A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

I remember a few years back during a meeting with teacher leaders, a tipping point that would ultimately change the direction of professional growth at my school. Undeterred, I continued to talk about the concept of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and what it had done for my professional growth.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Topics include: cyberbullying.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The Discovery Educator Network is an awesome, free, resource for educators, filled with other educators. The DEN is a great place to connect with other educators and share resources, ideas, lesson plans, and much more. It''s not just about Discovery Education resources either. The Common Core Connection….

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

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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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2016

For library media specialists, finding high-quality digital resources that align with Common Core and state standards, and that support classroom instruction, is an ongoing challenge. For those who want to learn more, she posts tutorials, videos, and other support tools on the library’s website.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand. Here are 17 take-aways I heard from class members or experienced myself: They enjoyed meeting online to chat on blogs, help each other on the Discussion Forums, mull over ideas on the Google Hangouts, and explore TweetUps. They were connected educators.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

A lot more folks started leaning hard on us,” says Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit that provides free educational resources. EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? Khan: In normal times, we see about 30 million learning minutes per day on Khan Academy. I’m a big fan.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

As more schools across the country experiment with d personalized learning approaches to better meet the needs, goals and interests of individual learners, many are overlooking an important piece: arts integration. Related: Do the arts go hand-in-hand with common core? Related: Can testing save arts education?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Topics include: cyberbullying.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2017

Software focused on personalized learning can also adapt to individual student needs and allow teachers to track their progress. What’s more, integrating technology into the classroom allows schools to meet Common Core standards about technology and digital media literacy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

A freshman at Merit Preparatory Charter School in Newark, New Jersey, Onyemaobi has access to Spark , Matchbook Learning’s online information platform that uses data to help students and teachers track exactly what skills they need to master—and to set goals and find resources to help them get there. LaNiece Primus, who teaches U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

His own school experiences have since fueled his drive to support data-driven personalized learning in an effort to make today’s schools engaging, fun and free of “the stress and angst” many students feel. I’m in the trenches, meeting with schools and superintendents, and I see what they struggle with. The Data Quality Campaign.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Become an advocate of safe, legal, and responsible use of online resources.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

In a move to make high-quality educational content easily available all in one place, The Girard Education Foundation will migrate its teacher-created resources on Activate Instruction to Gooru. Often the tools available either meet some of the teachers’ needs or are prohibitively expensive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The benchmarks are similar to those used in the more than 40 states that, along with the District of Columbia, adopted the national Common Core standards a decade ago. Experts say it’s now clear families who had time and resources to help their children with academics when schooling was disrupted had a tremendous advantage.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching: February 5th-8th: Group Professional Development. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Class is student-paced with no direct instructor involvement or meetings. digital law.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

The president went on to add, "What hasn’t worked is denying teachers, schools, and states what they need to meet these goals. Rather than receiving additional support from the federal government, schools that struggle to meet the goals established by No Child Left Behind risk losing funding and could be subject to closure.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. Learn more at the conference master classes page.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Become an advocate of safe, legal, and responsible use of online resources.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The district came to a consensus on the definition of digital literacy skills, what kinds of common core standards included them, and how they were already being taught. Flagstaff USD uses a variety of resources to accomplish digital literacy growth in their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech coaching/mentoring is available from experts who work with you via email or virtual meetings to prepare lesson plans, teach to standards, integrate tech into core classroom time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Carter spoke with EdSurge about how her podcast project came together, the ease of using the Soundtrap platform, and some of the ways educators can use podcasting to differentiate instruction and help meet core curriculum requirements. TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson Bring on the learning revolution!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. The content was prescriptive and standardized, which meant taking it apart to meet student needs sometimes took longer than just making it myself. Because I taught at a.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2020

Do you have what you need to make learning easier at home? Look at your state’s learning standards to get a sense of what your child should be learning this year. Many are based on the Common Core. For younger kids, some experts say , the need for in-person learning is greater. (It’s

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It helps schools uncover and clearly see how they’re using instructional resources,” Joseph said in an interview, and figure out “are their resources aligned to their goals?”. The company also provides consulting to school officials on how to interpret the results and make changes based on the data. “It

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. INTASC 1, 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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