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New Cohort Opportunity for Designing Powerful Learning Experiences

Digital Promise

At Edcamp: Maker Learning , educators from all over the country joined us to discuss the most pressing topics related to designing hands-on learning opportunities. In this post, we share how the learnings from these events have informed our approach to a new professional learning opportunity, the Maker Learning @ Home Cohort. .

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Merritt Public Schools: How a Rural Oklahoma District Developed its Digital Learning Program

Education Superhighway

With 1 Gbps of bandwidth and 1 Wi-Fi access point per classroom, the district meets the bandwidth goals set by the Oklahoma Connect & Learn Initiative and SETDA. Merritt can now rely on Internet access throughout the school without having to worry about the signal dropping. Creating Guidelines Around Classroom Technology Use.

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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

EdCamp Foundation. The grassroots effort is supported by hundreds of free EdCamps organized around the world each year and is undoubtedly one of the most robust, fast moving, game changing forms of professional learning worldwide. URL: www.edcamp.org. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

Lachelle Brant) Creating Guidelines for Distance Education The Problem: Sometimes, the greatest solution stems from the greatest need. To Address It: To address this, state policies were developed that successfully eliminated any barriers to student access and opportunities. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit.

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Four Ways School Leaders Can Support Meaningful Innovation

MindShift

Frederick Pilot School, which was founded by Deb Socia, a leading advocate for technology access for students in poverty-impacted communities. There are schools where administrators are experimenting with models of teacher-led professional development like EdCamps. The fourth entry point is about guidelines and guardrails.

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8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 2)

The Principal of Change

We not only have access to all of the information in our world today, but we have access to one another. Access to one another can accelerate and amplify powerful learning opportunities. Although there may be “guidelines” that must be done for teacher evaluation (three visits into the classroom, etc.), What is EdCamp?