Digital Learning, Professional Learning and Video

Professional Learning in a Pandemic

Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2020

With schools closed and social distancing orders in place due to COVID-19, micro-credentials —which are online and on-demand—allow educators to continue their professional learning without leaving their homes. Micro-credentials support timely topics like distance learning.

Professional Learning

Professional Learning Learning Elementary Secondary

Using the Learner Variability Navigator for Professional Learning

Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

We’ve recently seen COVID-19’s devastating impact on school-based learning, and how a renewed drive to improve digital learning experiences for teachers and their students has emerged. Dr. Liz Kolb’s Triple E Framework provides a rubric as well as the research behind why each component matters for supporting learning.

Professional Learning

Professional Learning E-rate Learning Strategy

Nurturing Relationships and Teacher Needs During COVID-19

Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

Our team at Lexington County School District One in South Carolina has focused on mitigating one of these complexities by addressing the human need for connection, support, and ongoing professional learning. Supporting Educators through the Shift to Digital Learning. Not a YouTube video or screenshot-documented tutorial.

Survey

Survey Professional Learning Digital Learning Strategy

How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

LMS

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Minnesota’s Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Public Schools’ New Partnership Powers the Creation of Dynamic Digital Learning Environments Supporting Science Education

eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Among the resources coming to GFW schools are:   Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform.  These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day. 

Digital Learning

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Inviting Teachers to Reflect on Their Use of Technology During COVID-19

Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

What did you learn about safety and equitable access to technology? Reflection: What was it like for you and your students to teach and learn every day using technology? With an abundance of digital learning resources readily available , knowing where to begin, then making a selection, can seem daunting.

Technology

Technology Software Digital Learning Assessment

?Tool: A How-to Video Library From the U.S. Office of Educational Technology

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How about a video plan to help incorporate digital learning into your schools? This series of 50 short videos help schools and districts see how it looks to implement various parts of a personalized learning strategy into their systems. Personalized student learning. Personalized professional learning.

Video

Video Future Ready Technology Libraries

The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Importance of Professional Learning Network (PLN) 00:02:11:22 – 00:02:34:20 Debbie Tannenbaum discusses the importance of a PLN and how it has enriched her career. I incorporate things like video inside of it because I want them to have that agency. 00:04:34:18 – 00:04:39:18 Vicki Davis Icon Bingo.

eBook

eBook Tools iPad Elementary

How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

Fast forward to September 2022, and I am finalizing modules on Canvas, our learning management system, to continue to deliver the same quality professional learning, but in an entirely different format. This reality is problematic for teachers and necessitates a new approach to providing professional learning.

Professional Learning

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer Communities No-Cost Digital Learning Resources Supporting STEM Day Observances Nationwide

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Wednesday, November 3, 2021) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances nationwide. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide?

STEM

STEM Digital Learning Resources Secondary

How to Collect Coaching Data and Create A Dynamic Data Dashboard

TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

Additionally, many school districts have digital learning goals to improve the Future Readiness of their students. To help get you started, I have created a short video as part of our Tech Coach Weekly Video series to help you learn more about how to use Google Forms to keep track of teacher interactions.

Data

Data How To Google Video

Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. Garden in the Ice Recommended Resources Impact and Outcomes in Chicago Schools Inspire Math videos introducing problem-based scenarios in Imagine IM: Deforestation in Borneo and Climbing Mt.

Learning

Learning Education Training Video

Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Discovery Education today unveiled a new collection of engaging, high-quality digital learning resources supporting Black History Month observances. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform nurtures student curiosity and supports learning wherever it takes place.

Resources

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). This need served as a call to action of sorts and catalyzed my current work.

Assessment

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Lead in the Now

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. Innovative learning spaces and environments : Would you want to learn under the same conditions as your students do, or in similar spaces? This needs to be prioritized.

Outcomes

Outcomes Social Media BYOD Strategy

Create a Dynamic Instructional Coaching Newsletter using Google Sites Today!

TeacherCast

JULY 7, 2021

About Tech Coach Weekly Tech Coach Weekly is a new weekly video series to help Instructional Coaches and Educators learn the 3T's (Tips, Tricks, and Templates) of Instructional Technology. In this episode of Tech Coach Weekly, we demonstrate how you can create a weekly newsletter using Google Sites.

Google

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Gale In Context: For Educators Launches New Teacher Learning Center

eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

The company has launched Gale In Context: For Educators’ new Learning Center , an on-demand professional learning hub for finding, organizing and learning how to teach – virtually or in-person – using the content created within For Educators. Tips and tricks on how to make the most of product tools and features.

Education

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Content Curation Strategies for Digital Learning

BYOT Network

JANUARY 18, 2017

In our digitally connected world, most of us have become curators of content as we utilize the technology tools in our pockets to interact with each other. In my last blog post, Curation for Digital Learning , I detailed the reasons why schools and districts should engage in content curation to facilitate digital learning.

