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Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

Edsurge

The move may seem unusual particularly as Thille, a frequent speaker at education conferences, has openly questioned the role of technology companies in developing learning technologies. Chris Noon, a former Oxford lecturer,has led seminars on technical topics for members of Dropbox’s sales team.

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Final Schedule - Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th, is our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Additional information will be sent with the final conference information after registration. and overseas.

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Personalizing the Journey for Our Students

The Principal of Change

They respond to the prompt on Chromebooks as the teacher conferences with individual students. The learning experience is not personalized and thus will not meet the needs of all students. In a high school U.S. history class, students are given a document-based question on John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government (1690).

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21st Century Learning, Literacy 2.0 and Common Core

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One of the things that I love about AJUSD is how technology integration and 21st century learning is part of every layer of our district, from the students, to the teachers, to the site administrators, to the District Office, through a supportive School Board. 21st Century Learning Common Core Leadership Professional Development'

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EdTechTeam Leadership Symposium Ohio

EdTechTeam

On March 10, 2017, at Avon Lake High School in Avon Lake, OH nearly 100 educational leaders gathered for a day of learning, discovery, exploration, reflection and energy. With a leadership conference for leaders with and by leaders, the excitement and anticipation was palpable. DPS109 Science lab project was featured: Johnsos, C.,

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Summit Up! Soundboard New Orleans

EdTechTeam

I am a conference pro! I mean, I love a good seminar, summit, workshop, conference, unconference and whatever else you call it. I felt like I was in a learning bubble of possibility and I didn’t want to leave and have it burst. So when I heard about EdTechTeam Summits , I said, “Bring it on!”

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NCDLCN Voices from the Field: The Secret to Coaching

The PL2C Blog

Without professional development, educators become stuck in a rut, not knowing what best practices are and how to implement change in their school. This network has given me best practices, protocols, a professional learning network, and has changed the culture of both schools in which I have worked.

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