Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
By now you’ve probably heard of edcamps —free, organic, participant-driven, “un-conferences” that empower educators to maximize professional learning experiences and peer networks. PD After Hours Earlier this year, Hackensack Public Schools hosted its first edcamp at Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. Share our story.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 10, 2020
Equitable access to digital learning means that every student has a device and access to the internet regardless of location, allowing for critically important connections with teachers and peers, instant feedback on mathematical problem sets, the ability to research, ask questions, find answers and explanations, and so much more.
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The Principal of Change
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
When I think about how to effectively empower educators to create personalized professional learning for themselves, I often think of Google’s “20% time”, where employees had 20% of their own time to move forward Google as an organization. “We Let’s start with the second point first.
TeacherCast
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. What is professional development? In the example that my Instructional Coach friend mentioned about her school district.
TeacherCast
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. Step 1: Define What Professional Development Truly Is. What is professional development? Let us look at another.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 12, 2014
The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. The post on The Flip Side Of Professional Development really captures how to make this work and gives several examples. Professional Development is more than just flipping the traditional models.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 29, 2016
Many schools and districts are trying to do the right thing by meeting the needs of as many educators as possible when it comes to professional learning. But the reality is most schools and districts are not equipped to personalize the professional development of every educator. Edcamps can help fill that void.
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