A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Not only was I not in classrooms enough, but also the level of feedback provided through the lens of a narrative report did very little to improve teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment. Collect and review assessments two weeks into the future.

Strategy 306

Strategy Social Media Assessment Conference 306

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2016

Two reports detail how top-performing education systems use professional development each day. Two new reports reveal that in many top education systems, teacher professional development is built into their daily work as a means for school improvement and teacher quality.

Report 40

Report Professional Learning System Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

In my role as program manager for the Refugee Educator Academy at the Center for Learning in Practice , I am in a unique position to contribute to a change of course for professional learning and educational practice. These conditions combined are not conducive to teaching and learning.

Online Learning 116

Online Learning Differentiated Instruction Guidelines Learning 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Once set up, the platform works hand-in-hand with OneNote Class Notebooks to provide a digital workspace where teachers can create collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, communicate with school staff, plan lessons, assign and grade homework, comment on work, and differentiate for student needs.

Moodle 154

Moodle Google Classroom LMS 154

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Working together over the course of the year, we—at Torah Academy and Kiddom—together learned three powerful lessons about how to deliver personalized support to educators: 1. Teachers learned how to move their existing curriculum from Google Drive into collaborative Kiddom classes. She struggled to figure out what was going on.

Company 109

Company EdTech Common Core Assessment 109

EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Tom Daccord is Director of EdTech Teacher, a professional learning organization that provides hands-on exploratory edtech workshops for teachers. A consistent favorite in K-to-8 classrooms, Book Creator has an easy, intuitive interface that allows users to create books, reports, and presentations. App Smashing.

eBook 120

eBook iPad EdTech Examples 120

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. A safe and cooperative climate for learning. Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning.

Education 120

Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Reports from the field. Katrina Stevens, Director of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, also shared a vision for how mature EdClusters can collaboratively design, evaluate, and scale promising tools and practices. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD. Personalized learning implementation. — Demetrius C.

Education 144

Education EdTech Strategy Analysis 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The data below comes from the Ed Leaders workshop at the Austin Tech For Schools Summits. professional learning products which provide content and support for teachers versus professional development systems which districts can use to support teachers. Assumptions are powerful forces.

EdTech 60

EdTech Software Data Professional Learning 60

edWeb.net

JUNE 20, 2016

All educators need PD and learning that is relevant to their practice to keep up with the rapid pace of change in technology and education initiatives such as ESSA, Common Core, Next Gen Science Standards, Future Ready, and more. Learn about the professional learning program elements that are most important to teachers.

Survey 40

Survey Common Core Future Ready Report 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 18, 2016

All educators need PD and learning that is relevant to their practice to keep up with the rapid pace of change in technology and education initiatives such as ESSA, Common Core, Next Gen Science Standards, Future Ready, and more. Learn about the professional learning program elements that are most important to teachers.

Survey 40

Survey Common Core Future Ready Professional Learning 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regardless of the distinctions between these terms, they all underscore the need for legitimate journalism that adheres to a process and methodologies that result in straight news reporting. Take Time to Assess Resources: What is the source of the information? What is News Literacy Education? Join the Community.

Education 98

Education Analysis Social Media Outcomes 98

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't visit classrooms as frequently as I would have liked, and the feedback I provided in written reports could have done more to enhance teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment.

Personal Learning Network 499

Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 499

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. When focusing on 1:1, iPads, etc: Focus on teaching teachers to give better feedback and students to self-assess instead of the technology. More Discussion Notes November suggests no more technology workshops. Org charts need to change.

MOOC 75

MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Instead of cramming information in, students learn how to access and pull it out. While this is what a traditional assessment does—asks students to retrieve what they are supposed to have learned—retrieval practice is more frequent and lower stakes. Prior to moving to Washington D.C., Alison received her M.S. About the Host.

Learning 40

Learning Policies Personalized Learning Exercises 40

EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2017

Across all programs, EdTechTeam hired over 200 Google Certified Trainers ( 23 of them full-time employees) to deliver 438 events totalling 4568 hours of professional development in 2016. Other books were pursued to fill a particular need, such as inspiring learning spaces, assessment that matters, or classroom management in the digital age.

Report 88

Report Google Conference Edcamps 88

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Teachers using FreshGrade for Schools can empower students to capture their learning through video, picture, and audio files, then self-reflect on their progress in student portfolios.

Tools 52

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

MindShift

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Education is one of the few big industries that doesn’t prioritize investment in research about what works in classroom learning and applying that research to developing high quality materials. The report notes that in medicine and engineering 10-15 percent of spending goes towards research and development.

Policies 28

Policies Training System Report 28

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

In Teachers Know Best, teachers “suggest that the ideal professional learning experience should focus less on presentations and lectures and more on opportunities to apply learning through demonstrations or modeling and practice.” It’s essential to identify PD content that aligns with the initiatives in your school.

How To 141

How To LMS Common Core EdTech 141

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Use dual purpose assessments that incorporate online test-taking skills in addition to reporting on speed and accuracy. Heinricher recommended using keyboarding programs that offer grade-level digital citizenship lessons—focused on digital information, protection, consideration, and communication—and assessments.

Digital Citizenship 54

Digital Citizenship Assessment Examples Professional Learning 54

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Tailoring learning to students’ exact needs takes significant resources, teacher training and, ideally, close collaboration with families — something many schools struggle to pull off. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 145

Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools.

Tools 58

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Faria will deliver a new and improved version of Atlas, combining its curriculum planning functions with ManageBac’s learning management functions including assessment and reporting, service learning, and project-based learning. These workshop modules offers efficiency, flexibility, and choice to Texas teachers.

Chromebook 45

Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 45

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

One of the major new commitments from the Office of Educational Technology for Future Ready moving into 2016 will be a set of professional learning resources to help district superintendents and their principals and teachers most effectively transition to digital learning. “United in purpose and mission, we can do anything.”.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

One of the major new commitments from the Office of Educational Technology for Future Ready moving into 2016 will be a set of professional learning resources to help district superintendents and their principals and teachers most effectively transition to digital learning. “United in purpose and mission, we can do anything.”.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). There’s a real shift that happens with you as a professional, with your kids in the classroom, and that change process takes time.”.

Personalized Learning 45

Personalized Learning Education Learning Training 45

MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

She tapped her professional learning network of educators, teaching all grades and located all over the country, to share their favorite tech tools. SeeSaw : This is an easy portfolio tool that allows teachers, students and parents to see and access video, audio, photo and text artifacts of learning. month for over 100 themes.

iPhone 28

iPhone Classroom iPad Android 28