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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

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. — Susan Stewart (@TechCoachSusan) September 17, 2016. For larger, more efficient unconferences, the Edcamp Foundation has a site full of resources and ideas for anybody who wants to organize their own “Edcamp,” which is simply a well-articulated version of an education unconference. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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Participate.com: Your toolbelt for professional learning

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Way back in 2016 I wrote a post about Participate.com, Curating with Communities. Searchable or browsable by tags, grade level and subject area, Collections allow users to collaboratively curate, organize and share resources–apps, lesson plans, handouts, websites, documents, presentations, videos, etc.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. Like the DBQs, lessons revolve around a central historical question and sets of prima ry documents to engage learners with varied reading skills. and world history events.