Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2019

The post How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Choosing a digital assessment strategy is not easy, but it is critical to success! Carly is here to share some classroom struggles and some projects that she’s tried. Don’t miss this conversation! shakeuplearning #edtech.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2015

wikispaces.com/ Most teachers and education leaders today agree that our schools need a nudge in the direction of rigor and relevance. This year’s Model Schools Conference is going to be worlds apart from the traditional education conference. Bill Daggett edcamp ICLE Jim Warford Jimmy Casas Makerspace Model Schools Conference'

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. There is something I learned about the power of play when I was an educator and when I was a school leader that has never left me,” says Swanson. Katrina Stevens, a former U.S.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 17, 2017

Needless to say, I'm trying to look at methods from a non-marginalizing approach and make the assumption that every teacher is trying their best to meet the needs of their classroom goals and individual students. I know there are strategies for pulling in the outliers but do we use them? That is the worst thing to happen in education.

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My Island View

APRIL 13, 2015

As educators one would expect that teachers and teacher/administrators should be experts on the best most effective and efficient methods of getting large groups of children to understand, learn, and use information responsibly to create more information. I firmly believe most educators have these very skills to accomplish this with kids.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 7, 2019

Here at EdTechTeam our daily work is to inspire and empower educators so that they can continue to do the good work of inspiring and empowering students. In this shout out to our educator community, we’d love to highlight ways teachers can inspire and appreciate one another. Educators are the last ones to appreciate themselves.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The enthusiasm shared by educators who understand that social media will forever impact their lives and practice is very reminiscent of the vibe expressed by dot-commers two decades ago during the first wave of the Internet boom—this is a very good thing. I’ve served as both a journalist and participant within each movement. Here’s why.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2017

Listen to Felicia Casto talk about her awesome elementary math classroom. Kitty Tripp, @ kitty_tripp an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator, but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom.

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My Island View

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Anyone who thinks that there is one answer to all that is wrong in education is at the very least ill informed. Public education has had hundreds of years to establish practices and procedures that would ultimately slow down any progressive ideas for change. The best example I can think of is the Edcamp movement.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 17, 2018

For those of us in education, summer is a time for relaxation, reflecting, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE, or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the model has gained traction among educators in recent years. Technology and new theories of learning have led to groundbreaking shifts in how we define and support great teaching, with educators themselves leading the charge. And the opportunities for educators don’t stop there.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

For those of us in education, summer is a time for relaxation, reflecting, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 3, 2015

Great group shot of #edcampusdoed w/ @arneduncan pic.twitter.com/oex1G4cNcg — Zac Chase (@MrChase) May 29, 2015 #EdCampUSA On Friday, May 29, I had the privilege to attend #EdCampUSA (aka EdCamp DOED) in Washington D.C. This was no ordinary EdCamp. This EdCamp was held at the U.S. Oh, and the U.S. Oh, and the U.S.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

One of the struggles in Wisconsin is digital learning days, where students with limited or no access to WIFI at home cannot access their education. Michael Flood currently serves as Vice President of Strategy at Kajeet. Accelerators and Hurdles. She has been with the district since 1999 as both a teacher and the technology coordinator.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

As educators continue to face much uncertainty, we also have to get extra creative with virtual PD. Much like the K12 classroom, we have to rethink everything–planning, delivery, and followup. I am working on some new resources to help educators design more meaningful blended PD (a new podcast series starts on Tuesday!).

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

We are talking about some alternative ways to share professional learning tips and strategies through what has been dubbed as #PottyPD. I am not the first one to use this strategy; there are many different versions out there. Educators have a never-ending to-do list! I’m not blaming anyone. I’m guilty of it myself.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 18, 2016

For those in education, summer is a time for relaxation, reflecting, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

What educator wouldn’t love: a person who helped them organize top quality resources? With easy access to websites, blogs, online PD, webinars, YouTube, workshops, and social media, finding digital resources is not hard to do. Organizing what we find, however, for efficient access when we need it, might not be so easy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

I had heard about Breakout EDU back in 2015 when it first hit the EdCamp scene in New Jersey. Breakout EDU is an immersive learning game platform where players use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open a locked box. I bought a Breakout box and had it ready to go but never used it.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool. As a frequent attendee of the annual ISTE conference, and a Technology teacher, I found the conference in Philadelphia lacking many sessions dedicated to technology in the classroom.

