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The Conversation We Need To Have With Leadership

Teacher Reboot Camp

This post is part of Scott McLeod’s Leadership Day 2014. PD should give your Ts a GEM: it should “Grow You”, “Engage You”, and “Mean something to you” — GNichols (@Think_teach) August 6, 2014. Edchat Thought-provoking admin Administrators leadership leadershipday 2014 leadershipday14'

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How Is Google Workspace for Education Digitally Transforming K–12 Environments?

EdTech Magazine

Google has been digitally transforming the education industry for 10 years since it launched Google Classroom in 2014. Now, more than 150 million students and educators rely on Google Workspace for Education.

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Bridging the Connectivity Divide in K–12 School Districts

EdTech Magazine

school districts meet bandwidth goals established by the Federal Communications Commission as part of the 2014 E-Rate Modernization Order. K–12 Schools Still Struggle with Connectivity Fewer than half of U.S. Those goals push school districts to reach bandwidth rates of at least 1 megabit per second, per…

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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

Online students who received audio feedback perceived that feedback as more thorough, detailed, and personal than text feedback (Voelkel & Mello, 2014). Students also reported being more motivated by audio and video feedback because it was clear and personalized (Voelkel & Mello, 2014; Henderson & Phillips, 2015).

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Take the Manage Out of Classroom Management

Catlin Tucker

Teachers who are autonomy supportive “promote autonomy offer their students choices, give them informative feedback and allow them the space to decide for themselves how they want to learn (Hofferber, Eckes & Wilde, 2014, p.178). These extrinsic motivators do not inspire deep learning and function to harm intrinsic motivation.

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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

The bottom line is that people want to be recognized, but morale will be most positively impacted by using authentic rewards that your staff value and do not see as disingenuous (White, 2014). 2014), "Improving staff morale through authentic appreciation", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. & Fouquereau, E.

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TIME Innovative Teacher Helps Students with Disabilities Tap Their Superpowers

EdTech Magazine

Through Catalyst, which she started in 2014,… Blumenfeld was recognized as a TIME Innovative Teacher of the Year, presented by Verizon, for her work getting students with disabilities into high-paying STEM careers.

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