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Activating the Community to Support Education Innovation

Digital Promise

KMSD knows that innovation and change, however, are not sustainable without systemic buy-in at all levels. Deklotz and her team are committed to setting up teachers with the resources they need to be successful, providing extensive and differentiated professional development opportunities through the district’s micro-credentialing system.

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

Please join Dr. Heather Johnson and me for one or both of our two Spring 2019 social media workshops for SEHD faculty and students! ]. But for those of us who want our ideas to spread and who actually want to influence practicing educators and educational systems, participating in these online spaces is critically important.

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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

For many schools, this flies in the face of a traditional schooling mindset that was more geared to learners having to buy-in to a one-size-fits-all system where success was determined by how well everyone did under the same conditions more or less. How would you rate the level of learner advocacy in your school or district?

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

Within the virtual setting, coaches have been able to support teachers with managing virtual classrooms, as well as leverage learning management systems (LMS) to offer teachers feedback on lesson plans and instructional resources to improve student engagement in distance learning.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

The Hechinger Report

Heres a sampling of views I received or saw on social media. Nicole Bucka says she is the mother of a child with disabilities and is a multi-tiered system of supports ( MTSS ) specialist, which is one approach to supporting children who are struggling in school, including those with disabilities in a general education classroom.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. The event comes during a time of continued debate over how much responsibility social media networks ought to bear over what people say or share on their platforms.

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Not “Just” a Teacher: Finding Your Voice as a Teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

And so, yes, I’ve kind of started very quickly after accepting the award for Instructional Technologist of the Year, then TCEA – as many of our state affiliates has a strong advocacy arm for educational opportunities here in Texas. They are the spark and the voice and the change that our educational system needs.