim Perry came to education as a second career and has brought such dedication and fresh perspective to his staff, students, and district at large.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. Instead, said Duchesneau, educators and staff need to recognize cultural and contextual differences and how they impact students. and “Are they learning enough?”

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Almost 10,000 early childhood educators traveled to Orlando, Florida from across the United States and from as far as Hong Kong to attend the 2015 NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo. Frog Street’s emphasis on the Expo floor this year was on helping early learning educators enhance their own professional development.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ).

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Artificial intelligence (AI) in education began in the 1950s with simple programs focused on playing checkers and natural language processing for medical prescriptions. In the ‘90s, it made a big jump with machine learning. In May of 2023, the U.S.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 4, 2015

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 Has that ever been tried?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. Those building principals are critical for a coach getting into classrooms, working with teachers, and really finding success.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This latest deal—the ninth since Gulati joined in 2015—is part of PowerSchool’s ongoing drive to create a one-stop shop where data about a student or teacher can be collected and shared across the different tools they use in their day-to-day lives. Some of those assets expanded its footprint in the SIS market, like Sungard K-12 and Chalkable.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

…very little of the work we give students in school provides them with a sense that they are making a contribution to anything other than their own educational progress toward graduation. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. Traditional PD uses an attendance sheet as the primary measurement of “learning”.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 6, 2016

Connecting globally is really powerful, but how do we use this medium in a way to enhance professional learning and empower the voice of teachers in our own building. It can amplify and accelerate learning in any topic, whether it is on health initiatives, assessment practices, or deep understanding of any topic.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

June 21, 2021) MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, is now a certified ClassLink partner, a leader in cloud-based education products, including single sign-on and streamlined class rostering. Atlanta, Ga.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

They demonstrated how the RIASEC assessment and Beable’s life-ready literacy system boost student involvement in academic subjects and get high levels of engagement as students connect real-world learning to the classroom. Stages Learning is the sponsor of our edWeb community for Teaching Students with Autism.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

During the 2015-16 school year, I visited schools across the nation to see how technology can transform teaching and learning. what makes the difference between using edtech to supplement the classroom experience and using it to transform learning? Department of Education. Professional development.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

When Vadim Polikov—my childhood friend and a successful entrepreneur—approached me with a game-based learning business idea in the summer of 2015, I jumped at the idea. . Vadim wanted to create enough curriculum games so they would be effective daily learning tools in schools. How We Did It. We took our question to.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

June 19, 2015 by Chopstick Sensei from United States I don’t know how Jeff makes the time for this empire of his, but he’s putting together amazing information to help teachers out. A wealth of knowledge June 15, 2015 by jpdalton from United States I got the honor of hearing this gentleman speak in person and he knocked my socks off!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Practical tips for building PLCs that serve every educator. note : We’re counting down the top stories of 2015 based on popularity (i.e. Today we revisit our in-depth look at how to set up your own professional learning communities , which truly serve educators’ needs. website traffic) to No.

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