A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

During workshops and coaching sessions, I am always asked what advice I have to help teachers and administrators make things as easy as possible while ensuring quality learning is taking place. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, and student work. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We were collecting data from a variety of assessments, but the interventions we were using just weren’t showing that students were making consistent progress as readers. We were primarily using a reading workshop and balanced literacy model to teach reading.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

One important lesson learned was that face-to-face learning does not meet the needs of every child. Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

It also provides school leaders with a lens to provide valuable feedback to teachers when it comes to addressing priority standards, implementing scaffolding techniques, creating performance tasks, and developing quality assessments. Professional Learning Many schools were not prepared when the pandemic hit.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2022

These micro-credentials are developed, assessed, and awarded by more than 50 partner organizations, ranging from institutes of higher education to non-profit organizations. The regulations that have been put in place have challenged teachers to become innovative in how they approach reaching all of the learners in their classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. If you have an LMS you love, Google Classroom often won’t work well with it because it isn’t well-aligned with industry standards.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Best of all, you can use these ideas to bring a past poroject of yours to the blended and eLearning classroom. Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page .

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 15, 2019

The post The Dynamic Learning Workshop and Coaching Package appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready to transform the classrooms in your school? This three-day workshop and coaching package will help you and your teachers make meaningful technology integration a reality! Is the learning in your classroom static or dynamic?

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Neo LMS

MAY 17, 2022

The classic workshop model is not enough anymore because everyone gets the same information regardless of their expertise and prior knowledge. Between grading, paperwork, meetings, and much more — without even considering their personal lives — teachers are overwhelmed by their workload. Do a needs assessment for teachers.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

With the basics covered, assessing your technology readiness and soliciting feedback on your students’ experiences can be an informative next step: How did you select the technologies and digital learning resources? To what extent did these meet the needs of your specific students and benefit their learning?

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Formative assessment helps teachers make data-informed decisions to plan for and/or adjust instructional activities, identify potential misconceptions, monitor the pace of instruction, etc. 21st Century Learning Assessment Professional Development' View data as a group snapshot in a graph, or view individual data from audience.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. As someone who currently supports educators and schools all over the world in this area, it is critical that I not only engage as many people as possible but also model the most effective strategies that can be implemented in the classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Ultimately, the person doing the work in the classroom is the person learning, so we must design learning experiences that position the student at the center of learning. When I facilitate blended learning workshops, teachers will make comments like, “This is great, but it seems like a lot of work.” What did they do well?

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Interactivity in the Classroom Gone are the days of passive learning, where students simply absorbed information without playing an active role in their learning. Today, the aim is to foster peer collaboration, engagement with digital tools, and teacher-student communication within the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2019

Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects, and virtual face-to-face meetings to share in a collaborative environment. What You Get.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. Educators need a set of skills to successfully teach and manage their classrooms. This can be as complicated as following a new curriculum, or as simple as giving feedback on new assessments.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Additionally, open resources can be adapted to meet the needs of specific districts or communities, and these adaptations can be shared with other communities with similar needs. Through a series of virtual convenings, workshops, and working groups, this community will generate multi-dimensional, equity-centered research questions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

When students are engaged in active screen time, they are not simply watching videos and answering questions mindlessly; instead, they are using virtual conferencing tools like Zoom or Google Meet to collaborate on projects and presentations. Back when we were in classrooms, The Workshop Model was a critical component of my pedagogy.

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Hubbli

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Strategies for Effective Professional Development Needs Assessment The first step in planning a professional development program is to assess the needs of your teachers. This can be done through surveys, one-on-one interviews, or even classroom observations.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Sesame Workshop: Make Our Earth Better Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Educators can take learning further with an array of standards-aligned classroom resources.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Time away from the classroom allows teachers to clear their minds, celebrate the holidays, relax with family and friends, and maybe catch up on grading or lesson planning in comfy clothing, slippers, and with a ready cup of tea or coffee at hand. Teachers (and administrators) appreciate breaks as much as students do.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. To better understand how using technology can create equity in schools, we’ll outline how technology creates more equitable situations in the classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Upon further reflection, it occurred to me that not only does Santa believe in PBL, he practices many of its positive attributes at his workshop. I have a distance learning workshop and session entitled “STEM is a Verb”. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb! I also have a new 1 hour workshop “Preparing for PBL”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

My lifelong career dream became a reality as I proudly entered my classroom, ready to nurture and positively impact young minds. I didn’t know it at the time, but these early experiences in the classroom and exposure to professional development would profoundly help shape my career path.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. I hope this will inspire you to think of other new ways to use Google Classroom. Keep reading!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 17, 2015

I have often reflected on the idea of formative assessment. Second, it may be better stated as formative learning since I view assessment as a part of the overall learning experience. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Instructional leadership was a routine part of the job along with the budget, master schedule, curriculum development, meetings, email, phone calls, and many other duties. Get in Classrooms More This seem so easy, yet is a constant struggle. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners. A few of the stand-out workshops I did attend tackled a range of topics, including multi-directional learning, mapping digital ecosystems, creating engaging online learning experiences, and strategic knowledge management.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – 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 have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Dr. Robb has written more than 25 books on reading but also takes 3-4 months each school year as a classroom teacher. Robb is a keynote and featured speaker at conferences and leads workshops all over the country and in Canada.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 18, 2019

As educators, we innately know that our students bring different learner profiles to our classrooms. It is the process by which teachers utilize a variety of tools and strategies to meet the needs of their diverse group of students. UDL can help meet the needs of the widest range of student variability. UDL Framework from CAST.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. In this post you will find some wonderful information on using back channels and games in the classroom. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 10, 2020

FLUX offers an Air Fume Extractor for the classroom so you would not need to vent it out a window.) USING BEAMO IN THE CLASSROOM There are many online resources that include tons of great ideas for the use of a laser cutter to support the curriculum and school community. I used a 4.5" square piece of ?" Want to find out more?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Each of the participating startups will receive up to $100,000 in AWS computing credits, hands-on workshops, an individually curated curriculum, business mentoring and technical guidance, insights from Amazon leaders and teams, networking opportunities with potential investors and customers, and ongoing advisory support. Quizard AI, Inc.

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