Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Las Vegas — Inside a science lab here on a scorching summer day, 27 kids sit in small groups itching to get started on the day’s science activity: putting finishing touches on their model volcanoes. Students work on a volcano project developed from a special STEAM workshop for educators.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Creating a daytime professional development program where teachers leave their schools to spend time in classes and workshops takes not only staff coordination but also a financial commitment from the district because of the number of substitutes that would have to be involved. Pre-Workshop Documents and Surveys.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 4, 2016

I am doing full day workshops on The Maker Educator both at ISTE 2016 and EduTECH in Australia. What follows is both the description-goals and an overview of the workshop’s learning activities. Workshop Description, Goals, and Outline. Group Drawing with LEDs – The Maker Educator. Workshop Activities.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I’ve designed a new series of workshops that focus on helping teachers to transition from time-consuming teacher-led workflows to sustainable, student-centered workflows. The goal of these workshops is twofold. 1 workflow: 90 minutes 2 workflows: 3 hours; half-day 5 workflows: 6 hours; full-day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2019

June 8th-10th: Discounted Group Professional Development. Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 11, 2014

Yesterday Google announced the launch of Google Educators Groups. See below for more information and to sign up for a group or even create your own (I signed up for the NYC one as there isn''t one in Connecticut, YET). Each group is organized by a local volunteer (GEG leader) and is entirely independent from Google.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

Thrive Alliance Group , a nationally-recognized expert in fostering K–12 mental wellness, announces their new Mental Wellness Professional Development Course Series , helping educators create a school climate and culture that supports students’ mental health and contributes to greater academic outcomes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

Engaging in group writing exercises or participating in writing workshops not only facilitates the exchange of ideas and perspectives but also fosters an environment of constructive criticism and mutual support.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

I absolutely love coaching educators in small groups. While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results. It was a collaborative process where tangible outcomes were shared and analyzed.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

They’ve got an amazing group of educators there and I always love to see what they’re up to… Thanks for sharing, Tanna ! When your workshop isn’t awesome. Related Posts. Leadership Day 2010 – The final list! Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 05. 2 books for 2 different needs.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

(Encino, CA) February 16, 2017 — Insight Education Group today announced that its National Educational Leaders’ Workshop (NELW) will take place in San Diego, CA, on March 9 and 10. The Workshop will provide the time, space, and expertise to accomplish this.” Interested educators can register here until February 22, 2018.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2024

This can be achieved through formal training programs, workshops, job-embedded coaching and conferences. True leaders recognize that their achievements are reliant on the collective success of their team, rather than building a group of followers or disciples. Interested in learning more about building leadership capacity?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

At a recent workshop, a teacher posed a compelling question about the effectiveness of small-group versus whole-group instruction. This is only possible when we rely on instructional strategies and models that free the teacher to work with small groups to tailor their instruction and support.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Religious groups on college campuses that have long counseled students grappling with issues of faith or spirituality are now adding mental health clinicians in campus religious hubs, and training religious leaders to know when to refer students to psychological care. Related: Congress is starting to tackle student mental health .

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The Jose Vilson

APRIL 28, 2020

I won’t go in-depth into our conversation, but when I endeavored on proposing this workshop, I wanted folks to get a few lessons that would last them for their careers: Historically, math isn’t neutral. Social justice in math doesn’t just mean “create a group project.” None of this is by accident.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Part of this shift came when I started to facilitate workshops that consisted of anywhere from a half-day to multiple days. With longer presentations and workshops, opportunities are provided to create lessons, activities, action plans, and assessments, or learn how to use specific technology resources. I try really hard to do this.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

In a workshop last week, I was guiding a group through the process of designing a choice board. Would you rather eat a cookie or a brownie? Would you rather watch a movie or read a book? They enjoy being presented with two options and getting to choose one. I love choice boards, but I know they take time to create.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite my optimism about the benefits of AI in education, the buzz online is focused on the exciting new AI-powered education tools and not on the transformative impact those tools could have on how we design and facilitate learning experiences to meet the needs of diverse groups of students.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 3, 2020

I had the privilege of taking a workshop on Fortnite Creative facilitated by Steven Isaacs. I decided to take this workshop because I knew that many of my students (3rd-7th grade gifted students) were playing Fortnite. Relationship Building – One of the group of students were new to me. My Reflection.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

webinars, workshops, and summits, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0 , The Future of Education , ReinventingSchool.com , Classroom 2.0 , and TeacherLibrarian.org. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 15, 2020

Writer’s Workshop was the favorite part of my day in my third grade classroom. Students worked individually, with a partner, or with a small group and made decisions about what they wanted to publish and how. . Writer’s Workshop was based on the need for student choice. Communities having thoughtful conversations.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Until this point, most of my interactions with educators have been through virtual presentations, workshops, and coaching. Even though I have been on-site for workshops since the start of the pandemic, last week was my first time working with educators in small groups and visiting classrooms with students.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Given my experiential education background, I’ve always been fond of and have used group team building and problem-solving activities with all of the age groups I teach – for example, see Team-Building with Elementary Students. Recently I went to a workshop on virtual improv activities. Puppies and Kittens.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

webinars, workshops, and summits, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0 , The Future of Education , ReinventingSchool.com , Classroom 2.0 , and TeacherLibrarian.org. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I also hear this when I am facilitating targeted workshops. Data is used to group, regroup, provide targeted instruction, pull individuals for intensive one-on-one support, and differentiate to especially help at-risk learners. Educator voice is critical and even more so now as people are burnt out and emotionally drained.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2020

I recently facilitated two intensive virtual workshop days with educators from the Shaler Area School District in Pennsylvania. First off, they were a fantastic group to work with virtually. This is a great way to combat cyberbullying or to respond to group questions. The series will conclude with a third day in a few weeks.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Jen Bengel explains the workshop model, how to create mini-lessons, and how to get students excited about books. So in this episode, we’re talking about the workshop model. You can use the workshop model with ANY age of students and ANY subject area. Want to listen instead of read ?

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 17, 2021

As I was on-sight with them in a socially distanced cafeteria, I facilitated a more traditional workshop. As they worked in groups, I moved about the room and monitored progress physically while also checking in on the remote learners. The feedback afterward presented validation for how I structured the workshop.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. The teacher can carousel around the group if students are working offline, providing written or verbal feedback. The responses always yield the same results.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Technology has not only provided text access at students’ differing instructional levels, but has streamlined formative assessment, and has given back precious time to teachers to work with small groups and individuals. In a workshop framework, there are 3 main components: Mini-lesson, Independent Practice, and the Share.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

AIWS offers three flagship AI courses based on age group. This is a workshop that progresses through AI and concepts related to AI, designed by MIT educators. The workshop includes many computer-based or hands-on activities, opportunities for students to create with AI and explore the ethical issues surrounding AI.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Our 4th grade is currently reading poetry in their reading block and writing poetry during writer’s workshop. I of course looked for forms of poetry but I also looked for groups of books that explored a certain theme or idea. These poems are meant to be read with a partner or group. Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 24, 2023

I will join Microsoft and their group of awesome experts on the panel discussion, The era of AI: a discussion on its potential for education on Sunday, June 25 at 1:30 pm in 204B. Hands-on AI Workshop. The Era of AI. Stay tuned to my blog, as I’ll release it here first. What can you do with AI?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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Education Elements

MARCH 23, 2021

After experiencing the incarceration of her mother, Brittany says, “I found this heightened sense of compassion and empathy in me that I never knew toward a group of people we were often taught to stereotype and ignore – people in prison. Her incarceration impacted me deeply.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Group enrollment. Group enrollment. Group enrollment.

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