Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. So how can educators engage in professional learning and find time to connect with other educators, when schedules and responsibilities make finding extra time difficult? Social Media.

Education 410

Education Learning Professional Learning Social Media 410

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Leaders must begin to establish a vision and strategic plan to create classrooms and buildings that are more reflective of the real world while empowering learners to use technology in powerful ways through either personalized or blended strategies and increased access in the form of BYOD or 1:1. This needs to be prioritized.

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Social Media Outcomes BYOD Strategy 403

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Virtually none have received extensive professional learning in this area. Just like with remote learning in general, there isn’t one right way. For more ideas follow #remotelearning on social media.

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LMS Schoology Social Media Microsoft 478

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

When using social media, think about the platforms being used and mix it up by mashing together text, hyperlinks, images, and video. Consider a daily or weekly YouTube video that can be embedded in a mass email to showcase how teachers are successfully implementing remote learning. This definitely applies now.

Learning 452

Learning Social Media Personal Learning Network Policies 452

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

While the challenges schools have faced during the pandemic are often portrayed in the media, some notable changes to practice have occurred. Each day I am in awe as I see innovation in action shared on social media, especially in the areas of blended, remote, and hybrid pedagogy. The interactive classroom can be accessed HERE.

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Google Social Media Examples Accessibility 545

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 10, 2016

Since 2009 I have been a huge believer and advocate for connected learning and the formation of Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Now don't get me wrong, I still highly value face-to-face experiences, as there are some natural limits to learning exclusively in a social media vacuum. community that I facilitate.

Professional Learning 150

Professional Learning Personal Learning Network Learning Social Media 150

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

I shared the following on social media recently: Entry points for change are crucial. It can be used to identify areas for improvement to create new and innovative learning methods that better meet the needs of ALL learners. Laptops can help students to be more engaged in their learning.

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Laptops Study Social Media Examples 478

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

The advent of social media introduced yet another responsibility into my already packed schedule: digital leadership. Developing and implementing professional learning is also an effective way to lead by example and build better relationships with staff.

Personal Learning Network 542

Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 542

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The catalyst for a significant portion of this growth was my embracement of social media as a powerful leadership tool. For me social media opened the door to a variety of pathways to enhance my ability to lead a comprehensive high school is a way that was more relevant, meaningful, and impactful. Leadership 2.0

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Social Media Course Professional Learning Tools 293

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies “In this course, you will explore the importance of culture; how it impacts thinking, learning, and behavior; and how to embrace cultural differences and become a culturally responsive teacher.” Digital Assessments How can we effectively assess learning in a digital classroom?

Blended Learning 418

Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 418

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). ” If your school has an LMS, consider whether you can make the learning and teaching jobs more flexible and differentiated by providing a schedule of all work. More on Social Media.

Online Learning 341

Online Learning Social Media Learning LMS 341

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

When it is all said and done, the best experiences are ongoing and job-embedded so that the needed support, application into practice, feedback, and accountability for growth lead to actual changes to teaching, learning, and leadership. So, what does meaningful professional learning look like? Herein lies the power of a PLN.

Learning 409

Learning Personal Learning Network Study Conference 409

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

Social Media 254

Social Media Twitter Mobility Conference 254

Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Personalized Professional Learning. In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Budget and Resources. Robust Infrastructure.

Future Ready 279

Future Ready Classroom Student Data Privacy Professional Learning 279

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

My vision was to increase access and equity in a science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM) curriculum for elementary students. Publicize the projects the students create in district and school newsletters, on the school website and in social media. Happy printing! by Rebecca Buckhoff.

Social Media 339

Social Media Common Core Training Elementary 339

My Island View

APRIL 3, 2017

A lingering general question hanging over the heads of all has been what effect does social media have on our society? That answer has never been so evident as it has been today as social media tools have been placed directly in the hands of the President of the United States, as well as foreign operatives.

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Social Media Education Personal Learning Network Professional Learning 97

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more. by Snow White. Snow White is an education strategist for Dell Technologies.

Digital Citizenship 348

Digital Citizenship Social Media EdTech STEM 348

Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning are excited to introduce Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection —a web app designed to connect members of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools community to each other and to key resources. Connecting Verizon Innovative Learning schools educators in a variety of ways.

Learning 318

Learning Digital Citizenship Social Media Accessibility 318

Neo LMS

JULY 5, 2022

When it came to professional development, in the absence of being together in the physical space, we had to explore and learn what worked the best. Leveraging the right digital tools and spaces, we were able to keep learning going and continue to build our professional learning communities.

