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Run your meetings edcamp style: The un-faculty faculty meeting

eSchool News

Edcamp-style faculty meetings! An edcamp is a participant-driven conference, commonly referred to as an “unconference,” for K-12 educators. Edcamps are typically free and built around community participation and organization. Survey your faculty on the topics they are interested in learning about. But they are reachable.

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TOP 10 Ways To Deliver The Worst PD EVER!

MSEDTechie

There is nothing worse than receiving training on a tool that you don’t have access to, or will never get to use. Mandating that teachers attend a specific training, and never surveying them to ask what they need, or what they would like to learn. One PL strategy that seems to work well are Edcamps.

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The Paperless Way to Collect Parent Contact Information!

EdTechnocation.com

Google Form uses survey questions, from open-ended, to multiple choice, to date selections, and checkboxes. Next , you will need to find an easy way for parents to access your Google Form from home. Now, with Google Forms we can simplify and make this process much more efficient!

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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. EDCAMP professional learning day. What is EdCamp? Create a survey using Google Forms. Concluding Thoughts. Reflection.

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Making Your Teaching Something Special: 50 Simple Ways to Become a Better Teacher

EdTechTeam

which are easier with digital tools such as Google Forms, Quizlet, and other survey-generating software) Ultimately, for myself, the reflection on assessments we give iaan critical takeaway. Finally, access Rushton Hurley’s website , and more specifically the 5-Day Teacher Challenge , to find practical strategies to improve your teaching!

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

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” “Ed access to VR growing as low-cost options expand,” says Education Dive. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. Very thorough research, gj.