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3 Ways Districts Can Rethink Teacher Professional Development

eSpark

I sat through many sit-and-get lectures and inapplicable seminars and, while I hate to admit it, I often brought papers to grade because I felt that was a more valuable use of my time. Recently, microcredentials and digital badges have entered onto the professional learning scene.

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

Classroom teachers can help facilitate that through the introduction of sentence stems, blogging, and Socratic seminars. Digital Badging. Travel for teachers can be minimized by holding online meetings or webinars for teachers to share out their questions and successes. More on that here.). Goal Setting.

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3 Ways Districts Can Rethink Teacher Professional Development

eSpark

I sat through many sit-and-get lectures and inapplicable seminars and, while I hate to admit it, I often brought papers to grade because I felt that was a more valuable use of my time. Recently, microcredentials and digital badges have entered onto the professional learning scene.