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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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Here are my takeaways as moderator of this amazing group: They are risk takers. Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. They were curious.