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#EDvice: Do You Want to be "Developed"?

A Principal's Reflections

Develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Attend events such as the Model Schools Conference , where the program focuses on educators and schools who are doing the work and have results to illustrate efficacy.

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Universal Skills for Learners: Increasing School Relevancy

User Generated Education

A closer look at the data by grade level reveals a disturbing trend. Just 54 percent of middle schoolers and 46 percent of high schoolers think their studies are relevant, according to new data from the nonprofit YouthTruth.

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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. Teachers have real-time data and can provide timely and personalized feedback to students.

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7 Ways Data-Fueled PLCs Are Transforming Education

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Today’s technology makes it easy to collect concrete data and view reports that provide guiding insights. Jenny Parnell, Secondary Literacy Instructional Facilitator at Benton School District believes that the best benefit of the PLCs is the collaborative spirit: bringing together teams of teachers to review data.

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Practice vs. research in education? Why teachers need to do both

Neo LMS

The first teachers didn’t just sit around to collect data about everything under the sun. Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? Here’s a riddle for you: What came first: the practice or the research? You might say, “practice, of course!” Gathering new ideas.

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

PLN – Personal Learning Network. RED – Rapid e-learning Development. SIS – Student Information System (the software used in a school to manage data such as scores, attendance, medical issues etc.). PD – Professional Development. PI – Pedagogical Innovators. QR Code – Quick Response Code.

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Tracking Your Digital Footprint

A Principal's Reflections

My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does. Statistics & Data Export tool : Get an overview of your mentions by source, language, over selected period of time, generate PDF reports or export data in CSV format to analyze them your own way.

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