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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Goal: Design a Badge

Teacher Reboot Camp

Digital badges are having the same impact. When I started giving badges in my online conferences and in my online courses, I noticed teachers and learners posting all over Facebook and on Twitter. We can get students to celebrate citizenship with digital badges. Digital badges , by shellyterrell.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

These will include tools like YouTube, podcasts, forums, discussion boards, Twitter and Google Hangouts (for those old enough), Google Slides and Google Draw, and a comic creator like Pixton. This includes taking online college-level classes and enriching learning through webinars. To prepare for college and career. But it goes beyond.

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TONS of #ISTE17 Pro Tips, Resources, & Events (including #NOTATISTE)!

EdTechnocation.com

Follow me on Twitter ( @EdTechnocation ), Periscope , and Facebook ( EdTechnocation ) and turn on notifications so you know when I'm live! Twitter picture by @ChrisWeissCT ) ISTE Pro Tip #2: Visit the ISTE 2017 Network Discussion Board (requires ISTE login) for some great conversations about traveling to ISTE!

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Sketch 50: Join the movement!

EdTechTeam

Their generosity of time, daily sketches, and donations of books and webinars have made an incredible impact on the thousands of sketchers included in the #Sketch50 community. For more information on the #Sketch50 movement, please connect with us!

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

Digital Badging. Here are some ideas for how technology can help us help ourselves: Virtual trainings and webinars – you can create screencasts for asynchronous trainings that can be uploaded to EdPuzzle.com with multiple choice questions, comments, and thought questions embedded. Incentives at each grade or building level.

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3 Ways Districts Can Rethink Teacher Professional Development

eSpark

Webinars, microcredentials, virtual PD, Twitter chats , and online professional learning communities mean that personalized, self-directed PD is at teachers’ fingertips. Recently, microcredentials and digital badges have entered onto the professional learning scene.