The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

When I think about how to effectively empower educators to create personalized professional learning for themselves, I often think of Google’s “20% time”, where employees had 20% of their own time to move forward Google as an organization. “We Let’s start with the second point first.

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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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The Principal of Change

MAY 20, 2016

Joel McLean shared the following image below and it sparked this idea: As many professional learning opportunities tend to have little impact division wide, how often do we ask the question, “how will this learning spread to their colleagues?” The possibilities the become endless.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I advocated for having both parents and students invited and involved in professional learning days so that they can understand and have a voice in how learning opportunities are changing within our schools. As my friend Joe Sanfelippo always says, “we are in this together.”

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

edWeb is kicking off back to school with two webinars and three surveys on professional learning and development! The survey aimed to determine how districts were doing in terms of building personalized professional learning climates, and uncovered best practices and obstacles related to those climates.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

Below are some lessons we learned after hitting the reset button on our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative in order to get it right that I captured in a 2015 post. If the expectation was to integrate technology with purpose to support or enhance learning, we made sure everyone was prepared to do just that.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 7, 2015

March 7, 2015 Today we are sharing with you this interesting checklist designed to help educators, teachers and school leaders evaluate online tools for professional learning. professional development' This checklist is part.read more.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In 2015, Travis was named TIE Technology Leader of the Year, which recognized his work integrating technology into his classroom. Travis believes that by empowering learners to drive their learning we can start to create a new system that honors all learners and their cultures.

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Buncee

OCTOBER 18, 2018

She holds 2 Teacher of the Year distinctions and, in 2015, she was a top 4 finalist in HEB's Excellence in Education in the "Leadership Elementary" category. She is an educator that encourages and motivates others to reach far beyond the classroom walls to make the learning more meaningful and inspiring.

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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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edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2017

edWeb.net has won the 2017 CODiE Award for “Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty and Administrative Staff.” In 2015 and 2016 edWeb won the award for “Best Collaborative Social Media Solution for Educators.” Here is a list of all the 2017 CODiE winners. edWeb.net is free.

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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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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Learn more about it below: The Third Annual #EdCampAccessBoston MARCH 21, 2015 (save the date and spread the word!) An EdCamp is a FREE unconference for educators who love to further their learning. “We We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience ? WHAT is an EdCamp?

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

Michael Soskil is a STEM education, global collaboration, and technology integration expert who has developed and presented numerous professional learning sessions for K-12 teachers, educational media outlets, and social innovators from around the world. Twitter: [link]. About Michael Soskil.

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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.). Andrew Campbell (@acampbell99) March 29, 2015 .

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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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The Principal of Change

JUNE 15, 2015

For example, if there is a safety plan in school, I would have the expectation that people knew how to do it and spend their time learning any procedures that we have in school. Although this question has driven my own professional learning for years, it is still necessary to set the stage for deep 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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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises. As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow. Commit to Personalized Professional Learning. Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The Coaching Digital Learning Institute (formerly the Technology Leader’s Institute) offered by the Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative at NC State’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation , just wrapped up it’s 7th year. Interested in more about this year’s CDLi, 2015? Check out our website.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ).

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Because I work with teachers to create performance assessments, learning more about collaboratively creating performance assessments through micro-credentials was a meaningful opportunity. I also help create Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that benefit teachers (and students) through collaboration and reflection.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

About Lexia Lexia®, a Cambium Learning Group brand, is a leader in science of reading-based solutions. With a complete offering of professional learning, curriculum, and embedded assessment, Lexia helps more learners read, write, and speak with confidence. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2015

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. Practical tips for building PLCs that serve every educator. website traffic) to No. Benefits of PLCs.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 6, 2015

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. Reflection.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Swing believes that every classroom deserves a teacher, and every student deserves to learn without disruption. Since its founding in 2015, Swing has worked to improve the experience of being a substitute teacher and made it easier for K-12 schools to grow and manage their substitute teacher pools.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP) , kicked off the 2015 Leading Future Learning conference with his keynote on Digital Leadership. Professional Learning. – Chinese Proverb.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

(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. You can read the first part here. We need to do less, better.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

But if you ask teachers who have never used a social network, blog, or mobile device for learning in their classrooms to discuss connected education, you are likely to be met with blank stares, furrowed eyebrows and shrugged shoulders. Several more are currently in production and scheduled for publication in early 2015.

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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. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

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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. Classroom teachers engaged in micro-credentials in Professional Learning Communities alongside their S.T.A.T.

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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. And the paper’s authors acknowledged this inevitability. “[T]he

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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. About MobileMind Founded in 2015, MobileMind is a privately held, Atlanta-based educational technology company.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

Parallel statistics on teacher job satisfaction, down nearly 25%, daily stress, up around 50%, and the majority of learning coming from colleagues on the job (Harvard Report), tells us the 68 hours/year and 18k/teacher for PD is lacking. Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory). With research from the U.S.

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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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