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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Through creating professional connections for instance by attending conferences, webinars, workshops, etc, you get to tap into the expertise and knowledge of your crowd allowing you to access insider insights that would be hard to access otherwise.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

Edsurge

We see that people often purchase on-demand courses on platforms like Udemy or Teachable, but only a quarter of those who purchase log in to watch the first video. We’ve also hosted “office hours” where students have a chance to interact via video conference with the subject matter expert featured in the course.

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8th Annual EdmodoCon Connects Educators with Innovative Resources and Ideas from Around the Globe

techlearning

The leading virtual professional development (PD) conference will feature two days of inspirational stories and strategies from four keynote speakers that will focus on best practices for improving and strengthening technology use in the classroom. , Professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Education and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; ?

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?Filling the Other Skills Gap

Edsurge

John Katzman, long-time education entrepreneur and founder of several successful education businesses, once waggishly told an investor conference audience that venture capitalists were very pleased to invest in education—for the rich. This dichotomy is not lost on investors. And this is just online.

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This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children

Edsurge

A teacher’s score has no impact on compensation, but Joseph motivates her team by awarding her highest-scoring teachers with a free trip to an early childhood education conference. She'll look up YouTube videos and Udemy online courses to learn more about the areas she needs to work on. And she'll turn to her fellow educators.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! The conference schedule is now online, with all 160+ sessions, and an individual hour-by-hour schedule calendar for all 36 time zones. The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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Seven Ways Teachers Can Earn Extra Income By Building Their EDU Brands Online

TeacherCast

Many years ago, I created my first online course on Udemy (pronounced YOU-da-ME) and I couldn't believe how easy it was. Does your EDU Brand have a specific niche that you find yourself presenting at conferences? For many public speakers, their journey to the stage began with a single blog post … and then another blog post.

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