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A Coaches Guide to Creating Effective Day Time Professional Development Workshops

TeacherCast

Creating a daytime professional development program where teachers leave their schools to spend time in classes and workshops takes not only staff coordination but also a financial commitment from the district because of the number of substitutes that would have to be involved.

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A Coaches Guide to Creating Effective Day Time Professional Development Workshops

TeacherCast

Creating a daytime professional development program where teachers leave their schools to spend time in classes and workshops takes not only staff coordination but also a financial commitment from the district because of the number of substitutes that would have to be involved. Pre-Workshop Documents and Surveys. Surveying Your Staff.

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iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

You also can hold down “e” or “n” to get accented characters. I know in one workshop, this was a tip that really changed the world of one of the teachers and one of her students because she said, “Oh! Finally, my Zoe can type her name the way that it’s supposed to be typed, because it had an accent on the “e”. Vicki: Awww… Yeah.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program. Along with Chromebooks came Google Apps for Education – a suite of free, cloud-based productivity tools that allow for easy collaboration and engagement on any device.

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Have You Learned How To “Ditch That Textbook”? | Featuring @JMattMiller #DitchBook

TeacherCast

He is a Google Certified Teacher (Austin ’14), a PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, a Bammy! Matt has presented to thousands of teachers at dozens of workshops on a number of topics related to educational technology, world language instruction and more. Google Plus: plus.google.com/+MattMiller16. Twitter: @jmattmiller.

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Campus Tech 2016: Recognizing—and Questioning—“Inevitable” Futures

Edsurge

READING THE TEA LEAVES : Futurist Bryan Alexander ’s pre-conference workshop delved into techniques for predicting the future, as well as an overview of higher-ed technology trends from the New Media Consortium’s recent Horizon report. That’s the most ridiculous statement in the world. Everything that exists is inevitable.

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E-Counseling 2.0: Can a new wave of virtual guidance help?

The Hechinger Report

It’s e-counseling 2.0. Early on, when Abdi assembled her “balance list” of potential colleges, the low acceptance rates and sky-high average SATs of the most selective colleges left her feeling inadequate and intimidated. We wanted to help hundreds of thousands of kids.”. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016. Photo: Esteban Gil.

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