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New Micro-credentials for Summer Professional Learning

Digital Promise

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for personalized professional learning. Because they are on-demand, micro-credentials also enable educators to continue their professional learning from home during periods like COVID-19 school closures and summer break.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

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? Preparation sets up students for success.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. Badging has become particularly popular for encouraging teachers to learn new tech skills. Online Professional Learning.

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Connected Educator Month Kickoff Details! PLUS Library 2.013 Proposals Deadline

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Quick news on Library 2.013 , our third annual worldwide, online, and free conference on libraries, librarians, and librarianship: the formal deadline for session proposals is end of day Monday, September 30th. We hope you''ll submit ! Any proposals after that date will be accepted only on a space-available basis.

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5 Strategies for Building Strong School Culture

N2Y

One of the clearest ways you can show respect for the differences among your staff is to offer differentiated and optional professional development. While some professional learning may be required by the district or applicable to every teacher, much of it should be tailored to the needs and interests of individual teachers.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. A safe and cooperative climate for learning. Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning.

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A School Leader’s Guide to Using edWeb for Personalized Teacher PD

edWeb.net

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.