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How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Edthena

There are plenty of reasons and ways to use edtech with students in the classroom, but what about edtech for teachers? The author of Ed Tech Essentials and founder of Class Tech Tips encourages educators to use tech tools for their own professional learning. Edtech for teachers bridges the gaps to more collaboration.

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Developing a “National Geographic Explorer” Mindset in the Classroom

Digital Promise

Teachers are constantly engaging with others—students, parents, and colleagues—yet they are the only ones with a complete understanding of their classrooms and practices. A Socratic seminar? Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. As a result, being a teacher can be lonely. Sounds great!

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Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

Edsurge

The same company clarified that Thille will focus on workplace learning efforts explicitly for Amazon employees, so it is unlikely that Thille will be involved in the company’s public-facing education offerings. Amazon operates its own education division, Amazon Education, that currently offers products and services aimed at K-12 classrooms.

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How Micro-Credentials Support Professional Learning

edWeb.net

During her presentation “Measuring and Sustaining Professional Learning Through Micro-Credentials,” Odelia Younge, senior project director for educator micro-credentials at Digital Promise, explained the key elements of micro-credentials, how they work, and what differentiates them from other professional development.

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How Micro-Credentials Boost Career Pathways in Rural Communities

edWeb.net

What happens when a state has a professional learning mandate for teachers but no funding to offer them? Or taking any professional learning seminar requires hours of travel with no viable substitutes to cover the class? Blog post by Stacey Pusey based on this edLeader Panel.

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Committee for Children Expands into Adult Education with New Social-Emotional Learning Program for K–12 Educators

eSchool News

After a tumultuous year of navigating remote learning and uncertainty, stress and burnout have spiked, pushing morale down even further and leading to a teacher shortage with real consequences. Second Step SEL for Adults is a web-based professional learning program designed by educators for educators.

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When the future of learning includes teacher training, too

The Hechinger Report

Teachers are routinely told they should not stand in the front of the classroom and lecture. Dynamic classrooms get students moving around, working together and engaging in hands-on activities. Fourth grade teacher Milton Bryant works with students in a small group during a blended learning session at Ketcham Elementary School.