Tools 350

Tools Social Media Microsoft Professional Learning 350

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2021

Over the past year teachers have been bombarded by colleagues, administrators, and social media pundits on which platforms can best serve them and their students. One, all assignments were created so that students could have access 24/7. Feeling Overwhelmed. For me it served multiple purposes.

Adobe 414

Adobe Digital Citizenship LMS Google 414

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. Commit to Personalized Professional Learning. But how does the community know?

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, December 16, 2021) — As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning.

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Professional Learning Resources Education STEM 119

Tom Murray

AUGUST 28, 2016

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware of more organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. All of these organizations are shifting the needle and rocking professional learning nationwide. EdCamp Foundation. URL: www.edcamp.org. URL: www.iste.org.

Professional Learning 100

Professional Learning Edcamps Learning Future Ready 100

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

One of the great silver linings of COVID has been an increased focus on existing inequities and students’ social-emotional learning needs, and the critical importance of addressing both. We still see families concerned about the pitfalls of technology, especially social media.

Outcomes 324

Outcomes Professional Learning EdTech System 324

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

All of these experiences empowered us to think about and then create a deep learning experience that could be easily accessible to all educators across the globe. Consult with your local school or district as to how this course can be used to satisfy continuing education and professional learning hour requirements.

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Course Digital Badges Learning Professional Learning 220

Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

K-12 context, including issues of accessibility , the copyright that should get assigned to teacher-created materials , and interoperability gaps and needs. I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Discovery Education today announced a series of updates to its flexible, award-winning K-12 learning platform that will keep teachers and students connected to the service’s engaging content, instructional strategies, and professional learning resources wherever learning is taking place.

Professional Learning 87

Professional Learning Strategy LMS Microsoft 87

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2018

With an array of social media tools at our disposal, every educator should aspire to be the storyteller-in-chief. Basically, I was a control freak who had an inherent fear of technology and did not trust what my students would do with it if they had greater access. The stories I accessed on Twitter inspired me to be better.

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Social Media Conference Twitter Outcomes 195

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

These new digital resources, and supporting professional learning experiences, will play a critical role in continuing each students’ academic progress on any device, whether at home or in the classroom. When planning this initiative, Keysight sought to strengthen equity of access in education with modern digital resources.

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Equity of Access Accessibility Technology Education 96

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

In the case of Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD), it was narrowing the digital access gap, landing it CoSN’s Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity. Parents can also access the LMS to see what their children are learning.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Educators’ ethical questions around AI education must start by ensuring equitable access to this learning for all students—across subject areas, grade levels and demographic backgrounds. Students, as consumers and users of AI tools themselves, need a foundational education on what AI is and how it works.

Khan Academy 217

Khan Academy Student Data Privacy Education Secondary 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Through this new collaboration, MSBSD teachers and students in 15 district schools serving grades 6-12 will receive access to a suite of new, state-of-the-art digital resources that will unleash the power of student curiosity in the classroom and deepen engagement in learning. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros.

System 105

System Education Schoology Social Media 105

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. Learning spaces must become learner-centered. Professional learning must be relevant, engaging, ongoing, and made personal. Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. This is all good too! That’s not a given.

Learning 218

Learning Professional Learning Outcomes Future Ready 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Courtesy of Santa Fe Public Schools Everywhere you look, it seems, people are talking about “learning loss,” or how much students haven’t learned during the tumult of the past two years. But for all the conversations in the news and on social media, one place we’re not seeing it as much is in schools themselves.

Learning 217

Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 217

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Identity-Affirming Professional Learning Networks Overwhelmingly, the 80 Asian American K-12 educators we spoke with described the critical role that identity-affirming and supportive professional community played in their lives. impacts the everyday lives of students and educators.

Education 184

Education Policies Professional Learning Conference 184

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

From classroom lessons and professional learning resources, to staff guides and announcement graphics, more and more information is being delivered in a visual way. Small changes in the design process when creating digital content can make a huge impact on how audiences access and process, and ultimately learn, information.

Digital Learning 136

Digital Learning Learning Adobe Accessibility 136

Adjusting Course

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Chances are good you've seen some of the "How it started, How it's going now" photos circulating social media. We even planned professional learning experiences for staff that created a space for us to talk about the purpose and value of diverse books. It creates connection.

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Accessibility Social Media Libraries Examples 67