Digital Learning

Digital Learning Strategy Learning Training

From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

To help prepare for the 2020-21 school year (and beyond), we created a guidebook titled ‘From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis’ The guidebook provides educators with best practices, practical recommendations, and technology tools to reimagine learning in any classroom.

Learning

Learning Assessment Survey Online Learning

How to Collect Coaching Data and Create A Dynamic Data Dashboard

TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

Additionally, many school districts have digital learning goals to improve the Future Readiness of their students. To support both teachers in learning how to implement these skills and to support technology-based goals, the district might create a Digital Learning department and support teachers through the use of "Tech Coaches."

Data

Data How To Google Video

Why Hidden Artificial Intelligence Features Make Such an Impact in Education

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

The school is not only getting advanced devices powered by our latest processor technology and access to connectivity—many of these schools don't even have WiFi available—but also introduced to curriculum teacher training and assessment elements to model the embracing of digital learning that can occur. Great question. No prototype.

Laptops

Laptops Education Digital Divide Smartphone

Introducing Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection

Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In addition, members of Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection can access a variety of resources for all roles across the initiative. “I I think this will be a great way to centralize the information for our staff,” said Jenni Sherrill, digital learning coach at R.M. Marrs Magnet Center in Omaha, Nebraska. “I

Learning

Learning Digital Citizenship Social Media Accessibility

An AI to-do list for educators

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How can you leverage AI to improve teaching and learning? Whenever possible, schools should integrate these conversations into professional learning opportunities and staff meetings so educators can engage with one another and collaboratively develop an action plan. How can you empower your students for success in an AI world?

Education

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EducationPlus Extends Relationship with Discovery Education, Reaffirming 10-Year Commitment to Dynamic Digital Learning Environments

techlearning

MAY 21, 2018

By extending their 10-year relationship with Discovery Education, EducationPlus reaffirms its commitment to empowering their 58 member school systems to create dynamic digital learning environments with high-quality content from Discovery Education Streaming Plus.

Digital Learning

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Wyoming Catholic School Partners with Global Edtech Leader to Enhance Instruction in Science and All Other Disciplines

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Discovery Education will help HNCS achieve this challenge by providing engaging STEM learning opportunities throughout the curriculum.  These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day. 

EdTech

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Learn about 70 of the Best Chrome Extensions that Instructional Coaches are Using This Year!

TeacherCast

JULY 17, 2022

They can be stand-alone apps that provide simple functionality such as ones that capture full-screen images for annotating or they are windows into full online applications such as video screencasting websites. No matter what your needs are, there is probably a Chrome Extension for you. Click To Download our -NEW- eBook Today!

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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

Elementary

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Engaging All Students in Problems Worth Solving

Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

Scott Kinney has nearly 25 years of experience in the fields of professional learning and educational technology, and currently serves as Discovery Education Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships. One of my many high school memories is learning the Pythagorean Theorem.

Blackboard

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Georgia Public Broadcasting Renews Long-Term Partnership with Discovery Education Creating Digital Learning Environments Statewide

techlearning

MARCH 22, 2018

(March 22, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced a renewal of its 18-year partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). million educators and over 50 million students, Discovery Education’s services are in half of U.S.

Digital Learning

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Powerful Learning is Collaborative and Connected

Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Want to know more about Powerful Learning?

Learning

Learning OER Digital Learning Analysis

Discovery Education Celebrates Human Rights Day by Offering Educators, Families, and Students No-Cost Digital Resources

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Human Rights Day observances. Social & Emotional Learning Topic Videos. About Discovery Education.

Resources

Resources Education Professional Learning STEM

In 2024, education will move to adopt AI—but slowly

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page In education, we tend to move pretty slowly when it comes to adopting new technology, and that pattern won’t change with artificial intelligence (AI). Pretty much any edtech organization these days offers resources to help teachers learn about AI as well.

Education

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Georgia’s Glynn County Schools Renews Multiyear Partnership Supporting Science Instruction in K-5 Classrooms

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2023

Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

Classroom

Classroom Social Media EdTech Assessment

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Discovery Education and select social impact partners are offering engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students and teachers to support observances of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Grab & Go Mini Video Lessons Meet the women keeping the world safe online in the three-part video topic series from Girls4Tech.

Resources

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The Future of Digital Learning in Tennessee and Beyond

Fractus Learning

MAY 24, 2016

Consisting of local math teachers, a curriculum specialist, and East Tennessee State University mathematics professor, Dr. Ryan Nivens, the process was likened to a “PLC [professional learning community] on steroids” by a local teacher. With CK-12’s extensive array of additional resources, FlexBooks® are just the beginning.

Digital Learning

Digital Learning OER Laptops Learning

How to effectively train your teachers and faculty on utilizing a digital learning platform to its fullest

Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning platform is designed to make teaching easier by allowing educators to manage and individualize lessons and evaluate students. To get the maximum out of any digital learning platform your school uses, your operators need to be well-trained and skilled.

