eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Waxhaw, North Carolina – North Carolina based QoreInsights, an innovative education technology company, is excited to announce the launch of its AI-Enabled Personalized Professional Learning Grant for Rural Districts. What is the Classroom Education Plan (CEP)? Learn more about CEP [link] Who Should Apply?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for on-demand, personalized professional learning. The Edcamp Organizer micro-credential aims to honor these educator leaders’ depth of understanding about participant-driven professional development.

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Discovery Education

JULY 10, 2023

Education is constantly changing—from how to engage today’s students to updated technology in the classroom, there’s always something new to learn. So how can professional learning help keep educators up to speed with all these changes?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Instructional technology is a critical component of teaching and learning in today’s world. Technology, when aligned to research-based practices, supports teachers in delivering instruction that is adapted to meet the needs of all students. However, it’s not enough for teachers to simply use technology tools.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. However, with educators pivoting to distance learning, organizers have developed virtual Edcamps to continue creating opportunities for voice and choice in their professional learning.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. The program’s goal was to improve student achievement and higher-order thinking skills through more effective use of educational technology.

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

The different factors that we know impact learning encompass the whole child—not just their math and literacy skills but also their cognitive abilities, social-emotional states, and their personal background. All of these factors interact to impact a child’s readiness to learn when they come into the classroom.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment. We recognize that while educators adapt to new realities, they remain dedicated to their students’ well-being and learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2024

Imagine a classroom buzzing with engaged students, actively constructing knowledge and diving deep into topics that spark their curiosity. This vibrant learning environment does not just happen by chance. A shift to personalized professional learning can change this dynamic.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Maybe the 45-minute commute had a little to do with it, but the main culprit was how I used available time in the classroom. Nights and weekends were spent at the local office store getting transparencies made for the overhead projector, which was the primary technology tool at the time. Each night I came home exhausted.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. What did we learn about coaching trends in the U.S.? 11 from 3-4 p.m.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2024

North Carolina based QoreInsights announced today the launch of a MicroGrant program where they will award three schools with free site wide licenses for unlimited use of their AI-enabled personalized professional learning platform, The Classroom Education Plan© (CEP).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Have you ever stepped into a classroom decked out with technology, but the learning goals for the technology weren’t clear? Edtech has opened up an array of possibilities for instruction and learning. TPACK stands for technological pedagogical content knowledge.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2022

Cristin Kennedy, Director of Instructional Technology for Cobb County Schools in Georgia, was recently recognized for leading the way on technology implementation.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Laura is the new media specialist at NMHS and has been challenged to develop innovative ways to create structures to recognize informal learning of both teachers and students. As a 21st Century Library Media Specialist, part of what I strive to do is to serve as an instructional technology resource for both educators and learners. ?In

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The math department at Corinth High school has been using the flipped approach with Bitmoji classrooms as well as self-paced programs with a great deal of success. For more remote and hybrid learning strategies and resources click HERE. Under the current circumstances, I would agree.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Immersive, experiential technology is transforming how both students and teachers learn. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) provide deeper engagement, opportunities for collaboration, and hands-on learning that places newly acquired knowledge and skills in context. Immersive learning isn’t just for students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Immersive, experiential technology is transforming how both students and teachers learn. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) provide deeper engagement, opportunities for collaboration, and hands-on learning that places newly acquired knowledge and skills in context. Immersive learning isn’t just for students.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2023

Tutoring for Schools will provide thought-provoking discussions, conveniently recorded edLeader Panels and podcasts designed for real-time learning, and monthly blog posts with strategies to scale tutoring district wide and improve student outcomes. Visit Varsity Tutors for Schools to learn more.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

They are a 1:1 district who have really begun to hit their stride and push the envelope when it comes to the purposeful use of technology aligned to research-based pedagogy. Since pacing is a pivotal component of both personalized and blended learning, I did another Google search for ways to integrate timers into Google Slides.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Immersive, experiential technology is transforming how both students and teachers learn. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) provide deeper engagement, opportunities for collaboration, and hands-on learning that places newly acquired knowledge and skills in context. Immersive learning isn’t just for students.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

There are plenty of reasons and ways to use edtech with students in the classroom, but what about edtech for teachers? Our recent chat with Monica Burns reminded us not to forget about teachers using technology for themselves. Thinking of how students use technology can offer more ideas for how edtech for teachers can be utilized.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can now boost literacy instruction via LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning. About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON (Aug.

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More Verbs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Maine Learning Technology Framework describes the key elements and components needed to achieve the greatest learning benefit from a district’s technology investment. The core of the Framework are student learning experiences and a district’s Shared Vision for Learning.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 5, 2017

Learn about building online professional learning communities with Merry Cora, 51Talk Teaching Specialist. In this piece, she shares her experience working for 51Talk, and how she built an online professional learning community through respect and politeness. Want to learn more about teaching for 51Talk?

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 30, 2016

Why do we not take a stand when it comes to our own professional learning? Professional development comes in all forms and can be delivered in a multitude of ways. But I believe there are 3 things for us to remember when it comes to any type of professional development or professional learning.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes. After taking some time to reflect on your learnings, you’ll be ready to create a plan to sustain your technology practice in the school year to come.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequitable access to technology and broadband, particularly for students who have been traditionally marginalized. Ongoing, embedded professional learning opportunities for teachers. Always-available technology and broadband access. Support for parents and caregivers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mark Sparvell cites current research about what students really want in their classroom and how social-emotional learning relates to education technology. Mark has taught both pre-service and post-graduate studies.

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Battelle for Kids

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Driving Question: How Can Schools Rethink Professional Learning to Improve School Success? Twenty-four years ago, I stepped through the doors of my first fourth grade classroom. Volume 2, Issue 14, Number 3.

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Discovery Education

MAY 11, 2022

Even so, many of you are likely already prepping for what’s to come and planning professional learning to get ready for the fall. Whether you’re helping coordinate PL sessions or simply an enthusiastic participant, we’ve picked 10 of our favorite SOS Instructional Strategies will give a fresh take on professional learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To that end, we chatted with HP Teaching Fellows Rola Tibshiran i, Vicky Masson , Joseph Filipic , Jim Pedrech and Chad Sorrells about how critical professional learning networks (PLNs) have been to both their craft and their well-being. The HP Teaching Fellows, part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, is one such network.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

BOSTON – Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A teacher once told me a story of her Principal: As he walked by three classrooms in the hallway, each with the door open, he expected to hear teachers speaking the same sentence in all three classrooms—the first teacher beginning the sentence, the second in the middle, and, at the last classroom door, the third teacher completing the sentence.

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