Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Studies now find that performance assessments “can more authentically evaluate candidates’ readiness for teaching” while lowering the “barriers to entry,” particularly for teachers of color who are in high demand. Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The post The Teacher’s Guide to Professional Book Studies – SULS031 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Book studies can be a great way for teachers to grow, connect, and learn together. Teacher book studies can be impactful. Level up your professional learning with effective book studies!

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 14, 2020

As schools across the globe begin to plan for the new normal and redefine the school day and location, we must also rethink our professional learning plans for teachers and staff. No matter what you call it–blended PD, virtual PD, online PD, remote PD, or hybrid PD, we need to rethink our professional learning methods.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 16, 2022

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Curricular Content 2.

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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.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. And, this sort of culturally relevant approach extends beyond the students themselves.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2019

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Curricular Content.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. Be sure you check out these blog posts to learn more about how some districts are using badges for professional learning. Book Study/Lit Circles. Great idea!!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 18, 2018

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Michael Gorman ( 21centuryedtech ).

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 14, 2019

The post 6 Ways to Learn Online with Kasey Bell this Summer! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Summer is a great time for professional learning! Today, I’m giving you 6 Ways to Learn Online with Kasey Bell this Summer! delivering keynotes, breakout sessions, and workshops. July 11-August 8).

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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. Hardly the case!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 14, 2018

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Curricular Content.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2019

Teachers can help new ELLs and foreign language students change the displayed language to their home/studied language. Kate is a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer and is a Certified PBL Teacher in Project-Based Learning from the Buck Institute. Kate’s passions in education are Genius Hour and Alternative Assessments.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 21, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic and purposeful professional development. Formative and Summative Assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? s of workshops and presentations. As you might know I am the president of OLN (Online Learning Network) which is a professional learning network at ISTE. s of workshops and presentations.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Formative assessment. True to its name, this assessment tool works on any device and gives teachers the ability to see student's learning processes in real time, and to step in and guide their learning throughout a unit. Professional learning KQED Education. Teaching Tolerance.

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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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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Take Time to Assess Resources: What is the source of the information? He has also provided news literacy training and workshops to educators and others throughout the area. Peter is a graduate of Indiana University, where he majored in English and African American studies and co-founded an independent monthly student newspaper.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2020

One of the key takeaways from this in-depth research is that deeper learning most often occurs when students “play the whole game at the junior level.” During a recent MAPLE Masterclass that included district teams from across Massachusetts, Mehta reiterated this concept throughout the workshop.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

28:00] – Kasey shares a quote from the book that she used in Shake Up Learning, “If the work assigned is not something you’d let them redo in order to learn, it’s time to assess the relevance of the work you are assigning.” The Shake Up Learning book was designed for meaningful book studies.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic and purposeful professional development. PBL Social Studies Project Ideas by grade level.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2021

Nuland began with an overview of equity studies, which have shown educational achievement is correlated with access to certified and experienced teachers, but students of color have less access to these types of teachers. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About the Presenters. Dr. Leila Nuland. Join the Community.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

One of the most impactful professional learning experiences that I have ever experienced took place at the Central Texas Writing Project Summer Institute. In This Episode: [00:28] – Let’s get started and plan lessons that will include everything you’ve learned to make your classroom more dynamic! [02:06] Steven Covey.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Or searching for a fun project idea for a particular unit of study? Visit the standards.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Or searching for a fun project idea for a particular unit of study? Visit the standards.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 5, 2015

This article is part of the Teaching With Games case study series at Institute of Play, produced in partnership with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. For more case studies and related resources, visit Playmakers. What kind of resources are needed to implement a professional development program like this?

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The post 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning – SULS034 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. But did you know, Google Classroom is also a great learning tool for adults, too? Today, I am going to share with you 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning.

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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. Bain, Ed.S. is passionate about student success using research-based strategies.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

Leaders who get the chance to be focused on their own growth for an action packed day of learning are better leaders. of Writing Pathways: Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions , by Lucy Calkins. Tech & Learning Volume 36, Number 5, 34-38. Update, Spring (Leadership Issue), 24-29. Lubelfeld M. Lubelfeld M.,

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Levine , founder and executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Learn more.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Levine , founder and executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Learn more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This profile is the second in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. Plan and Align The work began in May 2015 with a diagnostic readiness assessment. Bringing about change in schools is complex.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning.4 6 Satisfaction resides in the willingness of the teachers being studied to adopt the technology and apply it to their professional settings.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

He explores research, interviews educators from around the world, deconstructs systems, and studie real-world examples of creativity in action to discover what works for students. Along the way, he shares what he's learning in books, podcasts, articles, animated videos, and classroom resources.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The Framework helps districts address and track key steps and milestones in a unified way, integrating professional learning with district-level success metrics and milestones. This remarkable functionality makes an array of assessment types possible – including spelling tests, short answers, fill-in-the-blank, and more.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 12, 2015

“Some teachers have a lot of knowledge about what works in particular subjects, for particular ages, but there’s no mechanism to make that knowledge visible,” said Jal Mehta, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-author of the study. These practices don’t support the growth of knowledge in schools.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2021

This includes the use of case studies, starting at the elementary level, which are standards-based, transdisciplinary, and give young people “voice and choice” in what and how they are learning. Dr. Brown is a highly regarded speaker and workshop facilitator addressing a range of topics for local, regional, and national audiences.

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