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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

All of these organizations are shifting the needle and rocking professional learning nationwide. This resource is sure to jumpstart your next professional learning or team building activity! EdCamp Foundation. URL: www.cue.org. URL: www.edcamp.org. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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8 Education Books For The Digital Age: The Connected Educator Series #CorwinCE

The Web20Classroom

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. The Edcamp model connects educators to PD like never before.

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Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

Edsurge

The future, and increasingly the present, of educator professional development is predicated upon insights and resources shared within professional learning communities. Many left the classroom and are now evangelizing the power of social media and education around the world and during conferences like ISTE. Participate.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Newsletter Sponsor Click for more information Partner Spotlight CORE Education is a not-for-profit educational consultancy, professional learning and research organisation. Is your library mobile friendly? How can teachers inspire learning? Improving Classroom Discussions by Asking Better Questions. Classroom 2.0

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Why innovation is Crucial in Education #Podcast

The Principal of Change

It is convenient, but does this lead to better learning in the classroom? My answer is that it could lead to worse learning faster. Look at EdCamp. Someone had to have a vision of what a “phone” could be, but when you look at mobile devices, this has led to other innovations.

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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

Through a school library’s checkout program, these low-cost mobile devices provide students and households in need with secure, reliable, and safe access to the internet. Outside of the classroom, she is the lead organizer for Edcamp Suwannee and also co-moderates #FLedChat and #RuralEdChat each week on Twitter.

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3 Misconceptions About Innovation in Education

The Principal of Change

It is definitely convenient, but does this lead to better learning in the classroom? My answer is that it could actually lead to worse learning, faster. Look at EdCamp. But innovation is a way of thinking, not simply the way we use technology. Students do not necessarily become better learners, but better test takers.