A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It seems like every day presents a new challenge or adventure, depending on how you view the current landscape. The fact remains that there was no professional learning to prepare for the reality that everyone is facing nor a plan for something like COVID19. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

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The Jose Vilson

MARCH 13, 2024

Whereas in the beginning, it felt more focused on digital learning and ed-tech, this year felt more like it was a hub for relevant education conversations. Some who attended workshops on the science of reading also attended workshops about democracy in education. And that they did.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

It is nearly impossible to create a culture of learning if there are elements of boredom, inactivity, and lack of relevance. This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. Early on, I used more traditional strategies since this was a new arena for me.

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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. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. Badging has become particularly popular for encouraging teachers to learn new tech skills. Online Professional Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

It began immediately upon school starting with meetings and more meetings. By turning the tables per se, I blocked time after every observation to write it up and in this case being at the mercy of my calendar was a good thing as time was directly spent on developing suggestions to improve instruction and learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The same can be said about drive-by professional development. Like change, learning is a process, not an event. There should always be a long-term plan following any keynote or workshop. So, what does meaningful professional learning look like? To learn more about creating or improving a PLN, click HERE.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

With the basics covered, assessing your technology readiness and soliciting feedback on your students’ experiences can be an informative next step: How did you select the technologies and digital learning resources? To what extent did these meet the needs of your specific students and benefit their learning?

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Charlotte, NC — In celebration of Earth Day 2023, Discovery Education presents K-12 teachers and students a diverse array of cross-curricular digital resources inspiring exploration of the natural world and environmental stewardship. This resource is part of the Celebrations collection in the Sesame Learning channel.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education and its social impact partners present teachers and families nationwide a curated collection of engaging, no-cost digital learning resources designed to engage today’s students in Engineers Week. Then students meet U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Educator voice can be cultivated using the following strategies: Flipped staff meetings – Everyone who plans a meeting works terribly hard to develop and then get through an agenda. This results in a death-by-meeting scenario and is a main reason why most people hate meetings.

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Reading By Example

MAY 21, 2016

Over 20 teachers recently celebrated their learning as part of their work with an action research course. They presented their findings to over 50 colleagues, friends, and family members at a local convention center. Another teacher did find some positive results from her research on the benefits of reflection during readers workshop.

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Reading By Example

MAY 21, 2016

Over 20 teachers recently celebrated their learning as part of their work with an action research course. They presented their findings to over 50 colleagues, friends, and family members at a local convention center. Another teacher did find some positive results from her research on the benefits of reflection during readers workshop.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Image credit: [link] Almost ten years ago, I was presented with an opportunity to begin my educational leadership career at NMHS. The community welcomed me with open arms and I inherited a staff eager to grow and learn. I can’t say enough great things about my staff, past and present.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

She has been developing professional learning opportunities better serve her teachers and has questions about how to bring the expectations of her position to fruition. . She already knows that she needs to find ways to better integrate the 4Cs into each workshop that she develops, but what else is needed? Click To Tweet.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 14, 2020

As schools across the globe begin to plan for the new normal and redefine the school day and location, we must also rethink our professional learning plans for teachers and staff. No matter what you call it–blended PD, virtual PD, online PD, remote PD, or hybrid PD, we need to rethink our professional learning methods.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Once set up, the platform works hand-in-hand with OneNote Class Notebooks to provide a digital workspace where teachers can create collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, communicate with school staff, plan lessons, assign and grade homework, comment on work, and differentiate for student needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

“The hardest challenge you will face is not changing yourself, but convincing or empowering your colleagues to embrace change.” – Eric Sheninger If you are reading this blog, trying out new ideas, implementing innovative strategies, or attending meaningful professional learning opportunities then chances are you embrace change.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Instructional leadership was a routine part of the job along with the budget, master schedule, curriculum development, meetings, email, phone calls, and many other duties. This is extremely important in terms of technology integration in the classroom and professional learning to improve practice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Building Digital Citizens. Certificate.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Educators need to craft strategies and processes that meet health guidelines and ensure that students understand and adapt to new routines and behavioral expectations. About the Presenter. STAR Autism Support (SAS) provides curriculum materials, workshops and training to school and agency staff who work with students with autism.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 17, 2019

I will be sharing all of my presentations, resources, and new discoveries on Twitter , Facebook , and here on the blog. Shake Up Learning 2019 ISTE Schedule. Below is a list of my presentations and book signing events at ISTE 2019. Meet & Greet Events. I’d love to meet you in person! When : Sunday, 6 PM.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

The redesigned interface will help teachers better understand where students are and how to differentiate learning to meet their unique needs.?. For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com ,?and?stay Twitter and?

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 2, 2019

Join MIND colleagues at various speaker presentations and workshops throughout the conference: Math Innovation Zones Year 1: A Journey With Southside ISD. Presenter: Garrett Girouard, Kimberly Faircloth. Sure, It’s Personalized, But Is It Actual Learning? Presenter: Brandon Smith @bds_math. It's Everyone's Problem!

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The conference, which more than 3,600 people attended in 2017 according to ICE, will hold more than 400 informative sessions and workshops. It’s a sheer pleasure that we have such a large number of principals and superintendents presenting this year as well as some of the top ed tech leaders throughout the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

When he gets older, Dylin wants to teach, and thanks to a forward-thinking career readiness program in his district, he’s already gaining classroom experience, learning how classes are structured and designing an art workshop he hopes to one day implement at his own school, which currently does not have an art teacher.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Students can become guarded when learning a challenging topic such as robotics. According to the presenters, humor is a great way to get around those defenses. Humor and storytelling meets robotics. The presenters encourage educators to challenge students to become inventors and creators of tomorrow. About the Presenters.

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 29, 2017

Rachelle and myself Traveling alone to ISTE this year gave me lots of time alone with my thoughts and my learning. Meeting up with my friend Rachelle Poth on the last day led to one of my greatest moments of reflection. Why not meet them where they already are looking?

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edWeb.net

JULY 11, 2018

Computational thinking provides an important foundation for learning computer science but can also inspire skills like the 4 Cs (collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking) across other subjects. Rotation stations can also help educators differentiate groups of children to personalize learning and better meet their needs.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The students don’t necessarily need to do the experiment, he emphasized, even if they’re meeting in person. Finally, the presenters both offered advice for doing experiments at home. About the Presenters. He is a frequent workshop presenter at national and regional science education conferences. Mike Marvel, Ph.D.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The first goal of effective models of teacher professional development is understanding who they are and what are their needs. This approach can enable administrators to differentiate to meet the needs of all their teachers.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 28, 2017

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! I would enjoy meeting you! PBL Splash A Look at Project Based Learning (1/2 day Workshop). PBL: Learn, Plan, Step, Action….A Link to Classes at Conference ).

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. This post was also a guest post for McGraw-Hill Education. If no, then why not?

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. This is the worse possible post-event outcome I can think of. If no, then why not?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The data below comes from the Ed Leaders workshop at the Austin Tech For Schools Summits. They are present when we’re building relationships with our peers, policies for our schools, or lesson plans in our classrooms. And they are especially present when we build or implement technology to support teaching and learning.

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