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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. Ensure that the Technology Enhances Learning. Be Supportive of Teachers’ Learning Preferences. Connect Teacher Learning to Classroom Activities.

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Learning and Reflecting with Video

A Principal's Reflections

If you were to ask me why I really write, my response would be to reflect and learn openly. In my quest to practice what I preach and grow, I have begun to utilize video as a means to articulate ideas, share my learning, and openly reflect. I like using this tool because it syncs with and simultaneously broadcasts across Twitter.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Options include Jing (provides a link to a video), Screencast-o-matic (provides a video that can be embedded or uploaded to YouTube), and Educreations. Tools to communicate student knowledge This includes the myriad ways students show you–the teacher–that they have learned and understood your lesson plan.

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Some app substitutions for iPad apps to use on a Chromebook

Educational Technology Guy

Follow me on Twitter and Google+. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The only catch was that each staff member had to create and present a learning portfolio at his/ her end of year evaluation conference.

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Digital Activities & Icebreakers for Gen Y

Teacher Reboot Camp

It lets people be creative … productive … learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” Our students’ digital behavior influences our learning, language, rituals, values, routines, customs, and communication. Find out more in this post about learning missions.

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Goal: Make It About the Relationships

Teacher Reboot Camp

Draw and Dash – Each student will need to use a piece of paper or a drawing app like Tackk, Educreations, Magic Paintbrush, or Sketchbook Express. Find the Knowledge Swap handout that accompanies this activity in Learning to Go. Then give each pair a stuffed animal, doll, character, or sock puppet. Give them 30 seconds.