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On Professional Development and The Places We Don’t Have Yet

The Jose Vilson

Policy Considerations for Pedagogical Homes From a policy standpoint, pundits have argued for decades about the best way to train teachers. We also have examples of teachers building their professional sustenance in the form of Edcamps, unconferences, and meetups. That’s Chris Lehmann’s phrasing, by the way.)

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Here are some of the latest ed-tech, policy updates

eSchool News

But even though they’re in schools, our work with teachers has led us to understand that while many of them would like to use iPads meaningfully in their classrooms, they can’t because of time, access, and training. 5 ways cloud computing will impact students, teachers, and IT in 2016.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

At CORE we believe that new technologies are the most exciting way to engage 21st century learners across all education and training sectors. The day will explore 3 themes: policy, ConnectED, and best practice. Our aim is to support and celebrate the amazing ways in which educators work with, and for their learners. Learn more here.

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Google Challenges for Teachers! (FREE Template by Pam Hubler)

Shake Up Learning

The Capacity Matrix is a great place to start for Google training for educators! (8 Step 1: Creating a Training Agenda. I needed them to understand how to navigate Google Classroom to make the class easy to follow as we moved through the training. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps.

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

It happened back in 2008 when new policies and funding sources were put forth with the intent to grow school districts’ abilities to supplement and meet the diverse needs of students—specifically in the face of foreign language teacher and Advanced Placement honors-level course shortages.

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A Conversation About Teacher Retention With Acting Secretary of Education, John King

Philly Teacher

Before the conversation, we were sent materials about teacher retention policy and research that really didn’t offer anything new or game changing. So many of these factors, however, are not going to be solved by top-down policy from the Federal government.

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Google Tips for Instructional Coaches and Tech Coaches

Shake Up Learning

If you can’t view this list on other devices because of school sharing policies, make sure to add your personal Gmail account so you can edit from either account. . Manuals (grade book and other platforms), Training Material (Google/Apple and other similar free training courses), Pre-selected Web tools, Influencers & PLN, etc.

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