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Designing Powerful Professional Learning Experiences for Making

Digital Promise

In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and remote maker learning. The insights from this experience are valuable to all who wish to engage in powerful maker learning.

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Phonics vs Phonological Awareness: A Guide Informed by the Science of Reading

Waterford

Read more: The Science of Reading: How to Understand and Apply the Basics How to Improve Reading Comprehension in Early Ed Phonics and Decoding for Elementary Students The post Phonics vs Phonological Awareness: A Guide Informed by the Science of Reading appeared first on Waterford.org.

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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

Micro-credential COVID-19 Library. In the last month, our teaching and learning environment has been upended. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment.

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Edcamp Library Promise Goes Virtual

Digital Promise

The Edcamp model of professional development is unique in that the participants drive the learning. School librarians serve teachers, students, and families by providing access to information in a variety of formats. Go to Edcamp Library Promise to register to join us on June 16 and learn more about this exciting event!

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All-in-One Virtual Professional Learning: Support Your Whole Staff

edWeb.net

The purpose of the presentation was to share with educators how to create a robust system of support for their entire staff through virtual professional learning. The panelists discussed the current landscape of professional learning that has emerged as the world works its way out of the pandemic.

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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The following is cross-posted at Laura Fleming''s blog titled Worlds of Learning. Laura is the new media specialist at NMHS and has been challenged to develop innovative ways to create structures to recognize informal learning of both teachers and students. putting their learnings into practice in the classroom.

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270: Celebrating School Library Month

The Thinking Stick

April is School Library Month, and we are thrilled to bring you a conversation with award-winning librarian Karina Quilantán! Looking for more information on School Library Month? ”, is an award-winning library media specialist, international presenter, and keynote speaker from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.