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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

In September of 2014 I wrote, Educating Parents About Education , a post supporting the idea that we need to better educate parents about education in order to have them engaged as advocates and not adversaries for much of the needed changes in education in regard to methodology, pedagogy and technology.

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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. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Embedit - embed any file in your website or blog - free 5. I''m going. You should be!

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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.

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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

Beth Holland, Digital Equity and Rural Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), points out that it becomes a very complex issue given the challenges within rural schools and systems. She has been with the district since 1999 as both a teacher and the technology coordinator. About the Presenters. About the Host.

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What if Chattanooga's Connected Educators Were Even More Connected?

Tech Helpful

I've been wondering who in my area is leveraging the learning ability of social media for their school practices? I've found myself wondering if the teachers in my city know about the upcoming Edcamp Gigcity and how could I make sure they know about this awesome opportunity? Many in the room wanted it to happen.

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