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How a State E-rate Coordinator Drives Digital Access

Education Superhighway

She is the current Digital Access Coordinator for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) and an Illinois State E-rate Coordinator. Moreover, Mindy serves on several state and national associations such as the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and State E-rate Coordinator Alliance (SECA).

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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. If the form is too long nobody will fill it out.

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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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Knowing Where We Are Paves the Way for Change: The Impact of Coaching

A Principal's Reflections

I often tell audiences during keynotes and workshops that my role isn’t to tell anyone what to do, but instead to get educators to think critically about what they do. Image credit In addition to general feedback, I script what I see by classroom while aligning evidence to support the ratings for how I chart data across five indicators.

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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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ICYMI: Equity Talks & Engaging Early Learners

Discovery Education

We recently met with Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Akimi Gibson, Vice-President and Education Publisher at Sesame Workshop, in the season 4 premiere of Equity Talks to discuss this topic near and dear to their hearts. And a study by the Annie E.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap.