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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. From Podcaster to EdTech Magazine Editor and into the world of Conference promotions … you should never put yourself in the corner and be seen in this world as only one thing.

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

Step 3: Diversify Your Portfolio The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Step 4: Your Brand Belongs to YOU… not EdTech A similar lesson to the one above but on a much more professional note. They want YOU.

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

Edsurge

Before she landed at Slack, Swanson was already a well-known figure in edtech. But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. “I Companies are seeing the impact that a strong culture can have,” she adds. Pull Learning'.

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App Overkill: Going Beyond the Buzz Words #SXSWedu

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Arc Capital Development Adam Phyall, Director Technology & Media Services, Newton County School System, Covington GA Oh oh! There's a huge gap between what's being designed by edtech companies and what is happening in classrooms and what classrooms need. Mr. Hooker says this panel is going to include lots of interaction.

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From Playgrounds to Programmers: How Sharing Shapes Schools

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Whether we’re typing an address into our GPS or sending a text message or setting an alarm clock or reading the paper on an iPad or uploading an image to a course management system or making a reservation. Edcamp events are free, generally locally organized “unconference” meetings where the agenda is decided by those in attendance.

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Four Ways School Leaders Can Support Meaningful Innovation

MindShift

In order to stay relevant to the changing demands of the consumer, companies and organizations invest in research and development. There are schools where administrators are experimenting with models of teacher-led professional development like EdCamps. An version of this post appeared on Education Week’s EdTech Researcher.

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My Journey Towards Innovation- A Google Certified Innovator Story

MSEDTechie

Although the academy was held in Mountain View at Google Headquarters, and Google is a tech company, this academy was very little about tech, in fact it was more about mindset. One of my biggest takeaways came from Danieta Morgan , an Instructional Systems Coordinator from New Visions for Public Schools in NY.

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