Training

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources Supporting STEM Day Observances

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Discovery Education and select social impact partners are offering engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students and teachers to support observances of National STEM Day. Easy-to-Use Grab & Go Mini Video Lessons Meet the women keeping the world safe online in the three-part video topic series from Girls4Tech.

STEM

STEM Resources Education EdTech

MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 2 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. Unit 2 focuses on the development of your PLN (Professional Learning Network) and becoming a "Connected Educator". Follow Michael''s board Coaching Digital Learning, #CDL_MOOCed on Pinterest.

MOOC

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The Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools Partners with Discovery Education to Accelerate the Creation of Digital Learning Environments

techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A comprehensive digital service supplementing instruction across all K-12 curricular areas, Discovery Education Streaming Plus helps build students’ mastery in interpreting, understanding, and evaluating information. million educators and over 50 million students, Discovery Education’s services are in half of U.S.

Digital Learning

Digital Learning Social Media Education Learning

National Engineering Week Observances in K-12 Classrooms Get a Boost from Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, February 17, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National Engineers Week nationwide. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide?

STEM

STEM Classroom Education EdTech

Wisconsin’s Stevens Point Area Public School District Renews Partnership Supporting Science Education In Grades K-5

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2023

Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

Social Media

Social Media Education EdTech Student Engagement

Learn 70 of the Best Chrome Extensions that Instructional Coaches are Using This Year!

TeacherCast

JULY 17, 2022

They can be stand-alone apps that provide simple functionality such as ones that capture full-screen images for annotating or they are windows into full online applications such as video screencasting websites. No matter what your needs are, there is probably a Chrome Extension for you.

Chromebook

Chromebook Learning Google Professional Learning

A Dangerous Assumption

Adjusting Course

APRIL 24, 2020

Many of us have been jettisoned into asynchronous, digital learning landscapes…a growth-inducing experience to be sure. Our budgets, leadership structures, level of teacher autonomy, support, professional learning, culture, pedagogy, and relationships were a product of years of choices. The mere absence of one thing (e.g.

Social Media

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Discovery Education Supports Social-Emotional Learning Day with High Quality Resources for Educators, Students, and Families

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday March 11, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, high quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day nationwide. Twitter and? LinkedIn.? .

Resources

Resources Education Learning Professional Learning

Professional Learning in a Pandemic

Using the Learner Variability Navigator for Professional Learning

Trending Sources

Nurturing Relationships and Teacher Needs During COVID-19

How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Minnesota’s Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Public Schools’ New Partnership Powers the Creation of Dynamic Digital Learning Environments Supporting Science Education

Inviting Teachers to Reflect on Their Use of Technology During COVID-19

?Tool: A How-to Video Library From the U.S. Office of Educational Technology

The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer Communities No-Cost Digital Learning Resources Supporting STEM Day Observances Nationwide

How to Collect Coaching Data and Create A Dynamic Data Dashboard

Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances

Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

Lead in the Now

Create a Dynamic Instructional Coaching Newsletter using Google Sites Today!

Gale In Context: For Educators Launches New Teacher Learning Center

Content Curation Strategies for Digital Learning

From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis

How to Collect Coaching Data and Create A Dynamic Data Dashboard

Why Hidden Artificial Intelligence Features Make Such an Impact in Education

Introducing Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection

An AI to-do list for educators

EducationPlus Extends Relationship with Discovery Education, Reaffirming 10-Year Commitment to Dynamic Digital Learning Environments

Wyoming Catholic School Partners with Global Edtech Leader to Enhance Instruction in Science and All Other Disciplines

Learn about 70 of the Best Chrome Extensions that Instructional Coaches are Using This Year!

Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year

Engaging All Students in Problems Worth Solving

Georgia Public Broadcasting Renews Long-Term Partnership with Discovery Education Creating Digital Learning Environments Statewide

Powerful Learning is Collaborative and Connected

Discovery Education Celebrates Human Rights Day by Offering Educators, Families, and Students No-Cost Digital Resources

In 2024, education will move to adopt AI—but slowly

Georgia’s Glynn County Schools Renews Multiyear Partnership Supporting Science Instruction in K-5 Classrooms

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances

The Future of Digital Learning in Tennessee and Beyond

How to effectively train your teachers and faculty on utilizing a digital learning platform to its fullest

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources Supporting STEM Day Observances

MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 2 Reflection

The Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools Partners with Discovery Education to Accelerate the Creation of Digital Learning Environments

National Engineering Week Observances in K-12 Classrooms Get a Boost from Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners

Wisconsin’s Stevens Point Area Public School District Renews Partnership Supporting Science Education In Grades K-5

Learn 70 of the Best Chrome Extensions that Instructional Coaches are Using This Year!

A Dangerous Assumption

Discovery Education Supports Social-Emotional Learning Day with High Quality Resources for Educators, Students, and Families

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