Tom Murray

MAY 14, 2017

School leaders begin to make their plans for the summer months; from professional learning days to administrative PLCs. Both groups also look forward to some needed downtime and finally the opportunity to relax with a good book. Recommended for School Leaders: Book: Start. Book: BrandED. Check them out!

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google Classroom can be used for so much more than just your traditional classroom LMS. Consider these 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom. Keep reading! Click To Tweet.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2023

. – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) partnered with Scholastic to help them develop “ Rising Voices: Elevating Latino Stories ,” a new collection of books for grades K-5 which showcases positive images of Latino protagonists.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

There is lots of value in this book and a great deal of information that validates what we know about good leadership and strong school organizations. What I liked about the book. The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. Learning spaces must become learner-centered. My short recommendation?

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

My book, The Relevant Educator ships today. But if you ask teachers who have never used a social network, blog, or mobile device for learning in their classrooms to discuss connected education, you are likely to be met with blank stares, furrowed eyebrows and shrugged shoulders. According to DeWitt, we can.

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edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2022

Culturally relevant books are essential for all children in the classroom. Every student needs exposure to books that reflect the mosaic of our society and prepare them to see themselves as active citizens in their communities, their country, and all around the world. These books should be part of every classroom library.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

Now, you and your PLC can learn together online at a time, place, and pace that works for you! Explore how blended learning can help you partner with students to reimagine learning and find a realistic work-life balance! Consider bringing Balance with Blended Learning into your professional learning community.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

Whether you lead a district, organization, school, or classroom, you should always strive to get better. Consider the following questions when it comes to professional growth: Who do we serve? Rubrics were everywhere and accessible in Google Classroom. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

These days, it involves spending time thinking about Choose Your Own Adventure books. For one of her latest efforts, called Slack Certification , her team developed a series of interactive scenarios partly inspired by those children’s’ books. Pull Learning'. What’s a classroom memory that sticks with her?

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students across Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) will add new, high-quality learning resources to their digital book bags this Fall thanks to a new partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I have often heard that there are two types of professional learning experiences; a “warm bath” or a “cold shower.” In my opinion, great professional learning should be a combination of both. How could you use these same questions in the classroom? All of us.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

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. There needs to be a shift from “PD” to professional learning that is ongoing, job-embedded, and research-aligned.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The post Holiday Reading: 6 Books That Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS042 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Not every professional development book is made equal. With that in mind, Kasey shares 6 books that will transform your classroom, as long as you take action on the advice.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

What if we adopted the model of the flipped classroom and applied it to meetings and Professional Development? Flipping PD and faculty meetings is essentially the same as flipping the classroom, but with adults. I am not a big fan of flipping the classroom. I will admit it. This was wildly popular in my district.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. This tension comes from students, parents, teachers, and administration/leaders outside of the classroom. Parents desire to be in control of what their children learn about the world and when.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

From live-updating, turn-by-turn driving directions to responsive voice-controlled digital assistants—all in the palms of our hands—we are constantly interacting with computer programming where machines learn from experience and adjust to new data to perform human-like tasks. Machine Learning For Kids resources and videos.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 31, 2017

Sonja-Hollins Alexander from Corwin to discuss a recent surgery of more than 6300 educators on the state of professional development in schools today. The post What is todays State of Teacher Professional Learning? | @CorwinPress appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. What is Professional Learning? *

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Sonja-Hollins Alexander from Corwin to discuss a recent surgery of more than 6300 educators on the state of professional development in schools today. The post What is todays State of Teacher Professional Learning? | @CorwinPress appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. What is Professional Learning? *

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

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. If improvement is the ultimate goal, we as leaders need to focus on elements of our job that impact student learning.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 4, 2020

Teachers can ask students to share their work in the stream in Google Classroom, in a shared Google Slide deck, on a Padlet Wall, or by recording a FlipGrid video reflection. Here are a list o f books I’ve written on blended learning for anyone looking to get a jump on the next school year!

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Reading By Example

APRIL 20, 2020

For the last three summers, contributors have responded here to the following books: Becoming a Literacy Leader by Jennifer Allen (2017) Literacy Essentials by Regie Routman (2018) The Listening Leader by Shane Safir (2019). Many thanks to Stenhouse Publishers for supporting this professional learning experience!

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

When I think about how to effectively empower educators to create personalized professional learning for themselves, I often think of Google’s “20% time”, where employees had 20% of their own time to move forward Google as an organization. “We Let’s start with the second point first.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Have you ever stepped into a classroom decked out with technology, but the learning goals for the technology weren’t clear? Edtech has opened up an array of possibilities for instruction and learning. What are your intentions for using technology in the classroom or your school?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

He is the architect behind the educator movement “ Teach Hustle Inspire ,” and he wrote the bestselling book MC Means Move the Class: How to Spark Engagement and Motivation in Urban and Culturally Diverse Classrooms. In this episode, Dr. Woodly and I chat about our early years in the classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 27, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. As you might imagine, we saw some fantastic leading, teaching, and learning.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. As a result, some teachers decide to stay in the classroom because missing out on that time with students is too difficult. Schools have been starting to provide time for PLCs, or professional learning communities. Social Media.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

Even if teachers cannot require that students attend a live meeting due to concerns around access, connectivity, and availability, these sessions can be recorded and posted on class websites, Google Classroom, or a learning management system. GoldenCircleGoal.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 17, 2018

The post How to Plan an AWESOME Book Study! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How to Plan an AWESOME Book Study! Book studies are a great way to level up your professional learning! So I decided to put this post together, How to Plan an Awesome Book Study, to help guide you along the way.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 24, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts shares how we can use docs, sheets, drawings, and slides with creative classroom projects. Sponsor: Welcome TGR Foundation and Discovery Education as a sponsor to my podcast.

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Waterford

JULY 21, 2023

Candra Morris is the Vice President of Professional Learning here at Waterford.org. We like to say she wrote the book on family engagement in schools—because she did! You don’t really appreciate the importance of family engagement and working together academically until you’re in your own classroom!

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 1, 2018

The post 50 Awesome Books for Teachers appeared first on Shake Up Learning. And my professional learning bookshelf is always full as well as my Kindle app! So I decided to put together this HUGE list of books for educators, 50 Awesome Books for Teachers! 50 Awesome Books for Teachers! I love to read!

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

The problem with emphasizing whole words Some children’s books that are used to teach reading use repetition. For example, a book may say, “I see the police officer. Repetitive books are designed based on the outdated notion that students learn to read by memorizing whole words rather than sounding out words based on phonics skills.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

Jillian DuBois talks about her end of the school year and from the conversation we have twelve inspiring ideas for classrooms everywhere including: How to Use the element of surprise in learning. She is a children’s book author and illustrator of Liv’s Seashells , Road to Awesome: A Journey for Kids , and Look at YOU, Piper Lou! ,

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JULY 26, 2020

KyGoDigital pic.twitter.com/3LiSVaq57y — Adam Watson (@watsonedtech) June 10, 2020 One of the books in the box, and the first I grabbed to read cover to cover, was Catlin R. Tucker 's Power Up Blended Learning: A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change. Explain It, See It, Discuss It, Try It.

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Neo LMS

JULY 5, 2022

When it came to professional development, in the absence of being together in the physical space, we had to explore and learn what worked the best. Leveraging the right digital tools and spaces, we were able to keep learning going and continue to build our professional learning communities.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The post Google Classroom Advanced Tips (Part 1) – SULS0172 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing my favorite Google Classroom Advanced Tips. Let’s explore important Google Classroom updates, features, tips, and organizational strategies. Google Classroom Advanced Tips.

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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. This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device.

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