Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. I think this is a particularly interesting way to engage teachers in professional learning but could also come in handy for students in the classroom. Book Study/Lit Circles.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

On the other hand, one-shot, “drive-by,” or fragmented, “spray-and-pray” workshops lasting 14 hours or less show no statistically significant effect on student learning ( Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009 ). 2008): Successful Collaboration. Focus on Student Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Another bogus professional development day with a guest speaker, a workshop, and a 50/50 chance that the lessons and/or message of the day will find its way into a classroom for any length of time. Chances are, we’ve all sat through professional development exercises and wondered where the relevance for our own practice was.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I have flexibility of hours… and yet I still spend most hours of most days in my study working. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2018

By collaborating with educators and students in Azerbaijan and in the US, we conducted an action research study and co-developed research-based multilingual app that promotes world literature, history, and culture. This workshop is for teachers and students!"

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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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Ireland provides oversight, strategic planning, and program design across all DCPS Global Education initiatives, which include world language instruction at 115 schools, the nation’s first fully-funded K-12 study abroad program, 8 International Baccalaureate school sites, and three new global studies schools.

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

Teaching is not a passive exercise; it requires work, study, and involvement in an ever-changing world. The idea of collaborative learning has always been with us in education, and in life in general. The ability to create and access these sources is all part of a growth mindset for learning in the 21 st Century.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2019

Numerous educators, according to the Corwin/Learning Forward/NEA survey, strongly prefer onsite collaborative learning that takes place during the workday. For instance, workshops can provide extremely beneficial opportunities for hands-on, active learning. But absorbing those concepts takes time.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

They are well into their journey to bring blended and flipped learning to all classrooms. Saint Stephen’s College invited me to share my direct experiences with their teachers and conduct large and small workshops with their teachers to inspire and brainstorm possibilities. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In a broader sense, a learning community is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes, and who interact with one another for the purpose of learning and using what they learned for good. In short, we’re talking about social learning in a more holistic sense.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

They are well into their journey to bring blended and flipped learning to all classrooms. Saint Stephen’s College invited me to share my direct experiences with their teachers and conduct large and small workshops with their teachers to inspire and brainstorm possibilities. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Ireland provides oversight, strategic planning, and program design across all DCPS Global Education initiatives, which include world language instruction at 115 schools, the nation’s first fully-funded K-12 study abroad program, 8 International Baccalaureate school sites, and three new global studies schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Teachers have also expressed positive feedback using the technology, underscoring how it led to more collaborative learning experiences for students. Digital resources like Edmentum’s Study Island are as much a part of the process as conferences with NASA and collaboration with PBS. Make it worth their while.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

It features 60 workshops and 6 keynotes! Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner? The NEA shared this recent article by Edward Graham, discussing a case study of a Tennessee school district that banned graded homework assignments. It hosts an annual conference in various locations. More information at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

BIO : Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. And it is a rewarding journey, don’t feel burdened by it: compassion can be a lot of fun.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Makers tap into an American admiration for self-reliance and combine that with open-source learning, contemporary design and powerful personal technology like 3-D printers. The creations, born in cluttered local workshops and bedroom offices, stir the imaginations of consumers numbed by generic, mass-produced, made-in–China merchandise. (

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Associate Professor, Co-Director of Asian Studies, Adelphi University | Jan Dormer, Ph.D., Hawkesdale P12 College Let’s Hangout – Successful Student Study Groups – Snacks Optional , Candy R. TESOL Instructor and Practicum Supervisor at Touro College, Founder and Managing Director at Virtual Exchange 4 Change | Cristina Zaccarini, Ph.D.,

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