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Merritt Public Schools: How a Rural Oklahoma District Developed its Digital Learning Program

Education Superhighway

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time.

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Connecting Teaching, Learning, & Leadership

EdTechSandyK

Dr. Mazza was the Lead Learner at Knapp Elementary School. (He Anytime, Anywhere Learning for All Recognizing organizational hashtags, chats for "credit" Flipped faculty meetings, learning opportunities for students, staff, & community School/District EdCamps & ParentCamps - go to edcamp.wikispaces.com to learn more!

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8 keys to avoiding teacher burnout (part two)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Actively look for PD that will be meaningful for you, such as free EdCamps in your area , and seek opportunities to learn and connect with other educators whenever you can. A good professional development day should leave you dying to get back to your classroom to try out all those new ideas. It’s really an incredible community.

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Your Guide to Running a School Like Disney World

Edsurge

At Mary Williams Elementary , we strive to create a similarly magical feeling. This was the rationale for starting teacher-centered Edcamps during professional development. We also use DoJo, Smore, Facebook, and Twitter to communicate, along with the occasional flyer for the refrigerator. Is it easy?

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

However, Facebook’s refusal to take them off Facebook has caused conversations about just how series Facebook is — or not — about the removal of debunked news from their site.) He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences. Wesley completed his Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The winners of this year’s Harold W McGraw Jr Prize in Education : Dr. Christine Cunningham, Founder and Director of Engineering is Elementary (EiE) at the Museum of Science; Dr. Sandy Shugart, President of Valencia College; and Chris Anderson, TED “curator.” ” Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business.