Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2019

If you are part of a professional learning community, the questions below are designed to facilitate a conversation–in person or online–about the issues discussed in this episode of The Balance. Do you make an effort to notice engagement and document those moments? Why or why not? If not, what limits your ability to be creative?

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When we formed the Michigan Virtual Learning Continuity Workgroup in April 2020, we knew these struggles all too well. We started a running document listing these shared challenges—a rather therapeutic exercise. You lived and led through this experience yourselves.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Virtually none have received extensive professional learning in this area. If the plan is to just “deliver” content though video, this constitutes no real difference from direct instruction in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

More and more schools and organizations are wanting to integrate video as a professional learning tool for teachers. At Edthena , a video coaching and professional learning platform, we work with many organizations working with video for the first time. But once you’ve got the recording device, what do you do?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. The DPA creates the context for our work with leaders and teachers, providing authentic baseline data to support personalized professional learning.

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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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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2022

To support educators in accessing quality and relevant professional learning tools at the beginning of the pandemic, we curated a list of micro-credentials that could be earned with a remote or hybrid classroom. We have shifted our development process to reflect these lessons learned.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 22, 2017

Their program embodies four of the key features identified by educational researchers as characterizing high quality professional learning experiences, the effective design of online communities for teachers, and best practices for integrating informal online professional learning with formal district professional development.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials. In the heart of rural Appalachia, teachers may be required to travel 3-6 hours to reach in-person professional development opportunities.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They built an online professional learning program that uses the edWeb.net platform in combination with webinars and 14 virtual specialists in social studies at all grade levels. Our goal was to find a way to provide professional learning for content and instructional support throughout the state of Georgia.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The AI Revolution: Google’s Developers on the Future of Artificial Intelligence (60 Minutes) AI in the K-12 Classroom (AVID Open Access) Artificial Intelligence (U.S. How can you leverage AI to improve teaching and learning? Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom is a guide for elective teachers from ISTE and General Motors.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Yet despite some efforts to document the experiences and outcomes of multilingual learners in the district, a legal monitor noted last year that Boston’s school leaders had defied requests for records showing how it spent its funds. This is especially true in rural communities with few options to support professional learning experiences.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2019

To earn a micro-credential, teachers submit evidence of student work from classroom activities where they have applied one of the computational thinking practices (note that working with data is divided into two micro-credentials), as well as documentation of lesson planning and reflection.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The post Google Classroom Comments: All You Need to Know! – SULS086 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Feedback is a crucial part of the learning process, and with Google tools and Google Classroom, giving feedback on digital assignments has never been easier. Watch this video to learn how! Class Comments.

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Edthena

JUNE 5, 2023

Whether you’re a district-wide PD director or a school principal, it’s important to maximize the time teachers spend engaging in their professional learning and growth. Teachers already have a full plate and should find their professional development experiences valuable and easy to turn into classroom action.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

There is no shortage of sound research on what constitutes effective professional development for teachers—focusing on specific curriculum content, encouraging active learning, supporting collaboration among peers, and offering opportunities for analysis of student work.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 12, 2018

A recent winner of the ISTE Seal of Alignment Report , Participate.com is a professional learning networker’s dream, packed with features offering local relevance as well as the potential for global connections. Librarians and classroom teacher partners will appreciate the updated Collections feature. Collections.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jackie Gerstein Recently, EdSurge spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms: Dr. Jackie Gerstein, Dr. Brandon Taylor and Dr. Stacy George. EdSurge: How have you incorporated the teaching of AI in the classroom?

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2019

Do you want to add your Bitmoji to a document in Drive? Students can create, edit and publish videos, images, documents, projects and more. Kate serves as the Director of Professional Learning for EdTechTeam. The post Innovation and Creativity in the Classroom with Chromebooks appeared first on EdTechTeam.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2018

In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. Traditionally, that requires educators to take courses, whether in the classroom or online. . Open New Doors for Teachers in the Classroom. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

According to the Dictionary , a Mission Statement is: An official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization. Your Instructional Coaching Department Mission Statement, in reflection of this definition, needs to be crafted as an official document and widely recognized in the school district by all members.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). This should be true in your traditional classroom also. If the tech is intimidating, students will avoid it, will not learn the lessons, and will not enjoy your class.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The latter takes form when administrators feel they are a slave to email, their calendars, and paperwork in the way of digital documents. It also takes an eye off the most critical job of any school leader – improving learning while developing a positive culture. Commit to getting into classrooms more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Real-World, Meaningful Problems This kind of scenario — linking the drama of mountaineering with work on percentages in middle school math — can effectively be used in a problem-based learning (PBL) approach in the classroom. It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

These are great questions since there aren’t many examples of artificial intelligence related to teachers’ professional learning. How AI Coaching by Edthena supports teacher professional learning. Classroom routines and procedures. Teachers document the impact of their plan on student learning and outcomes.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 4, 2015

What if we created professional learning opportunities that were not only engaging, but also empowered educators in the change process? If you do “Inquiry Based Learning” in your professional learning, I would love for you to leave a link in the comments.). (If Has that ever been tried?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs. For example, Gwinnett County Public Schools designed an online learning system (eCLASS) to support emergency online learning needs.

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TeacherCast

MAY 19, 2022

ORIGO Education is a leading provider of elementary math solutions from Pre-K to Grade 6 committed to helping make learning mathematics meaningful, enjoyable, and accessible to all students and their teachers. students have access to a variety of tools and activities to learn mathematics. What Does ORIGO Offer Teachers?

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Building on the success and feedback from previous volumes, we’re thrilled to offer this new edition as a tool to inspire and facilitate your journey through the world of podcasts for professional learning. I love using choice boards in the classroom AND in professional learning experiences.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

During this time, her interest in the relationship between student learning outcomes and data-driven insights first emerged, guiding her approach to understanding student progress and informing future educational strategies. EdSurge: Why is data-driven decision-making important in K-12 education at the classroom and district levels?

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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Edthena

MARCH 30, 2021

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. Now these barriers are eliminated.

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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. Stay tuned at the show's end to learn about ten top things to do and top topics to learn for teachers this summer. So much so.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Show Sponsor: PowerSchool This summer, PowerSchool announced the Unified Classroom. The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. Learn about the Unified Classroom. Listen Now.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

According to the Dictionary , a Mission Statement is: An official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization. Your Instructional Coaching Department Mission Statement, in reflection of this definition, needs to be crafted as an official document and widely recognized in the school district by all members.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 17, 2017

The post Move from a Static Classroom to a Dynamic Classroom (Shake Up Challenge!) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Is Your Classroom Static or Dynamic? Meaning, does your classroom offer one-and-done types of learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond?

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