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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

Tech Helpful

On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. While our PD days weren't like the traditional Edcamp style (we actually came up with the choices instead of the teachers making the choices), the teachers found the days to be useful.

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Fun with Lucidspark!

Kathy Schrock

I just spent the day exploring Lucidspark , a collaborative whiteboard educators and students can use for many educational activities and assessments! THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES When you first open up Lucidspark , you are presented with the ability to create a folder, start with a blank document, or pick a template.

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

The Principal of Change

Self-Assessment. I have collected and developed resources on both “how” to create a digital portfolio, and the power of learning through this type of self-assessment. Putting an emphasis on this type of self-assessment is not only beneficial to the individual learner, but when shared openly, can help drive change. Quick Guide.

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Paperless Please

Hansen's Link to Tech

Using a web-based central location to communicate, collaborate, assign, assess, and create allows for great opportunities for teachers and students to efficiently learn especially in a real-wold context. Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle.

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8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 1)

The Principal of Change

Voice (V), Choice (C) , Connected Learning (CL), Problem-Finders/Solvers (PFS), Reflection (R) , Self-Assessment (SA), Critical Thinking (CT), Opportunities for Innovation (INNO). Other elements that could be incorporated: Reflection, Connected Learning, Self-Assessment, Critical Thinking. Problem-Finders/Solvers.

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

NeverEndingSearch

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai.