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Valuing Professional Learning through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. Early adopters like Kettle Moraine provide compelling case studies for the benefits of implementing thoughtful incentives for micro-credentials.

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Trade Shows: When to Go and What to Do When You Get There

edWeb.net

If you’re focused on a new social studies program, for instance, then math-centered events won’t be as relevant. Your company might have a white paper on SEL, for instance, or a blog post on improving parent-teacher communications that would be relevant. Most important, remember that trade shows are not about making a sale.

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How Schools Can Create Foundations For High Quality Teaching

MindShift

They wanted to find out what good teaching looks like, how teachers learn to do it and what supports they need to spread those ideas. The white paper puts the problem bluntly: “Plainly put, there is no one responsible for producing actionable, practical knowledge about teaching. SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

This post is the first of a short series meant to highlight the great work of many nonprofit organizations that are working diligently to support students’ learning on a daily basis. The organizations referenced in this post are also leaders in the field of educational technology. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org.

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Observation and self-reflection in the classroom

Kathy Schrock

In a study group or professional learning community, educators can dissect the lesson and methodologies used in the videos and come up with ideas for use in their own classroom when using Discovery Education Streaming or Techbook. These videos can be used in a number of ways to enhance classroom instruction. Register today !

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

HOONUIT’S NEW COURSES ( www.hoonuit.com ) Hoonuit announces the launch of accredited professional learning courses. The courses will be provided through Pathways, a new enhancement to Hoonuit’s online professional development solution, which groups similar modules together to provide a well-rounded study of a topic.

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Big Tech Needs to Treat Our Children Better

Edsurge

Technology is, in fact, already touching nearly every part of our public education system, from assessments to communication to professional learning. In 1966, the prescient Joan Ganz Cooney wrote a white paper calling for children’s educational programming, which led to the wildly successful Sesame Street.