Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. As facilitators, we often keep a few things in mind: When do we need divergent thinking?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Students model how professional product teams work together to create prototypes for authentic users. Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. Interested in learning more?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Through coding, kids can increase their computational and innovative thinking, expand their creativity and collaboration, learn how to think outside the box, and have more confidence in themselves. Students have also used programs like Scratch and its app counterpart ScratchJr to develop coding skills. Join the Community.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Participants will have the opportunity to develop edtech leadership skills including; managing diverse teams, leading a variety of projects simultaneously, and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders. 00:01:18 Speaker 1 Talk a little bit about the CTO Academy with Cozen and how that has enabled your work. I really appreciate it.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Teaching computer coding skills and concepts in the primary grades may sound like a challenge, but now there are hands-on activities and age-appropriate software that engage young students in this type of learning. During a recent edWebinar , ways to develop early coding skills through playful learning were presented by Leanna Prater, Ed.D.,

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The conversation about how to achieve those outcomes for all students is much more complex. A clear understanding of how the Science of Reading leads to structured literacy and how to apply these teaching principles has shown that the 95% of students who are capable of learning to read can build this skill set.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Educators aren’t that different from their students when it comes to their learning, so why should they be expected to learn everything at once instead of gradually, as they hope their students can? They must be taught how to apply it effectively. Collaborative Learning. Next page: 3 more PD best practices).

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 6, 2017

Starting in April, Educator Innovator will host a dynamic opportunity for open learning via author partnerships, annotathons (more on these below!), The founders of Marginal Syllabus aim to advance educator professional development about education in/equity through the use of participatory learning technologies.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2019

While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in the edWebinar “ Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. This helps students avoid labels and learn to work with all of their peers.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

Students naturally understand the display and how to connect their devices. This invites them to share their work and collaborate. Hybrid Learning and Flipped Classrooms. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ Enhance and Simplify Any Classroom Routine with Interactive Smart Boards ,” sponsored by Samsung.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

To provide the best possible teaching and learning environment, school leaders need to provide their teachers with professional learning opportunities that are personalized and engaging. edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that hosts special interest communities on innovative topics in education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Their collaborative learning is powered by the video evidence of their own classrooms. The book includes a framework for analyzing video evidence along with 12 video learning strategies such as Video Learning Communities (VLCs), Virtual Walk-throughs and Online Lesson Study. Who and what should teachers capture on video?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

-Discovery Education’s Math Techbook and Professional Learning Services to Strengthen Efforts to Create Dynamic Digital Classrooms – Silver Spring, Md. Through this effort, students are building collaborative learning skills that prepare them for college and careers.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn. How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts. How fun would it be to teach and collaborate with another teacher on another continent?!!!

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It was more like a media center and had spaces that were created for collaborative learning as well as spaces to work your own. Flexible seating accommodated the learning needs of many different learners, and it was a space, unlike anything I had seen in education before. It was incredible to watch.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

February 18, 2008 – How to start shifting teachers: A successful model. The PD model we started at this time has grown and developed since… and is still a large part of how I approach workshops and professional learning with teachers – and how Kim does as well. Do you remember Karl Fisch ?

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As teachers take the reins and led their own professional development related to using video in teacher learning, the relationship dynamic between teachers and instructional coaches has shifted. To their credit, teachers are tackling this dramatic shift to distance learning. So, what is the instructional coach’s role?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

For many districts, the days of after-school PowerPoint-driven lectures not differentiated by content, expertise, grade-level or delivery, not to mention daylong workshops on an obsolete topic, have recently given way to face-to-face coaching programs and professional learning communities. Hard questions lead to the right answer.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. All are welcome to participate at the level and to the extent that make sense for their own individual learning goals, but we encourage a deep dive.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

If you didn''t participate last year, this US Department of Education-sponsored month-long series of events focuses on the significant ways that online collaborative learning is playing in professional development. From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!), See you online!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

She believes that if students do not have a voice and choice in their learning, then all of the focus on the core academics will not amount to much. I have found that the happiest students learn best in classrooms with the happiest teachers. Our school has implemented what I call a collaborative learning cycle.

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Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

She believes that if students do not have a voice and choice in their learning, then all of the focus on the core academics will not amount to much. I have found that the happiest students learn best in classrooms with the happiest teachers. Our school has implemented what I call a collaborative learning cycle.

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Student Engagement Collaborative Learning Meeting Assessment 28

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Mistakes were and still are seen as part of the teaching and learning process. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Mistakes were and still are seen as part of the teaching and learning process. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better.

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

Prior to getting there though, I may or may not have kissed a ton of “edu-frogs” in terms of buying into books and models that helped me “structure learning” in the garden that I came to believe that learning needed to be. It doesn’t. Kudos to her and her team for creating this and putting it out there.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

If you want to follow those tweets, you can either track the conference hashtag #ticalsls14 or you can follow the Learning Revolution Twitter account at @learnrevproject. To see the conference schedule in your own time zone, and for instructions on how to click through and enter a session, please go to our schedule page.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 26, 2012

As we wrap up our second year of Collaboration Coaching , we celebrate the success we''ve had with collaboration, learning with colleagues, and creating 21st century, student-centered classrooms. What is a Collaboration Coach? We''ve adapted it to fit our district''s needs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

-Catalina Valenzuela "Loved the chance to learn, share and grow both as an educator and as a person who wants to stay abreast of changes and innovation." A fantastic demonstration of a global learning event." Jessie Voigts "Thanks for providing this global forum that truly flattens the world of learning." Martinez H.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 7, 2022

The post 15+ Ways to Use Drop-Down Menus in Google Docs – SULS0161 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Kasey also shares how to manipulate the drop-down menu so it’s possible to reuse it. . Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Video emerged as a crucial, game-changing tool in this adaptation, enabling K-12 teachers to provide students with the best possible learning environments despite the crisis. With teachers and students returning to the classroom, video technology tops the list of tools that will continue to bolster instruction and learning.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Consider using these strategies to jumpstart district/school and family collaboration: Gathering Data Collecting data on families’ assistive tech needs and wants—and identifying the learning goals they have for their children—frames their engagement. Get to know families to determine how to work with them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Mentoring and Classes.

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