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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed. School leaders have been asking teachers to differentiate instruction for the better part of two decades. This type of system adapts learning to meet the needs, pace, interests, and preferences of the learner.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

In my own experience, I remember sitting through a class on differentiated instruction. To further make this point, let’s discuss what differentiation is. The most popular form of the unconference is the Edcamp , but many conferences are scheduling an “unconference” day with this same format. It is free.

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