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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

toward the end of Writer’s Workshop. In September 2018, I noticed a pattern emerging—multiple teachers at the school were shifting toward practices supported by Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) research. To my surprise, people were interested and they voted to meet before school at 7 a.m. But we took it one step at a time.

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Would You Rather: Designing with Choice in Mind

Catlin Tucker

In a workshop last week, I was guiding a group through the process of designing a choice board. Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018). Would you rather go to the beach or the snow? Would you rather eat a cookie or a brownie? Would You Rather?

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Every Instructional Coach Deserves an Effective Coach

Digital Promise

When I made the decision to leave the classroom to become a learning strategist at my school, there was no training, workshops, or support for my role. Meeting with a coach/mentor every week helped me to enter my new role by walking with a clear direction and preserving my mental health.”.

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Vernier Software & Technology to Host 38 Free Professional Development Workshops this Fall

techlearning

BEAVERTON, Oregon, August 13, 2018 — This fall, Vernier Software & Technology will host 38 free, hands-on workshops around the country to help science educators learn how to best incorporate probeware and data-collection technology into their curriculum. Educators can register for a workshop at www.vernier.com/workshops.

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My Story, Our Impact: How BakerRipley Connects Families to Opportunities

Digital Promise

We provide these services in Spanish because we truly believe that by meeting people where they are in their current stage of development, we can meet their needs quickly and have the most impact. For example, Facebook became a corporate supporter and partner of our work in 2018 with a grant through their Community Boost program.

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Insight Education Group to Host National Educational Leaders’ Workshop

techlearning

(Encino, CA) February 16, 2017 — Insight Education Group today announced that its National Educational Leaders’ Workshop (NELW) will take place in San Diego, CA, on March 9 and 10. The Workshop will provide the time, space, and expertise to accomplish this.” Interested educators can register here until February 22, 2018.

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Digital Skills Make a Difference for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Since then, dozens of nonprofits across Michigan serving workers and entrepreneurs have facilitated short, “real world” workshops in which students use their own businesses or organizations to learn to market via Facebook business pages. To date, these organizations have trained more than 500 people across the state.