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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

A National Shift in the Relationship Between Schools, Parents and Guardians A spring survey of more than 3,600 U.S. parents and guardians from Learning Heroes , a nonprofit focused on helping families support their children, found parents are now, more than ever, activated to support their learners. Multi-channel communication.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

The reality was that although technology had evolved rapidly since 2013, professional development offerings for computer science teachers—especially at the elementary level—hadn’t changed much. I became increasingly frustrated with the lack of technology support and PD opportunities in our district. Thank you all!

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

Joe Fatheree on episode 207 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I do a survey of my students every year. Twitter: @josephfatheree ‏. Global Teacher Prize finalist Joe Fatheree talks about what great teachers do.

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Part 5…Beyond the Shine : Supporting Technology with the SAMR Model plus Ten Great Resource Sites

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). Instead in this post it will be important to see how the technology is being integrated in a classroom. Please give this post a retweet and pass it on.

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

Joe Fatheree on episode 159 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I do a survey of my students every year. Twitter: @ josephfatheree. Global Teacher Prize finalist Joe Fatheree talks about what great teachers do. FREE WEBINAR ON INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING.

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Blended Learning - what is it, pros/cons, tips and resources

Educational Technology Guy

Teachers will need training on using this method of instruction to make it effective students will need to be shown how to access, use the technology and what is expected of them Students need to be able to do work outside of school hours do they have access to technology at home? Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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American higher education might not be broken, but seems to be sick

Bryan Alexander

Thanks, too, to LM and whomever else was staffing the IHE Twitter account during the event. IHE surveyed college and university admissions officers to see their views of student enrollment and institutional support. This survey is an annual affair, so there is now some decent longitudinal data to check.