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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

So, in order to prepare for the inevitable blended learning for this fall, the first professional development goal for all of us should be to make sure we have mastered blended learning. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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How to Use Video to Engage Learners

edWeb.net

It’s one of the key ways they’re communicating with each other and consuming information outside school, so why wouldn’t schools want to use it in the classroom? Students can watch the videos at home, on the bus—anywhere—and get the help they need when they need it. More importantly, the videos aren’t just talking heads.

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Using Smart Boards to Boost Engagement and Simplify Routines

edWeb.net

From developing lesson plans, to performing administrative functions, to implementing creative strategies to spark student engagement and collaboration, today’s classroom teacher juggles more responsibility than ever and does so in less time than ever. Supporting Student-Centered Instruction. Join the Community.

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What Innovation Is and Isn’t

The Principal of Change

There are many people that are designing assessment practices that extremely innovative, because they are both new and better in the way they improve learning. The ideas behind these innovative assessment practices also start from the viewpoint of the learner, not the teacher.

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Everything you need to know about AI in education

eSchool News

It’s imperative to start evaluating our tech stacks differently as a part of the learning journey–standardized academic assessment is not the only measure of success. With this change to embrace advancing technology comes new opportunities for educators and students alike to create a better experience.

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Getting Started with Minecraft in the Classroom

Graphite Blog

To access free, easy-­to-­follow, project­-based math lesson plans that are broken down by Common Core standard and check out some free webinars on Minecraft, please visit our professional learning community, MathcraftPLC. Student engagement: Minecraft is naturally fun, engaging, and collaborative.

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The Top 50 Best Books for Teachers – Professional Development

Fractus Learning

Part of The Corwin Connected Educator series, in this volume you’ll use the principles of connectedness and flipped learning to engage stakeholders—teachers, administrators, and parents—digitally, so they’re ready for productive discussion when you meet in person. Take your professional learning community to the next level!