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How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App Clubhouse

Edsurge

With the feel of an in-person conference and the energy of an Edcamp, educators are finding this audio app is a new place to connect with educators from around the world. Infused Classroom series author Holly Clark (@holllyclarkedu on CH) describes it as, “an interactive podcast. What is Clubhouse? I can interact or I can just listen.

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. From that point forward, we started an adventure to create edCamp New Jersey which topped out at over 1,000 educators one year and was visited by the local cops because of the overflow of parking at the school building. Once the trend goes away so could your brand.

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5 Ways to Participate in #ISTE17 even if you’re not there #notatiste17

The CoolCatTeacher

I will be leading a panel discussion on the 5 teacher trends changing education. You will also want to come by PowerSchool’s Classroom of the Future in 207A where they will be giving away Apple Watches, Microsoft Surfaces and Amazon Echoes. For those of you not at ISTE check out the Unified Classroom at [link]. Listen Now.

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

Edsurge

But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. Higher education is trending to faster and more targeted offerings as well.”. What’s a classroom memory that sticks with her? She still chairs the board for the foundation.).

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Once the trend goes away so could your brand. Thank you for many many ISTE, edCamp, and NJEA presentations. At one point, I was managing the RSS feeds of more than 65 educators and keeping everything organized on several spreadsheets. Seriously … THANK YOU.

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Big ideas and ed trends from the #ASCD15 conference

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Here are 6 big ideas and educational trends I heard throughout the 3 day conference: 1) School culture. The most inspiring presentations in that regard for me were from Rafe Esquith , who talked about culture at the classroom level, and Todd Whitaker , who spoke about it at the school level. What big trends did you notice?

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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. I’ve talked to some administrators who say, “Hey, we did an EdCamp last month, and the teachers loved it. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. Listen Now.

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