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4 Shifts Protocol sessions at InnEdCO 2022

Dangerously Irrelevant

I do a basic introductory workshop on Monday. Gina and Robbi have created a fabulous workshop and I can’t wait to see their session in action on Tuesday. Then I will try and extend all of this work even further during my Wednesday workshop. Redesigning for deeper learning and student engagement [2-hour workshop] Scott McLeod.

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The Neurobiology Behind What Makes Coaching Beneficial for Teachers

Digital Promise

The years between 2000 and 2015 saw the number of instructional coaches in U.S. Decades of research documents the benefits of coaching for teachers, students, and school culture. Lecture-based PD workshops may be incompatible with how the brain operates. Today is International Coach Appreciation Day! schools double.

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Hour of Code 2015: Learning Computer Science at an Early Age

eSpark

Jeanette Simenson, technology liaison at eSpark partner school Walt Disney Magnet in Chicago, shared how her school participated in Hour of Code 2015, explaining that Disney went above and beyond the challenge posed by CSEW and Code.org. Beyond Hour of Code 2015. Didn’t participate in Hour of Code 2015?

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Part 5… STEM Resource Series… Over 70 Stemtastic Sites

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. The workshop is coming up in March. Check out my Booking Page.

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Fun with GIS 198: Two ConnectED Years

esri

Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative , a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. Esri also supported a bank of educator workshops in 2015, and is supporting another series in 2016.

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Why one district’s students studied only STEM for a week

eSchool News

Organizations such as MIT , the Museum of Natural History , and the Museum of Science in Boston contributed hands-on STEM courses for students. In 2015, teachers working at the camps observed a high level of student engagement, but noted one drawback: the STEM camps only attracted students who were already interested in the topic.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

A Specific Engagement In May 2015, Education Elements worked with the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township , an urban Indianapolis school district with 16 schools and 11,000 students in grades PreK-12. By 2015, Superintendent Dr. Dena Cushenberry hadn’t seen much change in instruction or student engagement.