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

The Jose Vilson

This year, it was human-centered education, appropriate given the ascent of artificial intelligence, social media, and deeper polarization. We also have examples of teachers building their professional sustenance in the form of Edcamps, unconferences, and meetups. And for many of us, there’s always EduColor.

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

How can schools and districts systemically create a vision of teaching and learning that’s personal, authentic, relevant, and harnesses the power of technology? Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed.

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Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout — It’s Demoralization

Edsurge

But systemic pressures, such as top-down initiatives or punitive evaluation systems, can deplete teacher autonomy. Demoralization is systemic—meaning teachers really don’t have control over it. She made new friends on social media and began meeting teachers from across New Jersey for Sunday coffee.

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Parent/Educator EDU

My Island View

Public education is a common experience for most Americans, which is why so many people often feel that they have the answers to how to fix what they perceive as a broken system. In order to effectively change the system we first need to change the culture. All Edcamp topic sessions are based on conversation and not lecture.

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Most Read Posts from Past Week on Ed Tech Guy

Educational Technology Guy

Chalkable - educational apps and classroom management system 4. Social Media in Education - connect, share, learn, communicate and more 7. EdCamp CT is Aug 10th. Embedit - embed any file in your website or blog - free 5. 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have 6. CyQuiz - create your own quizzes and games for free 8.

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5 Ways live streaming is going to change the future of education

Kitaboo on EdTech

In such a system, they don’t have an option to recap the classes and are forced to take notes. In such a system active learning is missing. Millennials are widely using live streaming feature on various social media platforms. Afterwards, they are graded based on exams that test their learning than knowledge.

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Is Edu Connected Collaboration Just Whistling In The Wind?

My Island View

It was considered a social media application for professionals. Edcamps, One-to-One initiatives, Flipped Class, BYOD and connected collaboration were all topics discussed and vetted long before they were even recognized in the brick and mortar world of education. My building limited me.