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Chaula Gupta Joins Digital Promise as Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Digital Promise

In this new role, effective May 2, Gupta will oversee Digital Promise’s national program team and an expanding international portfolio in partnership with leading international education and education technology organizations. and global education,” said Digital Promise President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). The experiences where I had some level of choice were the most meaningful to me and resulted in real changes to my educational practice. That’s just how it goes.

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Educators as Empowered Learners

Tech Helpful

I guess I might as well start this series with my soapbox message- the importance that educators continue to be learners and what that looks like in the digital age. Educators: Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.

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What Constitutes Good PD?

A Principal's Reflections

We can all agree that professional development is essential in any profession, especially education. This has resulted in fewer and fewer opportunities for educators to attend out of district learning opportunities as there is no funding to support travel, registration fees, and expenses. Something has to give though.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist. education technology agenda. Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology. The President just called and is asking for advice on shaping the U.S.

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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Today, Jarod Bormann, author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD talks about designing PD that works and interests teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. Then he said, “So, what are we doing for the educators that don’t need any of that?

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

Edsurge

She began her career as a third-grade teacher, later served as director of technology for a school district, then directed a research department at BrightBytes, which helps K-12 administrators and school leaders align school spending with learning outcomes. And these days it could even have lessons for educators at schools and colleges.