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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. Over the last 11 years, I have seen so many educators go ga-ga because a company is giving out chocolate at a both or shipping stickers for the top of a Chromebook.

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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. I am blessed to have a fantastic support system at home who understands that TeacherCast is my creative outlet. Seriously … THANK YOU.

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

Edsurge

But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. Swanson says she was drawn to Slack because of the role the company is playing in changing how people communicate with technology. She still chairs the board for the foundation.).

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From Playgrounds to Programmers: How Sharing Shapes Schools

Edsurge

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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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

Beth Holland, Digital Equity and Rural Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), points out that it becomes a very complex issue given the challenges within rural schools and systems. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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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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A Conversation About Teacher Retention With Acting Secretary of Education, John King

Philly Teacher

It’s similar to how many company retain their top talent: Know their strengths, give them opportunities to shine, celebrate successes, offer opportunities for collaborating and learning with peers, provide top notch, just-in-time training, and compensate them adequately for the work they do.

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