Fractus Learning

MAY 5, 2015

I am sure every educator looks forward to staff meetings, right? Many times, staff meetings become housekeeping lists, presentations on topics, and there is little interaction among teachers. Trust me, I’m guilty of leading this kind of staff meeting, and not just once, but for many years. Frequently, this is not the case.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Ubiquitous access to technology means that acquiring knowledge is no longer dependent solely on a classroom teacher. The case for blending and online learning. understands that families in today’s complex society need flexibility and options to meet their child’s individual educational needs.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

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. Leveraging technology is one way to meet the challenge.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

To provide the best possible teaching and learning environment, school leaders need to provide their teachers with professional learning opportunities that are personalized and engaging. edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that hosts special interest communities on innovative topics in education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. • New players in the education market will focus on models of learning rather than methods of teaching. The continuing failure to meet the needs of a growing number of students will demand different approaches and practices taught in Colleges of Education.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

In this episode, Kasey interviews Mike Marotta, co-author of Inclusive Learning 365. Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning.

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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Their collaborative learning is powered by the video evidence of their own classrooms. During an instructional coaching cycle, teachers can use any device to easily record, upload and share videos of their classroom practices with their peers or coaches. Instead, they should capture the everyday reality of classroom life.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

-Discovery Education’s Math Techbook and Professional Learning Services to Strengthen Efforts to Create Dynamic Digital Classrooms – Silver Spring, Md. Through this effort, students are building collaborative learning skills that prepare them for college and careers.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2019

While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in the edWebinar “ Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. and Karen L. Brown, M.Ed., Join the Community.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection. These important attributes of a PBL classroom need to be intentionally thought out as part of the online experience. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 30, 2017

At the British International School of Shanghai, Hopkin and Soloway are trying to create an experience among the staff that helps teachers notice their own teaching moves as they happen in the classroom. You as the teacher are still the expert with responsibility and control for your professional experience.”

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The PL2C Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This collaborative practice is based on the medical model or rounds. When engaged in rounds, groups conduct as many substantive observations of classrooms as possible within part of a day or the entire day. In the Classroom: Observe.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The other part of my job is hosting a nightly CEM "cafe" all month so you can personally meet lots of special "connected" guests--stay tuned!). From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!),

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Angel Barrett Bringing the World to Your Classroom - Kathryn Stoerzbach Educational Promotion Manager GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT - A Vision for Education and Change in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone - Jennifer D.

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Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

In our school, we facilitate regular instructional leadership team meetings where we discuss the building’s goals and objectives. Meeting agendas and minutes are regularly shared out via Google Docs to ensure everyone is aware of our conversations. Our school has implemented what I call a collaborative learning cycle.

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Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

In our school, we facilitate regular instructional leadership team meetings where we discuss the building’s goals and objectives. Meeting agendas and minutes are regularly shared out via Google Docs to ensure everyone is aware of our conversations. Our school has implemented what I call a collaborative learning cycle.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. Even in schools outside of the Verizon Innovative Learning network, coaches reported that they were valued more by teachers and administrators than prior to the pandemic.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis. These attributes of student engagement became the characteristics I would use as a lens when observing and experiencing classroom instruction. These questions became our agenda for the evening.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis. These attributes of student engagement became the characteristics I would use as a lens when observing and experiencing classroom instruction. These questions became our agenda for the evening.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Advances in technology have fueled the growth of meeting virtually, giving people the ability to actively participate in team meetings no matter where they are in the world. Cynthia “Such a gift to learning and sharing!" Anonymous “Fantastic way to conference without leaving the classroom." -R. Martinez H. Pakistan ties.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech coaching/mentoring is available from experts who work with you via email or virtual meetings to prepare lesson plans, teach to standards, integrate tech into core classroom time.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2016

Showing a growing trend in the field, this year’s FETC brought more educators than ever before – almost 10,000 school professionals, from superintendents and principals, to instructional technology coaches and classroom teachers. A new opportunity to convert older computers to classroom Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2016

As part of our research on what PD should look like , we found that both teachers and administrators value the same things in professional development—and it’s not sitting and getting. In a nutshell, they want professional learning opportunities that are: Relevant. Teachers value learning most when it comes from other teachers.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Video emerged as a crucial, game-changing tool in this adaptation, enabling K-12 teachers to provide students with the best possible learning environments despite the crisis. With teachers and students returning to the classroom, video technology tops the list of tools that will continue to bolster instruction and learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 30, 2012

and shows an amazing level of support by the DOE for the role of online communities and social learning networks--networks like Classroom 2.0 that are "helping hundreds of thousands of educators learn, reducing isolation and providing ''just in time'' access to knowledge and opportunities for collaboration."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Training in the supporting skills and techniques is rare in teacher education and in the preparation of faculty, museum, and library professionals. Learn more and register for this free event here. Saturday, October 18th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show: Twitter Chats with Alice Keeler , Join Classroom 2.0 Fall Read-Aloud Ideas.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

MCP Instructional Learning Experience Designer and Mindfulness Educator Global Information Literacy Panel , Steve Hargadon, Co-Chair, Global Education Conference Global Outlook - STEAM up the STEM skills for Global Collaboration , Kavita Sanghvi, Principal, C.N.M. Messiah College | Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Ph.D., Dr. Beate W.

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