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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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How Video Assessments Let Students Display Their Mastery

edWeb.net

In “ How to Improve Student Assessment and Learning with Asynchronous Video ,” panelists discussed the key benefits and challenges of using video assessments. Authenticity : For many subjects, using paper and pencil seems antithetic to the course. Rubrics : Students shouldn’t just be told to “make a video.”

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3 Things To Remember For Every Conference

The Web20Classroom

ISTE is one of our favorite conferences because we get to reconnect, face-to-face with those edufriends we haven't seen in the past year, we get to learn with some incredible minds in the field, and we get a sense of what schools and districts are thinking about as they look to the future of learning. Push yourself.

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?3 Types of Summer PD That Won’t Sacrifice Your Vacation

Edsurge

There are, of course, more formal options available. The variety of material ranges from teacher produced content like BloomBoard to self-paced courses at Capella University. For educator-parents, these weeks are perfect opportunities to participate in our own summer learning adventures. Personalized Learning Through Gaming.

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Coding and Computer Science during CSEdWeek

edWeb.net

This year, CSEdWeek took place from December 5th to 11th, and two of edWeb.net ’s professional learning communities (PLC) presented webinars that highlighted the importance of coding and computer science in education. A Beginner’s Guide ,” on December 8th.

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To Flip or Not to Flip? That is the Question!

Fractus Learning

Social media has connected friends and family across the globe, but it has quickly become a tool for bullying and narcissism. Mediums also have the ability to shape our learning experiences, memories, and comprehension. The very medium used with good intentions could in fact create unintentional learning barriers.

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Educator Perspectives: Leading in a Pandemic

MIND Research Institute

I present regionally on innovative practices in education, topics such as the flipped classroom or using social media to build relationships for families. I think this all might be the push we’ve needed to harness technology to accelerate learning.