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Why Professional Learning Is a Crucial Piece of a 1:1 Program

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“I felt I had a system that worked, and introducing this ‘nonsense’ wouldn’t add anything to my classroom and would only create more work for me and be a distraction for my students,” she said. She had her students put their devices away when they entered her classroom and continued teaching the same way she had for the last two decades.

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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. For example, if it’s just a cute little game for elementary school students, it’s not meeting the goal of enhancing learning. jena.passut_7651.

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Connecting the Classroom to Careers Through AI Explorations

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From live-updating, turn-by-turn driving directions to responsive voice-controlled digital assistants—all in the palms of our hands—we are constantly interacting with computer programming where machines learn from experience and adjust to new data to perform human-like tasks. It impacts every field of study in education.

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Assessing the Value of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB's)

A Principal's Reflections

Long gone are the days where the overhead projector reigned supreme in the classroom. In many cases, every classroom is outfitted, as well as conference rooms and professional learning spaces. Many of the devices even come with excellent software packages that can be used to increase student engagement.

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How to Drive Student Success With Creative Generative AI Tools in the Classroom: Part 2

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Firefly is designed to be safe for commercial use, and thanks to guardrails encouraging appropriate use, it is ready to be used in classrooms. Educators are just beginning to discover the most exciting ways that generative AI can engage students, drive deeper learning, save time and streamline mundane tasks. Alliance.

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Survey: What online professional learning do teachers prefer?

eSchool News

New survey reveals teachers’ professional learning preferences, trends in priorities. The 2016 Vision K-20 Professional Learning Survey Report is the ninth annual national K-20 educator survey from the Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN) of SIIA, and also is the first survey focusing on online professional learning (PL).

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

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The move may seem unusual particularly as Thille, a frequent speaker at education conferences, has openly questioned the role of technology companies in developing learning technologies. Amazon operates its own education division, Amazon Education, that currently offers products and services aimed at K-12 classrooms.