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MindShift

JANUARY 3, 2017

So after a colleague she admired and teachers she followed on social media began extolling the learning advantages of letting go of control in the classroom, Riley decided to give it a try. “I She shared her findings at a recent EdCamp gathering in New Jersey. Riley’s students prefer the new classroom environment, she said.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As founding director of CASTLE (the Center for the Advanced Study of Tech­nology Leadership in Education), the nation’s only university center dedicated to the technology needs of school leaders, I have had the good fortune to work with administrators all over the world on digital leadership issues.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 23, 2015

For those in education, summer is a time for relaxation, regrouping, and also new learning. Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new technologies and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Teacher Librarians.what are our classrooms? I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom! As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. The Classroom Cribs Challenge - Starts Aug 14! Our libraries, of course!

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 22, 2019

It’s not more or less than a classroom teacher, it’s just different. This strategy has worked well for me so far. I’m tying her planning strategy with GSuite tools for the purpose of increasing our productivity. In this guest post by Pam Hubler , you will find many useful Google Tips for Instructional Coaches and Tech Coaches.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 26, 2018

Rushton Hurley has given us a witty, thought-provoking, and inspiring book for all educators. In fact, if you’re in the field of education, this book is a must-read. For the new educator, it will inspire you to think more deliberately and plan the habits you want to develop your craft around. to this Padlet: [link].

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Editor’s Note: Teaching Channel has partnered with Student Achievement Partners on a blog series about digital literacy tools and their effective use by educators. We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom. BookTrack Classroom. We rarely give the process, as a whole, meaningful context.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The Alliance for Excellent Education is holding the event to c elebrate effective teaching and learning practices powered by technology as part of Digital Learning Day. Find out what teachers want most for their classrooms before allocating grant money to devices and programs that won’t be fully utilized.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. We look forward to discovering more ways to collaborate and create educational resources and grow and improve. The panel discussed the benefits of kidcasts.

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MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2017

When schools try to innovate, they often take a traditional top-down approach: devise a strategy, roll it out to teachers and support a high-fidelity implementation. In education and beyond, innovation is usually the result of iteration rather than central planning. These are really powerful pathways into understanding learning.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

One of the worst experiences is listening to a non-educator telling a teacher what they should and should not do in their classroom. Why are we constantly revamping educational programs but we deliver the same PD for teachers? One PL strategy that seems to work well are Edcamps. and no particular order….

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

This is a contribution to Cathy Rubin’s Global Search for Education Top Global Teacher Blogger’s Column. My strategy of Kaizen innovation is that I “innovate like a turtle.” Coming back from GAETC 2015, I realized that I had been to the conference before but my classroom was unchanged.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool. As a frequent attendee of the annual ISTE conference, and a Technology teacher, I found the conference in Philadelphia lacking many sessions dedicated to technology in the classroom.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 15, 2016

Felipe Piedra Principal, Ranchos Middle School Fresno, CA I feel blessed and fortunate to have had the opportunity to take a team of educators with me to the GAFE Summit in Mountain View. Our #squadgoal is to make sure we are all Google certified as a staff and that we can provide our students with a transformed educational experience.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 12, 2016

That alone has helped schools launch Google Sites in K12 schools across the globe, using Sites for e-portfolios, teacher websites, campus websites, edcamp websites, training websites, and much more. It hasn’t been pretty, but many have developed strategies to make it so. Some of us have even nerded out a little hacking the platform.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 25, 2018

The 5 C’s of the awesome math classroom are conjecture, communication, collaboration, chaos (listen to the show and don’t be afraid), and celebration according to 25-year educator Gerald Aungst. Gerald is author of Five Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom and gives us an overview of what makes an incredible math classroom.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Her question prompts educators to not only choose their words and stories carefully, but to reflect on how well we plan for increased access to digital tools in schools. Gardner Campbell, No Digital Facelifts: Thinking the Unthinkable About Open Educational Experiences. Before we got to the discussion we needed a snappy hashtag.

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